Skeleton_Crew--The_Country_Of_Blinds_and_Learn_To_Talk-2CD-2006-i8

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2007-05-01

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      a r t i s t : Skeleton Crew
        t i t l e : The Country Of Blinds and Learn to Talk
          d a t e : 2006
        l a b e l : ReR USA
        g e n r e : Avantgarde
  r l s.  d a t e : Apr/2007
      t r a c k s : 31
    b i t r a t e : VBRkbps
          s i z e : 154,6 MB

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     A timely reissue of two timeless classics. On the first CD
     it's just Fred Frith and and Tom Cora, the legendary two man
     crew who somehow ╨ in real time, not with endless overdubs -
     managed to play all their own instruments (cello, bass,
     electric guitar, violin, casio) and sing - as well as, between
     them, constructing the drum parts ╨ dislocated into elements
     with each of them having bits of the kit. This made for some
     fantastic - and normally unplayable parts - most drummers
     having only one brain. No one sounded like Skeleton Crew,
     ever. Devious, complicated, brutally simple, always
     unexpected, turning on a dime, this was not just a pop band
     but a tocsin, a call to arms - and in a short recorded life it
     produced a catalogue of invention that is still breathtaking
     today.

     On the second album, the inspired addition of Zeena Parkins
     (keyboards, accordion, more drums, more vocals) led to some of
     the best music of the decade. The recording was rawer, more
     urgent, the songs standing out in sharp relief; every part
     essential. And yet - it's a puzzle almost impossible to
     unravel: how on earth did they ever evolve those dislocated
     parts and still make them fit so perfectly together? Did I
     mention the texts? So much to the point, so good. And where
     are the Skeleton Crews today when we really need them? Both
     CDs are here, in full, re-mastered by Fred and with 10 extra
     tracks ╨ each as good as anything on the official albums.

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      CD1

      01-The Country Of Blinds                                  [04:12]
      02-The Border                                             [03:32]
      03-The Hand That Bites                                    [05:35]
      04-Dead Sheep                                             [03:23]
      05-Bingo                                                  [03:38]
      06-Man Or Monkey                                          [02:32]
      07-Foot In Hole                                           [03:09]
      08-Hot Field                                              [02:38]
      09-The Birds Of Japan                                     [04:04]
      10-You May Find A Bed                                     [06:16]
      11-Sparrow Song                                           [01:29]
      12-Safety In Numbers                                      [03:18]
      13-Howdywhoola Too                                        [02:47]
      14-Second Rate                                            [05:32]
      15-New Orleans Stomp                                      [03:14]
      16-Hasta La Victoria                                      [03:24]

      cd2

      01-Que viva,Onwards and upwards                           [07:37]
      02-The way things fall (back apart)                       [02:33]
      03-Not my shoes                                           [02:16]
      04-The Washington post                                    [01:31]
      05-We're still free                                       [04:09]
      06-Victoryville                                           [02:50]
      07-Los Colitos                                            [04:35]
      08-Learn To Talk                                          [03:52]
      09-Factory Song                                           [04:49]
      10-It's Fine                                              [04:16]
      11-Zach's Flag                                            [03:01]
      12-Sick As A Parrot                                       [02:58]
      13-Automatic Pilot                                        [01:27]
      14-Hook                                                   [02:15]
      15-Killing Time                                           [02:26]
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