I'm Not Following You

I'm Not Following You Artist: Edwyn Collins
Label: Sony
Category: Music


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


UPC: 074646871621
EAN: 0074646871621
ASIN: B000002C3H


Release Date: 1997-10-21

I'm Not Following You


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Tracks:

  1. It's A Steal
  2. The Magic Piper (Of Love)
  3. Seventies Night
  4. No One Waved Goodbye
  5. Downer
  6. Keep On Burning
  7. Running Away With Myself
  8. Country Rock
  9. For The Rest Of My Life
  10. Superficial Cat
  11. Adidas World
  12. I'm Not Following You

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It would be fair to say that the unexpected success of 1995's "A Girl Like You" left Edwyn Collins, former singer known for little but an influential early-'80s Scottish group called Orange Juice, in a creative conundrum. After all, it had been over a decade since anyone even heard his name uttered in public. He could either head back to cultdom with his more experimental output or attempt to capitalize on the triumph of the big hit. It was an easy decision. For better or worse, on his second American release as a solo artist, <I>I'm Not Following You</I>, the songwriter tries to fit the smoky, lounge-style vocals, casual soul rhythms and gently strummed pop guitars of "A Girl Like You" into a variety of new formats. On "The Magic Piper," Collins gives the formula a mystical spin, lacing it with flutes and synth effects; with "Downer," he turns melancholy, spiking the song with grinding guitars and morose verses; and for dramatic variation there is "Seventies Night," replete with wah-wah guitars, slinky rhythms and a gruff vocal contribution from The Fall frontman Mark E. Smith. Hearing Collins' deviations on a solitary idea is an interesting if not always substantial listening experience, a fact the songwriter himself begrudgingly acknowledges with the album's opening lines, "The first two chords that I chanced upon/Became the bedrock of this song. <I>--Aidin Vaziri</I>

Customer Reviews:

5 out of 5 stars Kaleidoscopic Mayhem.......2005-08-25

After the artistic and commercial triumph of "Gorgeous George" Edwyn Collins retreated to his home studio for a couple of years and emerged with his boldest, heaviest and most colourful effort to date- "I'm not following you".

His previous outing had already been an impressive musical melting pot but here Edwyn truly tries it all, even resorting to styles that had been hitherto distant from his songwriting such as country (obviously "Country Rock) or unadulterated punk ("Adidas World").And it works.

It's great to see an artist, especially one with a career that spans over 25 years, taking such adventurous risks and continually expanding his musical lexicon, but all this would be to no avail if the songs didn't correspond to such sonic dexterity. But they do, in spades with the outstanding cuts coming one after the other and while Edwyn is at his best when crooning (such as in "Superficial Cat" or "The Magic Piper") he never ceases to stun no matter which style he puts his hands on. And there's still time for the hilarious"Seventies Night" which features guest vocalist Mark E. Smith (from the Fall) grunting over a disco beat (!?).

4 out of 5 stars

Music Album:

  1. Prisoner of the Night ~ Golden Earring
  2. Ten Years After ~ Ten Years After
  3. Beautiful ~ Javier Mendoza Band
  4. Interface ~ Heldon
  5. Paul Weller: Under the Influence ~ Various Artists
  6. Hi Karate ~ Satelliters
  7. All Men: the Best Singers ~ Various Artists
  8. Come ~ The Silencers
  9. Ryehollow ~ Ryehollow
  10. Love and Mercy ~ The Braves

Music Album

Music Album

Music CD

Piano Grand Master ~ Art Tatum

Welcome to Love ~ Pharoah Sanders

Carol Kidd : Nice Work ~ Carol Kidd

Painted Rhythm ~ Stan Kenton

Small Groups: Class of '39 ~ Benny Goodman

On Ne Vit Qu'une Fois ~ Singuila

El Condor Pasa ~ Jo%C3%ABl Francisco Perri

O Fino Da Bossa Nova V.2 ~ Various Artists

Word Music ~ Monclar

Best Hit Songs 5 ~ Akira Kobayashi