From: owner-seven-seas@smoe.org (seven-seas-moderated-digest) To: seven-seas-moderated-digest@smoe.org Subject: seven-seas-moderated-digest V2 #151 Reply-To: seven-seas@smoe.org Sender: owner-seven-seas@smoe.org Errors-To: owner-seven-seas@smoe.org Precedence: bulk seven-seas-moderated-digest Sunday, May 18 2003 Volume 02 : Number 151 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Sat, 17 May 2003 08:49:27 -0600 From: "K. F. Smith" Subject: seven-seas-moderated Winnipeg Sun multipart/alternative Sender: owner-seven-seas@smoe.org Precedence: bulk Reply-To: seven-seas@smoe.org http://www.canoe.ca/JamAlbumsM/mcculloch_i_slideling-sun.html Slideling solid pop-rock fare=20 By DARRYL STERDAN Winnipeg Sun - -------------------------------------------------------------------------= - ------- SLIDELING=20 Ian McCulloch=20 (True North)=20 - -------------------------------------------------------------------------= - ------- Believe it or not, this isn't the first solo album from Echo and the = Bunnymen singer Ian McCulloch. It's his third. Perhaps the fact that = it's been more than a decade since his last album -- which was called = Mysterio, in case you're playing a bar trivia game or something -- might = explain how successful they were.=20 Thankfully, Slideling is a highly appealing effort that deserves a = better fate. These 11 tracks are laid-back, warm-hearted pop-rock = constructed around strummy guitar lines, hummable melodies, = straightforward arrangements, heartfelt lyrics and McCulloch's romantic = rasp.=20 Granted, it's a long way from the angst and intensity of classic = Bunnymen sides -- in fact, the soaring, hook-laden choruses of cuts like = High Wires could easily have flowed from the rhinestone-encrusted pen of = Neil Diamond. And before you bombard us with e-mail, we mean that as a = compliment.=20 From stem to stern, Slideling is a set of solid, top-quality pop-rock = fare that ranks among McCulloch's strongest and most approachable work = in years. Hopefully, we won't have to wait another decade for another = dose. =20 [demime 0.97c removed an attachment of type image/gif which had a name of storymark.gif] ====================================== The Official Seven-Seas Web Page. www.bunnymenlist.com ====================================== ------------------------------ End of seven-seas-moderated-digest V2 #151 ******************************************