- Audio CD (25 Sep 2000)
- Number of Discs: 1
- Label: Hut
- ASIN: B00004Y33Q
- Other Editions: Audio CD | Vinyl | Mini-Disc | MP3 Download
- Average Customer Review: 4.3 out of 5 stars See all reviews (23 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 83,516 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)
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One thing's for sure, Gomez have always sounded far older than their tender years would seem to suggest, and as a consequence they've pretty much managed to corner the ever growing too-old-to-rock-and-roll-too-young-to-knit domestic market. Comforted by sonic familiarity and antediluvian reference points, Gomez aficionados cling to the band's traditional values like drowning men, for their dogged musical fundamentalism appears as a beacon of sanity in a world gone decidedly dance-floor shaped. Abandoned Shopping Trolley Hotline is a collection of Gomez ephemera that consists of various radio sessions and assorted other snippets that immediately suggest the words "floundering", "moribund" and "self-indulgent". At their best Gomez sound like Primal Scream wrestling drunkenly with Grandaddy in a big sack, but at their worst they're almost unbelievably toothless. This is one for the fans, then, who'll absolutely adore the inevitable Beatles' cover ("Getting Better"). --Ian Fortnam
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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars
getting better all the time,
This review is from: Abandoned Shopping Trolley Hotline (Audio CD)
Believe it or not, Abandoned Shopping Trolley Hotline was the first Gomez album I bought. Yes, now I look back at it I laugh, and I imagine other Gomez fans who've heard this album to raise a smile at such a choice for a first time listener also. In all honesty I hated it! After a brief listen it swiftly journeyed to the bottom of a somewhat 'thin on the ground' CD collection, to be later discovered and stolen by a sibling. But in hindsight I'm not surprised I disliked it at first. The album is definately a listen. A perfect representation of Gomez' highly sophisticated 'beyond their years' sound that so many critics went on about. Its fair to say that the bluesy, atmospheric, experimental features such an album contains weren't particularly appealing to someone not used to the Gomez sound. Oh yeah, not forgetting my age at the time. (I'm sure it was released earlier than 2002!) But like all Gomez albums, and like the finest of aingle malts it got better with age. A few more listens (after retrieving it from the sibling some months, if not years after) rendered the album a great listen. Something that fuelled my admiration for this truly unique slice of British music. Unfortunately i've lost the CD, but it still remains as one of my favourites, although to all those non familiar with Gomez, listen before you buy. And then listen to it again, and again, and...again!
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
gets better with age...,
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This review is from: Abandoned Shopping Trolley Hotline (Audio CD)
being a big gomez fan a few years ago i recently revisited their albums and funnily enough having initially been not keen on this album i found that it hasn't aged in quite the same way as the albums proper. to be honest the first two, "liquid skin" and "bring it on" sound just a little dated in 2004, with the rise of the coral and the "new rock revolution" (whatever). this cd has an interesting mix of bits and pieces from mock-country to a beatles cover and worth buying as an introduction to gomez, ironic as it was marketed as a gap filler for die-hard fans.
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
Eeeexcellent,
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This review is from: Abandoned Shopping Trolley Hotline (Audio CD)
I've liked Gomez ever since "Bring It On" (album, not single), and this is an excellent album. It harks back to the days of BIO, mostly because alot of it was recorded at the same time as the album. Whereas Liquid Skin, although very good, had a very "produced" feel to it, but Bring It On had a dirty, lo-fi sound, as has a lot of ASTH.Fave songs include: High On Liquid Skin, Hit On The Head, Cowboy Song (just pure silliness), and Flavors. Buy it if you like Gomez, but get BIO first if you wanna get into them.
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