Recorded in Nashville with Gillian Welch and David Rawlings, Robyn Hitchcock's 23rd solo album in as many years finds him continuing in the acoustic mold of Luxor but with a good dose of Americana, relying solely on the pair for accompaniment, backing vocals, and production. According to Hitchcock, Spooked is essentially the product of a weeklong Dylan-fueled jam session with Welch and Rawlings, a fan of whose Hitchcock had recently become but who had been fans of his for nearly 20 years. "It was as if I was inside one of their records, but with me singing too," said Hitchcock about the sessions, and their influence is indeed palpable, most notably on songs like the folksy "English Girl," with its plaintive guitar and Wurlitzer accompaniment, and the slide-heavy, drum-propelled "We're Gonna Live in the Trees."
Yet the real standout tracks are those to which Welch and Rawlings lend their harmonic talents, such as "Demons and Fiends" and especially "Television." The latter, an earnest, pleading song of love, is among the most heartfelt of Hitchcock's career, even with his bedroom TV set its nominal object. ("Television, I'm so sorry / If I turned you off back then / I'm so small in your dimension / My kid will look like you, I swear.") So it remains a safe bet that there never will be a Robyn Hitchcock album that can't be described at least partially as "quirky"--this one certainly fits the bill. But being able to express penetrating insight and emotion through superficially bizarre material has always been one of his major talents, and Spooked demonstrates that, at age 51, Robyn Hitchcock's best days are definitely not behind him.
Tuesday, January 24, 2006
Subscribe to:
Post Comments (Atom)
Popular Posts of the Week
-
Tubeway Army is the debut album by Gary Numan and his band Tubeway Army, released in 1978. Its initial limited-edition run of 5000 (known u...
-
Editors releases their third studio album "In This Light And On This Evening" (out on Oct. 13 in the U.K.) after Back Room and An...
-
1. Manic - Floor Boards (EP) 2. Blood Brothers – Set Fire To The Face On Fire 3. Clap Your Hands Say Yeah – Satan Said Dance 4. Sarah Nixey...
-
1. mp3 preview: JLS - Everybody In Love I love the new JLS song, for a limited period you can download the song from here. 2. Cheryl Cole...
-
History They originally called themselves The Reactionaries , with additional band member and singer Martin Tamburovich. According to Watt, ...
-
Album of the week 'Strong lyrics and riffs in alternative rock area.' Nothing's Shocking is Jane's Addiction 's first st...
-
This sunday i prepared seven female voices for you to listen.All of them magnificent,so what we got?Soaring vocals of Grace Slick (Jefferson...
1 COMMENTS:
h**p://anonym.to/?http%3A%2F%2Fwww.megaupload.com%2F%3Fd%3DUZZX784S
1. Television
2. If You Know Time
3. Everybody Needs Love
4. English Girl
5. Demons And Fiends
6. Creeped Out
7. Sometimes A Blonde
8. We're Gonna Live In The Trees
9. Tryin' To Get To Heaven Before They Close The Door
10. Full Moon In My Soul
11. Welcome To Earth
12. Flanagan's Song
Post a Comment