Unjustly Ignored

PopTodd · **Posted:** Mon May 18, 2009 2:23 pm

I believe that it was Rads that turned me on to this record.
Wasn't it?

Genre-hopping Vancouver pop band with lots of cool little elements that seem to come out of left-field. Not groundbreaking, but surprising and enjoyable. And worth a mention in this thread.

Available for $0.01 from Amazon.

Radcliffe · **Posted:** Mon May 18, 2009 2:32 pm

PopTodd Wrote:

I believe that it was Rads that turned me on to this record.
Wasn't it?

Genre-hopping Vancouver pop band with lots of cool little elements that seem to come out of left-field. Not groundbreaking, but surprising and enjoyable. And worth a mention in this thread.

Available for $0.01 from Amazon.

Yeah, I would've included that album in this thread except I put most of it up in the tenner thread already.

And I would refer to it as groundbreaking, btw. There isn't a single chorus on that entire album, and yet it manages to be hooky and memorable.

ShamWow! · **Posted:** Mon May 18, 2009 8:41 pm

This was actually released twice in the US...first on MCA, then later on Metal Blade (go figure). It's heavier/murkier than Face To Face, which to me, makes it a helluva lot meaner.

Here's another one from Oz:

Australian cowpunk...things that the Hoodoos hinted at on Mars Needs Guitars. This was Spencer P. Jones (Beasts of Bourbon, Hell To Pay, Paul Kelly, et al) first outfit.

PopTodd · **Posted:** Tue May 19, 2009 9:49 am

Maybe around here, it's gotten a little more play than something that should be called "ignored", but I still think that there is enough of a population here that has not heard this record, that it's worth calling out.

From front-to-back a perfect depiction of the post-collegiate/early adulthood doldrums: the quest for fulfillment with booze; and drugs; and sex. Cinematic in scope. Universal yet heart-wrenchingly personal. We've all been there (or are there, or will be there... you young'uns). And it hurts to go back, in the most beautiful way imaginable.

A perfect record.

Also available at Amazon for $0.01.

no guru · **Posted:** Tue May 19, 2009 10:07 am

Yeah, "All The Cocaine In The World" is one of my favorite short songs.

Radcliffe · **Posted:** Tue May 19, 2009 12:44 pm

I don't get what some of you hear in that Webb Bros. album. I've got it, find it okay 'n' all, but it wouldn't have made it onto a top 20 of that year let alone stand out as anything special almost a decade later.

Twilightkid · **Posted:** Tue May 19, 2009 12:54 pm

Flickerstick 'Welcoming Home The Astronauts"

Cheap Trick trying to be OKC-era Radiohead....

Hooks galore, big guitars, and somewhat spacey....

*probably be bashed for being on a reality show, but whatevah*

Senator LooGAR · **Posted:** Tue May 19, 2009 12:58 pm

Radcliffe Wrote:

I don't get what some of you hear in that Webb Bros. album. I've got it, find it okay 'n' all, but it wouldn't have made it onto a top 20 of that year let alone stand out as anything special almost a decade later.

I'd like to make my own decision on this. Linkous?

Radcliffe · **Posted:** Tue May 19, 2009 1:15 pm

Sen. Posh Oltorf LooGAR Wrote:

Radcliffe Wrote:

I don't get what some of you hear in that Webb Bros. album. I've got it, find it okay 'n' all, but it wouldn't have made it onto a top 20 of that year let alone stand out as anything special almost a decade later.

I'd like to make my own decision on this. Linkous?

This link still works: http://powerpopoverdose.blogspot.com/2008/04/webb-brothers-maroon-2000.html

The song "Just a Fashion" is okay, but don't get your hopes up over a title like "All The Cocaine In The World" because it's not even a song.

FT · **Posted:** Tue May 19, 2009 2:29 pm

PopTodd Wrote:

Maybe around here, it's gotten a little more play than something that should be called "ignored", but I still think that there is enough of a population here that has not heard this record, that it's worth calling out.

From front-to-back a perfect depiction of the post-collegiate/early adulthood doldrums: the quest for fulfillment with booze; and drugs; and sex. Cinematic in scope. Universal yet heart-wrenchingly personal. We've all been there (or are there, or will be there... you young'uns). And it hurts to go back, in the most beautiful way imaginable.

A perfect record.

Great call, Todd. The textbook definition of a great overlooked album.

DHRjericho · **Posted:** Tue May 19, 2009 3:16 pm

Radcliffe Wrote:

Sen. Posh Oltorf LooGAR Wrote:

Radcliffe Wrote:

I don't get what some of you hear in that Webb Bros. album. I've got it, find it okay 'n' all, but it wouldn't have made it onto a top 20 of that year let alone stand out as anything special almost a decade later.

I'd like to make my own decision on this. Linkous?

