Oops it was 1984. Download it here: http://wilfullyobscure.blogspot.com/2007/09/buzz-of-delight-sound-castles-epplus.html -------------- Original message ---------------------- From: "Miles Goosens" > On Sun, Jan 4, 2009 at 12:19 PM, Holmes Online wrote: > > Ironically it was probably the inverse that > > made me love GIRLFRIEND so much - I had almost no expectations and was > > floored upon first listen, which if I remember was too late for the Audities > > poll. :) > > Yeah, when GIRLFRIEND came out, to me Matthew Sweet was someone who'd > put out a couple of ok-but-nothing-special pop albums. The massive > hook and Quine geetar blast of the title track made me go "WOW! Who > knew Matthew Sweet had *that* in him?" > > I still think GIRLFRIEND is a bit overrated (mostly because it's > overlong, though ALTERED BEAST is just as long and I like it better > than GIRLFRIEND), and that the best album the GIRLFRIEND combo did was > Lloyd Cole's 1990 solo debut, but it's still a damn fine album, that > GIRLFRIEND one. > > Yeah, I'm missing the poll. I'll get a list out sometime, maybe even > later today, but I need some thinkin' and some time to listen, and > both commodities have been in short supply lately. > > later, > > Miles > > > -- > now with blogspot retsin! http://readingpronunciation.blogspot.com/