| Crime And The City Solution / An Introduction To... (A History Of Crime - Berlin 1987-91) |
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| Album: | An Introduction To... (A History Of Crime - Berlin 1987-91) | Collection: | General | |
| Artist: | Crime And The City Solution | Added: | 10/2012 | |
| Label: | Mute Records | |||
| A-File Activity |
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| Add Date: | 2013-02-09 | Pull Date: | 2013-04-14 |
| Week Ending: | 31 Mar | 24 Mar | 17 Mar | 10 Mar | 3 Mar | 24 Feb | 17 Feb |
| Airplays: | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 |
Recent Airplay
| 1. | May 15, 2019: | Brownian Motion All Must Be Love | 4. | Mar 21, 2013: | Daydream Disaster Free World, All Must Be Love | |
| 2. | Sep 16, 2015: | Brownian Motion The Bride Ship | 5. | Mar 13, 2013: | Minding The Gap All Must Be Love | |
| 3. | Mar 25, 2013: | Ninety Point One Degrees Fahrenheit: Cold Blood Free World | 6. | Mar 07, 2013: | The Sunset Life All Must Be Love |
| Album Review |
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| Grumpy Sean Reviewed 2013-02-05 | ||
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Part of Mute's latest effort to mine its copious archives, the "Introduction to..." series consists of partial reissues selected by the bands. And this one comes as a teaser for the first new Crime and the City Solution album in over 20 years, being released in March 2013. Originally based in Melbourne, Australia, Crime and the City Solution first hit its stride in the wake of the Birthday Party's dissolution, when Rowland S. Howard and Mick Harvey joined fellow Melbourne native (and C&CS founder) Simon Bonney in London. The band became something of a "supergroup" with the addition of Epic Soundtracks (ex-Swell Maps). But the records sampled on this CD come from the period after Howard and Soundtracks moved on to form Those Immortal Souls -- Bonney and Harvey moved to Berlin and recruited a slew of new band members including ex-members of Einsturzende Neubauten and D.A.F. Culled from three albums and a non-album "swan song" recording, this compilation is a great entry point to C&CS's dark, oppressive, pseudo-love songs. Strings weave in and out of Bonney's deep growls, drums are set on "pummel," and the guitars generally scowl. Dangerous wintry music, a less-debauched version of Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds, completely appropriate for Berlin (the hangover after the wall came down?). I had to keep taking breaks while reviewing to avoid being overwhelmed and curling up in the fetal position under my desk. No FCCs. Shine (1988) 1. * dn, epic dark burning ballad 2. med, somewhat plodding crime/jail rock, cold end 3. med(+), jangly guitar low in the mix, feels like a train rocking on the tracks (like something Arcade Fire ripped off?) 4. dn, less epic, more mellow The Bride Ship (1989) 5. dn+, dank, oppressive 6. dn, droning/looping story song 7. * med / varies, weird recitative breaks with distant strings 8. * med / varies Paradise Discotheque (1990) 9. med+, folk-country-rockish with a menacing bridge, chilly end. 10. med(+), steady groove/grind 11. dn, reminds me of Dead Can Dance, Balkan influences 12. med-, mostly pleasant (almost AAA) but veers into darker vortices 13. * dn/builds, oppressive, murky, vox more spoken than sung 14. * dn/builds, demented calliope waltz ; NO BREAK 15. * dn+, almost shoegazy conclusion to the suite 1991 - final studio recording 16. dn+, lush minor-key rock with a major-key bridge/gearshift | ||
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