Revival

Revival Artist: Reid Paley
Label: E-Music
Category: Music


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


UPC: 659505915229
EAN: 0659505915229
ASIN: B00004S5G1


Release Date: 2000-03-07

Revival


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Tracks:

  1. The Anesthetist's Song
  2. Lucky's Tune
  3. Never Drink Alone
  4. What You Deserve
  5. Sal's Last Round
  6. This Fucking Town
  7. The Passion Of Harry M
  8. A Song For You
  9. A Bang And A Whimper
  10. Dreamland

Similar Items:

  1. Lucky's Tune

Customer Reviews:

5 out of 5 stars Rock thrown in a blender.......2001-08-19

Reid Paley is as interesting as they come. Most musicians think of a topic for a song, and see where their pen takes them. The have little control of what they write, and they may get lucky. There are a few exceptions to this, and Reid is definatly one of them. Bringing together a unique form of soul and rock, Reid is set to define a new age of music.

4 out of 5 stars Cruel and Unusual.......2000-03-30

Yet again, Reid Paley has dropped a bomb. Like his "first" solo album, "Lucky's Tune," it's a killer. (stupid artist comparisons to follow)Paley's stock-in-trade is bitterness, and very few do it better-- his voice is sounding more and more like Tom Waits with a temper, and his guitar playing is as gloriously marginal as ever. Imagine if the Stooges' looseness and aesthetic sense were married to a Waits-like penchant for vivid storytelling and wry bitter humor.

Produced by Frank Black of Pixies fame, "Revival" is more rounded out than Paley's previous effort. Adding a distorted bass and marginal drums to his voice and guitar, the new songs don't so much rock harder as sound fuller than the material on "Lucky's Tune." "What You Deserve" gets the band treatment here, and this older song sounds much better for it.

Some of the new material is great, like "This F**king Town" and "Lucky's Tune." You just grin and nod your head while Reid pins down the exact nature of your personal unhappiness. The concert classic "Bang and a Whimper" finally makes it to wax here too, maybe the least funny song Paley's ever done, very much in the vein of "Delia's Gone" by Johnny Cash or "Staggerlee," the old folk song.

Altogether, this is a fantastic effort that will do nothing at all to increase Reid Paley's popularity. (more stupid comparisons to follow)

Music Album:

  1. Still Life ~ Van Der Graaf Generator
  2. The Readymen ~ The Readymen
  3. Best of Kim Carnes ~ Kim Carnes
  4. Slow Down Kid ~ Val Emmich
  5. Prettier Than You ~ Brian Stevens
  6. The Black Sheep of the Family: The Anthology ~ Fat Mattress
  7. Songs in the Rough ~ Various Artists
  8. Leave Me Alone ~ One Way System
  9. The Girl Is Allright ~ Brazzaville
  10. Anthology 1974 - 2004 ~ Sbb

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My Brazilian Heart ~ Katia B

Izipho Zam ~ Pharoah Sanders

Steve Tibbetts ~ Steve Tibbetts

Stewed to the Gills ~ Gaye Bykers on Acid

Tarantella ~ I Cantori Di Carpino

Yekan Imfazive ~ Nati

Diddy Wah Diddy

Tunnel Vision ~ Christel Rice

Ganso Matatabi Kokoni Ari ~ Hashi Yukio