shawn campbell wrote:

> Sorry - I haven't been reading posts super-closely, so
> I'm not sure how much of this has been mentioned...
>
> Bee Thousand (1994) by GBV is widely considered to be
> the band's masterpiece, with "I Am a Scientist" the
> gem of the  thing, in my opinion -- one of my favorite
> songs of the 90s ("I am a pharmacist, perscriptions I
> will fill you/potions, pills, and medicines to ease
> your painful lives/I am a lost soul, I shoot myself
> with rock n roll/the hole I dig is bottomless/but
> nothing else can set me free...").
>
> However, if you are put off by lo-fi, this record is
> most likely not for you.  Although it cleans up a lot
> of the problems from earlier releases, it still has
> that low-budget 4-track feel, and there are plenty of
> song fragments and some good ideas that are never
> finished.

The I Am A Scientist ep has a different version, which is a proper
recording.

>
>
> If you're a fan of bigger, brighter, cleaner
> production (which many people on this list are), you
> may be better served by 'Isolation Drills,' or even
> their most recent, 'Earthquake Glue,' both of which
> are full of catchy songs, some of which make it beyond
> the three-minute mark.
>
> A pop note: 'Do the Collapse,' which has some good
> moments, but is generally a problematic record, was
> produced by Ric Ocasek.

I love Do the Collapse. I think it's much more interesting than the most
recent one. Ah, but that is the beauty of GbV. It's all very familiar,
but it's always very different.

RS

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>
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