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Red West
Reviewed 2003-09-22
Reviewed 2003-09-22
Rock. (as opposed to one of the fads that passes for rock...) Guitar/bass/drums no fancy effects, just distortion. Good, creeps up on you. This is Karl's first record in five years. The songs are longer but still have the dark take on life.
+1. mid-fast. Literary references here, name-drops Wallace Stevens.
+2.midtempo, milder, more melodic. FCC says "shit" + "fuck" once each, hard to hear still check the lyrics
3.slow, less distortion
++4.midtempo, minor key rock, yay for the fuzz
+++5.faster. moves nicely. great vocal delivery. nice list of pathos.
6. mid. says FCC "bullshit" once. a different version was a 7" single
+++7.mid-slow FCC says "fuckers". This would be an epic ballad, if done by a band that did epic ballads.
++8.At 13 minutes you might think this is an epic ballad- but it's not a ballad- after a few minutes gradually goes from a pretty easygoing couple of riffs to chunky rock jam- rocks out and comes back again for the coda.
+1. mid-fast. Literary references here, name-drops Wallace Stevens.
+2.midtempo, milder, more melodic. FCC says "shit" + "fuck" once each, hard to hear still check the lyrics
3.slow, less distortion
++4.midtempo, minor key rock, yay for the fuzz
+++5.faster. moves nicely. great vocal delivery. nice list of pathos.
6. mid. says FCC "bullshit" once. a different version was a 7" single
+++7.mid-slow FCC says "fuckers". This would be an epic ballad, if done by a band that did epic ballads.
++8.At 13 minutes you might think this is an epic ballad- but it's not a ballad- after a few minutes gradually goes from a pretty easygoing couple of riffs to chunky rock jam- rocks out and comes back again for the coda.
Recent airplay
Chuck Dukowski Was Confused
One Tall Canadian — May 26, 2005
The Overweight Lovers
Mr. Sparkle Challenge — Oct 13, 2004
Chuck Dukowski Was Confused, The Summer of Warm Beer
pthbrp Kgbdstftftsspktp — Oct 21, 2003
I Think I Forgot Something..
Mr. Sparkle Challenge — Oct 09, 2003
The Ballad of Bill Lee
Pthbrp Kgbdstftftsspktp — Oct 07, 2003
I Think I Forgot Something..
Arabian Nights — Oct 01, 2003
Charting
2003-09-29 — 2003-12-01
| Week Ending | Airplays |
|---|---|
| Oct 26 | 1 |
| Oct 12 | 2 |
| Oct 5 | 1 |
Track listing
| 1. | Chuck Dukowski Was Confused | ||
| 2. | New Wave Situation | ||
| 3. | The Night Has no Eyes | ||
| 4. | The Overweight Lovers | ||
| 5. | I Think I Forgot Something.. | ||
| 6. | Thank God We Have Limes | ||
| 7. | The Ballad of Bill Lee | ||
| 8. | The Summer of Warm Beer |