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Wild Smile

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The double-disc set Wild Smile: An Anthology is the third collection of Epic Soundtracks' songs to be released since his tragic death in 1997. The first disc collects tracks from each of his three albums that saw the light of day before his death (1992's Rise Above, 1994's Sleeping Star, and 1996's Change My Life) and two of the records that came out afterward (Everything Is Temporary and Good Things). The songs gathered on the first disc are a nice cross section of Soundtracks' career that show his brokenhearted way with a melody that's equal parts Bacharach, late-period Brian Wilson, and Sister Lovers-era Alex Chilton, sung in a voice that transmits pain without any external filters whatsoever. As with any collection, there are questionable omissions ("Stealaway" and "She Sleeps Alone"), but nothing that can't be fixed by tracking down all his albums and listening to them in their entirety. The real treat is the second disc of rarities that gathers tracks going back to 1981 ("Jelly, Babies" from his 1981 EP on Rough Trade) all the way up to performances from his last show in 1997. The radio sessions, studio outtakes, and live tracks present an alternate look at his career and unearth some breathtaking gems. Two of last songs he wrote, "Fade Away" and "Unfaithful Arms," are incredibly moving ballads; "Teenage Hearts," an outtake from Sleeping Star, is a powerful song that should have been on the album; a version of the Monkees' "I Wanna Be Free" with Max Edie on vocals is a lot of fun; and an acoustic guitar/vocal "Meet Me on the Beach" is a stunning, painfully honest take. Really, the quality of everything here makes the painful excavation process that Epic's friend Chris Coleman (of What a Nice Way to Turn 17 fanzine fame) had to undergo while putting the comp together well worth it. For anyone who ever fell under the gloomy, yet somehow hopeful, spell Soundtracks' songs could cast, Wild Smile is a reminder of just how important an artist he was.

© Tim Sendra /TiVo

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1
You Can Be My Baby
00:02:39

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2012 Easy Action / Troubadour 2012 Easy Action / Troubadour

2
Emily May ( You make me feel so fine )
00:04:28

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2012 Easy Action / Troubadour 2012 Easy Action / Troubadour

3
Fallen Down
00:04:03

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2012 Easy Action / Troubadour 2012 Easy Action / Troubadour

4
Farmers Daughter
00:03:29

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2012 Easy Action / Troubadour 2012 Easy Action / Troubadour

5
Wishing Well
00:03:36

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2012 Easy Action / Troubadour 2012 Easy Action / Troubadour

6
Something’s Wrong
00:02:42

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2012 Easy Action / Troubadour 2012 Easy Action / Troubadour

7
Something new under the sun
00:02:44

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2012 Easy Action / Troubadour 2012 Easy Action / Troubadour

8
Big Apple Graveyard
00:06:03

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9
Meet me on the beach
00:04:14

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10
Sweet Sixteen
00:03:28

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11
Waiting for the Train
00:03:25

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12
House on the hill
00:04:10

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13
There’s a Rumour
00:02:46

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14
I’ll sing a Hymn
00:04:18

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15
Caroline
00:01:20

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16
Night Time
00:02:33

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17
You Better Run
00:02:56

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18
I do declare
00:03:40

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19
There’s a light up in the sky
00:03:19

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20
Popular Classical piano piece
00:03:24

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DISC 2

1
C'mon Daddy (Live, Knust, Germany 21.10.97)
00:03:26

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2012 Easy Action / Troubadour 2015 Easy Action / Troubadour

2
Teenage Heart (Sleeping Star Sessions)
00:02:58

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2012 Easy Action / Troubadour 2015 Easy Action / Troubadour

3
I'll Be Back (Live, Normandy Festival, St. Lo, France)
00:03:00

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2012 Easy Action / Troubadour 2015 Easy Action / Troubadour

4
Something New Under The Sun (BBC Word Service, France 4.5.95)
00:02:49

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2012 Easy Action / Troubadour 2015 Easy Action / Troubadour

5
The House On The Hill (Maison Rouge Studio 31.8.96)
00:04:07

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2012 Easy Action / Troubadour 2015 Easy Action / Troubadour

6
Fade Away (Live, Knust, Germany 22.10.97)
00:03:19

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2012 Easy Action / Troubadour 2015 Easy Action / Troubadour

7
Meet Me On The Beach (BBC World Service, France 4.5.95)
00:03:04

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2012 Easy Action / Troubadour 2015 Easy Action / Troubadour

