Cath Carroll Discography of CDs

Cath Carroll music CDs Even if Cath Carrolls Factory Records debut was bloated with unremarkable songs, it would be noteworthy for the way it prefigured the sort of female-fronted dance pop popularized by groups like Saint Etienne and Waltz for Debbie. Fortunately, England Made Me is a consistently engaging affair, a cunning work of slinky, sinister pop and ghostly electronics. Though it was designed for the dancefloor, the record boasts no big beats. Rather, the songs are built around gently pulsing percussion and Carroll's aching alto. A veteran scribe for the NME and former frontwoman of the indie pop group Miaow, Carroll ably applies both her wordsmithery and melodic knack throughout the album. Songs like "Beast on the Street" and "Watching You" are moody and spare, with Carrolls voice drenched in echo and sounding miles away from the microphone as synths burble and moan around her. "Beast on the Streets" relies on a simple, two-note electronic bassline and Carroll's haunting repetition of the line "You lead, I'll follow." When the record abandons its moodiness, the results are nearly always disastrous. The Casiotone bongos and plinking piano in "Send Me Over" make the song sound cheap-watch chintzy, and the Jan Hammer Korg horns in "Next Time He's Mine" make the song sound more like a product of the early '80s than the early '90s. The reissue on LTM amends the record with five superb bonus tracks (particularly the remix of "Moves ...

Cath Carroll discography All songs written by Cath Carroll except "Mississippi River Factory Town" (Cath Carroll/Beatleplex) and "L'Amour C'Est Ca" (unknown). Cath Carroll's first album in several years is a shiny set of alternative pop that borders on experimental occasionally. ~ Stephen Thomas Erlewine Recorded at Thunderclap Recording, Hammond, Indiana. Personnel: Cath Carroll (vocals); ...

Cath Carroll songs Q Magazine (01/03, p.114) - 3 stars out of 5 - "...Co-writer husband Kerry Kelekovich's moody guitar textures and flat electronic beats discreetly light her diaphonous waft of a voice and songs which slip along reality's edge..." Uncut (01/03, p.140) - 3 stars out of 5 - "...Cath Carroll ...

Cath Carroll CD discography Track Listing of songs: Gravity Within, The; Green Grows the Ground; Giving In; You Know It's You; London, Queen of My Heart; I Remember the Sun; What Are You Doing; This Is How We Fall; Yellow Garden; In the White Rain; Circle Bends, The;

Cath Carroll albums Track Listing of songs: Gravity Within;

Cath Carroll CD discography Personnel: Lawrence (guitar). Track Listing of songs: Bubbling Over; Flight; Bedtime Bandit; I Know; Hide and Seek; Desperation; My Eyes Burn; I Like Your Style; Crayola; Francis; Flax; Great Bird of the Galaxy, The; Mummies Don't Die; [Untitled Track]; ting Tornadoes/Bubbling My Ass Over;

Cath Carroll albums Track Listing of songs: Digital; Baader Meinhof; Glass; Electricity; She's Lost Control; Time Goes By So Slow; Transmission; Sketch For Summer; English Black Boys; Love Will Tear Us Apart; Girls Don't Count; Sex Machine; As You Said; Night Shift; Ceremony; Dolphin's Spurt; It's Hard To Be an Egg; Deaf; Dirty ...

Track Listing of songs: No Idea; Kickin' The Can; Lori; Freedom; Traveller's Song; Cigarette Song; Green Lighter;