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| From | "david henwood" <henwooddavid@hotmail.com> |
| Subject | Re: Scritti Politti -> (was: Re: Mid-Year Faves) |
| Date | Sat, 08 Jul 2006 20:12:56 -0400 |
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The thing about Scritti Politti is the perfection of the arrangement. Almost
an XTC type of examination to detail...and just great albums,,,the cover art
is always good too. Big fan here as well.
>From: "Don Stroud (Nocean)" <info@noceanstudios.com>
>Reply-To: audities@smoe.org
>To: <audities@smoe.org>
>Subject: Scritti Politti -> (was: Re: Mid-Year Faves)
>Date: Fri, 7 Jul 2006 15:56:02 -0700
>
>>Sample the new Scritti Politti at Amazon U.K.: hope this link works: if
>>not, you know what to do <smile>
>>
>>http://tinyurl.com/nyars
>>
>>It sounds mighty good to these ears! How totally refreshing in this
>>mid-summer heat! Shades of Brian Wilson on a few cuts!
>>
>>jeff teez
>>
>Scritti Politti is one of my favorite bands ever. From the eclectic
>techno-pop of "Cupid & Psyche" to the vastly underrated hip-hop-pop of
>"Anomie & Bonhomie", I've been devoted to the musical stylings of Green
>Gartside and his rotating band of musicians since my first year in college.
>I spent a lot of time and energy tracking down the two one-off Scritti CD
>singles, as well as the "British Electric Foundation Vol. 2" compilation
>with Green covering "I Don't Know Why I Love You". (Almost broke up with a
>girlfriend over that CD, but that's another story entirely...) I love
>Scritti to death, and still listen to them all the time. In fact, a CD-R
>filled with MP3s of all their tunes is currently in my car's disc changer.
>
>So, having said that...
>
>I just listened to the samples, and... I dunno. A *lot* of slow, smooth
>tunes... maybe too many and too smooth for my tastes. It's almost like the
>fire's gone out of Green's belly. "Dr. Abernathy" has some pep, and
>"Cooking" almost sounds like it could have come off of Andy Partridge's
>"Fuzzy Warbles" series, but all the others seem very tame. I mean,
>musically they're very interesting - this quiet, soft-synth stuff is new
>territory for Green - but the songs themselves don't have much
>
>I'll certainly be picking this up (domestic US release on July 25th),
>'cause I'm a fan (see above), but I'm wondering how much replay this entire
>disc will get. Still, I'm glad Green didn't wait 11 years to release this
>disc like he did "Anomie". No, this time it was a short 7 years...
>
>Don
>
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