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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
Format:Audio CD
i love this record.
it really makes me think. perhaps it helps that im in a particularly jolly frame of mind right now, but its having quite a profound effect. sorry, im rambling...
this is somewhat of a concept album, iv decided. maybe you'd agree. it does help that i find the story of the steinway piano and the cadillac quite compelling. i heard him talking about it on jarvis cocker's radio6 show, and also heard 'seeing the car' at the same time. (read the piece on the cargo records website for more on that; cargo being the uk label that his licensed this record from andrew's skyscraper music maker imprint). the music itself stands quite assuredly on its own, however. the above reviewer says he cant play the piano - this is nonsense. andrew wk can play the piano just fine in almost anyones estimation, im sure. i mean, the songs go all over the place, but its wonderful. the subtle additions of engine noise add something too, without being overdone. that is, it still remains an album of piano improvisations.
for a point of reference, there's something about the melancholy, exuberance and menace of this music that reminds me of 69 love songs by the magnetic fields. but there's no witty lyrics and no arch instrumentation, just piano. also, its somewhat driven along by an idea, both in its creation (so it seems) and in the listening. as it plays, i find myself thinking about the 55 cadillac, about him being stuck in manhattan, about the steinway piano he bought at the same time. lots of things.
very satisfying.
it really makes me think. perhaps it helps that im in a particularly jolly frame of mind right now, but its having quite a profound effect. sorry, im rambling...
this is somewhat of a concept album, iv decided. maybe you'd agree. it does help that i find the story of the steinway piano and the cadillac quite compelling. i heard him talking about it on jarvis cocker's radio6 show, and also heard 'seeing the car' at the same time. (read the piece on the cargo records website for more on that; cargo being the uk label that his licensed this record from andrew's skyscraper music maker imprint). the music itself stands quite assuredly on its own, however. the above reviewer says he cant play the piano - this is nonsense. andrew wk can play the piano just fine in almost anyones estimation, im sure. i mean, the songs go all over the place, but its wonderful. the subtle additions of engine noise add something too, without being overdone. that is, it still remains an album of piano improvisations.
for a point of reference, there's something about the melancholy, exuberance and menace of this music that reminds me of 69 love songs by the magnetic fields. but there's no witty lyrics and no arch instrumentation, just piano. also, its somewhat driven along by an idea, both in its creation (so it seems) and in the listening. as it plays, i find myself thinking about the 55 cadillac, about him being stuck in manhattan, about the steinway piano he bought at the same time. lots of things.
very satisfying.
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If you want more hardcore party anthems along the lines of the first three albums, then this won't be for you. If however you appreciate the embodiment of free spirit that is Andrew WK, and understand what he stands for, then providing you have an appreciation of music you will enjoy this album. best enjoyed by closing your eyes and following your own journey, this album at times feels like a ride through a dark tunnel, before emerging triumphantly with eyes focussed on the clear road ahead.
I love Andrew WK, and though incomparable to the below-par Close Calls With Brick Walls, 55 Cadillac is a far more enjoyable album. But you have to listen with an open mind.
I love Andrew WK, and though incomparable to the below-par Close Calls With Brick Walls, 55 Cadillac is a far more enjoyable album. But you have to listen with an open mind.
0 of 1 people found the following review helpful
Format:Audio CD
It's like, Chas 'n' Dave interpreting Kraftwerk's Autobahn.
Now if you're like me, and that sounds cracking, give it a go. I was strangely mesmerised all the way through. But still spent the whole album wondering whether I was having a strange dream.
If you like things that are a bit dadaist. And minimalist. Try it.
If you're not prepared to sit through 38 minutes of go nowhere solo piano mucking abouts, then avoid. But I like it, even if no one else does.
Give that man 5 stars!
Now if you're like me, and that sounds cracking, give it a go. I was strangely mesmerised all the way through. But still spent the whole album wondering whether I was having a strange dream.
If you like things that are a bit dadaist. And minimalist. Try it.
If you're not prepared to sit through 38 minutes of go nowhere solo piano mucking abouts, then avoid. But I like it, even if no one else does.
Give that man 5 stars!
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