Doctor Syntax

Doctor Syntax Artist: Edwyn Collins
Label: Instinct Records
Category: Music


Average customer rating: 4 out of 5 stars
Format: Extra tracks
Media: Audio CD
Number Of Discs: 1


UPC: 720841061625
EAN: 0720841061625
ASIN: B00008OM97


Release Date: 2003-04-01

Doctor Syntax


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Tracks:

  1. Never Felt Like This
  2. Should've Done That
  3. Mine Is At
  4. No Idea
  5. The Beatles
  6. Back To The Back Room
  7. Splitting Up
  8. Johnny Teardrop
  9. 20 Years Too Late
  10. It's A Funny Thing
  11. Calling On You
  12. Message For Jojo
  13. After All (I Live My Life)
  14. Stars In My Eyes

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Amazon.com

<I>Doctor Syntax</I> is former Orange Juice frontman Edwyn Collins's fifth solo album in 13 years. Three years in the making, it's his first LP since 1997's <I>I'm Not Following You</I> and comes a full seven years after his breakthrough single, "A Girl Like You." Its name inspired by an early 19th century satire, <I>Doctor Syntax</I> is a finely crafted collection of alt-pop gems that drip with soul and wry wit. Enjoying his status as an indie-rock elder statesman, Collins delivers cunning asides that occasionally burst into overt ridicule "The Beatles" is an acerbic "arch-riposte" to the Fab Four, while "Back to the Backroom" belittles Cool Britannia. With the jangly guitars of his earlier work all but extinct, Collins's music is now lined with sugary summer soul and driven by sleek, sophisticated rhythms. <I>--Christopher Barrett</I>

Album Description

2003 album from the former Orange Juice frontman, featuring The Sex Pistols Paul Cook on two tracks. Includes 3 bonus tracks not available on import, 'Message For Jojo' (feat. Bernard Butler), 'After All (I live My Life)' & 'Stars In My Eyes'. Instinct.

Customer Reviews:

4 out of 5 stars A Unifying Groove.......2003-07-24

On his fifth solo release, Doctor Syntax, the deep-voiced Scotsman Edwyn Collins trades the eclectic messiness of his previous work for the unifying focus of a subtle groove. Yet the musical tradeoff hasn't dimmed his iconoclastic touch. There is still that strange hiccup in his voice (it often sounds like a defect on the CD). And his love songs are fraught with anxiety and indecision. "No Idea", "Johnny Teardrop", "Splitting Up" - there's not a lot of cheer in Collins' world. Yet Doctor Syntax is never a stone drag. And the three extra tracks for US release are more than just filler -they make a good album better (especially the duet with Bernard Butler, "Message for JoJo").

5 out of 5 stars What's wrong with you?.......2003-06-18

Why haven't you bought it yet? The man labored well over 5 years to get this thing right, and boy did he ever. This album flows, shimmers and entertains. Even the underhanded "tribute" the to the beatles (named appropriately enough "the beatles"), works wonders. The production as always is impeccable. Bonus tracks are great, too.

3 out of 5 stars

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