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When Over the Rhine released their sparsely produced, largely acoustic independent effort Good Dog Bad Dog in 1996, they had not yet given up on their plans to record a more elaborate version of the album. In the end, the group decided that the "home recordings" approach was appropriate for that collection of songs, but when they finally issued a major label follow-up five years later, it was almost as if they were making up for lost time. The appropriately titled Films for Radio has a broad, cinematic scope that makes it the band's most ambitious and lavishly produced record to date. Fans who were introduced to the band through Good Dog may have expected Films to be an intimate arthouse drama, but it proves instead to be something of a slick and unusually intelligent summer blockbuster. The album contains Over the Rhine's first experiments with synthesizers and drum loops, melding edgy special effects into a distinctive art pop brew that continues to be cemented by artfully elliptical lyrics and some of the most engaging melodies in adult alternative music. The synth pop opener "The World Can Wait," for example, sounds like a theme song for a James Bond movie. "The Body Is a Stairway of Skin" is something like Bjork-influenced trip-hop. There is even an energetic Duran Duran-like cover of a Dido tune ("Give Me Strength"). All of that style sometimes overwhelms the substance of the group's unusually substantive songwriting. And perhaps because the album consists of a jumble of material written over a five-year respite from recording, Films for Radio lacks the cohesiveness of its predecessor. Some songs, like the rootsy "Little Blue River" and the Beatles-esque "Goodbye," are a little out of place in the glossy surroundings. Others, like the radio-friendly "Moth," have been dressed in high-tech arrangements that seem a bit strained when compared to earlier, more relaxed performances. The album may be less satisfying for diehard fans than for newcomers who are just discovering the band's exquisitely crafted lit pop sound.
© Evan Cater /TiVo
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David Thoener, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Dave Perkins, Producer, Guitar, Recording Engineer, AssociatedPerformer, StudioPersonnel - Stephen Marcussen, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Don Heffington, Percussion, AssociatedPerformer - Kevin Szymanski, Assistant Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Byron House, AssociatedPerformer, Bass (Vocal) - Over the Rhine, Musician, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Trevor Sadler, Editor, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Karin Bergquist, Composer, Author, Piano, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Linford Detweiler, Author, Producer, Hammond Organ, Recording Engineer, Drum Track, AssociatedPerformer, StudioPersonnel, ComposerLyricist - Jack Henderson, Electric Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Norm Johns, Cello, AssociatedPerformer
(C) 2001 Back Porch ℗ 2001 Back Porch
David Thoener, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Dave Perkins, Producer, Guitar, Recording Engineer, AssociatedPerformer, StudioPersonnel - Stephen Marcussen, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Don Heffington, Percussion, AssociatedPerformer - Kevin Szymanski, Assistant Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Byron House, AssociatedPerformer, Bass (Vocal) - Over the Rhine, Musician, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Trevor Sadler, Editor, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Karin Bergquist, Producer, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer - Linford Detweiler, Composer, Author, Producer, Acoustic Guitar, Piano, Recording Engineer, Drum Track, AssociatedPerformer, StudioPersonnel, ComposerLyricist - Jack Henderson, Guitar, Steel Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Michael Aukafor, Dulcimer, AssociatedPerformer
(C) 2001 Back Porch ℗ 2001 Back Porch
Dido Armstrong, Composer, Author, ComposerLyricist - Paul Statham, Composer, Author, ComposerLyricist - David Thoener, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Stephen Marcussen, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Pascal Gabriel, Composer, Author, Keyboards, Programmer, Programming, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Kevin Szymanski, Assistant Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Over the Rhine, Musician, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Trevor Sadler, Editor, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Karin Bergquist, Producer, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer - Linford Detweiler, Producer - Jack Henderson, Electric Guitar, Recording Engineer, AssociatedPerformer, StudioPersonnel - Mike Stucker, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel
(C) 2001 Back Porch ℗ 2001 Back Porch
Dave Perkins, Producer, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Don Heffington, Percussion, AssociatedPerformer - RUSS LONG, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Over the Rhine, Musician, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Trevor Sadler, Editor, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Karin Bergquist, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer - Linford Detweiler, Composer, Author, Producer, Flute, Guitar, Organ, Piano, Recording Engineer, Drum Track, AssociatedPerformer, StudioPersonnel, ComposerLyricist, Bass (Vocal) - Norm Johns, Cello, AssociatedPerformer
(C) 2001 Back Porch ℗ 2001 Back Porch
Mickey Raphael, Harmonica, AssociatedPerformer - Dave Perkins, Producer, Guitar, Recording Engineer, AssociatedPerformer, StudioPersonnel - Don Heffington, Percussion, AssociatedPerformer - RUSS LONG, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Byron House, AssociatedPerformer, Bass (Vocal) - Over the Rhine, Musician, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Trevor Sadler, Editor, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Karin Bergquist, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer - Linford Detweiler, Composer, Author, Producer, Guitar, Piano, Recording Engineer, AssociatedPerformer, StudioPersonnel, ComposerLyricist - Jack Henderson, Steel Guitar, AssociatedPerformer
(C) 2001 Back Porch ℗ 2001 Back Porch
