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Since Rolf Harris' entire career is based on novelty, perhaps it shouldn't be a surprise that he reworks Alanis Morissette's "Hand In Pocket" Then again, the results -- "I've got one hand in my pocket / and the other one is fingering my didgeridoo" -- are so terrible, that it's nothing less than shocking and that's part of the reason why Can You Tell What It Is Yet?, his first album of new material in years, is so perversely entertaining. Harris' approach of recording standards and contemporary pop hits is suited to the '60s, not the '90s, where interpretitive singing is a lost art form, but he pushes ahead, offering a version of Edwyn Collins' "A Girl Like You," a predictably jolly "Ob-La-Di Ob-La-Da" and a flamenco take on Lou Reed's "Perfect Day." The results certainly aren't great but they are so plain weird that Can You Tell What It Is Yet? becomes strangely, even compulsively, listenable and that is at least more than you might have expected from a late '90s Rolf Harris album.
© Stephen Thomas Erlewine /TiVo
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Butler, Composer - Tony Harris, Engineer - Chris Blair, Masterer, MasteringEngineer - Rolf Harris, Composer, MainArtist - Tot Taylor, Producer - Derek Fischer, Engineer
© 1997 Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company ℗ 1997 The copyright in this sound recording is owned by Rolf Harris Enterprises Pty Ltd
GLEN BALLARD, Composer - Tony Harris, Engineer - Chris Blair, Masterer, MasteringEngineer - Rolf Harris, MainArtist - Tot Taylor, Producer - Derek Fischer, Engineer
© 1997 Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company ℗ 1997 Rolf Harris Enterprises Pty Ltd
Ray Davies, Composer - Tony Harris, Engineer - Chris Blair, Masterer, MasteringEngineer - Rolf Harris, MainArtist - Tot Taylor, Producer - Derek Fischer, Engineer
© 1997 Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company ℗ 1997 The copyright in this sound recording is owned by Rolf Harris Enterprises Pty Ltd
John Williamson, Composer - Tony Harris, Engineer - Chris Blair, Masterer, MasteringEngineer - Rolf Harris, MainArtist - Tot Taylor, Producer - Derek Fischer, Engineer
© 1997 Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company ℗ 1997 Rolf Harris Enterprises Pty Ltd
Lou Reed, Composer - Tony Harris, Engineer - Chris Blair, Masterer, MasteringEngineer - Rolf Harris, MainArtist - Tot Taylor, Producer - Derek Fischer, Engineer
© 1997 Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company ℗ 1997 The copyright in this sound recording is owned by Rolf Harris Enterprises Pty Ltd
Tony Harris, Engineer - Chris Blair, Masterer, MasteringEngineer - John C Fogerty, Composer - Rolf Harris, MainArtist - Tot Taylor, Producer - Derek Fischer, Engineer
© 1997 Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company ℗ 1997 Rolf Harris Enterprises Pty Ltd
John Lennon, Composer - Paul Mccartney, Composer - Tony Harris, Engineer - Chris Blair, Masterer, MasteringEngineer - Rolf Harris, MainArtist - Tot Taylor, Producer - Derek Fischer, Engineer
© 1997 Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company ℗ 1997 Rolf Harris Enterprises Pty Ltd
Edwyn Collins, Composer - Tony Harris, Engineer - Chris Blair, Masterer, MasteringEngineer - Rolf Harris, MainArtist - Tot Taylor, Producer - Derek Fischer, Engineer
© 1997 Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company ℗ 1997 The copyright in this sound recording is owned by Rolf Harris Enterprises Pty Ltd
John Lennon, Writer - Paul Mccartney, Writer - Tony Harris, Engineer - Chris Blair, Masterer, MasteringEngineer - Rolf Harris, MainArtist - Tot Taylor, Producer - Derek Fischer, Engineer
© 1997 Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company ℗ 1997 Rolf Harris Enterprises Pty Ltd
Tony Harris, Engineer - Chris Blair, Masterer, MasteringEngineer - Rolf Harris, Composer, MainArtist - Tot Taylor, Producer - Derek Fischer, Engineer
© 1997 Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company ℗ 1997 The copyright in this sound recording is owned by Rolf Harris Enterprises Pty Ltd
Traditional, Composer - Tony Harris, Engineer - Chris Blair, Masterer, MasteringEngineer - Rolf Harris, MainArtist - Tot Taylor, Producer - Derek Fischer, Engineer - Robin Hall, Arranger - Jimmy McGregor, Arranger
© 1997 Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company ℗ 1997 Rolf Harris Enterprises Pty Ltd
Mark Barkan, Composer - Tony Harris, Engineer - Chris Blair, Masterer, MasteringEngineer - Rolf Harris, MainArtist - Tot Taylor, Producer - Derek Fischer, Engineer
© 1997 Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company ℗ 1997 The copyright in this sound recording is owned by Rolf Harris Enterprises Pty Ltd
Album review
Since Rolf Harris' entire career is based on novelty, perhaps it shouldn't be a surprise that he reworks Alanis Morissette's "Hand In Pocket" Then again, the results -- "I've got one hand in my pocket / and the other one is fingering my didgeridoo" -- are so terrible, that it's nothing less than shocking and that's part of the reason why Can You Tell What It Is Yet?, his first album of new material in years, is so perversely entertaining. Harris' approach of recording standards and contemporary pop hits is suited to the '60s, not the '90s, where interpretitive singing is a lost art form, but he pushes ahead, offering a version of Edwyn Collins' "A Girl Like You," a predictably jolly "Ob-La-Di Ob-La-Da" and a flamenco take on Lou Reed's "Perfect Day." The results certainly aren't great but they are so plain weird that Can You Tell What It Is Yet? becomes strangely, even compulsively, listenable and that is at least more than you might have expected from a late '90s Rolf Harris album.
© Stephen Thomas Erlewine /TiVo
About the album
- 1 disc(s) - 12 track(s)
- Total length: 00:42:48
- Main artists: Rolf Harris
- Composer: Various Composers
- Label: Parlophone UK
- Genre: Pop/Rock Pop
© 1997 Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company ℗ 1997 The copyright in this sound recording is owned by Parlophone Records Ltd
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