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STATION TO STATION was the soundtrack to Bowie's nightlife. This time around he fashioned himself as the king of slick, the "Thin White Duke/Throwing darts in lover's eyes." This new persona enabled Bowie to show his sensual side and his affection for American soul music--something that would have seemed out of context on previous efforts.
The album's smooth vibe is evident in the funky guitar of "Golden Years," and mixed with a dangerous charm and the "side effects of the cocaine" on "Stay." Bowie had miraculously done it again--he picked up a new musical identity, and molded it to perfection.
STATION TO STATION was a refining period for Bowie. Gone was his other-worldly sexuality; The Thin White Duke was right here on Earth, no alien veneer, just a man completely run by his desires. It is then purely appropriate that the medium through which he expressed this lustful angle would be soul music. Carlos Alomar's biting guitar on "Golden Years" is straight out of the James Brown catalog, while the frantic drums and background vocals of "Stay" are pure strobe light disco.
Principally recorded at Cherokee Studios, Hollywood, California. Originally released on RCA.
Personnel: David Bowie (vocals); Earl Slick, Carlos Alomar (guitar); Roy Bittan (piano); George Murray (bass guitar); Dennis Davis (drums).
Personnel: David Bowie (vocals, guitar, alto & tenor saxophones, Moog synthesizer, Mellotron); Warren Peace (vocals); Carlos Alomar, Earl Slick (guitar); Roy Bittan (piano); George Murray (bass); Dennis Davis (drums).
Rolling Stone (4/11/02, p.107) - Ranked #21 in Rolling Stone's "50 Coolest Records" - "...A space-rock masterpiece..."
Q (6/91) - 5 Stars - Indispensable - "sees the `Thin White Duke' staggering through a cocaine blizzard...but the delights of "Station To Station" suggest the walk he took on the wild side did him no creative damage."
Vibe (12/99, p.164) - Included in Vibe's 100 Essential Albums of the 20th Century Station To Station Review
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This two-CD compilation, assembled from the Walker Brothers' three albums and various singles released by Philips between 1965 and 1967, gives a good overview of their U.K. history without limiting itself to their hits. The sound quality is good if not exceptional -- one gets the sense that another round of remastering would be in order (and while we're talking about sound, wouldn't one like to see a Mobile Fidelity reissue on the Walker Brothers or, for that matter, Scott Walker's best solo stuff?). And the track order isn't chronological -- their two best-known songs, which were not their first two U.K. singles -- occupy the opening two slots on disc one. So this set is lacking in some attributes that one would, ideally, like to se. On the other hand, all of the songs that one would like to see are here somewhere, and the annotation is thorough if not extensive. For anyone starting a collection of the classic Walker ...
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This adaptation of Henryk Sienkiewicz's novel was made on a big budget in the author's native country, Poland. Set during the reign of the Roman emperor Nero, QUO VADIS tells the story of a young soldier, Marcus Vinicius, who falls under the ...
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Russian master Aleksandr Sokurov (THE SUN, RUSSIAN ARK, MOTHER AND SON) has produced another majestic achievement with ALEXANDRA. In a rare instance of working from his own original script, Sokurov tells the simple tale of a woman in the twilight of her life who embarks on a special journey. As the story unfolds, Sokurov's deeper purpose is revealed, resulting in a work that speaks profoundly about the corrosive nature of war. ...
