| Creation Records Albums 131-140 |
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| CRE 131 Poster Children - Daisychain Reaction |
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| 1) TV Personalities - A Day In Heaven 2) Jasmine Minks - Seven And Seven Is 3) June Brides - I Fall 4) The Legend! - Arrogant Bastards 5) The Three Johns - AWOL 6) The Loft - Your Door Shines Like Gold 7) The Pastels - Hurricane Fighter Plane 8) The Mekons - Rock 'n' Roll Shoes 9) The Legend! - Sweet Soul Music 10) Jasmine Minks - Green Fuz 11) Alternative TV - Lonely Lenny 12) TV Personalities - Three Wishes |
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| CRE 132 Pie Finger - |
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| 1) The Pastels - Something's Going On 2) The Loft - Winter 3) Biff Bang Pow! - There Must Be A Better Life 4) Revolving Paint Dream - In The Afternoon 5) The Legend! - Melt The Guns 6) X-Men - Talk 7) The Pastels - Stay With Me Till Morning 8) Jasmine Minks - Think! |
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| CRE 133 BMX Bandits - Life Goes On |
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| 1) The 30 Second Set Up 2) What’s Gone Wrong 3) Somers Town 4) Ghost of a Young Man 5) Mr Magic 6) Where the Traffic Goes |
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| CRE 134 Superstar - Greatest Hits Volume One |
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| 1) Barfly 2) The Reason Why 3) She's Got Everything I Own 4) Let's Get Lost 5) Taste 6) After Taste |
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| The debut from Joe McAlinden's Superstar was the only record from the band to see the light of day on the Creation label, apparently to the annoyance of boss Alan McGee who was keen to see more releases, and wasn't used to seeing bands he wanted to keep moving on to other labels. 'Greatest Hits Volume One' is a classic Creation release in that it is a collection of guitar pop songs with a 1960s' feel, and that the production is not all it could have been. Certainly a cleaner sound would have enhanced the whole experience. As it stands, 'Barfly' is a driven, riffy pop song with occasional Beach Boy harmonies and some nice guitar flourishes, and McAlinden's wistful vocal impresses on 'The Reason Why', a slower and touching number. 'She's Got Everything I Own' is quick and jangly and ends up sounding a little jumbled, but 'Let's Get Lost' is equally complex in construction but works well; staccato piano, horns and a plaintive vocal succeeding in creating a moving atmosphere. 'Taste' is a huge number, from its brisk guitar intro, big, heartfelt vocals and glowing horns. Its only downside is the long drawn out ending, which in fact becomes 'After Taste', at least giving you the opportunity of ending the song at a more appropriate point. It's not quite all there, but this is a very good opener for the band with the promise of a decent future. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| CRE 135 Various Artists - Coming Down |
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| 1) Goodnight England 2) Mile High Towers 3) Change 4) I Won't Let You Down 5) Waterfall 6) Flowers For Abigail 7) Across The Meadow 8) Come My Way 9) Snowbound 10) Steps To The Sea 11) The World Keeps Turning |
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| CRE 136 Scuba - Underwater Symphonies |
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| 1) Deep Blue Sea 2) Drowning Astronaut 3) Scuba 4) I Want The Air 5) Iseult 6) Subaqua 7) Ocarina 8) Through The Sand |
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| The difficulty in assessing dance music is that it has its maximum impact in the half-life between fuelling up and coming down, and in the cold light of day often fails to captivate. Aesthetically it creates its own limits as the music embraces repetition over development and beat over invention. Often good ideas are worked to death and moods, once created, quickly lose their allure; there is nothing enigmatic and only transient beauty. This album from Kate Holmes is not a dancefloor groover or an ecstasy blowout, but hovers on the ambient side and, in the cold light of day, underlines many of these points. Thus the beautiful, ghostly vocals of Kirsty Hawksham on 'Deep Blue Sea' create a magic that is quickly dispelled by robotic rabbiting and only a punchy string arrangement lifts the number once again. 'I Want The Air' attempts to capture the mood of the oceanic depths, but the repetitive vocal refrain banishes the beauty. 'Subaqua' fails to create a cohesive mood as its dubbby elegance is mashed by dancefloor beeping, and 'Iseult' could have been astonishing but is far too much of a good thing. 'Ocarina' is the highlight where the flute and dance rhythm mesh perfectly, sounding as if the ancient pipes are carrying their romance into a colder, modern world. This is an interesting recording with moments of real beauty and moments of astonishing inconsequence. A bit like life, really. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| CRE 137 The Times - Alternative Commercial Crossover |
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| 1) I Don’t Know 2) Cold Heart 3) Choice 4) The Ballad of Johnny Eye 5) Work 6) Forces Network 7) Like You 8) Painting/Arguing 9) You Take My Freedom 10) Cry for a Man |
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| CRE 138 Adorable - Against Perfection |
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| 1) Rolling Moon 2) Pink Frost 3) Hidden Bay 4) Satin Doll 5) Doledrums 6) Kaleidoscope World 7) Purple Girl 8) Flame-Thrower |
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| CRE 139 Slowdive - Souvlaki |
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| 1) Window To The World 2) Drive Me Down 3) Ash And Earth 4) White Soul 5) Superstar 6) Blind Faith 7) Speedway Baby 8) Stop 9) Asshole 10) Die A Little Every Day |
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| CRE 140 Various Artists - All The President's Men |
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| 1) Girls Say Yes 2) Our Friends The Filth 3) Harlan 4) Still And All 5) Monkeyface 6) She's A Yo-Yo 7) Honey 8) Shirley Maclaine 9) Racheland |
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