Robert C. Hebble, Composer - Dave Perkins, Producer, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Don Heffington, Drum Programming, AssociatedPerformer - RUSS LONG, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Byron House, AssociatedPerformer, Bass (Vocal) - Over the Rhine, Musician, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Trevor Sadler, Editor, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Karin Bergquist, Composer, Author, Arranger, Acoustic Guitar, Vocals, Work Arranger, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Linford Detweiler, Producer, Hammond Organ, Piano, Recording Engineer, AssociatedPerformer, StudioPersonnel - Jack Henderson, Steel Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Austin C. Miles, Composer
(C) 2001 Back Porch ℗ 2001 Back Porch
Kristin Wilkinson, Viola, AssociatedPerformer - Dave Perkins, Producer, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Don Heffington, Percussion, AssociatedPerformer - DAVID DAVIDSON, Violin, AssociatedPerformer - John Catchings, Cello, AssociatedPerformer - RUSS LONG, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Byron House, AssociatedPerformer, Bass (Vocal) - Over the Rhine, Musician, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Trevor Sadler, Editor, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Karin Bergquist, Composer, Author, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Linford Detweiler, Composer, Author, Producer, String Arranger, Keyboards, Organ, Piano, Recording Engineer, AssociatedPerformer, StudioPersonnel, ComposerLyricist - Jack Henderson, Electric Guitar, Steel Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Terri Templeton, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer
(C) 2001 Back Porch ℗ 2001 Back Porch
Dave Perkins, Producer, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Don Heffington, Percussion, AssociatedPerformer - RUSS LONG, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Byron House, AssociatedPerformer, Bass (Vocal) - Over the Rhine, Musician, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Trevor Sadler, Editor, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Karin Bergquist, Composer, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Linford Detweiler, Composer, Author, Producer, Acoustic Guitar, Organ, Hammond Organ, Recording Engineer, AssociatedPerformer, StudioPersonnel, ComposerLyricist - Jack Henderson, Electric Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Terri Templeton, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer
(C) 2001 Back Porch ℗ 2001 Back Porch
Over the Rhine, Musician, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Trevor Sadler, Editor, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Karin Bergquist, Composer, Producer, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Linford Detweiler, Composer, Author, Producer, Mixer, Editor, Recording Engineer, Programming, AssociatedPerformer, StudioPersonnel, ComposerLyricist - Jack Henderson, Recording Engineer, Steel Guitar, AssociatedPerformer, StudioPersonnel
(C) 2001 Back Porch ℗ 2001 Back Porch
Dave Perkins, Producer, Mixer, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Don Heffington, Percussion, AssociatedPerformer - Byron House, AssociatedPerformer, Bass (Vocal) - Over the Rhine, Musician, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Trevor Sadler, Editor, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Karin Bergquist, Composer, Author, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Linford Detweiler, Author, Producer, Organ, Hammond Organ, Piano, Recording Engineer, Assistant Mixer, AssociatedPerformer, StudioPersonnel, ComposerLyricist - Jack Henderson, Electric Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Terri Templeton, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer
(C) 2001 Back Porch ℗ 2001 Back Porch
Over the Rhine, Musician, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Trevor Sadler, Editor, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Karin Bergquist, Composer, Author, Producer, Acoustic Guitar, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Linford Detweiler, Producer, Hammond Organ, Recording Engineer, AssociatedPerformer, StudioPersonnel, ComposerLyricist - Mike Stucker, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Michael Timmins, Electric Guitar, AssociatedPerformer
(C) 2001 Back Porch ℗ 2001 Back Porch
Album review
When Over the Rhine released their sparsely produced, largely acoustic independent effort Good Dog Bad Dog in 1996, they had not yet given up on their plans to record a more elaborate version of the album. In the end, the group decided that the "home recordings" approach was appropriate for that collection of songs, but when they finally issued a major label follow-up five years later, it was almost as if they were making up for lost time. The appropriately titled Films for Radio has a broad, cinematic scope that makes it the band's most ambitious and lavishly produced record to date. Fans who were introduced to the band through Good Dog may have expected Films to be an intimate arthouse drama, but it proves instead to be something of a slick and unusually intelligent summer blockbuster. The album contains Over the Rhine's first experiments with synthesizers and drum loops, melding edgy special effects into a distinctive art pop brew that continues to be cemented by artfully elliptical lyrics and some of the most engaging melodies in adult alternative music. The synth pop opener "The World Can Wait," for example, sounds like a theme song for a James Bond movie. "The Body Is a Stairway of Skin" is something like Bjork-influenced trip-hop. There is even an energetic Duran Duran-like cover of a Dido tune ("Give Me Strength"). All of that style sometimes overwhelms the substance of the group's unusually substantive songwriting. And perhaps because the album consists of a jumble of material written over a five-year respite from recording, Films for Radio lacks the cohesiveness of its predecessor. Some songs, like the rootsy "Little Blue River" and the Beatles-esque "Goodbye," are a little out of place in the glossy surroundings. Others, like the radio-friendly "Moth," have been dressed in high-tech arrangements that seem a bit strained when compared to earlier, more relaxed performances. The album may be less satisfying for diehard fans than for newcomers who are just discovering the band's exquisitely crafted lit pop sound.
© Evan Cater /TiVo
About the album
- 1 disc(s) - 11 track(s)
- Total length: 00:57:00
- Main artists: Over The Rhine
- Composer: Various Composers
- Label: Backporch
- Genre: Blues/Country/Folk Folk
© 2001 Back Porch ℗ 2001 Back Porch
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