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| | Rosa Chance Well CD (2001)
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Although ex-Samuel members Dean Taormina and Vanessa Downing (also ex-Wicked Farleys) had been noodling around under the Rosa Chance Well moniker since 1996, they didn't commit their velvety, acoustic-based cocktail jazz to tape until 2001. The result is their self-titled Kimchee Records debut and its 11 gorgeous, almost painterly songs, each of which plays like a glimpse at an unfinished novel. Populated by crystal clear guitars and strong, unpretentious vocals (somewhat akin to Liz Phair if she could actually sing, rather than just talk-sing), the album never really drags or rocks out, it just sort of floats dreamily along in its own orbit. The one clear exception to this rule being the fuzzy, almost tidal rave-up at the end of the exquisite "Drink Drank Sunk." Guest spots by the likes of Chris Brokaw (Come/the New Year) and Karate's Jeff Goddard and Gavin McCarthy help flesh out the record a bit as needed, though the Rosa Chance Well duo was doing a fine job on their own. Sure, it would be temptingly simple just to ramble off a list of female-fronted bands and say that Rosa Chance Well sounds like them, but that would be unfair and probably a bit inaccurate. While Rosa Chance Well is indeed a group driven by a female voice, the fact of the matter is that they are quite unique. Too many singers try to inhabit the world of sickening preciousness and breathy baby vocals, the result being music devoid of any real sort of power or emotion. Thankfully, Rosa Chance Well's Vanessa Downing plays no such games. Instead, Downing's vocals are a refreshing burst of confidence, as she sings in a range that sounds natural, like breathing, like good singing should -- a bit like the best qualities of Scrawl, the Spinanes, or Cowboy Junkies at times. Album highlights come in the form of "And So Then Were We" and its recollection of "Nightly fables/Tales told under whiskey breath" and the slightly more playful coastal anthem "We Wore Long Sleeves." Also included is a truly minimalist cover of Creedence Clearwater Revival's "Bad Moon Rising," which finds Downing's vocals strewn across a bed of muted, metronome-esque guitar picking. Truly an unexpectedly striking album worth seeking out, especially for fans of outfits like Cowboy Junkies, the Ethnobabes, Dealership, Shebrews, or the Velveteens. ~ Karen E. Graves
Rosa Chance Well mainstays Vanessa Downing and Dean Taormina claim to have been in Washington D.C. band Samuel in the early '90s. After that act folded the two formed Rosa Chantswell (notice the less obscure meaning of this proto-spelling) in 1995. Then...what? Well, we're talking about a "low-pro-file-lific" band here. A rumor that two songs were recorded in 1996 surfaces, although the songs never do. Time meanders along. Meanwhile Vanessa and Dean move to Boston. She does a stint in the undocumented all-girl pop combo The Good Furies, then joins The Wicked Farleys for the last year of their hallowed existence. Dean remains underground.Enter recording engineer Andy Hong, who helped mix the last Farleys album. He convinces them to record. And despite growing legions of non-believers, an album is born. Gavin McCarthy and Jeff Goddard, the rhythm section of Karate, join Rosa Chance Well. And much more is established. ...
| | '80S Groove Sessions CD (2002)
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The rampant '80s revivalism that was taking place during the early 2000s left all the exciting and forward-looking black dance music created during the era in the dust. Sessions came to the rescue in 2002 -- sorta -- with another installment in their series of bold double-disc packages of rare, forgotten, and popular material. '80s Groove Sessions traverses the broad spectrum of dance music released during that decade. There's plenty of brilliant, electrifying post-disco/pre-house, such as Indeep's "Last Night a DJ Saved My Life," D Train's "You're the One for Me," Shannon's "Let the Music Play," Imagination's "Flashback," and Evelyn "Champagne" King's "Love Come Down." Those songs combined innovative use of programmed rhythms and synthesizer manipulation with memorable vocal turns. They picked up where disco left off and fed directly into disco's baby, house music. Musique's "Keep on Jumpin'," Machine's "There but for the Grace of God Go I," and Carrie Lucas' "Dance With You" remain truer to '70s disco four-on-the-floor standards with arrangements that lean toward the more organic: pianos, strings, and human rhythm sections. Another chunk is devoted to jazzy R&B like Sylvia Striplin's "Give Me Your Love," the Eighties Ladies' "I Knew That Love," Bobbi Humphrey's "Don't You Know," and Roy Ayers' "Everybody" -- all of which feature Ayers' handiwork in some respect. The remainder can more or less be identified as '80s soul and straight funk/R&B, with Curtis Mayfield's "Tripping Out," Luther Vandross' "Never Too Much," and Earth, ...
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FLUVIAL is one of the most successful purely experimental albums ever recorded. The Belgian avant-garde singer Catherine Jauniaux ...
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