Cruel, But Fair

Cruel, But Fair Artist: Laughing Clowns
Label: Hot
Category: Music


Average customer rating: 5 out of 5 stars
Format: Import
Media: Audio CD
Number Of Discs: 3
EAN: 5035135108807
ASIN: B000BD9NUE


Release Date: 2005-10-13

Cruel, But Fair


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Tracks:

  1. Eternally Yours
  2. As Your Bridges Burn Behind You
  3. Law of Nature
  4. Flypaper
  5. Everything That Flies
  6. No Words of Honour
  7. New Bully in the Town
  8. Year of the Bloated Goat
  9. Diabolic Creature
  10. Monkey See Monkey Do
  11. Possessions
  12. Written in Exile
  13. Winter's Way
  14. Crystal Clear
  15. Eternally Yours [Original Album Version]

Tracks:

  1. Holy Joe
  2. Theme from 'Mad Flies, Mad Flies'
  3. Every Dog Has Its Day
  4. That's the Way It Goes
  5. Come One, Come All
  6. Ghost Beat
  7. Knife in the Head
  8. Laughing Clowns
  9. Eulogy?
  10. I Want to Scream
  11. Lucky Days
  12. Sometimes
  13. Nothing That Harms
  14. Clown Town
  15. Fire Might Fall
  16. Crying Dance
  17. When What You See

Tracks:

  1. Mr. Uddich Schmuddich Goes to Town
  2. Ghost of an Ideal Wife
  3. Only One That Knows
  4. Collapse Board
  5. Stinking to High Heaven
  6. Don't Know What I Want
  7. Eating Off the Floor
  8. Laughter Around the Table
  9. Bride of Jesus
  10. In Front of Your Eyes
  11. It Gets So Sentimental
  12. Mr. Ridiculous
  13. Year Is More Important
  14. Just Because I Like
  15. Song of Joy
  16. Times Not Hit But Missed

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Album Description

3 CD box set. After The Saints split in the UK in 1978, Ed Kuepper returned to Australia to form an even more progressive group, the Laughing Crowns. From 1979 to 1984, over numerous albums, EPs and singles, the Clowns turned out music with it's own dark force and rich, occasionally abrasive textures. Swaggering and punchy horns, melodic piano, dramatic guitar playing and sliding, stretching acoustic bass, all underpinned by frenetic but authoritative drums. Hot Records proudly present a complete anthology of every Laughing Clowns recording which truly stands against the test of time as powerful, innovative, wildly experimental rock. 2005.

Album Details

After the Saints Split in the UK in 1978, Ed Kuepper Returned to Australia to Form an Even More Progressive Group, the Laughing Clowns. From 1979 to 1984, Over Numerous Albums, EPs and Singles, the Clowns Turned Out Music with Its Own Dark Force and Rich, Occasionally Abrasive Textures. Swaggering and Punchy Horns, Melodic Piano, Dramatic Guitar Playing and Sliding, Stretching Acoustic Bass, all Underpinned by Frenetic but Authoritative Drums. Hot Records Proudly Present a Complete Anthology of Every Laughing Clowns Recording which Truly Stands Against the Test of Time as Powerful, Innovative, Wildly Experimental Rock.

Customer Reviews:

5 out of 5 stars The Story Never Told.......2006-03-10

Before there was the Insane Clown Posse, there were the Laughing Clowns. When the Insane Clown Posse started off, they were just another obscure Australian post punk band. The clown aspect was just a name. However, due to a variety of reasons, of which there are many arguements as to their veracity (for the definitive biography read the graphic novel "Laugh Clown Laugh"), the band got a fresh start in the U.S. For a promotional stunt for the record company they came out dressed in make-up. The audience couldn't really quite guess the accents and assumed that they were rapping. It worked out so well that they retitled their name and actually started doing impromptu rants that later evolved (or should I say devolved) into the band known to juggalos as the Insane Clown Posse. The Insane Clown Posse allow these fascinating early recordings to be released as long as their name isn't mentioned. For ICP fans, they will want to hear their early work. For the rest of us, its a fascinating look at what the band could have been.

5 out of 5 stars Finally, a thorough retrospective!.......2006-02-07

Ed Kuepper's post-Saints band, Laughing Clowns, have been poorly served in the CD era. Four separate CD releases existed prior to this complete, three CD collection - two of their "real" albums (one with 10 tracks, one with only 9, and neither with bonus tracks) and two compilations (both just 10 tracks, with lots of duplication with each other and the two stand alone albums).

This collection sets things straight, with 48 tracks which include all of the above plus roughly a dozen and a half more tracks. If, like me, you've marvelled at the unique and stellar magic of chance hearings of (now former) obscurities such as "Year Of The Bloated Goat," or if you've wondered what all those early uncompiled tracks from the "Prince Melon-era" actually sounded like, this is the package for you. This 3xCD set is packaged in a kind of fold-out digipack, and includes excellent liner notes and band member details, as well as a track-by-track run through memory lane from Kuepper.

The music of the Laughing Clowns always suffered from a certain muddy claustrophobia; the mastering here is better than on previous releases, but like the first Raincoats album or the Blue Orchids' "Greatest Hit," it's obvious that the band did not record in the most luxurious studios. But, as with those other albums, it all works, and while Laughing Clowns may be one of those "love 'em or hate 'em" bands, anyone with an open mind and adventurous taste in music will find plenty of fantastic songs and innumerable moments of jaw-dropping wonder.

Music Album:

  1. You Make Us Go ~ Holiday Flyer
  2. I Hope ~ Holiday Flyer
  3. Blood on the Tracks ~ Bob Dylan
  4. Little Thoughts Ep ~ Bloc Party
  5. White Boy Blues
  6. Blanket Music/Noise for Pretend ~ Blanket Music , and Noise for Pretend
  7. XTC Implant ~ Evils Toy
  8. We Have All the Facts and We're Voting Yes ~ Death Cab for Cutie
  9. 1990 ~ Daniel Johnston
  10. Up the Country ~ The Sixth Great Lake

Music Album

Music Album

Music CD

Carnegie Hall Concert ~ Gerry Mulligan with Chet Baker

Rainforest Dreams ~ Bernie Krause

1925-1940 ~ Buster Bailey

Sonny Criss Jazz-U.S.A. ~ Serge Chaloff

Jazz-Club: Trumpet ~ Various Artists

Toi du Monde ~ Maurane

Op Voorraad Live ~ Acda & De Munnik

Petala - Best of the Best Gold ~ Djavan

America - Berco Do Samba ~ Various Artists

Dorotina ~ Kissy Mambu