ARTiST: Joel Plaskett Emergency
TiTLE: Ashtray Rock
LABEL: Universal
GENRE: Rock
TiME: 41:49 min
SiZE: 59,0 MB
BiTRATE: VBRkbps
RiP DATE: Apr-20-2007
RELEASE DATE: Apr-17-2007
WEBSiTE: http://www.joelplaskett.com
Track List:
01. An Introduction 00:51
02. Drunk Teenagers 03:44
03. Ashtray Rock 00:50
04. Fashionable People 04:10
05. Penny For Your Thoughts 03:47
06. Snowed In Cruisin' 06:27
07. Face Of The Earth 04:09
08. The Glorious Life 02:16
09. Nothing More To Say 03:23
10. Chinatown For The Record 02:48
11. The Instrumental 03:21
12. Soundtrack For The Night 04:57
13. Hidden Track 01:06
Release Notes:
JOEL PLASKETT EMERGENCY Ashtray Rock - released
April 17th, 2007 (Maple/Universal)
A minute into hoser anthem "Drunk Teenagers,"
there's a gang-hollered, "I hate Clayton Park!" It's
a line sure to send panic shivers through the hearts
of fans of Plaskett's last band, Thrush Hermit. But
the lyric is merely an attention-grabbing dangle to
Ashtray Rock's greater narrative. It's really a
concept album about two young rockers caught in a
band-fracturing love triangle. It's easily the best
thing Plaskett's ever done, as well as one of the
most ambitiously executed Can-rock records in years.
On their own, the songs are superb. In first single
"Snowed In/Cruisin'" and "The Instrumental,"
Plaskett brilliantly reclaims the riff-rock he'd
seemingly forgotten in his solo years. The Mamas And
The Papas tease of "Nothing More To Say" is
ensnaring, and "Fashionable People" is like an
anti-Bowie response track plucked from the past.
Best, though, is that beyond being excellent songs
on their own, they all work towards the greater
story, which you'll be busy listening to over and
over in order to uncover the subtle details. Ashtray
Rock is the album where Plaskett makes his case to
follow names like Young, Lightfoot and Cohen.