| Band on the Run / Band on the Run |
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| Album: | Band on the Run | Collection: | General | |
| Artist: | Band on the Run | Added: | Dec 2003 | |
| Label: | The Smack Shire | |||
| A-File Activity |
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| Add Date: | 2004-02-09 | Pull Date: | 2004-04-12 | Charts: | Classical/Experimental |
| Week Ending: | Apr 11 | Mar 21 | Mar 14 | Feb 29 | Feb 22 | Feb 15 |
| Airplays: | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 6 |
Recent Airplay
| 1. | Feb 04, 2009: | Brownian Motion Sub Mamunia | 4. | Jan 05, 2005: | Brownian Motion Band on the Run | |
| 2. | Aug 17, 2006: | Cognitive Overload Helen Wheels | 5. | Apr 07, 2004: | Brownian Motion Bluebird | |
| 3. | May 18, 2005: | Brownian Motion, Strangest Music Distillation Bluebird | 6. | Mar 17, 2004: | Browninan Motion Bluebird |
| Album Review |
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| Your Imaginary Friend Reviewed 2004-02-04 | ||
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This may very well be one of the strangest records, concepts, I’ve ever heard (and I’ve heard a few). As a “thirty year tribute” these guys have “re-recorded” Paul McCartney and Wings’ smash hit album, track for track. Songs, er, pieces carry the minimum vestige of the originals. Mostly collage, sample art, they’ve twisted into a sick disturbing sight what is considered one of the fluffiest non-committal sachharine infused works every created by “the cute beatle”. My only question is: god, why? Great stuff. 1) title track, sound collage, blippy 2) starts quietly, mostly vocal/lyric manipulation of Jet, moves into dark noise 3) interesting “chill” version of the sappiest AM hit to come out of the record 4) more vocal treatment, minimal sound addition, mostly synth 5) mostly just vocs, add some soundbed and you’ve got a winner 6) mostly minimal sound collage intro, darker stranger mix, unrecognizable as wings 7) spacey minimal intro launches into driving loopy sounding electro w/ soaring effects, turns spacey again and back 8) old country western samples turn into more messed-up-ness freak show- what the fug?! 9) very chill electro/tabla 2+ min intro, turns slow weird long 10) smarmy TV soundtrack jazz feel w/ bizarre effects, vocs | ||
| Track Listing |
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| 1. | Band on the Run | 6. | Mamunia | |||
| 2. | Jet | 7. | No Words | |||
| 3. | Bluebird | 8. | Helen Wheels | |||
| 4. | Mrs. Vandebilt | 9. | Picasso's Last Words | |||
| 5. | Let Me Roll It | 10. | Nineteen Hundred and Eighty |