Dave_Cloud_and_The_Gospel_Of_Power--Napoleon_Of_Temperance-2CD-2006-i8

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2006-09-30

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      a r t i s t : Dave Cloud & The Gospel of Power
        t i t l e : Napoleon of Temperance
          d a t e : 2006
        l a b e l : Fire (FIRECD99)
        g e n r e : Rock
  r l s.  d a t e : Aug/2006
      t r a c k s : 45
    b i t r a t e : VBRkbps
          s i z e : 192,10 MB

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     Historian of religions Mircea Eliade described shamans as
     specialists in ecstasy, able to "penetrate the underworld and
     rise to the sky" in a transcendent state.

     It is not surprising, then, that the word "shamanistic" has
     been used repeatedly over the past 25 years to describe the
     incendiary performances of Nashville's Dave Cloud and his band
     The Gospel of Power. Weekly late-night shows for the
     unenlightened Nashville masses quickly established Cloud as
     Music City's enfant terrible while garnering diehard converts
     along the way. Holding a dusty mirror to pop music's tawdry
     conventions, Cloud and his colleagues deftly dismember the
     Frankenstein monster of modern musical excess.

     Cloud's seminal 1999 release Songs I Will Always Sing received
     critical accolades, with reviews from as far away as Paris and
     Auckland. As Edwin Pouncey of The Wire magazine noted, "he
     sounds more like a cross between acid-addled Roky Erickson and
     boozed Beat writer, the late Charles Bukowski, than Steve
     Earle or Willie Nelson."

     The prolific Cloud didn't stop there. All My Best, released in
     2004, was met with equal critical acclaim, and transfixed the
     listener with its dark exploration of carnal hedonism and
     "musical psychiatry." Like a lo-fi tantric yogi, Cloud invokes
     the great trilogy of girls, motorcycles, and money.

     Napoleon of Temperance will revisit selections from both
     albums with the addition of a few brand new originals. In the
     spring Dave Cloud and The Gospel of Power will attempt their
     first European tour in support of this release. Cloud's
     handpicked contingent of caballeros will include members of
     Lambchop and Clem Snide and will conjure the distinctive sonic
     magic Nashville has enjoyed for over two decades.

     http://www.firerecords.com/site/index.php?
     page=artists&artistid=133



     Now when an album this long drops on my desk I must say I get
     the shivers - clocking in at almost 2 and a half hours and
     spread across two cds, Napoleon of Consequence by the
     Nashville based Dave Cloud & Gospel of Power is really as long
     as they get. It's also a number of meaty sandwiches short of a
     picnic, if you hadn't guessed from the eccentric name -- and
     what's quite wonderful about it is that it never comes across
     as false or forced. Captain Beefheart's influence looms large
     over proceedings, with a healthy dose of slashy lo-fi garage
     punk thrown in for good measure. As Dave Cloud mumbles his
     hoarse poetry over brave lo-fi backing tracks of broken drum
     machines and disintegrating guitars it's not hard to fall for
     his charms. OK so you've gotta be really dedicated to sit
     through the duration, but itüfs value for money you're getting
     here, not a load of filler. Very odd, very good.

     http://www.boomkat.com/item.cfm?id=22658


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      Disc 1

      01-Vixen...Vixen...Fox...Fox                              [02:09]
      02-Puff Rider                                             [03:28]
      03-Lavender Clothes                                       [04:17]
      04-I'll Run the Jack on You                               [03:28]
      05-You Missed a Damn Good Chance                          [03:39]
      06-Goin' to the Go Go                                     [03:37]
      07-Love Jones                                             [03:56]
      08-Cool Water                                             [02:20]
      09-Sleep All Day                                          [03:02]
      10-Subliminal Face                                        [04:01]
      11-Fantastic Rage                                         [04:59]
      12-Winter Winds                                           [02:12]
      13-Bugle Call with Guitar                                 [02:44]
      14-Misengendered Mulatto                                  [02:35]
      15-When Everyone is Gone                                  [04:26]
      16-Sing 9 and 90                                          [01:34]
      17-Motorcycle                                             [03:54]
      18-Summer Holiday                                         [02:24]
      19-Living in Your Love                                    [05:49]
      20-Booty Shoe II                                          [02:36]
      21-Save the Last Dance for Me                             [02:35]
      22-Sudden Stop                                            [04:18]

      Disc 2

      01-Belinda Purvis                                         [02:07]
      02-Eight Miles High                                       [02:50]
      03-Heatwave                                               [03:19]
      04-All Day Music                                          [03:38]
      05-Our Love (Don't Throw It All Away)                     [03:27]
      06-How Can You Mend a Broken Heart                        [04:46]
      07-I'm Into Something Good                                [01:56]
      08-You Can't Lose                                         [02:41]
      09-Lay Lady Lay                                           [05:08]
      10-Sifu Bruce Lee                                         [03:19]
      11-Get Down Tonight                                       [02:36]
      12-Warmth of the Sun                                      [01:47]
      13-Young Love                                             [02:04]
      14-Me & Mrs Jones                                         [03:18]
      15-Let's Spend the Night Together                         [02:58]
      16-Wild One                                               [03:31]
      17-It Ain't Nothing to Me                                 [02:27]
      18-Moonage Daydream                                       [04:34]
      19-Geronimo                                               [01:20]
      20-Icy Cold Brew                                          [06:40]
      21-Green Fields                                           [04:12]
      22-Teenage Bossman                                        [02:14]
      23-Evil Dracula Man                                       [04:36]
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