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Date : 3/13/2011 — Time : 3:53:44 PM
Artist : Blonde Redhead
Album : Melody Of Certain Damaged Lemos
Source : CD
Year : 2000
Genre : Noise-pop
Label : Touch and Go
Encoder : exact audio copy 0.96b
Codec : lame 3.91
Quality : CBR, 320kbps, stereo
ID3-Tag : Yes, Version 1 & 2.3
Posted By : yer arse on 13-03-2011
Ripped By : someone or something on 13-03-2011
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Review / Description
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No track on this trio’s fifth album follows, directly or logically, the shape or style of the track preceding it. And that’s ok, as Blonde Redhead’s modus operandi is to produce a head-spinning musical melange, amassed from a multiplicity of sources, that will leave you and your ears dazed but happy.
True to form, the band launches into an ethereal, Stereolab-influenced “In Particular” after the opening mini-track’s sonic blast. There is an initial kitchen-sink, frenetic similarity between Blonde Redhead and Solex, though the former is the more verbal, softer of the two. This similarity is shattered, however, by “Loved Despite of Great Faults,” a measured, modest ballad with just a touch of Brian Wilson’s wistfulness to its late-Beatles-meet-the-Kinks patina. Throughout it all, Kazu Makino and Amedeo Pace trade off sweet and captivating vocals, breathing life into subtly compelling lyrics.
5th Full Length
Recorded at Bear Creek Studios, Woodinville, Washington between January 25, 2000 to February 16, 2000.
Personnel: Toby Christensen (piano).
Recording information: Bear Creek Studio (01/25/2000-02/16/2000).
Unknown Contributor Roles: Amedeo Pace; Simone Pace; Kazu Makino.
Blonde Redhead: Simone Pace, Kazu Makino, Amedeo Pace.
Additional personnel: Toby Christensen (piano).
Spin (8/00, p.149) – 8 out of 10 – “…[They] have stumbled onto something pretty damn deep….a loose-limbed sound-unit – swelling, melodramatic, unrequited….delving into lo-fi keyboard textures, jazzy drumming and studio manipulation…”
Magnet (1-2/01, p.44) – Included in Magnet’s “20 Best Albums of 2000”.
Magnet (8-9/00, p.69) – “…Entering their prime and bursting with self-confidence, [they] pull it off without missing a beat.”
The Wire (5/00, p.46) – “…Broadens their range of expression further…in favor of an incipient melodicism….an adventurous departure.”
CMJ (6/5/00, p.24) – “…BR uses their influences [no-wave band DNA and Sonic Youth] effectively, while incorporating some odd progressive elements and a lot of minor chords.”
Mojo (Publisher) (7/00, p.104) – “…Thrusts the band into a complex landscape of electro beats, trash drumming and Satie-like piano motif. Their sound has finally caught up with their eclectic backgrounds…bouncing the proto-New Wave of ‘In Particular’ to the angular ‘Ballad Of Lemons’…”
NME (Magazine) (5/20/00, p.43) – 8 out of 10 – “…Remarkable….It’s as though all the contrariness of [their] angular past has dissolved into a fascination with pop, ’60s soundtracks and naked piano ballads…without sacrificing any of the heart-stopping dynamics or confessional psychodramas…”
Tracklisting
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01 (0:40) Equally Damaged
02 (6:05) In Particular
03 (3:53) Melody Of Certain Three
04 (4:42) Hated Because Of Great Qualities
05 (4:12) Loved Despite Of Great Faults
06 (1:54) Balled Of Lemons
07 (4:50) This Is Not
08 (5:23) A Cure
09 (3:02) For The Damaged
10 (2:08) Mother
11 (2:37) For The Damaged Coda
Playing Time : 39:26
Total Size : 90.4 MB
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