Shift

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Track Listings

1. Magic

2. Breathe Me

3. Alter Ego

4. This Life

5. Shift

6. Nothing But Blood

7. Gift

8. 6 Thousand, 4 Hundred & 20 Something

9. Body Breakdown

10. Little Things

11. One Bite (Of the Apple)

12. Turning to Blue

13. Forever Young

14. Time to Go

Shift,Fruit,Fruit Music,Australia,Live and raw, a dynamic, eclectic live performance captured at a popular concert venue in Adelaide, Australia,Pop,Rock,Rock/Pop

Shift

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Stunning
Studio STS9
Lush Livetronica
Sorry Effort
Much Better Live

Artifact
Sound Tribe Sector 9
Manufacturer: System Recordings
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B0007GAEK8
Release Date: 2005-02-08

Tracks:

Musical Story, Yes
Better Day
By the Morning Sun
Tokyo
Artifact
Native End
ReEmergence
Peoples
GLOgli
Today
Tonight the Ocean Swallowed the Moon
Forest Hu
Somesing
Trinocular
Vibyl
8 & a extra
Possibilities
Peoples pt. II
first mist over Clear Lake
Music, Us

Amazon.com

They say this CD was recorded between 2001 and 2004 "at home and on tour, in bedrooms, hotels, moving vehicles, parking garages...." But despite its name, this isn't an album of sketches, lost tracks, and other detritus. Instead, Artifact is a haunting document of ambient designs, trippy lounge, and cinematic atmospheres that occupy STS9's first new CD in five years. The "home" recordings are actually verité vignettes providing connecting tissue for songs like "Better Day," a haunting lament with breathy guest vocals from Audio Angel (Rashida Clendening), and the space-age lounge music of "Somesing." A band that plays as much as it programs, STS9's compositions have a natural flow and integrity, as if they were grown as much as computed. "Tokyo" is a hypnotic jam of slide guitar and electronic atmospheres lashed together on a kinetic groove sliced by dream sequence logic. Imagine the Grateful Dead going glitch on Miles Davis's Bitches Brew and you have a good sense of STS9's sound and why they've played events from the alternative festival Coachella to jam-band gatherings like Bonaroo. Artifact doesn't look back, but forward to a horizon still a few moments in the future. --John Diliberto

Customer Reviews:

Stunning.......2007-05-06

Regardless of their stature as a live act, this is a wonderful recording. Strong, interesting songs, beautifully played and produced, make this album an easy 5 stars.

Studio STS9.......2006-04-29

It is always difficult to listen to a great live band confined to the studio, but STS9 seems to bridge a gap. While I can easily say that STS9 is curently one of the strongest bands on tour today, studio work sometimes will take a second seat. However, in the case of Artifact, the tribe seems to weave a layer and texture of music that is often lost on traditional records. Innovation, energy and spirit define STS9 as best as i can. As the leaders of the "innovation generation" of the jam band scene, a la Disco Biscuits and Brothers Past to name a few, STS9 gives an energy that can't be matched. "Artifact" is just another step in blazing the ever evolving sonic soundscape that is Sound Tribe Sector 9

Lush Livetronica.......2005-09-08

Far from being sleep inducing, new age, elevator fluff, this is an uplifting, atmospheric album. Imagine a less brooding Massive Attack or a more adventurous Thievery Corporation. The music here is rich with sophisticated (but accessible) beats, a strong sense of musical exploration, and yet, capable of the wistful moments found in Kevin Shields' Lost in Translation soundscapes. This largely instrumental affair does feature a handful of melodic and soulful vocal tracks reminiscent of M.J. Cole, Koop, and Zero 7. Fans of Tortoise are easily encouraged to experience the wide array of musical ideas and sonic textures that Sound Tribe Sector 9 have produced.

Rather than songs engineered by those with a technological approach, musicianship plays the key role on this warm and intellectual electronica. Supposedly, STS9 are wonderful on stage (I admit to never having seen them live) but this review is based on the album in question and not on the group's direction or capabilities beyond the studio. A truly refreshing and lyrical album, `Artifact' is worthy of investigation.

