| Psapp / Camel's Back, The |
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| Album: | Camel's Back, The | Collection: | General | |
| Artist: | Psapp | Added: | 02/2009 | |
| Label: | Domino Records | |||
| A-File Activity |
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| Add Date: | 2009-04-19 | Pull Date: | 2009-06-21 |
| Week Ending: | 21 Jun | 14 Jun | 7 Jun | 31 May | 24 May | 17 May | 10 May | 3 May |
| Airplays: | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 1 |
Recent Airplay
| 1. | Jan 19, 2020: | Alphabet Soup Mister Rant | 4. | Oct 01, 2010: | The Songsmith Show I Want That | |
| 2. | Mar 28, 2016: | I Like to Dance: Shake Off Your Pants I Want That | 5. | Jul 09, 2010: | The Songsmith Show I Want That | |
| 3. | Dec 31, 2010: | The Songsmith Show Mister Rant | 6. | Apr 30, 2010: | The Songsmith Show Mister Rant |
| Album Review |
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| Frank Jackson Reviewed 2009-04-04 | ||
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What is this stuff? Jazzy, poppy, folky, funky? It’s all that. And more. It’s unclassifiable, which I find alluring. Organ and drums predominant. Related bands are Rilo Kiley, The Ditty Bops, and a bit of the Doors. Female singer, a London based duo. No FCC’s. My favorites are 1, 3, 9, 12. Note: All tracks have several seconds of silence at end. Track #1 also has 4 seconds of silence at beginning. 1. (3:51) Mid/Fast. Funky, free-jazz-inspired sax set behind a driving beat with cool lyrical delivery. Four seconds of silence before song begins. 2. (4:23) Mid. String section inside an almost carnivalesque atmosphere – but not bizarre. 3. (1:55) Slow. Toy piano? Pump organ? Out-of-the-ordinary instrumentation, very sparse with a soft vocal delivery. 4. (2:45) Slow/Mid. Keyboard and drums prominent, but very mellow. 5. (3:26) Mid. Vocal intro with guitar until band comes in. Short phrasing of vocals. 6. (3:59) Slow/Mid. Doors-ian intro with dreamy organ and drums predominant over a mellowing vocal delivery. 7. (3:55) Mid. (Instrumental) Carnilval-like soundscape with chimey organ. A tick-tock phrasing persists throughout. Hypnotic and mellow. 8. (3:00) Mid. Upfront drums. Staccato vocals with playful organ and some cat-like purring near end. 9. (3:58) Mid/Fast. Heavy kickdrum solo intro along with playful xylophones/organ. Drum driven tune and drumlike vocal delivery. 10. (2:51) Slow. Quiet, mellow vocal backed by only a piano and organ. 11. (0:51) Mid. (Instrumental) Bizarre, indecipherable instruments. Great stuff, too bad it’s not longer. 12. (4:20) Mid/Fast Jazzy, funky and fun. Great sax solo toward end. All elements of album seem to coalesce in this tune. | ||
| Track Listing |
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| 1. | I Want That | 7. | Marshrat | |||
| 2. | Part Like Wavevs | 8. | Fix It | |||
| 3. | The Camel's Back | 9. | Mister Rant | |||
| 4. | Fickle Ghost | 10. | Screws | |||
| 5. | The Monster Song | 11. | Homicide | |||
| 6. | Somewhere There Is A Record Of Our Actions | 12. | Parker |