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Disappointing satiric rock in Sparks vein:
Sparks-influenced, satiric pop rock limited by tightly focused but half-baked songs, low production values (fully acknowledged in liner notes - a good number of songs are demos), and amateurish vocals.
70s NYC Alternative Music -- Obscure but Powerful:
As of two weeks post WTC bombing, this is the ONLY music I can bear to listen to. Please trust me. This is a riveting album. Although most of the tracks were recorded during the late seventies, they prefigure the next two decades of popular music and cultural change. Brilliant songwriting. Performances that creep under your skin. Maybe because Lance Loud was the key character in "An American Family" -- the first "reality" show in 1973. Lance (lead singer) and Kristian Hoffman (songwriter) wrote this stuff when they were in their late teens/early 20s and amazingly, they were really THAT prescient. Anyway, if you're my age (42) and feeling as lost and isolated as you ever have in your life, please give these guys a chance to keep you company. It's like the world has just taken a sharp turn into a parallel universe and they somehow got here 25 years ago. Here's hoping more people find them...
70s NYC Alternative Music -- Obscure but Powerful:
As of two weeks post WTC bombing, this is the ONLY music I can bear to listen to. Please trust me. This is a riveting album. Although most of the tracks were recorded during the late seventies, they prefigure the next two decades of popular music and cultural change. Brilliant songwriting. Performances that creep under your skin. Maybe because Lance Loud was the key character in "An American Family" -- the first "reality" show in 1973. Lance (lead singer) and Kristian Hoffman (songwriter) wrote this stuff when they were in their late teens/early 20s and amazingly, they were really THAT prescient. Anyway, if you're my age (42) and feeling as lost and isolated as you ever have in your life, please give these guys a chance to keep you company. It's like the world has just taken a sharp turn into a parallel universe and they somehow got here 25 years ago. Here's hoping more people find them...
| Artist: | The Mumps | | Binding: | Audio CD | | EAN: | 0780928001128 | | Format: | Import | | Format: | Best of | | Original Release Date: | 1994-01-01 | | Release Date: | 1995-09-05 | | UPC: | 780928001128 |
Tracks:- I Like to Be Clean
- Crocodile Tears
- Rock & Roll This, Rock & Roll That
- Muscleboys
- Fatal Charm
- Brain Massage
- Scream & Scream Again
- Just Look/Don't Touch
- Did You Get the Girl?
- Anyone But You
- Not Again
- Awkward Age
- Before the Accident
- Forget Me Not
- Teach Me
- S.O.S.
- We Ended Up
- Dutch Boy
- Stupid
- Dance Tunes for the Underdogs
- Photogenia
- Gimme Gimme
- Crocodile Tears (The Mankey Version)
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