[TypicalGirls] Perfect Unpop

dpbailey at att.net dpbailey at att.net
Fri Apr 18 15:34:58 EDT 2008


Nice to see Blue Orchids' The Flood getting some attention, in particular. I've never quite understood why it hasn't been on, like, every mix tape ever made.

Dan
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> http://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/reviews/album-various-arti 
> sts-perfect-unpop-cherry-red-810836.html 
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> Album: Various Artists, Perfect Unpop (Cherry Red) 
> 
> (Rated 4/ 5 ) 
> 
> Reviewed by Andy Gill 
> Friday, 18 April 2008 
> 
> Subtitled "Peel Show Hits & Long-Lost Lo-Fi Favourites 
> Vol 1 1976-1980", the 24 tracks on this anthology of 
> punk-era cottage industry still wield a remarkable punch. 
> 
> They're a bracing riposte to the later corporatisation of 
> those teenage dreams that so inspired the late DJ. Aptly 
> enough, The Subway Sect's "Ambition" epitomises the 
> approach: the desire to make their point overrules any 
> misgivings about technical incompetence. The result is a 
> classic from a group who were barely together for more 
> than the three minutes it lasts. 
> 
> The change is most notable in girl groups – or girl 
> bands, to give them full credit: the likes of The Mo- 
> Dettes and Swiss quartet Kleenex made the most of 
> whatever was to hand, and made it on their own terms – as 
> did the likes of The Prefects, Monochrome Set, Wreckless 
> Eric and Young Marble Giants, all on this splendid 
> compilation. 
> 
> Pick of the album:"Ambition", "Whole Wide World", "Hedi's 
> Head", "White Mice" 
> 
> 
> Tracklist: http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0016CO5IE 
> 1. Language School Tours 2:10 
> 2. Whips And Furs The Vibrators 2:11 
> 3. Ambition Subway Sect 3:07 
> 4. Final Day Young Marble Giants 1:41 
> 5. Hedi's Head Kleenex 2:10 
> 6. On Me Bears 3:12 
> 7. Whole Wide World Wreckless Eric 2:59 
> 8. Real Shocks Swell Maps 2:16 
> 9. Who Is Innocent The Out 3:23 
> 10. Thinking Of The USA Eater 3:01 
> 11. Mary Millington Disco Zombies 4:17 
> 12. White Mice Mo-Dettes 3:37 
> 13. Self -Conscious Over You Outcasts 3:08 
> 14. Teenage Treats The Wasps 3:04 
> 15. Couldn't Believe A Word The 45's 3:10 
> 16. This Is Your Life Glaxo Babies 3:06 
> 17. Going Through The Motions The Prefects 4:59 
> 18. Radio Wunderbar The Carpettes 2:52 
> 19. Bad Hearts Tights 3:34 
> 20. He's Frank (Slight Return) The Monochrome Set 2:39 
> 21. It's Obvious The Au Pairs 5:44 
> 22. Happy Feeling The Sinatras 2:41 
> 23. Brickfield Nights Boys 3:15 
> 24. The Flood Blue Orchids 4:16 
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