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│ s o u p p r o u d l y p r e s e n t s │
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│ Lemon Jelly - Lemonjelly.ky
│
│ artist ........ Lemon Jelly
│ title ......... Lemonjelly.ky
│ release date .. 2001
│ label ......... XL Recordings
│ cat. no ....... IFXLCD139
│ url ........... http://www.lemonjelly.ky
│
│ rip date ...... 2005-08-02
│ genre ......... Rock
│ quality ....... VBR kbps / 4410Hz
│ time .......... 67:25
│ size .......... 102 MB
│ source ........ CD Album
│
└──────────────────────────────────────────────────────[ S O U P ]─┐
│ release info │
└──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘
│ │
│ This compilation of three EPs' worth of downtempo ditties aims │
│ for the same market that scarfed up The Beta Band's Three EPs │
│ disc, but the similarities swiftly end there. The packaging is │
│ lush, deluxe and probably shortlisted for a graphic design │
│ award, yet Lemonjelly.ky's nine tracks consist largely of │
│ samples from atrocious Nana Mouskouri songs and soundclips │
│ nipped from 100 Strings' mood music albums. What binds these │
│ samples together is a series of predicable hip-hop beats and │
│ root-note basslines. In the UK, Lemon Jelly are probably │
│ pin-ups for a certain type of elitist freshman who considers │
│ himself ever-so superior for conspicuously enjoying this stuff. │
│ │
│ By arranging Lemonjelly.ky in chronological order, we can at │
│ least appreciate that by July 2000's The Midnight EP, it had at │
│ last occurred to the duo of Fred Deakin and Nick Franglin that │
│ splicing Bert Kaempfert with drum machine presets wasn't going │
│ to get them the St. Tropez mansion they'd been promising │
│ themselves since The Bath EP was released in August 1998. I get │
│ all mangled up inside about Lemonjelly.ky as a whole, but it's │
│ The Bath EP that gets me frayed. "Nervous Tension" samples a │
│ relaxation tape monologue which, unironically, has the opposite │
│ effect on my well-being. The only person who might be truly │
│ thrilled with "A Tune for Jack" is Jack himself-- the rest of │
│ us can live without hearing Johnny Pearson's Sounds Orchestral │
│ version of "Wichita Lineman" mixed with the hypothetical beats │
│ of the Captain & Tennille's deck-shoe shuffling version of │
│ Young MC's "Bust a Move". │
│ │
│ "The Stauton Lick" heads back into instructional tape land for │
│ a lesson in basic folk guitar techniques, and ends up sounding │
│ like a 14-year old imagining Fairport Convention covering New │
│ Order's "All the Way". "His Majesty King Raam" is the sick │
│ fantasy of two thirty-something Brits-- a kindergarten tale │
│ broadcast on the BBC's Jackanory program enhanced with Henry │
│ Mancini's "Days of Wine and Roses". │
│ │
│ After these trite and scoffing appropriations of bad taste, the │
│ Midnight EP seriously engages. Here, Lemon Jelly have gotten │
│ beyond novelty value and begin to layer elements, and to │
│ distill some palpable beauty from their thrift store sources. │
│ Thus, "Kneel Before Your God" threads folk guitar lines with │
│ delicate turntablism and seraphic synth lines; "Page One" is │
│ skittering, piano-driven, and club-ready. And the guys display │
│ hitherto unexpected restraint during "Come", in which they │
│ refrain from lubricated smut in favor of a sparse, │
│ harmonica-led treat. It's almost as though the schoolboy │
│ graphic design team within the duo has been partially defeated │
│ by their adult musician personas. But the rout is merely an │
│ incipient one; this more mature Lemon Jelly is far from being a │
│ confirmed victory for subtle moderation. │
│ │
│ Because the three tracks that comprise the Midnight EP rely far │
│ less on snickering, snobby kitsch, we can hope that Lemon Jelly │
│ will eschew juvenile mockery and perfect their technique. Only │
│ then will Deakin and Franglin overcome the tossed-off vapidity │
│ of Lemonjelly.ky and take their place with chill-out's recent │
│ masters. Of course, if the band choose to further investigate │
│ bad taste, they'd better consult WFMU's outsider music expert │
│ Irwin Chusid, and study Stock, Hausen & Walkman's considerably │
│ cooler Organ Transplants series. │
│ │
│ -Paul Cooper, April, 2001 (http://www.pitchforkmedia.com) │
│ │
│ ------------------------------------------ │
│ │
│ I know, I know - i've already done this once before as an _int! │
│ This time its VBR and includes scans. │
│ │
│ │
└──────────────────────────────────────────────────────[ S O U P ]─┤
│ track list │
└──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘
│ │
│ 1. In The Bath 6:41 │
│ 2. Nervous Tension 6:41 │
│ 3. A Tune For Jack 6:45 │
│ 4. His Majesty King Raam 7:20 │
│ 5. The Staunton Lick 5:22 │
│ 6. Homage to Patagonia 9:34 │
│ 7. Kneel Before Your God 7:21 │
│ 8. Page One 9:12 │
│ 9. Come 8:29 │
│ │
│ │
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│ EAC logfile │
└──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘
│ │
│ EAC extraction logfile from 02. August 2005, 19:32 for CD │
│ Lemon Jelly / Lemonjelly.ky │
│ │
│ Used drive : SONY DVD RW DRU-500A Adapter: 2 ID: 2 │
│ Read mode : Secure with NO C2, accurate stream, NO disable │
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│ Combined read/write offset correction : 0 │
│ Overread into Lead-In and Lead-Out : No │
│ │
│ Used output format : Internal WAV Routines │
│ 44.100 Hz; 16 Bit; Stereo │
│ │
│ Other options : │
│ Fill up missing offset samples with silence : No │
│ Delete leading and trailing silent blocks : No │
│ Native Win32 interface for Win NT & 2000 │
│ │
│ │
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│ Copy CRC 987A43A5 │
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│ Track quality 99.9 % │
│ Copy CRC A2254618 │
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│ Track 3 │
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│ Copy CRC DA8F6CF5 │
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│ Copy CRC EE693EE9 │
│ Copy OK │
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│ Track 5 │
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│ Copy CRC 48E724A5 │
│ Copy OK │
│ │
│ Track 6 │
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│ │
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│ Track quality 100.0 % │
│ Copy CRC 7B2FDB4A │
│ Copy OK │
│ │
│ Track 7 │
│ Filename C:\07 - Lemon Jelly - Kneel Before Your God.wav │
│ │
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│ Track quality 99.9 % │
│ Copy CRC 6B6505EE │
│ Copy OK │
│ │
│ Track 8 │
│ Filename C:\08 - Lemon Jelly - Page One.wav │
│ │
│ Peak level 99.9 % │
│ Track quality 99.8 % │
│ Copy CRC 74F5D8C5 │
│ Copy OK │
│ │
│ Track 9 │
│ Filename C:\09 - Lemon Jelly - Come.wav │
│ │
│ Peak level 99.9 % │
│ Track quality 98.8 % │
│ Copy CRC 465C7A78 │
│ Copy OK │
│ │
│ No errors occured │
│ │
│ │
│ End of status report │
│ │
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