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5 of 6 people found the following review helpful
Format:Audio CD
WOW! Look at that old man! Nothing less than The Return of the Greatest Living Englishman. From start to finish this album delivers...Marty got that jazz thing out of his system and comes back with another smashing but sophisticated pop album. Someone should play this for Ray Davies. Every song on here could've been on GREATEST LIVING ENGLISHMAN. If you loved that album and OFF WHITE, you won't be disappointed with this one. Possibly his best yet.
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11 of 11 people found the following review helpful
Cheeky, pastoral BritPop of the highest order
12 Nov 2007
Format:Audio CD
Now, I have been listening to Martin and The Cleaners From Venus (his band project) for some 15 years or so. Yes, I am an unabashed Martin Newell fan. That said, this is a top-notch batch of tunes and his finest release since the highly acclaimed "Greatest Living Englishman", back in 1992 or whatever it was.
The lyrics show Martin coming to terms with his own late-middle age with a shrug and a middle finger to father time. And I can't help but smile at his attitude, because I cannot help but to hope that is what I am like in a few years.
Think of it as hanging out with your favorite uncle (who just happens to lead XTC) at the local pub. Singing to anyone who will listen that he is gonna rock no matter what anybody tells him.
Maybe it seems like I'm lingering too much on the message of "Wow! Look At That Old Man!" But no matter the song, that same attitude pervades the record. A reworking of the old Cleaners' tune "Stella and Charlie Got Married" is anotehr highlight.
And now I'm just rambling, but damn, he's a good songwriter.
For fans of the acoustic side of: XTC, Robyn Hitchcock, The Kinks
The lyrics show Martin coming to terms with his own late-middle age with a shrug and a middle finger to father time. And I can't help but smile at his attitude, because I cannot help but to hope that is what I am like in a few years.
Think of it as hanging out with your favorite uncle (who just happens to lead XTC) at the local pub. Singing to anyone who will listen that he is gonna rock no matter what anybody tells him.
Maybe it seems like I'm lingering too much on the message of "Wow! Look At That Old Man!" But no matter the song, that same attitude pervades the record. A reworking of the old Cleaners' tune "Stella and Charlie Got Married" is anotehr highlight.
And now I'm just rambling, but damn, he's a good songwriter.
For fans of the acoustic side of: XTC, Robyn Hitchcock, The Kinks
3 of 3 people found the following review helpful
Psych Pop
10 Oct 2007
Format:Audio CD
I first got to know Martin Newell's music when he made the Greatest Living Englishman album, with Andy Partridge at his side. That record is a near-perfect collection of poppy British psychedelia. This one is the same style - something like a more lighthearted Syd Barrett singing in front of Revolver-era Beatles, filtered through a contemporary lo-fi indie band - and is quite good, if a notch below Englishman. Newell is a genuine Brit eccentric who has a great sense of rhythm and melody - maybe a cross between Robyn Hithcock and Kevin Coyne. Perhaps what makes this record not quite the masterpiece that The Greatest Living Englishman is the absence of musical genius Partridge lending his hand. Still, this is a fine psych pop album.
3 of 3 people found the following review helpful
Garden shed drummer view...
31 Aug 2007
Format:Audio CD
I've just read the above review and am proud to be the garden shed drummer (and bassist/occasional guitarist) quoted therein. Martin's a supreme talent and an old mate, and to say it was a pleasure to work with him on this album is to understate the obvious. Luckily, he's a far better wordsmith than me so you don't get any of the sort of rubbish you're reading here included in Martin's astute and seriously witty lyrical offerings...but you already know that :)
Personally I don't particularly mind if no-one buys A Summer Tamarind because 1: I've already been paid (I'd have done it for nothing but Martin is one of the old school...he believes everyone deserves a fair deal) and 2: I've already had so much pleasure from the album that it would be selfish of me to expect to add to that the further pleasure of having others enjoy it too. Having said that there are several reasons you SHOULD buy it. Not least of which is that it's bloody good and artists such as Martin, being a rare and pretty precious commodity, need to eat in order to contunue to delight us old Janglophiles!
Top man, top stuff!
Seags (Carl Seager)
Personally I don't particularly mind if no-one buys A Summer Tamarind because 1: I've already been paid (I'd have done it for nothing but Martin is one of the old school...he believes everyone deserves a fair deal) and 2: I've already had so much pleasure from the album that it would be selfish of me to expect to add to that the further pleasure of having others enjoy it too. Having said that there are several reasons you SHOULD buy it. Not least of which is that it's bloody good and artists such as Martin, being a rare and pretty precious commodity, need to eat in order to contunue to delight us old Janglophiles!
Top man, top stuff!
Seags (Carl Seager)
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