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FUN BOY'THREE - "FB3"
CHRYSALIS
WITH TERRY HALL, NEVILLE STAPLES AND LYNVAL GOLDING
FROM THE SPECIALS, I EXPECTED A LITTLE MORE THAN THIS.
UNFORTUNATELY, THE ALBUM HAS FEW GOOD IDEAS, MUCH LIKE,
"MORE SPECIALS". "THE LUNATICS...", "WAY ON DOWN", "LIFE
IN GENERAL (LEWE IN ALGEMEEN)" AND "ALONE" ARE ABOUT THE
ONLY TRACKS THAT ARE WORTH -LISTENING TO, THE REST SEEM
TO BE POOPED.
OVERALL RATING: C+ (SHOWS SOME PROMISE OF GREATNESS, BUT
RETAINS MEDIOCRITY.)
BALLISTIC KISSES - "TOTAL ACCESS"
DON'T FALL OFF THE MOUNTAIN - X-15
FOR FANS OF HUMAN LEAGUE AND THE DEAD KENNEDY'S THERE'S
NEW HOPE. THIS NY BASED BAND PLAYS PERKY SYNTHESIZERS THAT
HAVE EVERYONE DANCING, BUT FOR THOSE WHO DISMISS ANYTHING
BUT SLAM-DANCING AS TRITE, THESE LYRICS ARE SURE TO PLEASE.
WITH SUCH TITLES AS "RECIPE FOR REVOLT", "BLACK AND BROKE"
AND "TOUGH SHIT", YOU WONDER WHY THEY'RE NOT PLAYING THREE-
CHORD ROCK IN LEATHER JACKETS. UNFORTUNATELY, THEY ARE MIXED
IN LETTING THE SYNTHS WRITE THE MUSIC, SO IT STILL COMES
ACROSS AS WEAK. YOU MAY WANT TO STICK WITH THE EP, FEATURING
THREE OF THE BEST TRACKS, "5 O'CLOCK WORLD", "BLACK & BROKE"
AND "DOMESTIC SERVANTS". (DFO+M Y-13)
OVERALL RATING: C- (DOES SOME INTERESTING STUFF.)
— MICHAEL ZAKES —
NO LIMIT
ALMOST "ALMOST BLUE" - ELVIS COSTELLO
F BEAT
COSTELLO'S INFATUATION WITH COUNTRY HAS HAD EIGHT
SPIN-OFFS, (NINE IF YOU INCLUDE "STRANGER IN THE HOUSE"
WITH GEORGE JONES), THEY ARE THE B-SIDES OF "GOOD YEAR
FOR THE ROSES", "SWEET DREAMS" AND THE VARIOUS B-SIDES
OF A LIVE RECORDING OF "I'M YOUR TOY".
OF THE GROUP, THE LIVE VERSION OF "PSYCHO" PULLED
FROM HIS HOLLYWOOD SHOW OF '79 IS BY FAR THE BEST, WITH
"YOUR ANGEL STEPS OUT OF HEAVEN" A CLOSE SECOND. JUST
RELEASED IS A LIVE VERSION OF "I'M YOUR TOY" RECORDED
DURING THE ALMOST BLUE ALMOST TOUR AT THE ALBERT HALL
LONDON W/ THE ROYAL PHILHARMONIC. OTHER THAN SOME EXTRA
STRINGS & BRASS AND PIANO FROM STEVE, THERE'S NOT MUCH
DIFFERENCE FROM THE LP. ON THE B-SIDE OF THE 7", WE'RE
TREATED TO "CRY,CRY,CRY" AND "WONDERING", BOTH OF THEM
THE SOULFUL NUMBERS THAT HE PULLS OFF SO WELL. ON THE
12" WE GET, "MY SHOES KEEP WALKING BACK TO YOU", "BLUES
KEEP CALLING" AND LORETTA LYNN's, "HONKY TONK GIRL".
