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seven-seas-moderated-digest   Wednesday, May 7 2003   Volume 02 : Number 136




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Date: Tue, 6 May 2003 09:22:33 +0100
From: "Steve Hodson" <steve.hodson@plastica.ltd.uk>
Subject: seven-seas-moderated RE: seven-seas Slideling Review

Good god the reviewer forgot to mention those two chaps from C******Y !!

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> From: owner-seven-seas@smoe.org [mailto:owner-seven-seas@smoe.org]On
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> Subject: seven-seas Slideling Review
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>  http://www.soundgenerator.com/burner/reviews_records.cfm?reviewid=319ww
>  3 May 2003  Type: Album Review By: Editor   Rating: 9
>   Ian McCulloch - Slideling
>    Ian McCulloch loves writing songs. Here he proves that in the 
> twenty-five years since he first started out with Echo & The Bunnymen 
> not much has changed. In fact he still wears the same kind of clothes 
> and the same kind of
> hair. Probably smokes the same kind of cigarettes. Luckily for us he still
> writes the same kind of songs.
> 'Slideling' finds McCulloch getting a little more sentimental, perhaps a
> little more mellow and certainly even more melodic. 'Love In
> Veins' kicks off
> the album, an up-tempo rocky blues number, strings and guitar
> sing out with
> that classic McCulloch/Bunnymen sound. 'Playgrounds And City
> Parks' stands out
> as a great song, a look at Mac's childhood perhaps? Lyrical and
> poignant, very
> Velvet Underground -what more do you want. 'Slideling' the
> current and first
> single taken from the album is really basic in structure but effective and
> again immediate. 'Baby Hold On' again is melodic as you like and is a
> beautiful cracking song and stands out as one of the albums
> finest. 'Arthur'
> sees Mac pacing the slow broken phrases over a slowish skippy beat, piano,
> guitar and cello. Light colours painting a pastel scene of
> maturity, dreamy
> backing vocals and images of a perfect scene.
> 'Another Train' which sits in two parts with different tempos, is
> tinged with
> those American influences. A poignant horn supports Mac's voice
> with beautiful
> country style guitar. 'High Wires' is reminiscent of a British 60's beat
> combo. A really positive sounding up beat track. Perfect in
> detail right down
> to the backing vocals.
> 'Kansas' is another guitar driven mid tempo, dreamy backing vocal
> experience.
> Strong but simple lyrics. The album finishes, as it started, immediate and
> exact. Americana creeps in and we see the elements of Mac's influences un
> ashamedly present.
> The guitar work on this album is simple, great sounding and well
> placed, the
> production is basic the arrangements are gentle and uncluttered.
> It is exactly
> want we want and what works. What we are left with is space for
> the songs to
> breathe. Mac's voice has never lost it; in fact he has matured
> with the voice
> and with his heart. Slightly softer, darker yet positive and lyrical.
> It is good to be able to reach out and grab an album by one of
> the UK's most
> effective and honest songwriters. Whilst many after twenty five years
> disappear or fail to return with something of substance, here we
> see McCulloch
> do exactly that - produce an album worth having, worth listening
> to and worth
> calling great.
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