| J.C. and Amphibius / Resurrection Jingles |
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| Album: | Resurrection Jingles | Collection: | General | |
| Artist: | J.C. and Amphibius | Added: | May 2005 | |
| Label: | Self-Release | |||
| A-File Activity |
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| Add Date: | 2005-07-10 | Pull Date: | 2005-09-11 |
| Week Ending: | Aug 14 | Jul 24 | Jul 17 |
| Airplays: | 1 | 1 | 3 |
Recent Airplay
| 1. | Aug 09, 2005: | Storytime! -- Grimm's Subway Ride Home | 4. | Jul 12, 2005: | Storytime! --Giants Doing Time on Earth | |
| 2. | Jul 19, 2005: | Storytime! Subway Ride Home | 5. | Jul 12, 2005: | Pop Music Show Doing Time on Earth | |
| 3. | Jul 15, 2005: | The Dog and Pony show Original Source | ||||
| Album Review |
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| Mandy Khoshnevisan Reviewed 2005-09-01 | ||
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Picture David Bowie from the 80s moonlighting as a cabaret singer and you get this guy: dramatic, verge-of-cracking-in-desperation vocalist (with a strong English accent) crooning about middle-life romance. (I bet he describes himself as “sensual.”) Orchestral accompaniment, piano-based with special guests. Lyrics, song styles, and liner notes leaning towards what I’m assuming is irony, so that’s okay. Nice playful cabaret style accompaniments. *1. *(3:54) dreamy yet jaunty bounce, gentle harmonies and soft bells. 2. (3:29) synthy dark prowling syncopation (these lyrics kinda freak me out—“the place our sexes merge” . . . eew.) *3. *(6:06) soulful piano with night bird sounds; this is the cabaret tune that gets one spotlight and a red rose. 4. (3:48) ironic soft Cuban groove; “join me for the unhappy hour” 5. (3:01) groovy piano that sounds like “Walking in Memphis” *6. *(2:13) composery classical piano sound, halting and lilting. (guest oboe) 7. (2:51) midtempo and coy, with syncopated strings, ahhh harmonies 8. (5:15) starts in near silence; slow deliberate piano with soft desperate gravelly voice 9. (3:27) sunny day groovy stroll, with exuberant brass. 10. (3:43) halting chords, hopeful and plaintive; harmonica wailing. —Reviewed by Mandy (la chanteuse) | ||
| Track Listing |
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| 1. | Doing Time on Earth | 6. | Subway Ride Home | |||
| 2. | The Walls Are Soft | 7. | Cryptic Clue | |||
| 3. | Original Source | 8. | So Soon | |||
| 4. | Unhappy Hour | 9. | Maybe Perhapsman | |||
| 5. | Tea Leaves | 10. | I Shot a Deer |