This link still works: http://powerpopoverdose.blogspot.com/2008/04/webb-brothers-maroon-2000.html

The song "Just a Fashion" is okay, but don't get your hopes up over a title like "All The Cocaine In The World" because it's not even a song.

I bought this back in the day and nothing ever really stood out to me. I'll have to dig it out eventually and give it another spin.

ShamWow! · **Posted:** Tue May 19, 2009 9:28 pm

I've shilled this one 'round here before. You can read up on it at Amazon or Allmusic. 33 reviews on Amazon...30 5-Stars, 3 4-Stars, so it's not just me trying to get y'all on the Kool Aid. Two songs of more than 7 minutes...both of which fly by like a 2:39 single. This may be as close as anyone came to a perfect album.

Radcliffe · **Posted:** Tue May 19, 2009 9:48 pm

One of my all-time faves. Back in the mid - late 70s, Mink Deville shared the CBGBs stage with the likes of Talking Heads, Patti Smith, Television, the Ramones, and the Heartbreakers, and they probably had even less to do with what quickly came to be known as punk rock than any of those bands. Mink Deville hewed closely to rock 'n' roll tradition, using the same set of influences that powered the likes of Springsteen - early rock 'n' roll, Phil Spector, R&B, and soul - and fused it with enough tough machismo to fit in with that NYC punk scene. They even managed to get true monster Jack Nitzsche to produce the album.

Mink Deville Cabretta (1977)

01. Venus Of Avenue D (5:04)
02. Little Girl (4:24)
03. One Way Street (2:54)
04. Mixed Up, Shook Up Girl (3:49)
05. Gunslinger (2:15)
06. Can't Do Without It (3:11)
07. Cadillac Walk (3:19)
08. Spanish Stroll (3:43)
09. She's So Tough (2:50)
10. Party Girls (4:32)

Only link I could find (and I'm too lazy to burn it from my vinyl):

Code:

http://rapidshare.com/files/98328438/JE147.rar

password: DavreTTa

Trouser Press Wrote:

On a good night in the New York underground around 1976 or 1977, the band led by Willy DeVille...could be the coolest cats on the scene. Willy dressed like a pimp and played a guitar covered in leopard skin; swagger and soulful strut was a brisk rejoinder to the sloppy punk and wimpy power pop bands they preceded and followed on stages. After the band was discovered, producer Jack Nitzsche got them on the lean, tough R&B beam for a first LP that sweats and smokes through and through as a classic of such fully and lovingly assimilated music should

DumpJack · **Posted:** Tue May 19, 2009 9:54 pm

'Spanish Stroll' is one of my favourite songs of all time.

billy g · **Joined:** Mon Oct 25, 2004 1:41 pm **Posts:** 9020

really like the mink deville and audience albums.

tentoze · **Posted:** Tue May 19, 2009 10:35 pm

ShamWow! Wrote:

I've shilled this one 'round here before. You can read up on it at Amazon or Allmusic. 33 reviews on Amazon...30 5-Stars, 3 4-Stars, so it's not just me trying to get y'all on the Kool Aid. Two songs of more than 7 minutes...both of which fly by like a 2:39 single. This may be as close as anyone came to a perfect album.

Interesting. This album cover struck me as familiar for some reason. I sold off a bunch of surplus vinyl a few months ago, including some given to me by a friend a few years ago in Las Vegas. This was in that bunch- I never listened to it, and it didn't sell, either. Guess I'll give it a spin tomorrow.

Senator LooGAR · **Posted:** Wed May 20, 2009 12:18 pm

FT Wrote:

PopTodd Wrote:

Maybe around here, it's gotten a little more play than something that should be called "ignored", but I still think that there is enough of a population here that has not heard this record, that it's worth calling out.

From front-to-back a perfect depiction of the post-collegiate/early adulthood doldrums: the quest for fulfillment with booze; and drugs; and sex. Cinematic in scope. Universal yet heart-wrenchingly personal. We've all been there (or are there, or will be there... you young'uns). And it hurts to go back, in the most beautiful way imaginable.

A perfect record.

Great call, Todd. The textbook definition of a great overlooked album.

This is merely OK. Too much pop, not enough power. Mines that Beach Boys melodies/found sounds style of The High Llamas. A little sappy.

ShamWow! · **Posted:** Thu May 21, 2009 1:53 pm

This one probably gets dinged because it's a covers complilation...but like "Kicking Against The Pricks", it is great achievement. The execution is everything you'd expect from The Church, but what really sets this album apart is the selected material...John Foxx's Ultravox, Iggy Pop, the Neil Young tune that *no one* covers, Television, et al--all perfectly adapted to the Church's sound and all masterfully executed.

billy g · **Joined:** Mon Oct 25, 2004 1:41 pm **Posts:** 9020

Sen. Posh Oltorf LooGAR Wrote:

FT Wrote:

PopTodd Wrote:

Maybe around here, it's gotten a little more play than something that should be called "ignored", but I still think that there is enough of a population here that has not heard this record, that it's worth calling out.