Sorry Effort.......2005-09-05

I was really excited about this album and I can not even begin to express what a total disappointment it was. I kept thinking the next track would have some life or some beat and it never got going. Before you invest in this maybe pick up a live show somewhere --if they allow taping of course-- and see for yourself if you can stomach STS9. Still can't believe how overwhelmingly BORING this album is/was. And believe me I have an open mind to the type of cutting edge experimental music this is trying to be.

Much Better Live.......2005-08-02

STS9 has defined a new genre with their latest studio work: Elevator Trance. This album works better than a studio album. I came back from a concert festival fresh from a stunning STS9 show. I thought they were awesome, so I picked up this album. Yawn....use it as a sleeping pill if anything.

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Schizo
Americana at it's absolute pinnacle
Hellbilly at it's best

Graveyard Shift
Scott H. Biram
Manufacturer: Bloodshot Records
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Customer Reviews:

Schizo.......2007-04-12

I'm writing this as a country/blues fan who "gets" punk but has no personal taste for it. Even taking into account the tracks that are unadulterated punk ("Church Babies", etc.), this is a good album. Biram does the full spectrum from punk to country to blues and is mesmerizing. If you haven't heard his early rendition of "Pastures of Plenty", go to his website and get that, too. Even Ramblin' Jack Elliott didn't channel Woody Guthrie like that. I wish Amazon would post sound clips, even though they wouldn't do him justice. There's a reason it's the First Church of the Ultimate Fanaticism.

Americana at it's absolute pinnacle.......2007-03-21

Let me preface this review by first saying that I am not a fan of the alt-country genre. Scott H. Biram is simply labled as alt-country because there is no country/blues/punk/metal/badassery genre to speak of. And yes, he is all those things and more.

Scott H. Biram is an amazing artist, and puts on a hell of a show. One man, sitting down, gets all the little hole in the wall venues he plays dangerously rowdy. This album, while a bit more down tempo then his previous effort (Dirty old one man band) continues his relentless musical assault on the United States.

Everything he offers is put to front on this album. The opener "Been Down Too Long" is like a tent revival with an open bar. I have not once been able to keep from giving him an "AAAAAAAAMEN!" when listening to this song.

Many other tracks such as "No way" and "Long Fingernail" really display his ability as a singer and songwriter and make no attempts at displaying his whole americana musical fusion thing. They are just good songs.

The title track, "Graveyard Shift", is so heavy that I want to lable it some sort of bizarre mutation of metal. It's hands down one of my favorite songs and is an ode to the working class.

Hell, the last track "Church Babies" is downright punk.

All the hyperbole in the world doesn't really justify this music. Well worth every penny spent. The only thing that keeps me from giving it five stars is that it may inspire someone to buy this album over his first. Both should be had, but in order.

Hellbilly at it's best.......2006-07-28

This is a prime example of hellbilly music. The band is great and tight, oh wait, that's not a band it's only one man Scott H. Birham himself. The music is rough and raw, and as the sticker on the album states, best when played very loud. Really, this album, along with his first album, are worth picking up no matter what kind of music you like. He's probably the only guy capable of challenging Hank Williams III for his position as the badest country boy you'll ever meet.

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No lyrics enclosed
Superb
Stratas is good. Others are better.
STRATAS WALKS THE RAZORýS EDGEý
Leave Weill enough alone ...

Teresa Stratas - The Unknown Kurt Weill

Manufacturer: Nonesuch
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Release Date: 1991-06-25

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Customer Reviews:

No lyrics enclosed.......2007-07-09

It is a disgrace that there are no lyrics enclosed. This is NOT a budget cd.

Superb.......2007-06-27

This is one of the best recordings of Kurt Weill ever and one of the best recordings of the magnificent Teresa Stratas.

Stratas is good. Others are better........2005-10-08

'The Unknown Kurt Weill' sung by Maria Stratas is a fine recording. The problem is that there are many fine recordings of Kurt Weill songs done by Lotte Lenya and several other Weill specialists, lead by Ute Lemper and Gisela May.

So, this album may be valuable if indeed it included a lot of numbers which do not appear on other recordings, but that is not the case either. On my collection of about ten (10) disks, not including recordings from specific shows, I have other recordings of at least half of these songs.

I really think Weill's legacy is better served by recordings who do his complete works rather than 'interesting' selections of his songs.

This is a good, enjoyable recording. I listen to it at least once a year, but it is not as good as other Weill records.