"MY SHOES" IS THE MOST UPBEAT OF THEM ALL, BUT COSTELLO
DOESN’T HAVE THE CONVICTION TO PULL IT OFF. "BLUES KEEP
CALLING", MORE R&B THAN COUNTRY, IS A TREAT, EVEN THOUGH
HE CAN'T QUITE PULL OFF THE REQUISITE SCREAMS. "HONKY
TONK GIRL" IS A SOLID COUNTRY NUMBER, PULLED OFF OUITE
WELL. ALL IN ALL, THESE TRACKS ARE INTERESTING, BUT IT
WOULD BE NICE TO SEE A NEW ROCK ALBUM.
ROKY ERICKSON AND THE ALIENS
"THE EVIL ONE"
415 RECORDS
ROKY ERICKSON HAS BEEN RESURRECTED FROM THE GRAVE!
UNLIKE MOST OTHER ONCE POPULAR MUSICIANS OR GROUPS, WHO
HAVE TRIED TO EXORCISE THEIR DEMONS WITH ILL-FATED COME-
BACKS, ROKY ERICKSON'S "THE EVIL ONE" LP PROVES HIS
BURI EL WAS PREMATURE.
THE FORMER MASTERMIND OF THE LEGENDARY PSYCHEDELIC
GROUP, THE 13TH FLOOR ELEVATORS, HAS RELEASED HIS FIRST
AMERICAN LP SINCE THE LATE I960's WHEN A DRUG BUST BROKE
UP THE TEXAS BAND. "THE EVIL ONE" IS A COMBINATION OF
FIVE NEW SONGS ALONG WITH FIVE OF THE BEST SONGS FROM
THE CBS-LONDON IMPORT ALBUM OF LAST YEAR.
ONES INITIAL REACTION TO HEARING ROKY's LYRICS MAKES
ONE WONDER ABOUT HIS SANITY AND IF HE EVER HAD A COURSE
IN ENGLISH. NEVERTHELESS, IF ONE LISTENS LONG ENOUGH, YOU
CAN'T HELP BUT FEEL THE POWER IN ONE OF THE GREATEST ROCK
VOICES EVER AS IT MOLDS ITSELF TO THE RYTHYM OF SUCH SONGS
AS "CREATURE WITH THE ATOM BRAIN", "I THINK OF DEMONS",
"COLD NIGHT FOR ALLIGATORS, "DON'T SHAKE ME LUCIFER" AND
"BLOODY HAMMER".
WHAT WE HEAR IS THE HOWL OF AN ARTIST WHO's PSYCHED
OUT. WHAT WE SEE IS A ZOMBIE-LIKE FIGURE (AS IF JIM MORRI-
SON HAD LIVED) WHO's NOT REALLY THERE. WHAT WE HAVE IS ONE
OF THE MOST UNUSUAL (AND SUPRISINGLY GOOD) ALBUMS OF THE
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A&M
THIS ALBUM WAS A BIT OF A DISSAPOINTMENT, BUT THEN
AGAIN, I WAS HOPING FOR ANOTHER "TRUE COLOURS". DESPITE
HUGH PADGHAM's PRODUCTION, THEY GENERALLY MANAGE TO TOSS
IN AT LEAST ONE BREAK OF "PUT ME ON TOP 40 AOR PLEASE".
SOME TRACKS ARE WELL DONE, THOUGH, "HELLO SANDY ALLEN"
AND "NEVER CEASES TO AMAZE ME" BOTH HAVE A SOLID POP
SORT OF UNDERTONES SOUND TO THEM. "HAUL AWAY" IS IN-
TERESTING FOR ITS SOUND IF NOTHING ELSE. "MAKE SENSE
OF IT" IS WHERE PADGHAM's INFLUENCE IS MOST STRONGLY
FELT, THOUGH, ALMOST BEING A CANDIDATE FOR "ENGLISH
SETTLEMENT". IT WOULD BE NICE TO HEAR THIS BAND NOT
WORRY ABOUT COMMERCIAL APPEAL.
OVERALL RATING: B-/C+ (SOLID AUSTRALIAN POP.)
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