| Pollard, Robert / Normal Happiness |
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| Album: | Normal Happiness | Collection: | General | |
| Artist: | Pollard, Robert | Added: | Oct 2006 | |
| Label: | Merge Records | |||
| A-File Activity |
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| Add Date: | 2007-03-11 | Pull Date: | 2007-05-13 |
| Week Ending: | May 13 | Apr 22 | Apr 8 | Apr 1 | Mar 25 | Mar 18 |
| Airplays: | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
Recent Airplay
| 1. | May 05, 2011: | Daydream Disaster Full Sun (Dig The Slowness) | 4. | Apr 20, 2007: | Something about music Accidental Texas Who | |
| 2. | May 11, 2007: | Something about music Supernatural Car Lover | 5. | Apr 07, 2007: | Biff Bang Pow Accidental Texas Who | |
| 3. | May 09, 2007: | I once was canadian Supernatural Car Lover | 6. | Mar 30, 2007: | college radio Full Sun (Dig The Slowness), Get A Facefull |
| Album Review |
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| Craig Matsumoto Reviewed 2007-03-05 | ||
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More great power pop/rock from the former Guided by Voices leader, of course. Maybe a bit more simple, wistful, than the preceding "From a Compound Eye" CD. More of an autumnal air. Scrappy pop tunes with unconventional chordal twists. Often proggy in the sense of acoustic-strumming Yes (that is, pastoral and folky; no odd time signatures). Basic guitar parts with weird backing keyboards and other sounds from mad scientist/producer Todd Tobias, and Pollard's usual stream-of-consciousness lyrics. Some critics didn't like this one, but I say it's all worth spinning. 1- Straight strong pop, a bit Who-like. Bright. 2- Strident intro, into straight power-pop 3- Breezy fast pop 4- Fairly fast. A light wistful feel 5- Midtempo, quite lo-fi on the vocal. A bit sad. 6- Upbeat mid/fast, quite pretty despite the title 7- *FCC* "piss." Mid/fast rock, a chugging drive. 8- Gentle, acoustic 9- Dissonant pop. Spare and quirky. 10- Chugging mid/fast 11- A big sound, midtempo and grand. Abrupt ending. 12- *FCC* Mid/fast, like breezy power pop. Gets loud. 13- Simple, spare. Slowish waltzy chorus 14- Mid/fast, a bit wistful 15- Jazzy - whoa! Light airy feel. A bit melancholy. No, it's NOT about the band, The Eagles. 16- Chiming proggy chord. Fast and lightly poppy, pretty. Proggy synths during the fade-out, what a great way to end the album. | ||
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