STRATAS WALKS THE RAZORýS EDGEý.......2003-07-11

I don't review many classical recordings - but this one, from 1981, has always been one of my favorite Weill collections, and after reading the rather negative comments from one reviewer, I felt I had to add my two cents' worth to the fray. Everyone is of course entitled to his or her own opinion - and music in SUCH a subjective topic that this should go without saying.

I've been a bug admirer of Weill's work - particularly his collaborations with Brecht - for years. His songs tread the thin, tricky line between classical and cabaret more daringly that most. Brecht's collaborations with Hanns Eisler, for example, are closer to the theatrical than are Weill's. In my humble opinion, Stratas walks this `razor's edge' very nimbly on this recording - her voice is obviously a finely trained instrument, but she is also able of conveying a lot of feeling and emotion with these lyrics. Her choice - or perhaps the producer's - of accompanying here with only a piano is a good one. Woitach does a fine job - and the recording itself is crystal-clear.

My only real complaint with the cd version of this album is the size of the type in the liner notes - Nonesuch could have easily `sprung' for a lengthier booklet, to allow us `old fogies' the opportunity to read it without a magnifier, and also to include the lyrics and translations. I can't recall for certain if the lp version offered the lyrics, but I believe it did. At any rate, these complaints are indeed small ones - this is a timeless, beautiful recording, and one that any fan of Weill's work should at least hear.

Leave Weill enough alone ..........2000-07-08

I don't know just what Lotte Lenya said on her deathbed, but I personally feel that other singers carry the torch for Kurt Weill as well or better than Teresa Stratas. Of all my Weill albums, this one gives me the least pleasure. The German is bad, the interpretations are shrill and forced. Some of the tracks are almost unlistenable. Was Teresa Stratas simply the first world class singer to rediscover this body of work? Was Lenya giving her a sympathy vote? I love Stratas' singing elsewhere, in the Boulez recording of Lulu (for example), but she is no good here.

For a newcomer to Weill, I highly recommend Anna Sophie Von Otter (excellent in every way) or even Ute Lemper's entertaining album. For that matter, go back and pick up Lotte Lenya's remastered Threepenny Opera -- it doesn't get much better than that. This Weill album, however, is tellingly named: it deserves to be unknown.

Night Shift
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Foghat Nightshift

Night Shift
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Foghat Nightshift.......2006-12-30

As A rock/roll collector I have over 700 LP's and close to a thousand CD's
and this Foghat Album as it was in the late 70's is killer, Take me to the River is fantastic & blows the B52's or whoever did it by the way side. All of the tracks Rock, HRNT What a album, Go for it
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Anne Sofie von Otter - Speak Low ~ Songs by Kurt Weill / Gardiner

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Very Good
Excellent Weill Alternative to Lenya and Lemper
Everything is right but the style
Intelligent reading from both singer and conductor
Brilliant--The best of the 7 Deadly Sins recordings

Anne Sofie von Otter - Speak Low ~ Songs by Kurt Weill / Gardiner
Kurt Weill , John Eliot Gardiner , Anne Sofie von Otter , Bengt Forsberg , Hannover North German Radio Orchestra , Karl-Heinz Lampe , Frederick Martin , Christfried Biebrach , and James Sims
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Die Sieben Tods No. 2 Stolz (Pride)
Die Sieben Tods No. 4 Zorn (Anger)
Die Sieben Tods No. 5 Vrei (Gluttony)
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Speak Low
I'm A Stranger Here Myself

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Kurt Weill's ballet with songs is one of this century's greatest theatrical works. It has all the wit and melodic appeal of The Threepenny Opera and social conscience of Mahagonny, but more warmth and musical sophistication than either. It's also all over with in about 40 minutes. Some critics believe the piece was intended as a sort of love poem to Weill's wife, Lotte Lenya; given the tenderness of much of the music, it's hard to disagree. Lenya herself recorded the piece in the 1950s (a recording recently reissued by Sony) and this very much newer performance is welcome particularly for Anne Sofie von Otter's highly intelligent and musical way with the text. The other songs, from both Weill's Berlin and Broadway periods, make the perfect filler. --David Hurwitz

Customer Reviews:

Very Good.......2006-01-03

This is a very nice selection of Weill pieces showing the full range of his output. These range from the ambitious Seven Deadly Sins to songs from Happy End to some of his Broadway work. All are very interesting. The performers, particularly Von Otter, are excellent. Recommended strongly.

