Genesis

Artist: Wendy & Bonnie
Label: Sundazed Music Inc.
Category: Music

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Media: Audio CD
Number Of Discs: 1

UPC: 090771108920
EAN: 0090771108920
ASIN: B00005JY2E

Release Date: 2001-05-29

Genesis

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Tracks:

Let Yourself Go Another Time
The Paisley Window Pane
I Realized You
By The Sea
You Keep Hanging Up On My Mind
It's What's Really Happening
Five O'Clock In The Morning
Endless Pathway
Children Laughing
The Winter Is Cold
The Night Behind Us (Crystal Fountain Acetate)
The Ice Cream Man Song (Demo)
Cover Our Child (Demo)
Cover Our Child (Demo)
Story Of A Conventional Man (Demo)

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Album Description

Genesis, the sole album by SF-based sisters Wendy and Bonnie Flower, ranks as one of the most remarkable unheard albums of 1969. With melodic confections laced with radiant sisterly harmony, the breezy Brazilian splashes and soft-rock strains of Genesis convey a sophistication that belies the artists' tender ages (Wendy 17, Bonnie 13). Produced for reissue by Irwin Chusid (author of 'Songs In The Key Of Z: The Curious Universe Of Outsider Music') with Wendy & Bonnie's full participation, Genesis makes its long-awaited official CD bow with 5 bonus tracks, interviews with Wendy & Bonnie, and a treasure trove of candid photos. 15 tracks. 2001 reissue.

Customer Reviews:

Let yourself go another time...........2006-06-22

1969...that was 37 years ago! Yet this disc could well have been made just this year. The magic it contains remains just as fresh and bright today as it was way back then. It really is a timeless
achievement and every time I spin it I come away with something new, enjoyable and thoughtful. I am extremely lucky in that I knew Wendy and Bonnie even before this music was recorded...I was the drummer in the Crystal Fountain Band with Wendy in that "Summer of Love". And better yet, both Wendy and Bonnie are still making great original new music today....That's Flower Power!

Wendy and Bonnie.......2005-11-03

This is an incredible album. Wendy and Bonnie's talents as
children are still with them as adults. Their harmony and
voices blend beautifully on Genesis.
You can read more about the girls on Wendy's website.

Gorgeous harmonies from a charmed time.......2005-02-16

This is how it felt to be a sensitive, artistic teenager in the 1960s, filled with hope & innocence, yet touched with a streak of melancholy ... and if that sounds like the sensitive, artistic teenage experience in any era, I can only say that it was all the more intense during that particular time. The word "naive" has been used in previous reviews, and I agree, but not in any negative sense -- there's an openness & vulnerability here, without the least trace of self-consciousness, that simply wouldn't be possible today. Certainly of its time, this collection of lovely, wistful songs is also timeless. Granted, the psychedelic touches may date the sound for some; but for those of us who were there, it's hauntingly evocative. (Particular favorites at the moment: "By the Sea," "Endless Pathway," "Night Behind Us," "December Sun.") The bonus tracks offer a glimpse of the second album that never was, alas. We can only be grateful that this one is finally available once more. Highly recommended for yearning dreamers everywhere, gazing through the paisley window pane ...

Vintage sisterly softrock, Super Furry fans use caution!.......2004-04-25

I came upon Wendy & Bonnie after hearing the Super Furry Animals album "Phantom Power", which samples the first 15 seconds or so of "By the Sea", a lovely and swooning melody sung by two ghostly girlish voices. Buoyed by the fact that there might be a whole album of this out there, I searched until I found "Genesis". The truth is, the album itself only occasionaly reaches the heights of the aforementioned track, instead largely utilizing a very 60's soft/acid rock approach. The two most successful examples of this are the sprightly "Let Yourself Go Another Time", and the pop chestnut "You Keep Hanging Up on My Mind". Otherwise, the tunes tend to start sounding alike, and the girls vocal stylings regrettably tend to grate over the length of an album. So calling all you Super Furry Fans who stumbled upon this, like me, due to "Phantom Power"..take a listen first, if possible, and tread with caution. If I had the option I would rate this 2 and 1/2 stars, but for the time capsule novelty of it, I'll round up to 3.

A Rare Jewel.......2003-12-25

The first time I listened to this CD, I thought it sounded incredibly dated, with nasal vocals and songwriting that lacked any semblance of craft. First impressions could not have been more wrong.

Buy this record. Be patient, stay with it, let it draw you into its unique and haunting world. The honesty, sensitivity, and sheer melodic invention of "Genesis" is simply astonishing. The songs have a musical logic all their own, with layers of complexity that only repeated listenings can reveal. The wonderfully psych-y Crystal Fountain song is my favorite, but magic permeates every cut on the album.

The harmonies are Beatlesque, always reaching for the unexpected interval. No boring, predictable triads here--musical surprises abound.

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