Ginmill Perfume

Artist: The Flaming Stars
Label: Alternative Tentacle
Category: Music

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Media: Audio CD
Number Of Discs: 1

UPC: 721616026825
EAN: 0721616026825
ASIN: B00005O7RV

Release Date: 2001-10-16

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Tracks:

Like Trash
Ten Feet Tall
Who's Out There?
Some Things You Don't Forget
Only Tonight
Bury My Heart At Pier 13
The Last Picture Show
New Hope For The Dead
You Don't Always Want What You Get
Blood Money
The Face On The Bar Room Floor
A Place In The Sun
Bring Me The Rest Of Alfredo Garcia
Coffin Ed & Grave Digger Jones
Kiss Tomorrow Goodbye

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Album Description

The band is fronted by singer and keyboard player Max Décharné, former drummer of GALLON DRUNK who is also the author of four books and a regular contributor to Mojo and Bizarre magazines.The Flaming Stars have remained an elusive band stateside despite their 5-year career in England. And what do they sound like? Imagine cavernous Phil Spector-ish production, reverb'd guitars, and velvety baritone vocals over vaguely tropical rhythms and lazy rockabilly beats: suave, sophisticated, seductive...oh, yes! If you dig Mick Harvey's (of the Badseeds) solo output of Serge Gainsbourg covers, the Flaming Stars will be the perfect drug for you. An Alternative Tentacles Records release.

Customer Reviews:

As good as it gets for these blokes..........2002-05-30

The Flaming Stars are a curious combo, one frought with paradoxes and seemingly incongruous coincidences. The band rocks forth with garage-surf simplicity, yet wallows in singer Max Decharne's annoying noir pretensions. The band's attack is streamlined and fierce, but Decharne's voice is a mannered warble, like Iggy Pop with no sense of humor. The thing is, sometimes it all comes together perfectly. This is rare, maybe once per record, but the result can be a blast. Songs like "Face On the Barroom Floor" and "Kiss Tomorrow Goodbye" are perfect modern rock'n'roll. But that's a small percentage -- the rest is simply Decharne posturing, imaging himself as some Euro-drifter in a rock and roll caberet that never existed. This is easily their best CD, since it filters out the crud that blocks up their records. Still, there are annoyances -- for example, since when has the rightfully reknowned Toe Rag studios ever sounded so tiny and abraisive?

I can't even walk straight anymore..........2001-12-08

Max Decharne with a bottle of Jack Daniels in one hand and the microphone in the other is a common scene at the Flaming Stars live performances. This compilation does justice to its title. The Flaming Stars are a band that loves to drink and sing about it whether this is in the form of killer instrumentals like "Who's out there?" or in more traditional songs like "The face on the barroom floor" and "Only tonight". You can picture yourself (or at least wish) in a bar where the band is pumping guitar and organ riffs in your boozed brain.

Music Album:

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In a Mellow Tone ~ Coleman Hawkins

Walkin' ~ Benny Golson

There Again ~ Eden Atwood

Aquariana ~ Burton Greene Ensemble

I Guess I'll Hang My Tears Out to Dry ~ Eddie Harris

Hollywood Palladium ~ Gene Krupa

Le Concert Mythique ~ Excalibur

Music of the Caribbean ~ Various Artists

Deus Me Ama Deus Me Chama ~ Padre Zezinho

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