Excellent Weill Alternative to Lenya and Lemper.......2005-09-29

`Speak Low Songs by Kurt Weill' is a great addition to the performances of Herr Weill's works by the prominent mezzo-soprano, Anne Sofie Von Otter. I have listened to many performances by Weill specialists from the archetype, Weill's wife, Lotte Lenys, for whom many of the songs were originally written to Ute Lemper and Gisela May, who lean heavily toward Lotte Lenya's gravel-voiced interpretation of Weill's songs.

Anne Sofie Von Otter breaks with this tradition and gives us what are easily the sweetest interpretations of Weill's songs from both his German and English works, which I have heard anywhere.

The flagship performance on this disc is `Die Sieben Todsunden' (`The Seven Deadly Sins') which was a cycle of songs to be sung on the stage, accompanied by dances done by a second performer. This takes the first nine (9) tracks and is at least as good as what I have heard from Weill specialist, Lemper. This album is the first time I have noticed that there are two versions of this work, and that Ms. Von Otter is performing the version for soprano.

But, I think the most moving performances come later, especially in von Otter's performances of the three numbers from `Happy End', `Bilbao-Song', `Surabaya-Johnny', and `Das Lied von der harten Nuss' (Song of the Big Shot). I have heard these done by many people, but never so sweetly. These numbers are so lovingly performed that I insist that you ignore the fact that the lyrics are in German. The accompanying booklet gives English translations, which I simply ignore and enjoy the musical talent with no filter. My understanding German has nothing to do with this, as I do the same with French, which I can just barely make out.

Kurt Weill may not be the most important influence on American musical theatre in the 20th century, but he is easily in the top five, along with the Gershwins, Irving Berlin, Richard Rodgers and collaborators, and Cole Porter.

Ms. Von Otter is ably accompanied on this disk by her favorite pianist, Bengt Forsberg plus the Norddeutch Rundfunk orchestra directed by John Eliot Gardiner. While I really like her selection on this disk, the collection makes me wish Ms. Von Otter would do some more Weill and spend less time hanging out with Elvis Costello, but that's a different story.

Everything is right but the style.......2005-09-24

Weill and Brecht defined a nasty age with nasty art, writing some of the grittiest satire in the history of music. In this CD von Otter misses that edge, skirts all the dangerous, sleazy implications, and ultimately sounds too much the opera singer slumming it for an hour. Her earnestness is no subtitute for the right period style, a la Lotte Lenya.

Intelligent reading from both singer and conductor.......2005-01-27

THE SEVEN DEADLY SINS is such a brilliant mini-masterpiece (and, to me, the pinnacle of the Brecht-Weill years) that it is hard to screw up. It is a testament to the staying power of this work (and to the brilliance of Weill's music in general) that it can be performed by the likes of Lotte Lenya, Julia Migenes, Ute Lemper, Judy Kaye, Marianne Faithfull, Teresa Stratas, and -- as here -- Anne Sofie von Otter, and STILL work... and EACH of these women are totally successful in the piece on their own terms.

Here, Anne Sofie von Otter gives us an intelligent (and highly musical) rendering of the text, keeping the musical line very much intact. She sings with vibrato at times, and then will turn around and use straight-tones at moments where it is dramatically appropriate to do so. She balances the performance well, shifting gears between cool detachment (which she is often criticized for) and impassioned outbursts (which her critics often fail to notice).

John Eliot Gardiner surprised me with how easily this music seemed to come to him, especially as he seems to be a man more at home with "Period-Instrument-Mozart" than highly charged 20th century works. However, his reading of "The Rake's Progress" by Stravinsky was totally staggering. For example, his choice beginning the climactic moment of the score ("Envy") as slowly as he does caught me very much off guard at first, and I didn't really care for it at all. However, with each successive listen, I find myself "getting" this choice more and more.

