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| From | Career Records <eldeluxe@bridgeband.com> |
| Subject | Re: Guided By Voices |
| Date | Mon, 19 Feb 2007 14:29:56 -0700 |
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I'm with you on this one... a perfect listen... though I must say, the
last one, Half Smiles is another top fave in a collection full of faves.
Mark Eichelberger wrote:
>For some reason, a lot of people slam "Do The Collapse". I don't know if it was because Ric Ocasek produced it, or if the ballad "Hold On Hope" was percieved as a blatant attempt to have a hit single, but personally, I love both the production sheen and most of the songs on that album, including "Hold On Hope". (I just swoon when the strings kick in near the end.)
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>In fact, I like it just a tad more than Isolation Drills...and ID is generally regarded as GBV's best "well-produced" album.
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>My 2 cents.
>Mark E.
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>From: Bill Silvers <wsilvers@earthlink.net>
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>>Bob Hutton asked:
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>>>My eMusic downloads refresh today and I am thinking of treating myself
>>>to some GBV - any fans here have opinions on the best introduction to
>>>the band, or should I just go for the best-of selection, "Human
>>>Amusements At Hourly Rates"?
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>>Career Records answered
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>>>You can't go wrong with that one... Conventional Wisdom says Bee1000
>>>might be their best album...
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>>Lee Elliott added:
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>>>I think the best of is very well done. I have most of the classic
>>>stuff and access through friends to everything else - but I've pretty
>>>much settled on Human Amusements for my fix when I need it. If
>>>nothing else it will help you figure out an era to begin with.
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>>>Other than that I'd get Bee Thousand first.
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>>I guess you'ver already used up those extra downloads, Bob, but here's a
>>minority suggestion for ALIEN LANES.
>>BEE THOUSAND has always been sort of a consensus for best individual GbV record,
>>but IMO ALIEN LANES has even more pop thrills and as the last full record with
>>Tobin Sprout on it, is the one I go back to most. Many of the best tunes made
>>the greatest hits comp (though inexplicably, "Closer You Are" and Sprout's
>>wonderful "Little Whirl" were omitted), and overall AL rocks a little harder
>>than BEE 1000. Along with the following UNDER THE BUSHES... this period was
>>GbV's creative peak.
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>>b.s.
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