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It’s clear to see the regard in which Mulcahy is held by his peers through a glance at the album’s cast list. You get Vic Chesnutt, Frank Turner and Elvis Perkins – but to have Thom Yorke, Michael Stipe, Frank Black, The National and Mercury Rev involved underlines his worth more prominently. And there are 20 additional performances to download.
There is much to relish: Yorke’s version of All for the Best is delivered with the amalgam of sweetness and discordance that he’s explored since Kid A. Dinosaur Jr. slash through a suitably boisterous version of Miracle Legion’s debut release, The Backyard, awash with J. Mascis’s scything, distorted guitar. The National take Ashamed of the Story I Told and turn it into a storming piece of Americana, speeding up the Polaris song and removing any of the original’s tentativeness. It starts like The Beta Band and ends like Bruce Springsteen. With cellos.
Frank Turner’s bald reading of The Quiet One emphasises the humour in Mulcahy’s writing – “What kind of drugs have you done tonight / you’ve got a face like a lava light” – but it is long time friend Stipe who comes out on top. His poignant version of Everything’s Coming Undone reminds you of the time when he was one of the world’s most important vocalists.
All 21 songs, bursting with love, hurt, loss, sarcasm and melody, are staggering in their intimacy and invention. Ciao My Shining Star is a rather beautiful and wholly appropriate tribute to an under-valued songwriter, who may now receive an appropriate level of attention.
One champion, novelist Nick Hornby, wrote in his 31 Songs that Mulcahy’s music was “only ever going to find its audience through word of mouth and recommendations by the like-minded”. It’s true. After listening to these sympathetic renditions of his tunes, you long for a world where Mark Mulcahy is very, very famous. --Daryl Easlea
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In pursuit of your happiness - out of heartbreak comes some cracking music,
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This review is from: Ciao My Shining Star: the Songs of Mark Mulcahy (Audio CD)
I must confess that I was only vaguely aware of Mark Mulcahy and even less so of his 1980's band Miracle Legion; but he clearly has a legion of well connected friends and admirers in the music biz - hence the banding together to record this collection of his songs. And what songs they are too. Not being familiar with most of the originals may of course be an advantage since these come mostly fresh to my ears making up an exceptionally good album featuring a collection of some of my favourite artists - and some that are new discoveries. It was the staggeringly good track by The National that drew me in. It just sounds like a great National song to me - and wouldn't be out of place on any of their albums. That said there are plenty of others that are equally good. I liked the Mercury Rev that does sound somewhat different to their recent output.So the album stands very well as a great collection. That all these songs were written by one guy is a revelation to me - and certainly will result in trying to track down not only his back catalogue, but also several of the other artists that are featured here who are not well known to me. Highly recommended - and don't just download the tracks by people you have heard of - you will definitely miss a treat if you don't take the whole album
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:
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haven't heard it yet...,
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This review is from: Ciao My Shining Star: the Songs of Mark Mulcahy (Audio CD)
But I love Mark's records and am a fan of some of the contributors here so can't wait till it arrives. Buy the three solo albums also, is Smile Sunset here on Amazon U.K.? Check the Loose records site (that's where I saw this)...
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