Finally, the "filler." As to be expected, she is more successful with the European material than she is with the songs from Weill's Broadway years. But this is the case with about 99.9% of all opera singers who try to sing Weill's Broadway scores. You will never hear any singer give "Je ne t'aime pas" a more hauntingly beautiful, passionately intense performance than Anne Sofie von Otter. Truly, the ultimate interpretation of one of my favorite Weill songs. "Nannas Lied," "Der Abschiedsbrief," and the HAPPY END selections. However, "My Ship" and "One Life to Live" seem to fail at catching fire -- the former because it is marred by an attempt to sound like a "pop singer," the latter because von Otter sings English better than native speakers (she knows where the ACTUAL emphasis in the phrase "nothing: the thing is to have fun" goes, as opposed to where Ira Gershwin placed it). I also -- surprisingly enough -- don't care for her performance of "Schickelgruber" -- she just seems totally lost to me. (I really think that this song is foreign territory to 'legit' sopranos and mezzos -- I don't even care for the Stratas rendition.) Just when I thought I would have to suffer through another bad batch of "opera-crossover," Anne Sofie turned around and surprised me by giving highly successful performances of the numbers from ONE TOUCH OF VENUS (especially on "I'm Stranger Here Myself").

All in all, a worthy purchase: highly recommended to all fans of THE SEVEN DEADLY SINS and Kurt Weill enthusiasts.

Brilliant--The best of the 7 Deadly Sins recordings.......2002-10-12

Weill, and particularly anything Brecht-Weill, has suffered for too long with interpertations based on tired ham theatrics, burlesques of Lenya's style, to the point where we have come to expect it as the only way to sing this music. Lenya herself is said, late in life, to have commented that a better singer (specifically Stratas at that time) would be more appropriate for properly interpreting Weill's music.

Here, after countless CD releases of the Seven Deadly Sins, is the first recording sung in the key the composer originally intended! The result is relevatory, sublime and magnificent.

Ms. Von Otter interprets the rest of the songs with mixed results--all are lovely, several are excellent, though several others have been handled better by singers with more "theatrical" talents. Nevertheless, this recording stands alone, head and shoulders above the others.

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Erpland/Jurassic Shift
Ozric Tentacles
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Space Shift
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big!!

Reconstructed Soul

Finally, the Best Soul Album of this decade

Space Shift
Steve Spacek
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Customer Reviews:

big!!.......2006-06-11

this guy is on a whole other level, when it comes to neo soul music. I absolutely embrace the sheer individuality!! i love how each song sounds different, but still kinda has its jittery, electronic, spaced out sound 2 it.. can i get an AMEN to the tune 'Dollar'... laaaawd have mercy!!! that tune cudnt play the whole way thru with me, cos i kept rewinding it!! BIG TUNE!!!.. the production is splendid!! (RIP Jay Dee. one of many of ur finest)..
this album isnt 4 any and any1.. u have to be READY!.. doesn't hurt to take a listen though. it will b worth it!!

Reconstructed Soul.......2006-05-03

I was lucky enough to grow up near Detroit, where the soul & R&B hits just kept on comin' in the 1960's. Steve Spacek honors--and completely reconstructs--that music. In "Dollar" he breaks apart the structure of a traditional soul ballad, and turns it into one beautiful, suspended, note after another--ornamenting it with his voice. Very baroque. Every song seems like a completely new idea. With this album, I think Steve Spacek has completely rewritten the book.

Finally, the Best Soul Album of this decade.......2006-01-18

This is the type of album you want everyone to hear. Every track is good. If you haven't heard Spacek before, he is an electrosoul multiinstrumentalist, producer and vocalist. Unlike many of his contemporaries, he does all of these things equally well, and he also has something to say. He is heir to both the legacies of Marvin and Curtis: Steve plays it cool. Think "Trouble Man" or "Let's Get it On" with a Mayfield falsetto. Both musically and lyrically, he avoids cliche and keeps things fresh. Richly textured sounds and a beautiful, distinctive voice make this an album just right for slipping between the sheets... but the beats keep heads nodding right along. A jittery, glichy, cut-up style of beatmaking is his trademark, though this album is earthier and less spaced-out (no pun intended) than his previous albums; it is a more satifying listen from start to finish (this is also the first album released under his full name, as opposed to his "group" Spacek). This is the Spacek album we always knew he could make. Flawless.

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Great Album!

Classics
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Industry - Michael Gordon

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Great Album!.......2004-09-10

Classics is definitely one of my favorite CD purchases of the last year. It is very visceral; there is a universal appeal in the directness of this music. Though the individual pieces are very different, they all share some qualities- strong rhythms, harmonic simplicity (although the out of tune piano in "The Manufacture of Tangled Ivory" adds great color to that piece), and the great sound of this group's unique instrumentation which fuses art and pop musical languages. You won't be disappointed!