8
King Of Everything (Studio Demo 15.1.94)
00:03:31

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2012 Easy Action / Troubadour 2015 Easy Action / Troubadour

9
Hear The Whistle Blow (strings) (Chiswick Peach Studio 1.94)
00:02:00

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2012 Easy Action / Troubadour 2015 Easy Action / Troubadour

10
I Wanna Be Free (as The Lizards)
00:03:47

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2012 Easy Action / Troubadour 2012 Easy Action / Troubadour

11
Midnight (4-Track Recording 1984)
00:01:52

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2012 Easy Action / Troubadour 2015 Easy Action / Troubadour

12
I Wish I Had A Girlfriend (Bernard Lenoir Radio Show 12.1.92)
00:01:43

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2012 Easy Action / Troubadour 2015 Easy Action / Troubadour

13
Stack-O-Tracks Part 2 – She Sleeps Alone (Wake The Dead 5/92)
00:06:16

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2012 Easy Action / Troubadour 2015 Easy Action / Troubadour

14
I'm Your Puppet (Live, Knust, Germany 22.10.97)
00:03:54

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2012 Easy Action / Troubadour 2015 Easy Action / Troubadour

15
Bicycle Rider Havoc (4-Track Recording 1984)
00:00:58

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2012 Easy Action / Troubadour 2015 Easy Action / Troubadour

16
Don't Go To School (A Capella) (Revolution Radio 20.11.84)
00:02:25

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2012 Easy Action / Troubadour 2015 Easy Action / Troubadour

17
I Have Seen The Light (Wake the Dead 19.5.93)
00:05:09

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2012 Easy Action / Troubadour 2015 Easy Action / Troubadour

18
Downbound Train (Early 1980's Home Recording)
00:04:57

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2012 Easy Action / Troubadour 2015 Easy Action / Troubadour

19
Teenage Heart (vocals) (Sleeping Star Sessions)
00:03:00

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2012 Easy Action / Troubadour 2015 Easy Action / Troubadour

20
Sad Song Strings (Wake the Dead 4.92)
00:00:52

Epic Soundtracks , MainArtist

2012 Easy Action / Troubadour 2015 Easy Action / Troubadour

21
Unfaithful Arms (Live, Knust, Germany 22.10.97)
00:02:54

Epic Soundtracks , MainArtist

2012 Easy Action / Troubadour 2015 Easy Action / Troubadour

22
Jelly Babies / C'mon Daddy
00:05:33

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2012 Easy Action / Troubadour 2012 Easy Action / Troubadour

Album review

The double-disc set Wild Smile: An Anthology is the third collection of Epic Soundtracks' songs to be released since his tragic death in 1997. The first disc collects tracks from each of his three albums that saw the light of day before his death (1992's Rise Above, 1994's Sleeping Star, and 1996's Change My Life) and two of the records that came out afterward (Everything Is Temporary and Good Things). The songs gathered on the first disc are a nice cross section of Soundtracks' career that show his brokenhearted way with a melody that's equal parts Bacharach, late-period Brian Wilson, and Sister Lovers-era Alex Chilton, sung in a voice that transmits pain without any external filters whatsoever. As with any collection, there are questionable omissions ("Stealaway" and "She Sleeps Alone"), but nothing that can't be fixed by tracking down all his albums and listening to them in their entirety. The real treat is the second disc of rarities that gathers tracks going back to 1981 ("Jelly, Babies" from his 1981 EP on Rough Trade) all the way up to performances from his last show in 1997. The radio sessions, studio outtakes, and live tracks present an alternate look at his career and unearth some breathtaking gems. Two of last songs he wrote, "Fade Away" and "Unfaithful Arms," are incredibly moving ballads; "Teenage Hearts," an outtake from Sleeping Star, is a powerful song that should have been on the album; a version of the Monkees' "I Wanna Be Free" with Max Edie on vocals is a lot of fun; and an acoustic guitar/vocal "Meet Me on the Beach" is a stunning, painfully honest take. Really, the quality of everything here makes the painful excavation process that Epic's friend Chris Coleman (of What a Nice Way to Turn 17 fanzine fame) had to undergo while putting the comp together well worth it. For anyone who ever fell under the gloomy, yet somehow hopeful, spell Soundtracks' songs could cast, Wild Smile is a reminder of just how important an artist he was.

© Tim Sendra /TiVo

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