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6 of 6 people found the following review helpful
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This is the best Adamson LP to date, and if you don't yet own one of his records you have no idea just how good that is. I don't want to give to many comparisons, because nothing really fits, this guy is an excellent musician and moves from jazz to soul to blues to industrial to soundtrack without ever sounding contrived. Another plus is that Mr Adamson has been getting funnier and cooler with each passing record and tracks like 'can't get loose to using you''what it means' and 'Jazz Devil' are so good they were born to be classics.
4 of 4 people found the following review helpful
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Dug this out a while ago after it had gathered dust for years. Its a masterpiece. The man has been a part of some great bands over the years (Magazine, Bad Seeds) but this rivals even some of their best work. The first side is awesome, blending David Bowie and The The beautifully, peaking with the awesome Come Hell Or High Water (the best song Matt Johnson never recorded). Its vocal heavy for Adamson, but his voice is wonderfully seedy and one does wish he had utilised it more on earlier albums. Notable other highs are Can't Get Loose and the insanely powerful Still I Rise, yet he keeps a trick up his sleeve for the end of Jesus Wept that closes the album. Try listening to the 'welcome's' on headphones without feeling strangely uncomfortable. Great stuff.
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Part of the golden era of his recording opus stretching across at least four albums. This is the moment he decided to sing and it fits in with the chime. A continuation of his big band themes; race, love, the 60's, jazz, beb bop, cool all wrapped in an Otto Preminger fur coat and dangling a cigarrete holder between its varnished nails.
Not as virulent as Oedipus, he holds the notes before launching into pure brass, whilst pumping the beats of the dispossessed into the bottomless bass. Barry floated on clouds of THC to chisel his psyche, then bring Barry White to John Barry in long drawn out musical converstations.
Take a listen, this was the last piece of continous soul he constructed.
Not as virulent as Oedipus, he holds the notes before launching into pure brass, whilst pumping the beats of the dispossessed into the bottomless bass. Barry floated on clouds of THC to chisel his psyche, then bring Barry White to John Barry in long drawn out musical converstations.
Take a listen, this was the last piece of continous soul he constructed.
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I saw Barry Adamson live supporting Nick Cave in May 2008, and was blown away by him. He had such presence and pasion that I thought that his studio could not fail. Read more
Published on 20 Jun 2008 by M. Adil-smith
Mm.....Jazz Devilicious...
Too Yummy. I initially bought this album because I'm a big Nick Cave and the Badseeds fan. This album is definatley NOT what I expected. It's MUCH more.
Published on 12 Jan 2000
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