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highly under appreciated
Let's be honest, you can't beat The Fall!
AT LAST!! The Fall's Finest Has Been Re-released!!
Another great re-issue.

Shift-Work
Fall
Manufacturer: Cog Sinister Us
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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Code: Selfish
Levitate
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The Unutterable
The Light User Syndrome

ASIN: B00006L6ZM
Release Date: 2002-10-08

Tracks:

So What About It
Idiot Joy Showland
Edinburgh Man
Pittsville Direkt
The Book Of Lies
High Tension Land
The War Against Intelligence
Shift-Work
You Haven't Found It Yet
The Mixer
White Lightning
A Lot Of Wind
Rose
Sinister Waltz
Blood Outta Stone (Bonus)
Xmas With Simon (Bonus)

Album Description

Reissue of the long unavailable 1991 album, with 2 bonus tracks 'Xmas With Simon' the B-side of High Tension Line & 'Blood Outta Stone' the B-side from White Lightning. Remastered. Cog Sinister. 2002.

Album Details

Reissue of 1991 Fontana Label Album.

Customer Reviews:

highly under appreciated.......2005-05-29

This has always been one of my favorite Fall lp's. And one that seems to float pretty regularly to the top of the stack when I'm in the mood for a bit of the Fall.
In terms of the early 90's Fall, it's the one that seems least keyboard and programming heavy and for the most part the songs are as relatively pop and tuneful as the Fall ever were/are.
For my money this one and "Cerebral Caustic" are the highlights of the Fall's 90's catalogue.
Your mileage may vary.

Let's be honest, you can't beat The Fall!.......2003-12-14

Always the same yet always different and experimental, that's what I like! SHIFT WORK is The Fall's 1991 album release and the CD version also contains some singles tracks such as HI TENSION LINE - with its basic but effective guitar lines and vocalist Mark E. Smith using forgotten lines to his advantage 'I must keep these words from wandering!'. Absolutely! There's also a punk cover version of The Big Bopper's WHITE LIGHTNING, which was a minor chart hit in the UK and still popular in indie music discos. As for the album tracks, the band here show a mellow side on tracks like ROSE, EDINBURGH MAN - in which MArk E. Smith rants satirically about the arty Edinburgh Fringe Festival - and the disco-friendly THE MIXER, experiment with rock in THE WAR AGAINST INTELLIGENCE and IDIOT JOY SHOWLAND, a satire on popular music has-beens even namedroping Freddie and the Dreamers(!). A LOT OF WIND and SHIFT WORK are tracks that maintain that early Fall abrasiveness and minimalist one-chord guitar chugs from long-term guitarist Craig Scanlon and because of this these two are the stand out tracks. THE BOOK OF LIES is also worth a mention as they now seem to be inspired by 1980s gothic sounds yet cross it over well with 1950s rock'n'roll on this track! A great mix indeed, if somewhat weird! Overall, if you love the Fall, then check this album out for its great use of musical inspirations made all the more original by the presence of MES ranting away in a style all his own. Fantastic.

AT LAST!! The Fall's Finest Has Been Re-released!!.......2002-12-04

This is an incredible album - why it was deleted is beyond me. The Fall's most mature, cohesive and indeed beautiful album to date. Every track is top-form.

Another great re-issue........2002-10-31

Top Fall album, from a great, underrated Fall period.

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The music is great but Donýt buy it here!

Shift and Blur EP
The Daylights
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

Pop Rock | Pop | Styles | Music
ASIN: B000ERI8Q2
Release Date: 2004-10-19

Product Description

1. Outsider 2. If Words Were Bullets 3. Boy on the Moon 4. Little Girl 5. Typical 6. Happy 7. She'll Never Tell 8. You Know Who You Are

Customer Reviews:

The music is great but Donýt buy it here!.......2006-04-12

I like the music but the price here on amazon is ridicoulous and a rip off. $40 for a CD with 8 songs? Crazy?

You can get it throught "www.thedaylights.net", which is the homepage of the band, unfortunately not including very much, although examples from songs to listen to and a link to "http://cdbaby.com/cd/daylights" where you can buy the CD for $12!!!!!! And also there you have five songs of the album to listen to!

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