No-Man - Wild Opera (c) 1996 3rd Stone Ltd.
Artist....: No-Man
Album.....: Wild Opera
Type......: Album
Source....: CDDA
Tracks....: 14
Genre.....: Avantgarde
Label.....: 3rd Stone Ltd.
Catalogue#: stone 027CD
Encoder...: LAME 3.97
Quality...: VBR kbps / 44.1KHz / Joint-Stereo
URL.......: http://www.no-man.co.uk/music.html
Tracklist:
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01 Radiant City 03:32
02 Pretty Genius 03:52
03 Infant Phenomenon 03:21
04 Sinister Jazz 04:49
05 Housewives Hooked On Heroin 04:39
06 Libertine Libretto 03:20
07 Taste My Dream 06:10
08 Dry Cleaning Ray 03:26
09 Sheeploop 04:02
10 My Rival Trevor 04:21
11 Time Travel In Texas 04:24
12 My Revenge On Seattle 04:48
13 Ghost Track 1 02:01
14 Ghost Track 2 03:07
Total:72,3 MB / 55:52 min
Release Notes:
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Wild Opera is an arty excursion into experiment turned album, but it
only touches of the brilliance they are capable of shine through.
However, better to explore than remake the same album. Wild Opera
begins with "Radiant City" with a guitar lifted straight out of an
average '60s spy flick and sets the tone for what is a dark and
fearsome effort. "Sinister Jazz" is a prime example, with the lyrics
"...You're never going home." Elsewhere, "Time Travel in Texas" is
particularly clever as Bowness narrates from a hostage perspective.
"Pretty Genius," "Taste My Dream," and the album's leading light, "My
Revenge on Seattle," are familiar No-Man terrain, while "Infant
Phenomenon" is a cousin to Sylvian/Fripp's "Darshan." One of the worst
tracks was chosen to head the five-track EP; "Housewives Hooked on
Heroin" has fine lyrics but the music is dreary and overlong. About
average, tread with caution, but give it a fair chance after
Flowermouth and Loveblows.
-allmusic