Psychoderelict

Artist: Pete Townshend
Label: Atlantic / Wea
Category: Music

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Media: Audio CD
Number Of Discs: 1

UPC: 075678253522
EAN: 0075678253522
ASIN: B000002IWX

Release Date: 1993-09-14

Psychoderelict

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Tracks:

English Boy
Meher Baba M3
Let's Get Pretentious
Meher Baba M4 (Signal Box)
Early Morning Dreams
I Want That Thing
Outlive The Dinosaur
Now And Then
I Am Afraid
Don't Try To Make Me Real
Predictable
Flame
Meher Baba M5 (Vivaldi)
Fake It
English Boy (Reprise)

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Customer Reviews:

Vastly underrated work by a diehard innovator.......2006-12-09

Few if any "name" artists would take the commercial risk of creating a rock narrative with voiceovers, plot, sound effects--a play, basically, with connecting music. Because it is a totally unexpected listening experience, it requires some adjustment on the part of the audience--an adjustment which many reviewers were unwilling to make. Well, if you don't want to listen to an audio play, we also have the "music only" version (available elsewhere on Amazon, from secondhand sources--apparently it has lapsed out of print). I believe if the "music only" version had been the primary version, it would have been commercially successful, because the music is right up there with "Quadrophenia" in quality. Really this can only be appreciated if you hear the "music only" version, because in the narrative version, the spoken word steals attention from the music.

Either version deserves far more attention than it received.

Pleasantly Surprised.......2006-01-23

Let me preface this by focusing strictly on the negatives; which are many. This album is completely unwiedly to listen to the first time. I've listened to it three times, and the first time is a night mare. The production is also awful; very flat most of the time. And he makes these really awful "i'm so pretentious" faces in the booklet that make him look much uglier than he actually is. And the fact that there is an element of under age eroticism is truly sad considering recent events. While I believe he is completely and utterly innocent of all actions pertaining to that, others may not. Other people may see that as actual proof of his deviant nature. Also, the dialogue is needlessly vulgar sometimes (the whole sex scene is just stupid) and the attempts at monty python-esque humor often falls completely flat. The dialogue obscures the music often. Why not just do a full out album of music, then do a movie of this?

Well, negatives aside, the positives should now come forth. Okay, here it goes; some of the music here is the best pete's written in a long time. Pete avoids the synthetic feel of white city which sometimes dulled that album's edges (there is much more live instrumentation here) and he also avoids the overglossy broadway junk of Iron Man, the worst album he's ever released. But some of the songs here still show that townshend genius; English Boy is one of his best rockers in ages. Outlive the Dinosaur is funny, as is Let's Get Pretentious. Now and Then is a pretty ballad. Unfortunately, much of the material runs together, and occasionally approaches adult contemporary garbage; however, the songs all have recognizeable melodies, and serve a purpose.

Get this only if you're a dedicated Townshend junkie.

I have a video.......2006-01-13

Clearing out the video collection, I decided to play the concert video of Psycho Derelict. The sound is OK but the picture is now looking pretty bad (from '93 recorded from someplace). I really like it a lot and have decided not to trash this rare and unobtainable video.

Track listing.......2005-12-13

Side One:
1. English Boy
2. Meher Baba M3
3. Let's Get Pretentious
4. Meher Baba M4 (signal box)
5. Early Morning Dreams
6. I Want That Thing
7. Outlive the Dinosaur
8. Now and Then

Side Two:
1. I Am Afraid
2. Don't Try to Make Me Real
3. Predictable
4. Flame
5. Meher Baba M5 (vivaldi)
6. Fake It
7. English Boy (reprise)

Dialogue Introduction to Psychoderelict.......2005-10-29

The album Psychoderelict is a unique album. The songs are punctuated with dialog that tells and interesting story. The album tells the story of an aging rocker who has become alcoholic and recluse, and how his manager forms an elaborate plan with a journalist to get him back into main-stream music. It takes a few lessons to understand the story, as it is very complicated. The dialog can make it difficult to listen too, especially once you've herd it a few times, but fortunately there is a music-only version available.

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