We Are Paintermen

We Are Paintermen Artist: The Creation
Label: Repertoire
Category: Music


Average customer rating: 3.5 out of 5 stars
Format: Import
Media: Audio CD
Number Of Discs: 1
EAN: 4009910473528
ASIN: B000023ZTZ


Release Date: 1999-01-21

We Are Paintermen


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Tracks:

  1. Cool Jerk
  2. Making Time
  3. Through My Eyes
  4. Like a Rolling Stone
  5. Can I Join Your Band
  6. Tom Tom
  7. Try and Stop Me
  8. If I Stay Too Long
  9. Biff Bang Pow
  10. Nightmares
  11. Hey Joe
  12. Painter Man
  13. How Does It Feel to Feel [US Version][*]
  14. Sylvette [*]
  15. I Am the Walker [*]
  16. Ostrich Man [*]
  17. Sweet Helen [*]
  18. Life Is Just Beginning [Alternate Take][#][*]
  19. For All That I Am [Stereo Version][#][*]
  20. Midway Down [Stereo Version][#][*]
  21. Hurt Me If You Will [*]
  22. I'm Leaving [*]
  23. Work All Day (Sleep All Night) [*]
  24. Going Down Fast [*]

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Album Description

Digitally remastered reissue of the debut album by this British rock group often compared to The Who. Contains all of the cuts from when the Hit-Ton label originally released the LP in 1967, plus 12 bonus tracks, 'How Does It Feel To Feel' (U.S. Version), 'Sylvette', 'I Am The Walker', 'Ostrich Man', 'Sweet Helen', 'Life Is Just Beginning', 'For All That I Am', 'Midway Down', 'I'm Leaving', 'Work All Day (Sleep All Night) and two under the Mark Four moniker, 'Hurt Me If You Will' & 'Going Down Fast'. 24 tracks total. 1999 release.

Album Details

Digitally Remastered Edition of the Groups Debut Album that Bears a Striking Resemblance to the Sound of the Early Who...and No Wonder, the Record was Produced by who Producer Shel Talmy. Guitarist Eddie Phillips Even Turned Down an Invitation from Pete Towshend to Join the who at One Point. Includes 12 Bonus Tracks to Give You a Full Picture of the Band in this Initial Period.

Customer Reviews:

5 out of 5 stars Superb single-disc retrospective of Mod masterpieces.......2007-04-25

The Creation had surprisingly little success, given the quality of these mid-60s sides. Fans of the early mod-styled Who will find The Creation in the same league, with the brashness of their guitar-and-drums comparing favorably to immortal singles like "I Can't Explain" and "I Can See for Miles." One need look no further than "Making Time," which lent its punchy intro and Daltrey-esque vocal to the film "Rushmore." No surprise that the Creation had such a gutsy recorded sound, given that Shel Talmy produced. The instrumental "Sylvette," which borrows its melodic center from "Too Many Fish in the Ocean" is another raving winner.

This is the ultimate shoulda-been band, with great vocals, powerful guitars and drums, and catchy in-band songwriting. They played garage mod, psych-heavy rock and highly electrified folk with both muscle and melody, and compared well with their contemporaries. One can only assume they were doomed by a confluence of inadequate distribution (they were on the indie Hit Ton label in the UK), line-up changes, and management that couldn't sustain commercial velocity. Listening to their catalog it's nearly impossible to imagine this band wasn't a huge, chart-topping success.

Repertoire's CD reproduces the band's sole LP (tracks 1-12) and adds a dozen extras for good measure - all mono. This is an excellent single-disc introduction to the band's short catalog (Edsel's "How Does it Feel to Feel?" is another great single disc view). The Retroactive label has issued a complete 2-CD set ("Making Time" and "Biff Bang Pow") that may be too much for some, but once you get a taste, you're likely to want everything they recorded. [©2007 redtunictroll at hotmail dot com]

4 out of 5 stars Pura potencia mod.......2004-02-14

Si bien The Who y Small Faces van a ser siempre los mayores referentes del sonido mod, grupos como Fleur De Lys, Action, Smoke o Creation tambien merecen su reconocimiento. Pese a grabar sólo un álbum y algunos singles, The Creation tiene un lugar asegurado dentro de los grupos perdidos de los 60's. We Are Paintermen es la mejor recopilacion de la banda, ya que reune practicamente todo su trabajo y rescata además 4 temas del grupo con su anterior nombre Mark Four.

Como sucede muchas veces, los covers le impiden al disco ser un clásico absoluto, y en en este caso la elección fue particularmente errada. Cool Jerk no es mala pero tampoco impresiona, Like A Rolling Stone es floja y queda perdida entre los potentes acordes mod, mientras Hey Joe ya contaba en 1967 con al menos 8 intentos (Love, Standells, Leaves, Music Machine, Searchers, Byrds, Shadows of Knight) y superar la de Hendrix ya se hacía imposible.

Dejando a un lado estos 3 temas, el resto es pura energía mod de primer nivel, donde destacan Biff, Bang, Pow (muy similar a Run Run Run), Tom Tom, Nightmares, Painter Man y en especial la excelente Making Time. Entre los generosos 12 temas extra la estruendosa How Does It Feel To Feel es lo más salvaje del grupo, en tanto Ostrich Man y For All That I Am combinan a la perfección melodía y fuerza instrumental. Las 4 últimas canciones son ligeramnete más pop, pero no por ello desechables. Hurt Me If You Will engancha desde el principio y I'm Leaving se acerca al blues y cuenta con una pequeña dosis de feedback por parte de Eddie Phillips, verdadero maestro de las 6 cuerdas, pero olvidado tan injustamente al igual que sus compañeros.

2 out of 5 stars

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