| Banhart, Devendra / Ape In Pink Marble |
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| Album: | Ape In Pink Marble | Collection: | General | |
| Artist: | Banhart, Devendra | Added: | 09/2016 | |
| Label: | Nonesuch Records | |||
| A-File Activity |
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| Add Date: | 2016-10-04 | Pull Date: | 2016-12-04 |
| Week Ending: | 4 Dec | 20 Nov | 13 Nov | 6 Nov | 30 Oct | 23 Oct | 16 Oct | 9 Oct |
| Airplays: | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 5 |
Recent Airplay
| 1. | Aug 30, 2018: | regular school / summer skool Fancy Man | 4. | Dec 07, 2016: | The Library Fancy Man | |
| 2. | Apr 30, 2018: | regular school Fancy Man | 5. | Nov 29, 2016: | Waste FM Saturday Night | |
| 3. | Dec 21, 2016: | The Library Fancy Man | 6. | Nov 15, 2016: | Munch Time Souvenirs, Middle Names |
| Album Review |
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| DJ Stace Reviewed 2016-09-29 | ||
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Devendra Banhart / Ape in Pink Marble Label: Nonesuch Reviewed:9/27/2016 Reviewer: DJ Stace His ninth studio album. Stays in his comfort zone with dreamy easy listening folk pop. Kicks into a little funk territory halfway through. Plenty of good music, here. This is your Autumn beach album. No FCCs detected Favorites: 5, 10, 7, 1, 4, 11 "Middle Names" **** 3:28 Lovely little lament. Finger-picked guitar with ethereal noise, behind. Reminds me of Kings of Convenience. "Good Time Charlie" 2:06 Pretty Weenish little tune. Brief, but good. "Jon Lends a Hand" ** 2:33 The album begins to pick up pace with this tune. Another lovely little ditty, repeats "As beautiful as you" to the end. "Mara" *** 3:13 Wacky flamenco-ish flourish moves into a mid tempo, bass heavy, space folk head bobber. "Fancy Man" ***** 2:29 His delivery reminds me a little of Gary Numan, a little. The arrangement, too, or maybe Grace Jones with it's precise little funk riff. Up-tempo, for Banhart. My favorite on the album. "Fig in Leather" 3:13 Another easy listening folk funk tongue-in-cheek toe tapper. "Theme for a Taiwanese Woman in Lime Green" **** 4:23 Bravely and competently strolling through some Getz and Gilberto territory, here. Mid-tempo Lounge Folk. "Souvenirs" 2:59 Somber, muted strummed guitar and low keyboard that asserts itself in the middle and "Mourner's Dance" 3:18 More Organ and vocal folk with a cool little Guzheng-style flourishes. Somber. "Saturday Night" **** 4:23 I really like this soulful little folk ballad. Upbeat (again, for Banhart). Muted keyboard, throughout and a groovy little pattering rhythm. "Linda" *** 5:56 Slow, quiet bluesy folk about being invisible (socially). Nice bassline and wavy soft guitar solos. Crawls to a near stop at about 3:00 with somewhat uncomfortably long pauses. It actually makes you a little anxious. Comes back at about 4:30 and finishes soft. "Lucky" *** 2:49 Lazy soft folk rock love song. He pulls off a pretty high level of sappiness, here. "Celebration" 2:56 Soft, pleasant, floating guitars. Very nearly instrumental. Repeats the only lyric "Celebration." Probably a great song to fall asleep to. | ||
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