The Roches - Another World (1985)
The Roches - Another World (1985) (Lossless)
EAC Rip | FLAC+CUE+LOG | 37:32 | 225 Mb | No Art
Folk Rock, Acoustic
EAC Rip | FLAC+CUE+LOG | 37:32 | 225 Mb | No Art
Folk Rock, Acoustic
Tracklist:
01. Love Radiates Around 4:47
02. Another World 3:17
03. Come Softly To Me 3:02
04. Missing 4:00
05. Face Down At Folk City 4:05
06. The Angry Angry Man 3:38
07. Weeded Out 3:47
08. Older Girls 2:56
09. Love To See You 4:17
10. Gimme A Slice 3:28
Many fine songs here, "Love To See You" being one of the best. A simple but beautiful love (or lust) song written by Suzzy, it's a great ode to unrequited love (or lust). Then again, for all I know, it could be about a puppy. For some reason it's stuck in the dreaded next-to-last-song slot on the CD, usually a place for throwaways. (There's also a great video of "Love To See You" from the mid-80's Robert Klein cable show that you can find at the Roches web site)
"Face Down At Folk City" (written by all three) is of course classic Roches: funny lyrics and great vocals, plus a dreamy Fmaj7th piano hook that follows the chorus.
The opener "Love Radiates Around" (a non-Roche composition) sounds almost like a hymn. Very pretty, and aurally the best thing on Another World. Reminds me of "Hymn To Her" (which came later) by the Pretenders, but this one was written by a man-guy.
"Another World" is a solid tune - in their tradition of complaints about the modern (usually female) world - but suffers from the "modern" 80's production, which shows up in varying degrees throughout the album. Here, I am in partial agreement with the negative reviewers. The generic rock guitars and drum machines sound like they are bleeding over from another studio and were accidentally mixed into a Roches recording.
As for the other tracks, "Come Softly To Me" - one of their reworkings of a classic/traditional song, this time The Fleetwoods' 1959 chart topper - is a highlight. The remaining songs are not bad - I particularly like "Weeded Out" - but the aforementioned (over-) production tends to stomp them out before they can be "heard."
Review, amazon.com
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