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Or, "Grant Lee Phillips Sings All Your New Wave Favorites". The theme of this album is summed up simply enough in its title, on which Phillips covers 11 songs that should be immediately familiar to anyone who had their ear tuned to college radio or MTV's The Cutting Edge during the early to mid-'80s. The list of artists covered is certainly stellar enough -- the Smiths, the Cure, Pixies, R.E.M., Joy Division, Nick Cave, Robyn Hitchcock, the Psychedelic Furs, and more. However, rather than going for a spunky, electric sound here that might match the style of the originals, Phillips' arrangements are measured and atmospheric, dominated by acoustic instruments and a gentle approach that blends nicely with the smooth, bittersweet flow of his vocals. While this isn't the way you remember hearing these songs back in the day, Phillips reaches into the material with an obvious love and respect, and he finds a beautifully melancholy essence in these tunes that makes for a satisfying marriage of artist and material. (Oddly enough, the song that makes the transition least comfortably is also the first cut on the album -- "Wave of Mutilation" does not get Nineteeneighties off to a flying start, though "Age of Consent," which follows, is a major improvement.) Phillips produced the album and plays most of the instruments himself, and his feel for the material is all but faultless; while it's hard not to be overtaken with a sense of nostalgia while listening to this album if you knew these songs from back in the day, Phillips pulls them out of their original context and in the process reveals their strength is more timeless than one might have imagined. In short, you don't have to have a sideways haircut to like this.
© Mark Deming /TiVo
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David Carpenter, Upright Bass, AssociatedPerformer - Charles Thompson, ComposerLyricist - Dave Schultz, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Grant-Lee Phillips, Producer, Mixer, Acoustic Guitar, Electric Guitar, Mandolin, Organ, Percussion, Piano, Vocals, Recording Engineer, Harmonica, Harmonium, Baritone Guitar, Electric Bass, Guitar Loops, Mellotron, Toy Piano, Digital Piano, Ukulele, Programming, Recording Producer, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 2006 Rounder Records, a division of Concord Music Group, Inc.
Gillian Gilbert, ComposerLyricist - Stephen Paul David Morris, ComposerLyricist - David Carpenter, Upright Bass, AssociatedPerformer - BERNARD SUMNER, ComposerLyricist - PETER HOOK, ComposerLyricist - Dave Schultz, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Kevin Jarvis, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Grant-Lee Phillips, Producer, Mixer, Acoustic Guitar, Electric Guitar, Mandolin, Organ, Percussion, Piano, Vocals, Recording Engineer, Harmonica, Harmonium, Baritone Guitar, Electric Bass, Guitar Loops, Mellotron, Toy Piano, Digital Piano, Ukulele, Programming, Recording Producer, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 2006 Rounder Records, a division of Concord Music Group, Inc.
Stephen Paul David Morris, ComposerLyricist - BERNARD SUMNER, ComposerLyricist - Ian Curtis, ComposerLyricist - PETER HOOK, ComposerLyricist - Dave Schultz, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Grant-Lee Phillips, Producer, Mixer, Acoustic Guitar, Electric Guitar, Mandolin, Organ, Percussion, Piano, Vocals, Recording Engineer, Harmonica, Harmonium, Baritone Guitar, Electric Bass, Guitar Loops, Mellotron, Toy Piano, Digital Piano, Ukulele, Programming, Recording Producer, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 2006 Rounder Records, a division of Concord Music Group, Inc.
David Carpenter, Upright Bass, AssociatedPerformer - Robyn Hitchcock, ComposerLyricist - Dave Schultz, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Grant-Lee Phillips, Producer, Mixer, Acoustic Guitar, Electric Guitar, Mandolin, Organ, Percussion, Piano, Vocals, Recording Engineer, Harmonica, Harmonium, Baritone Guitar, Electric Bass, Guitar Loops, Mellotron, Toy Piano, Digital Piano, Ukulele, Programming, Recording Producer, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 2006 Rounder Records, a division of Concord Music Group, Inc.
Dave Schultz, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Kevin Jarvis, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Grant-Lee Phillips, Producer, Mixer, Acoustic Guitar, Electric Guitar, Mandolin, Organ, Percussion, Piano, Vocals, Recording Engineer, Harmonica, Harmonium, Baritone Guitar, Electric Bass, Guitar Loops, Mellotron, Toy Piano, Digital Piano, Ukulele, Programming, Recording Producer, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer, StudioPersonnel - Ian Stephen Mcculloch, ComposerLyricist - Leslie Thomas Pattinson, ComposerLyricist - Peter Louis Vincent De Freitas, ComposerLyricist
℗ 2006 Rounder Records, a division of Concord Music Group, Inc.
John Ashton, ComposerLyricist - Richard Lofthouse Butler, ComposerLyricist - David Carpenter, Upright Bass, AssociatedPerformer - Eric Gorfain, Violin, AssociatedPerformer - Dave Schultz, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Kevin Jarvis, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Timothy George Butler, ComposerLyricist - Grant-Lee Phillips, Producer, Acoustic Guitar, Electric Guitar, Mandolin, Organ, Percussion, Piano, Vocals, Harmonica, Harmonium, Baritone Guitar, Electric Bass, Guitar Loops, Mellotron, Toy Piano, Digital Piano, Ukulele, Programming, Recording Producer, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Vincent Ely, ComposerLyricist - Mark Linnet, Mixer, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 2006 Rounder Records, a division of Concord Music Group, Inc.
