Titles

Titles Artist: Mick Karn
Label: Blue Plate Caroline
Category: Music


Average customer rating: 4 out of 5 stars
Media: Audio CD
Number Of Discs: 1


UPC: 017046167529
EAN: 0017046167529
ASIN: B000000HU9


Release Date: 1991-07-01

Titles


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Tracks:

  1. Tribal Dawn
  2. Lost Affections In A Room
  3. Passion In Moisture
  4. Weather The Windmill
  5. Saviour, Are You With Me?
  6. Trust Me
  7. Sensitive
  8. Piper Blue
  9. The Sound Of Waves

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Customer Reviews:

2 out of 5 stars Ok but largely forgettable debut solo album........2005-04-11

"Titles" is very much the sort of solo album fans of Mick Karns' bass playing would want to hear-- its full of warbly-bass driven songs, essentially Japan's "Tin Drum" wiht the synths pushed to the background. This isn't much of a surprise, given that the album includes contributions from Steve Jansen and Richard Barbieri. Half instrumental and half vocal, this album succeeds best when its about atmosphere and style. Take for example "Lost Affections in a Room", its at its most effecting when the percussion rolls interweave the main theme is restatement on bass. Ditto for opener "Tribal Dawn" and "Passion in Moisture", where Karn's wordless vocal, mixed below the bass, has a power and energy to it and assists in emphasizing the monster bass line and tribal percussion. Unfortunately, much of the rest of the album really doesn't go anywhere, and many of the tracks are largely forgettable ("Piper Blue", the totally extraneous b-side bonus track "The Sound of Waves", "Trust Me", and even "Weather the Windmill", which does have a great milky bassline but not much to it). Really the lack of variety in tempo is part of the problem-- everything moves at the same pace. "Saviour, Are You With Me?" does have a nice arrangement, and "Sensitive" is a pretty ballad, even if the lyrics are a bit schlock, but neither of these really stand up well.

Bottom line-- if you're a Karn fan, you should eventually check this one out, but his CMP albums are vastly superior. They're a better place to start.

3 out of 5 stars Nice Tunes..........2004-10-30

... that, unfortunately, don't really go anywhere. This is less of an album of complete songs and more of a group of riffs/sketches.
He's a fantastic and very individual bass player, no doubt about it, but if it's good well-crafted songs you're after I'd give this one a miss.

4 out of 5 stars Fretless Wonder.......2001-04-04

Mick Karn, formerly of the British New Wave/Progressive band Japan, IS my main inspiration when it comes to playing fretless bass, but he's much more than just a bass player. Titles showcases Karn as a great avante-rock composer and multi-instrumentalist. He has a distinct Middle Eastern feel to his music which comes from his early upbringing; he was born in Cypress.Primarily an instrumental album, with some guest vocals, including an appearance by ex-Japan bandmate David Sylvian, Titles is a challenging work with both atmospherics and depth from a very creative and talented musical mind. I would love to see this guy hook up with Robert Fripp for an incarnation of King Crimson.

5 out of 5 stars I Am My Own Man.......1999-04-18

This gentle, fine young man was merely toying with us in the glam-rock super-group Japan. No, his basslines and creative juices were not free to salivate under the strict guidelines of David Sylvian's songs and melodies. So, he left. And created what any Godlike creature would create; TITLES. This album is a definite staple in the music world, and where critics compare this God to Jaco Pastorius (a mere mortal), I say NO. Mick Karn is the single most creative voice in music today, and this album was only the beginning. Listen to this one, and you're on your way.

5 out of 5 stars

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  6. Frontier Index ~ Frontier Index
  7. Rock 'N' Roll Napalm ~ The Resistoleros
  8. Article ~ Eastern Lane
  9. What Were We Getting Into, Before We Got Into This? ~ Homemade
  10. Carnival of Souls ~ Miranda Sex Garden

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