Robyn Hitchcock - A Star For Bram (2000)

A Star for Bram wraps a dozen outtakes from the Sophia sessions in the same cover art, printed in different colors. Like any album of Hitchcock leftovers, this one isn’t as consistent as his regular-issue albums, but includes plenty of first-rate songs. Highlights include the urgently strummed “The Philosopher’s Stone,” the rocking “Adoration of the City,” the appropriately fragile, beautifully melodic “I Saw Nick Drake” (“…at the corner of Time and Motion…I said, ‘You're tall’ / He said, ‘No taller than tomorrow's ocean'”), the chiming, psychedelic-yet-sweet “The Green Boy,” a superb electric remake of “1974” (from the Storefront Hitchcock soundtrack) and a “dub” version of “Antwoman.” Rare Jewels is a promo EP that includes two songs each from Bram and Sophia.

Tracklist:

01. Daisy Bomb (2:56)
02. I Saw Nick Drake (3:58)
03. Adoration Of The City (4:40)
04. 1974 (4:24)
05. I Wish I Liked You (4:27)
06. Nietzsche’s Way (4:31)
07. The Philosopher’s Stone (3:28)
08. The Green Boy (4:06)
09. Judas Sings ((Jesus & Ne) (4:28)
10. Antwoman (Dub) (4:45)
11. I Used To Love You (4:44)
12. The Underneath (3:20)

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