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| Artist : Mojave 3 |
| Album : Puzzles Like You |
| Bitrate : VBR kbps |
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| Label : 4AD |
| Year : 2006 |
| Genre : Indie |
| Rip date : May-15-2006 |
| Store date : Jun-20-2006 |
| Size : 63,7 MB |
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|Track Listing: |
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| 01 - truck driving man 03:33 |
| 02 - puzzles like you 02:16 |
| 03 - breaking the ice 04:06 |
| 04 - running with your eyes closed 02:13 |
| 05 - most days 04:24 |
| 06 - big star baby 04:21 |
| 07 - ghostship waiting 03:07 |
| 08 - kill the lights 03:15 |
| 09 - you said it before 03:50 |
| 10 - to hold your tiny toes 03:27 |
| 11 - just a boy 03:03 |
| 12 - the mutineer 03:42 |
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| 41:17 min |
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| Between the recording and release of Slowdive's ambient Pygmalion, Neil |
| Halstead began writing more song-based tunes to occupy down time. Weeks |
| after being dropped by Creation, Halstead and the remaining members of |
| Slowdive (Rachel Goswell and Ian McCutcheon) recorded six demos within |
| three days, much of it live without overdubs. Their manager brought the |
| tape to 4AD head Ivo Watts-Russell, who immediately gave the trio money |
| to record more material. Feeling that the direction was too removed to |
| retain the Slowdive moniker, they christened themselves Mojave, only to |
| add "3" later for legal purposes. Signed to 4AD, the six demos and three |
| later-recorded songs made up 1996's Ask Me Tomorrow. Subtle, sparse, and |
| somber, the record drew likenesses to Mazzy Star and the Cowboy Junkies, |
| along with some debatable country references. Not necessarily country, |
| it sounded like unplugged Slowdive with a slight twang. The band gigged |
| for several months, including a package 4AD tour in the U.S. with Scheer |
| and Lush, dubbed the "Shaving the Pavement Tour." |
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| The shift away from Slowdive was completed with 1998's Out of Tune. More |
| upbeat in nature, it also featured more involved arrangements. Former |
| Chapterhouse guitarist Simon Rowe was officially added as a member, as |
| well as Alan Forrester on keys. Their full-time presence helped round |
| out the band's sound. At this point, Mojave 3 -- and Halstead's |
| classicist songwriting in particular -- began to earn favorable |
| comparisons to Bob Dylan, Nick Drake, and Neil Young. Excuses for |
| Travellers followed two years later, continuing in similar fashion as |
| something of a hybrid of their first two LPs. Three years came and went |
| -- and were broken up by a Halstead solo album -- before the release of |
| Spoon and Rafter, an album that was recorded throughout the course of a |
| year, at the band's studio in Cornwall. |
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