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: Artist: Mark Robinson :
: Album: Tiger Banana :
: Tracks: 11 :
: Time: 38:31 minrs :
: Bitrate: 192kbit True Stereo :
: Source: CDDA :
: Genre: Indie :
: Label: Teenbeat :
: Str.Date: 000-00-2000 :
: Rip.Date: Mar-18-2003 :
: Ripper: whoha :
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.. About This Release .......................................
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: "Guy From Unrest / Flin Flon / Air Miami / Grenadine :
: goes solo. Nice soft pop - sometimes wacky. He founded :
: Teenbeat while in high school." :
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: His first official solo album. Recorded in Brooklyn :
: during the summer of 2000. :
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: "Extremely prolific indie auteur Mark Robinson, the :
: brain behind the Teenbeat label based in Arlington, VA, :
: can't slow down for even a single minute. Whether :
: releasing music for his label or writing and performing :
: under numerous monikers (Unrest, Air Miami, Flin Flon, :
: True Love Always), Robinson has definitely kept himself :
: busy. Finally, 16 years and 306 releases later, :
: Robinson has crafted his first solo record, Tiger :
: Banana, and under the most unassuming of aliases: Mark :
: Robinson. It's probably fitting that Tiger Banana marks :
: the first release of Teenbeat's Warm Series, since it :
: is just that ù incredibly warm. Tiger Banana, in terms :
: of its recording technique and theme, is overwhelmingly :
: introspective, focusing on one man alone in the studio :
: with his thoughts and devices. Recorded primarily by :
: himself, and on only four tracks, Robinson delves deep :
: into his past, retracing the romantic meetings of his :
: recent memory, rehashing the heartache of their :
: failures, and trying to reclaim control of his :
: emotions. The admission of his faults is so unnerving :
: at times that he hallucinates, on one track imagining :
: himself to be the King of Prussia, doing anything he :
: wants without consequence. He goes over a cliff in a :
: barrel in "Water Crashing In." Still, he remains :
: heartfelt and intensely emotional, knowing that :
: "someday (he'll) get it right." Fontaine Toups and :
: Richard Baluyut of New York's Versus inject a bit of :
: welcome color on some of the album's more upbeat, rock :
: guitar-driven tracks like "Starfighter" and "Volunteers :
: Conquering Fires," but for the most part the record :
: remains sparse and lonesome. The interplay of cheap :
: drum machines and simple jangly guitar sets a brilliant :
: tone for Robinson's cryptic yet pointed lyrics. And :
: although electronic elements are put to use, the record :
: is not a watered-down electronica cop out. On Tiger :
: Banana, Robinson is certainly not "experimenting with :
: electronic instrumentation" in the same way that REM or :
: U2 have in their later years. Robinson knows when too :
: much is too much. He is a master of control. ù Ken :
: Taylor" - AMG :
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.. Track List ...............................................
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: 01 Catalog and Classify 03:16 :
: 02 Difficult Situations 03:40 :
: 03 French Good Looks 03:08 :
: 04 Full-Length Taffeta Gown 02:40 :
: 05 I Am the King of Prussia 03:32 :
: 06 Putting Up Good Numbers 03:03 :
: 07 Starfighter 04:19 :
: 08 The Time of Our Lives 03:53 :
: 09 To the Ocean 05:06 :
: 10 Volunteers Conquering Fires 02:41 :
: 11 Water Crashing in 03:13 :
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: 38:31 min:
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