| Various Artists / Little Darla Vol 20 |
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| Album: | Little Darla Vol 20 | Collection: | General | |
| Artist: | Various Artists | Added: | Jul 2003 | |
| Label: | Darla Records | |||
| A-File Activity |
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| Add Date: | 2003-11-10 | Pull Date: | 2004-01-12 |
| Week Ending: | Jan 11 | Jan 4 | Nov 23 | Nov 16 |
| Airplays: | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 |
Recent Airplay
| 1. | Jun 24, 2017: | Buford J. Sharkley Presents: As Told to Hervey Okkles Out to Sea | 4. | Jan 18, 2007: | Fiction Romance One Light Flashing I Love Yu | |
| 2. | Oct 25, 2011: | monsieur psychosis Town of 85 Lights, One More Chance | 5. | Dec 30, 2005: | Here Comes Sickness (Little Darla Edition) One More Chance, The Weather, Outer Space, Jersey Coast Line | |
| 3. | Oct 18, 2011: | monsieur psychosis One More Chance, Saratoga, Town of 85 Lights, Deep (No. 2) | 6. | Jan 09, 2004: | Distraction-Limited Step Up (Graham Massey Remix |
| Album Review |
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| Gabe Reviewed 2003-10-07 | ||
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As always on these Darla samplers, a mix of various types of pop-related songs, some from new recordings, many from reissues on Darla or partner labels. Darla has done quite a service with this series, exposing a great many worthy groups to the college radio listening masses. 1. Slow, loping ambient breaks … zzz 2. Dreamy pop with backward tape backing and vocals of the oooooohh-aaaaaaaahhh school 3. Country-rock lite 4. Funky bass, flute, and trumpet instrumental for the indie kids … and be sure to catch that Eagles sample they slipped in – which, to my mind actually detracts 5. Precious pop 6. Dodgy rhymes in a folky setting … You’re no Nick Drake! 7. Slow, somber, pretty, country-ish tune 8. Catchy but slightly off-kilter pop song 9. Trippy and catchy dreampop 10. Hazy vocals but clearly blippy and swoopy synth accompaniment 11. Warm synthesizer sounds and appealing melody but sort of limply executed 12. Appealingly scratchy effects on a simple, lazy-afternoon, acoustic song 13. A slow, artificial-sounding, yet irresistibly beautiful song 14. A song in the “perfect pop” context less than perfectly sung is particularly grating, even if the song is otherwise appealing 15. Cheeky torch song with cheesy synth accompaniment and “audience” noise; despite the missteps, the smoky barroom with the vampy singer is well evoked 16. 80s/90s blase pop with allusions to Simple Minds (lyrics), 50s R&B/pop (piano part), New Romantics (drawn out synth notes) – wow! This (late) band was once on twee-pop label Sarah (and before that Factory) 17. A less caustic Cabaret Voltaire; here a prototypical post-new-wave, pre-industrial-dance mix of cold vocals, and simple, precise melody and rhythms | ||
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