ARTiST: VA
TiTLE: Back To Mine (Mixed By Mercury Rev)
LABEL: DMC
GENRE: Rock
TiME: 63:55 min
SiZE: 92,0 MB
BiTRATE: VBRkbps
RiP DATE: Oct-24-2006
RELEASE DATE: Oct-23-2006
WEBSiTE: www.mercuryrev.net
Track List:
VA - Back To Mine (Mixed By Mercury Rev)
01. David Bowie - A New Career In A New Town
02. Johan Johannsson - Hotel Borg
03. Terry Jacks - Seasons In The Sun
04. Galaxie 500 - When Will You Come Home
05. Billie Holliday - I'm A Fool To Want You
06. John Cale - Days Of Steam
07. Andrew Bird [reprise] - Opposite Day
08. George Jones [clean Version] - The Grand
Tour
09. Nicolai Dunger - If I Were A Little Star
10. Nico - Wrap Your Troubles In Dreams
11. Mercury Rev [exclusive Track] - Cecilia's
Lunar Expose
12. Spacemen 3 - Big City
13. Suicide - Dream Baby Dream
14. Alex Chilton - Let Me Get Close To You
15. Pharoah Sanders - Astral Traveling
16. Hanne Hukkleberg - Cast Anchor
17. Randy Newman - Uncle Bob's Midnight Blues
18. Cliff Edwards - When You Wish Upon A Star
Release Notes:
You can easily see why the band are drawn into
scoring a film like Bye Bye Blackbird (staring Derek
Jacobi and Jodhi May, ôA dark story in coloursà with
musique originale by Mercury Rev)ö, but arenÆt they
an odd choice for Back To Mine?
Perhaps, but if youÆre into satisfying eclectic
albums, this is another one that wanders all over
the right places. You canÆt go far wrong with David
Bowie Low period (the one with the wailing
harmonica) which with æHotel BorgÆ is a great start.
IÆve always disliked æSeasons In The SunÆ but one of
the joys of these compilation series is discovering
something you thought you didnÆt like or just find
some gems youÆd never heard off. Falling somewhere
between the two is æIÆm A Fool To Want YouÆ by
Billie Holiday and NicoÆs æWrap Your Troubles In
DreamsÆ. And talking of great singers, George Jones
is superb as ever.
For the Welsh Velvet spotters, æDays Of SteamÆ by
John Cale is off an album The Academy In Peril but
donÆt expect beat-matching/cross-fade thing going on
into the strange title of æ/=/=/Æ. ItÆs a shame
these two are cut short but thereÆs much to cram
into the 67 minutes here.
I suppose you only get one shot at this and youÆd
want to cover your favourites but thereÆs a bit in
the middle I wasnÆt too keen on, excepting their own
space-like æCeciliaÆs Lunar ExposeÆ. ItÆs a shame
that they didnÆt take that into æAstral TravellingÆ
(Pharoah Sanders). Perhaps it was too obvious but
the CD finishes well including the brilliant Hanne
Hukkleberg. These two may not seem obvious
æpartnersÆ but it works really well; as would the
Nico track that was written by Lou Reed (off the
Chelsea Girl album)..
Thinking about it, Mercury RevÆs Back To Mine is as
almost as leftfield and ambient as Talvin SinghÆs
collection but definitely more rock oriented ù itÆs
a sort of pop version for WIRE readers or laid back
art rockers. DoesnÆt that sum Mercury Rev up?
Anyway, before I heard this CD, if theyÆd asked me
back to theirs, IÆd have hesitated. But now, IÆd
definitely go as long as they promised not to play
æWhen You Wish Upon A StarÆ.