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The run of James' albums and accompanying singles meant a fair few B-sides surfaced over the years -- especially as the era of two-CD singles took hold in the U.K. -- and Ultra cherry picks them for a reasonable if uneven look at the band's less well-known moments. Aside from two covers -- a starts-okay-then-gets-utterly-horrible version of the Velvet Underground's "Sunday Morning" and a sturdy enough radio session take on Iggy Pop's "China Girl" -- it's all originals, arranged in no particular order, from 1990 to 1999. Given that Wah Wah was more the portrait of the band at work in studio than anything else, the more finished efforts here straddle the line between doing whatever for the sake of it and trying to polish up something. A few songs are bemusing efforts by the band to stay in touch with the times (thus opening cut "Gone Too Far," which shows James jumping on the jungle bandwagon a couple of years too late), but sometimes the blend of styles actually becomes its own particular strength. Secret highlights do pop up -- the jaunty swing and heavy flange of "Honest Pleasure," the minimal "Undertaker" (at least at the start) and "Still Alive," both of which very much forecast where the band would end up with Laid, and the rich, Neu!-tinged Krautrock chug of "Chunny Pops." One of the more surprising and entrancing efforts, "I Defeat," features Sinéad O'Connor on a country-influenced, downbeat note that's a rare gem. In the end this is obviously really only for the must-have-it-all James fan, or at least the one who wants all these songs in one place and lacks a CD burner, but as it stands it's still an enjoyable listen even for a more casual listener.
© Ned Raggett /TiVo
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James, MainArtist - Stephen Hague, Producer - Jim Glennie, Bass Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Mark Hunter, Keyboards, AssociatedPerformer - David Baynton-Power, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Saul Davies, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Tim Booth, Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - James Patrick Glennie, ComposerLyricist - Timothy Booth, ComposerLyricist - James Lawrence Gott, ComposerLyricist - Saul Davis, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Adrian Oxaal, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Michael Kulas, Percussion, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 1997 Mercury Records Limited
James, Producer, MainArtist - Jim Glennie, Bass Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Mark Hunter, Keyboards, AssociatedPerformer - David Baynton-Power, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Saul Davies, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Tim Booth, Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - James Patrick Glennie, ComposerLyricist - Timothy Booth, ComposerLyricist - James Lawrence Gott, ComposerLyricist - Saul Davis, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Adrian Oxaal, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Michael Kulas, Percussion, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 1997 Mercury Records Limited
John Cale, ComposerLyricist - Lou Reed, ComposerLyricist - James, Producer, MainArtist - Chris Sheldon, Producer - Jim Glennie, Bass Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Mark Hunter, Keyboards, AssociatedPerformer - David Baynton-Power, Percussion, AssociatedPerformer - Saul Davies, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Tim Booth, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer - Larry Gott, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Nick Garside, Producer - Andy (Diagram) Perkins, Trumpet, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 1990 Mercury Records Limited
Iggy Pop, ComposerLyricist - Mike Robinson, Producer - James, MainArtist - Jim Glennie, Bass Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - David Bowie, ComposerLyricist - James Osterberg Jr., ComposerLyricist - Mark Hunter, Keyboards, AssociatedPerformer - David Baynton-Power, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Saul Davies, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Tim Booth, Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Adrian Oxaal, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Michael Kulas, Percussion, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 1997 BBC
Steve Williams, Producer, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - James, Producer, Mixer, MainArtist, StudioPersonnel - Jim Glennie, Bass Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Mark Hunter, Keyboards, AssociatedPerformer - David Baynton-Power, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Saul Davies, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Tim Booth, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer - James Patrick Glennie, ComposerLyricist - Timothy Booth, ComposerLyricist - James Lawrence Gott, ComposerLyricist - Larry Gott, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Andy (Diagram) Perkins, Trumpet, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 1992 Mercury Records Limited
James, MainArtist - Brian Eno, Producer - Jim Glennie, Bass Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Mark Hunter, Keyboards, AssociatedPerformer - David Baynton-Power, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Saul Davies, Guitar, Violin, AssociatedPerformer - Tim Booth, Vocals, Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - James Patrick Glennie, ComposerLyricist - Timothy Booth, ComposerLyricist - James Lawrence Gott, ComposerLyricist - Larry Gott, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Benedict Fenner, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Saul Davis, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Adrian Oxaal, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 1993 Mercury Records Limited
James, MainArtist - Brian Eno, Producer - Sinéad O'Connor, Additional Vocals, AssociatedPerformer - DAVID BASCOMBE, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Mark Hunter, ComposerLyricist - Alex Haas, Engineer, StudioPersonnel - David Baynton-Power, ComposerLyricist - Saul Davies, ComposerLyricist - James Patrick Glennie, ComposerLyricist - Timothy Booth, ComposerLyricist
℗ 1999 Mercury Records Limited
Steve Williams, Producer, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - James, Producer, Mixer, MainArtist, StudioPersonnel - Jim Glennie, Bass Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Mark Hunter, Keyboards, AssociatedPerformer - David Baynton-Power, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Saul Davies, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Tim Booth, Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - James Patrick Glennie, ComposerLyricist - Timothy Booth, ComposerLyricist - James Lawrence Gott, ComposerLyricist - Larry Gott, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Andy (Diagram) Perkins, Trumpet, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 1992 Mercury Records Limited
James, Producer, MainArtist, ComposerLyricist - Jim Glennie, Bass Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Mark Hunter, Keyboards, AssociatedPerformer - Saul Davies, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Tim Booth, Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Adrian Oxaal, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 1997 Mercury Records Limited
