Advantages: A good excuse to re-discover a great album. Disadvantages: You may have bought it a couple of times before.
Having recently re-discovered this album I had forgotten just how great it is. The album contains classics such as 'Helter Skelter', 'Yer Blues', 'Happiness is a Warm Gun' and Harrison's awesome 'While my Guitar Gently Weeps'. In my opinion this is a sometimes overlooked album when the Beatles catalogue is considered and often remains a source of disagreement between fans. For me 'The White Album' remains an incredible and often ambitious piece of work. In my opinion 'Happiness is a Warm Gun' contains one of Lennon's best vocals and the instrumentation is beautiful throughout, especially McCartney's bass parts and Harrison's playing on 'While my Guitar Gently Weeps'. Despite containing a few of my least favourite Beatles songs I still find it full of inventive lyrics and interesting musical ideas. For me a genuine classic. ...
Advantages: Lots of brilliant stuff Disadvantages: Some not-so-brilliant stuff, "Revolution 9"
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Repeat (songs I can never get enough of): Back in the U.S.S.R., While My Guitar Gently Weeps, Happiness is a Warm Gun, I Will, Julia, Yer Blues, Helter Skelter... actually, just about everything
Skip (songs I have trouble listening to even once): Revolution 9It
Repeat (songs I can never get enough of): Back in the U.S.S.R., While My Guitar Gently Weeps, Happiness is a Warm Gun, I Will, Julia, Yer Blues, Helter Skelter... actually, just about everything
Skip (songs I have trouble listening to even once): Revolution 9It
Repeat (songs I can never get enough of): Back in the U.S.S.R., While My Guitar Gently Weeps, Happiness is a Warm Gun, I Will, Julia, Yer Blues, Helter Skelter... actually, just about everything
Skip (songs I have trouble listening to even once): Revolution 9It
Repeat (songs I can never get enough of ...
Advantages: Diversity, readiness to take chances and break new ground Disadvantages: Self-indulgent in places, with a marked lack of quality control
the ugly cracked quality of his voice, 'Yer Blues' is an improvement, a stab at early Fleetwood Mac territory with one or two interesting switches in rhythm, though the version he played on the Rolling Stones Rock'n'Roll Circus with Eric Clapton and Keith Richard is better.
'Happiness Is a Warm Gun', 'The Continuing Story of Bungalow Bill' and 'Sexy Sadie' sound forced and uninspired, and the 9-minute sound collage of 'Revolution No. 9' is pretentious nonsense. (It could have been worse - he also made an album which reputedly consisted of nothing but his and Yoko Ono's heartbeats - "I'm a Beatle, I can release rubbish if I want to.")
His best songs are the ballads, 'Dear Prudence' and 'Julia'. The closing track 'Goodnight' is too MOR; maybe he just wanted to prove he could beat Paul at his own game. Interestingly Ringo Starr sings ...
Product Information for "Happy Album, The - Selecter (The)" »
Product details
Title
Happy Album, The
Performer
Selecter (The)
Genre
Reggae
Sub Genre
2 Tone Ska
Release Date
17/08/2009
Recomended Retail Price
13.99 GBP
Original Release Year
1994
Label / Distributor
Moon Ska / RSK/Trilogy Logistics
Pieces in Set
1
Studio / Live
Studio
Stereo
Stereo
Format
Performer
EAN
664813307321
Catalogue Number
MOONCD 073
Additional notes
Album Notes
The Selecter: Pauline Black, "Gaps" Hendrickson (vocals), Martin Stewart (keyboards), Nick Welsh (bass). Additional personnel: Gary Locksy (vocals), Jimmy "Senya" Haynes (guitar), Rico Rodriguez (trombone). Recorded at Bak 2 Bak Studios, London, England. All songs written or co-written by members of The Selecter except "Sweet And Dandy" (Fred Hibbert), "I Want Justice" (Delroy Wilson) and "Copasetic" (C. Alfonso).
Titles on disc 1
1.
Reselecterization
2.
Whip Them Down
3.
Sweet And Dandy
4.
Neurotica
5.
California Screaming
6.
I Want Justice
7.
Trout
8.
Copasetic
9.
Mother Knows Best
10.
Ladders
11.
Missing Words (video/bonus track)
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02/01/2006
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