From front-to-back a perfect depiction of the post-collegiate/early adulthood doldrums: the quest for fulfillment with booze; and drugs; and sex. Cinematic in scope. Universal yet heart-wrenchingly personal. We've all been there (or are there, or will be there... you young'uns). And it hurts to go back, in the most beautiful way imaginable.

A perfect record.

Great call, Todd. The textbook definition of a great overlooked album.

This is merely OK. Too much pop, not enough power. Mines that Beach Boys melodies/found sounds style of The High Llamas. A little sappy.

I'd say this is a significantly better album than anything that I've heard from the High Llamas. That merely raises it to not bad but completely forgettable as opposed to pretty awful. This might be one of the high points of a pretty terrible genre though. I've heard two other albums from the Webb Brothers and they are closer to the High Llamas standard of terrible.

Never heard that church album. sounds interesting though.

rogneeb · **Joined:** Mon Oct 25, 2004 1:07 pm **Posts:** 12618

i've avoided box of birds for some reason

PopTodd · **Posted:** Thu May 28, 2009 9:20 am

Another one that I was turned on to by an Obner, this time it was catswilleatyou (who also did the amazing artwork):

The Brokedowns - New Brains For Everyone

Just rock-solid hardcore. Surprisingly catchy tunes played at breakneck speed; more Naked Raygun than HÃ¼sker DÃ¼ (which makes sense, since the band is from the Chicago area). A lot of good, dirty fun.

toots · **Posted:** Thu Jul 02, 2009 8:48 pm

Radcliffe Wrote:

Here's a thread for albums that have been forgotten, lost, or just plain ignored - and you think deserve a fresh listen. Throw in your own faves/suggestions. Any era, any genre.

I'm starting with:

[img][300:300]http://images.amazon.com/images/P/B00006AGA0.01._SCLZZZZZZZ_.jpg[/img]

Frankie Miller - Once in a Blue Moon

just wanted to pop back in here and say i can't change it is a great song

mcaputo · **Posted:** Fri Jul 03, 2009 12:49 am

Radcliffe Wrote:

Here's a thread for albums that have been forgotten, lost, or just plain ignored - and you think deserve a fresh listen. Throw in your own faves/suggestions. Any era, any genre.

I'm starting with:

[img][300:300]http://images.amazon.com/images/P/B00006AGA0.01._SCLZZZZZZZ_.jpg[/img]

Frankie Miller - Once in a Blue Moon

This was the 1972 debut album by Scotland's Frankie Miller. He's backed throughout by the great Brinsley Schwarz (which included Nick Lowe and Ian Gomm at the time). Miller sang like a Stax/Volt R&B belter, sort of a cross between Otis Redding and Joe Cocker, and the Brinsleys played like a pub rock version of The Band (even including a cover of Dylan's "Just Like Tom Thumb's Blues" just to make the comparison more apt). It's an extremely solid debut, although you can hear that sound already starting to ossify into the sort of dreck that Bad Company (and others) would later take to the bank. Well worth a listen though.

This is the only link I've been able to find for it:

Code:

http://www.megaupload.com/?d=ZMLQI1C8

In the haze of the last few weeks, I forgot to mention how much I enjoyed this. The comparisons were all right on as well. Well done, sir.
Thanks for the turn-on.

mcaputo · **Posted:** Fri Jul 03, 2009 1:39 am

Shoes : Present Tense

[img][650:323]http://i16.photobucket.com/albums/b33/mcaputo/Shoes-1.jpg[/img]

Code:

http://www.mediafire.com/download.php?z2fxxkrxmmz

Somehow "some" folks missed out on this classic power pop record from 1979.
Black Vinyl Shoes (their first) released a couple of years earlier in 1977 might even be better. Check out a couple of perfectly crafted singles in Too Late & Tomorrow Night

RIYL : Raspberries, The Records, Nick Lowe

dangerbird · **Joined:** Sun Aug 19, 2007 1:53 am **Posts:** 427

for me the most underrated musician on this forum is John Frusciante (RHCP's guitarist). He's crafted a sound in his albums which is quite different from the Peppers, and more interesting. His music is incredibly melodic, sometimes experimental, sometimes psychedelic, often personal, and his guitar soloing always captivating. Hes been quite prolific away from the Peppers, especially in 2004 when he released 7 albums (yes thats right - 7), and he wasnt coasting, they all have brilliant moments...and 4 of them are great from beginning to end. I wasnt sure which album of his to suggest - id go with
Curtains
Inside of Emptiness
Shadows collide with people
Ataxia
To record water for only ten days
The empyrean

those are his best albums i think. Heres the cover art to his recent release The Empyrean, and a youtube link to one of the songs from it

central from the Empyrean
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M9jsRZzjrgI

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