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| Artist: Matt Bruno |
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Product Summary
Song Listing
Disc 1
Song Title
Sample
1. On Top Of The World ~ Matt Bruno
2. Sooner Or Later ~ Matt Bruno
3. Dancing ~ Matt Bruno
4. So Unlikely (Did You Die Tonight?) ~ Matt Bruno
5. I Wanna Be Beautiful ~ Matt Bruno
6. I Can't Quit You Girl (Again!) ~ Matt Bruno
7. Pin-Up Girl ~ Matt Bruno
8. Simply Yours ~ Matt Bruno
9. Let Me Really Love You ~ Matt Bruno
10. That Someone ~ Matt Bruno
11. Do You Love Me? ~ Matt Bruno
12. Lover May I? ~ Matt Bruno
13. That Someone - (alternate mix) ~ Matt Bruno
Album Notes and Credits
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Personnel: Matt Bruno (vocals, guitar, keyboards, bass); David Dunkley (guitar, bass, drums, background vocals); David Mills (guitar); Darren Jones (bass); Matthew Williams, Dale Hohisel (drums). |
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Recorded at The Walled Garden, Seattle, Washington. |
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Personnel: Matt Bruno (guitar, keyboards); Dave Dunkley (guitar, drums, background vocals); David Mills (guitar); Matthew Williams (drums). |
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Audio Mixer: Matt Bruno. |
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Recording information: Walled Garden, Seattle, WA. |
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An augmented reissue of an album originally self-released (on CD-R) by Seattle-based popster Matt Bruno, 2000's Punch & Beauty is a delectable slice of guitar-heavy power pop along the lines of the Posies' Frosting on the Beater or Matthew Sweet's meatiest work. Bruno, who played all the instruments save the drums and a couple of guitar parts, is a canny songwriter able to use the tropes of power pop (crunchy, lightly distorted guitars playing memorably hummable riffs, la-la-la backing vocals, upwards modulations on end choruses, that sort of thing) without having them sound like clich?s. The vaguely psychedelic "Sooner and Later" (not the Grass Roots song) and the snarky new wave electro-pop "I Wanna Be Beautiful" show that Bruno's got a wider range of stylistic influences than just his Badfinger and Big Star albums, but even on the most typically power-poppy tracks, like the opening "On Top of the World," Bruno throws enough curveballs to make the tracks sound fresh. Most appealingly, Bruno's voice is considerably stronger -- not to mention deeper -- than most of the power pop singers who overuse the Alex Chilton/Chris Bell top-of-the-range vocal gimmick, which allows him a much greater range of shadings. The three additions to this version of Punch & Beauty are "Do You Love Me," a lovely, harmony-heavy Brian Wilson homage (circa Today or Summer Days (And Summer Nights) instead of Pet Sounds and Smile, refreshingly enough), and the Aaron Copland-influenced orchestral shadings of "Lover May I," plus a dispensable alternate mix of the Spector-esque "That Someone." ~ Stewart Mason |
Producer: Dana Walden; Matt Bruno |
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Engineer: Matt Bruno |
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Technical Info
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Release Date : 07/10/2000 |
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Original Release Date : 2002 |
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Catalog ID : PARCD 055 |
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Label : Parasol Records |
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Number of Discs : 1 |
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Studio/Live : Studio |
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Mono/Stereo : Stereo |
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SPAR Code : n/a |
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UPC : 00795306105527 |
Professional Reviews
Mojo (Publisher)
(9/00, p.100)
- "...A truly upbeat, infectiously catchy set in the best frat rock tradition..."
(9/00, p.100)
- "...A truly upbeat, infectiously catchy set in the best frat rock tradition..."
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