Karin Jansson, ComposerLyricist - Steve Kilbey, ComposerLyricist - Dave Schultz, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Grant-Lee Phillips, Producer, Mixer, Acoustic Guitar, Electric Guitar, Mandolin, Organ, Percussion, Piano, Vocals, Recording Engineer, Harmonica, Harmonium, Baritone Guitar, Electric Bass, Guitar Loops, Mellotron, Toy Piano, Digital Piano, Ukulele, Programming, Recording Producer, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 2006 Rounder Records, a division of Concord Music Group, Inc.
David Carpenter, Upright Bass, AssociatedPerformer - Nick Cave, Composer - Dave Schultz, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Kevin Jarvis, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Grant-Lee Phillips, Producer, Mixer, Acoustic Guitar, Electric Guitar, Mandolin, Organ, Percussion, Piano, Vocals, Recording Engineer, Harmonica, Harmonium, Baritone Guitar, Electric Bass, Guitar Loops, Mellotron, Toy Piano, Digital Piano, Ukulele, Programming, Recording Producer, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 2006 Rounder Records, a division of Concord Music Group, Inc.
Mike Mills, ComposerLyricist - MICHAEL STIPE, ComposerLyricist - PETER BUCK, ComposerLyricist - William Berry, ComposerLyricist - Dave Schultz, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Grant-Lee Phillips, Producer, Mixer, Acoustic Guitar, Electric Guitar, Mandolin, Organ, Percussion, Piano, Vocals, Recording Engineer, Harmonica, Harmonium, Baritone Guitar, Electric Bass, Guitar Loops, Mellotron, Toy Piano, Digital Piano, Ukulele, Programming, Recording Producer, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 2006 Rounder Records, a division of Concord Music Group, Inc.
Robert Smith, ComposerLyricist - LAURENCE TOLHURST, ComposerLyricist - Dave Schultz, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Grant-Lee Phillips, Producer, Mixer, Acoustic Guitar, Electric Guitar, Mandolin, Organ, Percussion, Piano, Vocals, Recording Engineer, Harmonica, Harmonium, Baritone Guitar, Electric Bass, Guitar Loops, Mellotron, Toy Piano, Digital Piano, Ukulele, Programming, Recording Producer, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer, StudioPersonnel - Michael Dempsey, ComposerLyricist
℗ 2006 Rounder Records, a division of Concord Music Group, Inc.
Johnny Marr, ComposerLyricist - MORRISSEY, ComposerLyricist - Dave Schultz, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Grant-Lee Phillips, Producer, Mixer, Acoustic Guitar, Electric Guitar, Mandolin, Organ, Percussion, Piano, Vocals, Recording Engineer, Harmonica, Harmonium, Baritone Guitar, Electric Bass, Guitar Loops, Mellotron, Toy Piano, Digital Piano, Ukulele, Programming, Recording Producer, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 2006 Rounder Records, a division of Concord Music Group, Inc.
Album review
Or, "Grant Lee Phillips Sings All Your New Wave Favorites". The theme of this album is summed up simply enough in its title, on which Phillips covers 11 songs that should be immediately familiar to anyone who had their ear tuned to college radio or MTV's The Cutting Edge during the early to mid-'80s. The list of artists covered is certainly stellar enough -- the Smiths, the Cure, Pixies, R.E.M., Joy Division, Nick Cave, Robyn Hitchcock, the Psychedelic Furs, and more. However, rather than going for a spunky, electric sound here that might match the style of the originals, Phillips' arrangements are measured and atmospheric, dominated by acoustic instruments and a gentle approach that blends nicely with the smooth, bittersweet flow of his vocals. While this isn't the way you remember hearing these songs back in the day, Phillips reaches into the material with an obvious love and respect, and he finds a beautifully melancholy essence in these tunes that makes for a satisfying marriage of artist and material. (Oddly enough, the song that makes the transition least comfortably is also the first cut on the album -- "Wave of Mutilation" does not get Nineteeneighties off to a flying start, though "Age of Consent," which follows, is a major improvement.) Phillips produced the album and plays most of the instruments himself, and his feel for the material is all but faultless; while it's hard not to be overtaken with a sense of nostalgia while listening to this album if you knew these songs from back in the day, Phillips pulls them out of their original context and in the process reveals their strength is more timeless than one might have imagined. In short, you don't have to have a sideways haircut to like this.
© Mark Deming /TiVo
About the album
- 1 disc(s) - 11 track(s)
- Total length: 00:43:45
- Main artists: Grant-Lee Phillips
- Composer: Various Composers
- Label: Zoe Records
- Genre: Pop/Rock Pop
© 2006 Rounder Records, a division of Concord Music Group, Inc. ℗ 2006 Rounder Records, a division of Concord Music Group, Inc.
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