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a r t i s t :: Eskimo Joe
t i t l e :: Girl
d a t e :: 2001-08-20
l a b e l :: Mushroom
g e n r e :: Alternative
s o u r c e :: CD
b i t r a t e :: 256 kbps avg
e n c o d e r :: LAME 32bits version 3.98.4 (http://www.mp3dev.org/) -V0
t r a c k s :: 12
p l a y t i m e :: 37:29
s i z e :: 68.99 MB
tracklist
1 Head Hurts 3:03
2 Wake Up 3:29
3 Planet Earth 3:20
4 Who Sold Her Out 3:10
5 Love List 3:09
6 Liar 3:26
7 Election 2:46
8 Take A Rest 3:25
9 Slow Down 1:37
10 Sydney Song 3:42
11 Just Like Me 3:18
12 Driver 3:04
releasenotes
For three guys deriving from Fremantle Perth, Australia, they were going to
need something more then just the average swoop over the heads of the
Australian music community to emerge from the undergrowth. Sure up until then,
they had a pretty good underground following, but little more scattered across
the island continent than the current Bilby population. Their first two EPÆs
showed them as being sleek musicians and songwriters, but they each lacked the
credentials and financial backing to plug it further into the wall socket. It
took time and patience (as usual) but eventually they managed to score a deal
with Festival records, and producer, Ed Buller, creating their debut, Girl.
Girl is basically what youÆd expect to see from a debut. ItÆs not amazing, yet
not awful, has some pretty decent tracks, and some pretty mediocre ones. Of
these, the first five are really quite wonderful (ôPlanet Earthö, ôWake Upö
and ôWho Sold Her Out?ö being standouts), deriving their melodies from nothing
more then the journeyÆs of the pop-rock groups in the sixties. They are where
youÆll find EskimoÆs minimal catch tunes, laced with simplistic melodic and
rhythmic patterns, backed behind some fun lyrics based upon the fascination
and confusion found in the young maleÆs perception of girls; who would have
thought! Sure, itÆs not all that flattering to listen to (compared to their
later stuff), but why would you pick this up if you are expecting a flood of
introspective machinations in the form of songs? The answer is you wouldnÆt.
This is a good album to listen to if you just either want something flowing in
the background while doing pointless busy work, or if youÆre lonely, and just
need something easy going to pleasure the air waves in your home.
Progressively, the release potters all the way along through each song until
its ending gathering a few more crafted ideas about the election process in
Australia (ôElectionö), and an advertisement plug for Kit-Kat in ôSydney
Songö, to try and help improve sales and in-turn, public awareness. The later
tracks share a common musical innocence, that's charmed by easy to understand
chord progressions, but at the same time itÆs what closes the album with an
incomplete impression for the band, and their style, or lack of. However,
despite the absence of any distinct initiatives (apart from Kevyen TemperleyÆs
adolescent broken sounding voice), Girl provided them with very good
foundations through enough radio airplay to build their career upon, and give
a point for the audience to gain a clear insight into the maturity that they
have advanced towards. For the fan, and general listener, youÆll obtain a few
good listens out of this, and itÆs probably something youÆll scan every now
and then. But it is likely that it wont be as highly regarded as their two
later efforts, A Song is a City and Black Fingernails, Red Wine which
demonstrate a better approach to personification through music.
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