Album Notes: Engineers: Jeff Roberts, Tom Mudge, Scott Rivard.
Album Reviews: Q (9/95, p.131) - 4 Stars - Excellent - \"...features a number of dry vocal excursions, including a brilliant take on Nick Lowe's `Endless Sleep,' the cowpoke classic `Cool Water' and `Sonora's Death Row,'...\"
Advantages: Skilled musicianship, unique interpretations Disadvantages: None, if you like the genre
...THE SPACE IN TIME:
The first time I saw LeoKottke live in concert was a long time ago on a planet far, far away -- in 1970 in suburban Philadelphia’s erstwhile hallowed folk-and-blues coffee house, “The Main Line.” At one point between numbers as he swiveled on his stool to change guitars, Kottke accidentally banged one of them against the boom mic, which was hot at the time, resulting in a loud “bang.”
His face took on a look of shock. He cradled the guitar in his arms as if it were a curvaceous woman, and after a moment of silence and a deep breath whispered to the crowd, “You always hurt the one you love.”
I have never forgotten the obvious deep affection he expressed for his instrument as he examined it for nicks. To this day I refer to my own guitars as the lovers that keep me warm at 1 a.m. when my wife doesn...
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...The Flaming Lips are really interesting to listen to - they can develop a great style and fantastic music in one album and then a few years later come out with something that sounds pretty juvenile (not necessarily a bad thing!) and more naively produced.
'Hit to Death in the Future Head' is an example of some of their better stuff. It is one of my favourite albums, and definitely favourite Flaming Lips one. Fantastic thumping drums and electric guitar come from Micheal, Jonathon and Nathan. They form the original line-up when combined with Wayne Coyne on vocals. As with most Flaming Lips stuff it takes a little getting used to, but after a while is completely addictive.
'Hit to Death....' is quite bizarre and a little unsettling at times with lyrics dealing with disillusionment and bitterness. They are also quite graphic...
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12.04.2003
