Kings of Oblivion

Artist: The Pink Fairies
Category: Music

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Format: Import
Media: Audio CD
Number Of Discs: 1

UPC: 604388429820
EAN: 0604388429820
ASIN: B000024AV4

Release Date: 2001-04-25

Kings of Oblivion

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Tracks:

City Kids
I Wish I Was a Girl
When's the Fun Begin?
Chromium Plating
Raceway
Chambermaid
Street Urchin

Album Description

UK reissue of the drug-fueled psychedelic hard rock act's 1973 album. Seven tracks,'City Kids', 'I Wish I Was a Girl', 'When's the Fun Begin?', 'Chromium Plating', 'Raceway', 'Chambermaid' & 'Street Urchin'.

Customer Reviews:

The Last of the Hippy Punks.......2002-08-20

With a tidal wave of 70s remasters now hitting the "streets", what better time to rediscover some of the true greats? The Pink Fairies were English early 70s underground. They were true rock n roll idealists, which basically means they had a high street-cred factor, gave a lot of free concerts, smoked a lot of dope, didn't give a damn about industry success AND they had things to say about (gulp!) society. Needless to say, bands like that tend to take second prize to, say, Guns n Roses or Jon Bon Jovi. A shame because the Pinks had the songs, the talent and - importantly- the feck-you attitude to make a real impact. They were, for example, much better than Hawkwind, who ended up as the standard-bearers of the underground rock movement. Kings Of Oblivion, their third and last labum, is a PUNK rock beauty. Listen to City Kids: if that doesn't pre-empt the Sex Pistols I don't know what does. I Wish I Was a Girl is a soaring rocker in the mould of the Who, Chromium Plating is all Alice Cooper sneer and Keith Moon drums and Larry Wallis on guitar who positively shines. Raceway is a proto-speed-metal instrumental and Street Urchin sounds like T-Rex after way too much whiskey. Fans of studio slickness should stay away; the Pinks fire all on all six but are more Garageland than Hitsville. Sound? Stooges, 13th Floor Elevators and the Who jamming at the all night sinsemilla party.
Extra points for the interesting sleeve notes, one of the best covers in rock history and tasty bonus tracks (including single Well, Well, Well). The Pink Fairies may not have been the most successful band in the world, but they were definitely one of the hippest.

completely overlooked gem.......2001-11-29

This is without a doubt one of the greatest hard rock records ever.Any fan of Nirvana,Husker Du,Cheap Trick,Motorhead,or Ziggy Stardust era Bowie will love this.It has elements of all these.For 1973 this is really fast and hard,but also very melodic.Excellent lead guitar by Larry Wallis especially on
intro to "I Wish I Was A Girl"and"Street Urchin".Drumming reminds
me of a slightly more frantic Keith Moon with a bit of a surf
type flavor on some of the faster tunes.If you can picture that!
Great album cover(flying pigs with sunglasses)sums up the bands

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