ARTiST: Daniel Wylie
ALBUM: Car Guitar Star
BiTRATE: 190kbps avg
QUALiTY: EAC Secure Mode / LAME 3.97 Final / -V2 --vbr-new / 44.100Khz
LABEL: Neon Tetra
GENRE: Rock
SiZE: 49.05 megs
PLAYTiME: 0h 33min 57sec total
RiP DATE: 2008-08-27
STORE DATE: 2008-08-18
Track List:
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01. I Love America 2:49
02. I'm A Machine 4:03
03. I Can Fly 2:58
04. You Go There 3:29
05. Hold Me Close 3:05
06. Car Guitar Star 2:48
07. Grand Canyon Experience 2:17
08. Seven Shades Of Blue 3:04
09. Hey Melvin 1:30
10. Keep It To Yourself 3:04
11. You're Not The Only One 4:50
Release Notes:
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ItÆs a far stretch for most artists to argue that theyÆre among the finest
songwriters of their generation, particularly if theyÆre not household names as
such û it sounds like PR blurb, and it usually is, but Daniel Wylie (former
Cosmics frontman) is someone who you can pin the accolade on and make it stick.
ôCar Guitar Starö is the latest release from the prolific Wylie and while it
doesnÆt do anything dramatic he hasnÆt done before (although there are one or
two surprises), itÆs done so bloody well that itÆs hard to fault. Americana
purists will be disappointed the album is probably less americana-tinged than
his last offering, but thatÆs not to say thereÆs any less to discover here.
Beginning with the Beach Boys-esque ôI Love America,ö musically uplifting and
lyrically brilliant (his line about God meaning business in America is as much
as you ever need to say about the so called Bible Belt), itÆs the kind of track
that would make you want to go and give even George Bush a big cuddle. But as
with every album WylieÆs ever been near, every successive track does feel like a
potential single û whether itÆs the ELO (and 1981 era ELO at that!) vibe to ôIÆm
a Machine,ö the psychedelic harmonies of ôYou Go There,ö the previously released
but in limited format ôKeep it to Yourself,ö or the Sadies aura of ôGrand Canyon
Experience,ö Wylie is almost like a guitar pop version of SAW and its (in)famous
Hit Factory. That said, while he covers many of the same classic subject
matters, thereÆs a particular resonance to his feelings about the music industry
and piracy in the title track ôCar Guitar Star,ö as thoughtful an exposition of
the current trend for downloading as youÆre likely to hear at the moment. There
are rumours circulating the internet that this might be WylieÆs last record for
some time, and if that was the case, itÆd be a real shame. Wylie is one of those
people that in all likelihood will be exposed as an important solo artist in his
own right by the masses in a few yearsÆ time to great fanfare. Until that
happens, spread the good news û on this evidence, British pop music is in an
exuberantly healthy state. People just need to discover it.