James, Producer, Mixer, Additional Producer, MainArtist, StudioPersonnel - Chris Sheldon, Producer, Mixer, Additional Producer, StudioPersonnel - Jim Glennie, Bass Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Flood, Producer - Mark Hunter, Keyboards, AssociatedPerformer - David Baynton-Power, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Saul Davies, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Tim Booth, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer - James Patrick Glennie, ComposerLyricist - Timothy Booth, ComposerLyricist - James Lawrence Gott, ComposerLyricist - Larry Gott, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Andy (Diagram) Perkins, Trumpet, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 1991 Mercury Records Limited
James, MainArtist - Jim Glennie, Bass Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Mark Hunter, Keyboards, AssociatedPerformer - David Baynton-Power, Percussion, AssociatedPerformer - Saul Davies, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Tim Booth, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer - James Patrick Glennie, Producer, ComposerLyricist - Timothy Booth, Producer, ComposerLyricist - James Lawrence Gott, Producer, ComposerLyricist - Larry Gott, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Nick Garside, Producer - Andy (Diagram) Perkins, Trumpet, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 1990 Mercury Records Limited
Steve Williams, Producer, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - James, Producer, Mixer, MainArtist, StudioPersonnel - Jim Glennie, Bass Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Mark Hunter, Keyboards, AssociatedPerformer - David Baynton-Power, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Saul Davies, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Tim Booth, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer - James Patrick Glennie, ComposerLyricist - Timothy Booth, ComposerLyricist - James Lawrence Gott, ComposerLyricist - Larry Gott, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Andy (Diagram) Perkins, Trumpet, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 1992 Mercury Records Limited
James, Producer, Mixer, MainArtist, StudioPersonnel - Brian Eno, Producer - Jim Glennie, Bass Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Mark Hunter, Keyboards, AssociatedPerformer - David Baynton-Power, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Saul Davies, Guitar, Violin, AssociatedPerformer - Tim Booth, Vocals, Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - James Patrick Glennie, ComposerLyricist - Timothy Booth, ComposerLyricist - James Lawrence Gott, ComposerLyricist - Larry Gott, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Adrian Oxaal, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 1994 Mercury Records Limited
James, Producer, MainArtist - Brian Eno, Producer - Mark Hunter, ComposerLyricist - Alex Haas, Engineer, StudioPersonnel - David Baynton-Power, ComposerLyricist - Saul Davies, ComposerLyricist - James Patrick Glennie, ComposerLyricist - Timothy Booth, ComposerLyricist - Benedict Fenner, Mixer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 1999 Mercury Records Limited
James, MainArtist - James Patrick Glennie, Producer, ComposerLyricist - Timothy Booth, Producer, ComposerLyricist - James Lawrence Gott, Producer, ComposerLyricist - Nick Garside, Producer, Mixer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 1990 Mercury Records Limited
James, MainArtist - Jim Glennie, Bass Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Mark Hunter, Keyboards, AssociatedPerformer - David Baynton-Power, Producer, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Saul Davies, Producer, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Tim Booth, Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - James Patrick Glennie, ComposerLyricist - Timothy Booth, ComposerLyricist - James Lawrence Gott, ComposerLyricist - Larry Gott, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Adrian Oxaal, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 1997 Mercury Records Limited
James, Producer, MainArtist, ComposerLyricist - Jim Glennie, Bass Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Mark Hunter, Keyboards, AssociatedPerformer - Saul Davies, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Tim Booth, Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Adrian Oxaal, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 1997 Mercury Records Limited
James, Producer, MainArtist - Jim Glennie, Bass Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Mark Hunter, Keyboards, AssociatedPerformer - David Baynton-Power, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Saul Davies, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Tim Booth, Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - James Patrick Glennie, ComposerLyricist - Timothy Booth, ComposerLyricist - James Lawrence Gott, ComposerLyricist - Adrian Oxaal, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Michael Kulas, Percussion, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 1997 Mercury Records Limited
Chronique
The run of James' albums and accompanying singles meant a fair few B-sides surfaced over the years -- especially as the era of two-CD singles took hold in the U.K. -- and Ultra cherry picks them for a reasonable if uneven look at the band's less well-known moments. Aside from two covers -- a starts-okay-then-gets-utterly-horrible version of the Velvet Underground's "Sunday Morning" and a sturdy enough radio session take on Iggy Pop's "China Girl" -- it's all originals, arranged in no particular order, from 1990 to 1999. Given that Wah Wah was more the portrait of the band at work in studio than anything else, the more finished efforts here straddle the line between doing whatever for the sake of it and trying to polish up something. A few songs are bemusing efforts by the band to stay in touch with the times (thus opening cut "Gone Too Far," which shows James jumping on the jungle bandwagon a couple of years too late), but sometimes the blend of styles actually becomes its own particular strength. Secret highlights do pop up -- the jaunty swing and heavy flange of "Honest Pleasure," the minimal "Undertaker" (at least at the start) and "Still Alive," both of which very much forecast where the band would end up with Laid, and the rich, Neu!-tinged Krautrock chug of "Chunny Pops." One of the more surprising and entrancing efforts, "I Defeat," features Sinéad O'Connor on a country-influenced, downbeat note that's a rare gem. In the end this is obviously really only for the must-have-it-all James fan, or at least the one who wants all these songs in one place and lacks a CD burner, but as it stands it's still an enjoyable listen even for a more casual listener.
© Ned Raggett /TiVo
À propos
- 1 disque(s) - 18 piste(s)
- Durée totale : 01:09:04
- Artistes principaux : James
- Compositeur : Various Composers
- Label : EMI
- Genre : Pop/Rock Pop
© 2001 Mercury Records Limited This Compilation ℗ 2001 Mercury Records Limited
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