| Product Summary | | Label: Redeye Distribution | | UPC: 00795306900825 | | Release Date: 10/4/2005 | | Buy.com Sku: 64011016 | | Item#: M2LN7Q | Format:  CD |
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Disc 1
| | Song Title | Sample | | 1. Something In You - The Orange Peels ~ Various Artists |  | | 2. Stay In The Shade - Jose Gonzalez ~ Various Artists | | | 3. April & May - David Fridlund ~ Various Artists | | | 4. Time For The Muse - Ak-Momo ~ Various Artists | | | 5. War On Sound - Moonbabies ~ Various Artists | | | 6. Far Away, By My Side - Peter Bjorn And John ~ Various Artists | | | 7. Pole Position - Jan Martens ~ Various Artists | | | 8. Secret of Bethany's Mouth - The Green Pajamas ~ Various Artists | | | 9. Wounded Night - The Chrysler ~ Various Artists | | | 10. O Martyr Atlantis - Doleful Lions ~ Various Artists | | | 11. Christopher Robin's Dead - Mas Rapido! ~ Various Artists | | | 12. We Just Disagree - Kevin Tihista ~ Various Artists | | | 13. Probably - Timewellspent ~ Various Artists | | | 14. I Leave Stones Unturned - Unbunny ~ Various Artists | | | 15. Only Healer - Thirdimension ~ Various Artists | | | 16. Fascist Groove Thang - Poster Children ~ Various Artists | | | 17. Black & White - Crippled Pilgrims ~ Various Artists | | | 18. Girl On The Moon - Sukilove ~ Various Artists | | | 19. Let It Ride - Angie Heaton ~ Various Artists | | | 20. 26 Friends - The Like Young ~ Various Artists | |
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Notes & Personnel Info |  | Effectively serving as a promotional sampler of sorts, this gathers 20 tracks that appeared on releases on the Parasol, Hidden Agenda, Galaxy Gramophone, and Reaction labels, mostly prior to the 2005 release date of this CD. (There is one previously unreleased cut, the Like Young's "26 Friends," as well as one track from a compilation of the recordings of the Crippled Pilgrims, a mid-'80s band.) While it's not easy to generalize about a lengthy anthology of cuts from 20 different groups on a variety of labels, it could be said that many of them favor more traditionally song-oriented rock music, albeit from an indie pop angle, than much other rock of the early 2000s does. There's new wave-ish power pop (Angie Heaton), punkish power pop (the Like Young), neo-psychedelia (the Green Pajamas), pseudo-'60s mod (Mas Rapido!), acid folk with shades of Nick Drake and Ray Davies (Jose Gonzalez), and Unbunny, who sound like an innocuous Neil Young. Not all of it pays homage to expected '60s and '70s influences: David Fridlund is theatrical arty singer/songwriter material, AK-Momo is like a more psychedelic Kate Bush, and Poster Children do a cover of "Fascist Groove Thang." Whether many listeners' tastes are wide enough to enjoy this as a start-to-finish experience in one gulp is questionable, and the above-average stuff is mixed in with some pretty average items. There's a commendable level of variety here, though, for inquisitive indie pop-oriented listeners and adventurous radio programmers looking for something that might have previously passed under their radar. ~ Richie Unterberger |
| | Technical Info | | Release Date : 10/04/2005 | | Original Release Date : 2005 | | Catalog ID : 8 | | Label : Parasol Records | | Number of Discs : 1 | | Studio/Live : Studio | | Mono/Stereo : Stereo | | SPAR Code : n/a | | UPC : 00795306900825 |
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