We Want Jelly Donuts

We Want Jelly Donuts Artist: Shalini
Label: Parasol Records
Category: Music


Average customer rating: 4.5 out of 5 stars
Media: Audio CD
Number Of Discs: 1


UPC: 795306105923
EAN: 0795306105923
ASIN: B00004WJDX


Release Date: 2000-07-31

We Want Jelly Donuts


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Tracks:

  1. Telepathic World
  2. Get Free
  3. Creepy Emily
  4. Pandora At Sea
  5. Emotion Bomb
  6. This Is Telluride
  7. Conviction Overturned
  8. Deperate For Dawn
  9. Around The Eyes
  10. Destination Anywhere Else

Customer Reviews:

4 out of 5 stars Good Stuff - Let's Active meets Vinyl Devotion.......2002-03-05

Let's Active was the band fronted by guitarist/songwriter/producer Mitch Easter in the mid-80's. They were, in their heyday (say, 1984) criminally underrated; Mitch wove beautiful shimmering, chiming guitars over memorable pop landscapes. Mitch plays in Shalini's band, produced the record, and wrote half the material. "Telepathic World" strikes me as particularly beautiful.

Vinyl Devotion was fronted by Shalini. Their CD "Floor Model" was mostly produced by Mitch and written by Shalini; her songs usually combine a punk-like minimalism and directness with classic pop hooks. Good stuff. She's got a real feel for this music, though her voice leaves a bit to be desired. She writes half the songs here; "Creepy Emily" strikes me as a classic.

The record's a few songs shy of being "solid" but about half of it's startlingly good stuff. I definitely also recommend "Floor Model", and for that matter Let's Active's "Cypress" (sadly out-of-print) to anyone who loves pop-rock.

5 out of 5 stars Vintage + Modern in this case = Unique.......2000-10-11

If you don't have chills down your spine by the end of the first verse of "Telepathic World", you aren't a true fan of well-crafted pop/rock. Here, Mitch Easter channels familiar spirits (Joe Osborn's bass playing, Hal Blaine's drumming and the sonic grandeur of The Ventures) while Shalini's deadpan, yet somehow coy vocal delivery lends the tasteful ironic twist to the swirling audioscape. Exciting and varied musical refreshments abound on this record.

4 out of 5 stars

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  1. Androgynous Jesus ~ Must
  2. Collection ~ The Teardrop Explodes
  3. This Isn't Me ~ 411
  4. Wake to Echo ~ Ruth Gerson
  5. Whistling Down the Wire ~ Crosby & Nash
  6. Amphetamine ~ Pete Way
  7. Supersnazz ~ The Flamin' Groovies
  8. What If It All Means Something ~ Chantal Kreviazuk
  9. Hidden Faces ~ Clan of Xymox
  10. Golden Hits/The Best of the Beats ~ Sandy Nelson

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