DPAMac: Six Essential Albums

    DPAMac (Gary)  
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Name: Gary
Email: dpamac@intercot.com
Location: USA
 
1. At Home With… Cherry Twister
2. Loud Family Interbabe Concern
3. Wondermints Wondermints
4. Square Orange Peels
5. Your Favorite Record Linus of Hollywood
6. Fantasma Cornelius

Comments: Cherry Twister - Rarely can you find a band who can cram so much pop goodness and harmony in three minutes or less. Steve Ward and Cherry Twister have crafted as fine a pop record as some of the major players in the genre. These guys are a group to watch. And listen to. Repeatedly.

Loud Family - In my opinion Scott Miller was at his peak with Interbabe Concern. Taking its place in a long line of romantic revenge albums, this disc opens with two painful and aggressive tracks, only to dissolve into the melody of "Don't Respond She Can Tell." Consistently through the disc, Miller switches gears and takes you through the pain of lost love. After all, isn't that why you become a rock star? To get back at your girlfriend?

Wondermints - What is there to say? From Proto-Pretty to Carnival of Souls, amazing pop music, with no artificial flavors. Don't just buy it, worship it.

Orange Peels-Don't know what it is . . . there's just a relaxed atmosphere to this breezy California pop. Deeply rooted in the sixties sensibility, Square draws on a variety of influences from Pop God Brian Wilson to Ennio Morricone. Highlights include "All the World Could Pass Me By," "Something Strange Happens" and my personal favorite, "I Can't Stand the Rain." Don't forget the classic Pop drum fill!

Linus of Hollywood-Pretty bold name for an album, but Linus hits the mark. This one spun in my player longer than any other. Why? Just try to turn off "Good Sounds." It's a Herculean task.

Cornelius-Oh yes, the lone dissenter. Not Power Pop, you say? Merely organic J-Pop electronic crap? Maybe. But you underestimate this Shibuya-Kei master. Listen closely and hear what Mr. Wilson hath wrought. Cornelius records his own samples and digitally puts them together into a cohesive song. Sounds familiar . . . but, if you aren't a Cornelius convert, check out Apples in Stereo guest appearance on "Chapter 8: Seashore and Horizon." Sometime overbearing with its electronic influences, but at its heart, Fantasma is a futuristic Pop classic.


At Home With… Cherry Twister

1. Don't Forget Your Man
2. Sparkle
3. Meteorite
4. Charlotte B.
5. I'm Gonna Be The Lonely Boy Tonight
6. American Nightlife
7. Leila
8. She's Gone
9. Maryann
10. Black Summer
11. Brighten Up
12. Kinda Like A Star
13. She' In Love Again
14. Til I'm Blue
15. Careful (Can't Fall Again)
16. Why Won't You Believe In Me?

Loud Family Interbabe Concern

1. Sodium Laureth Sulfate
2. North San Bruno Dishonor Trip
3. Don't Respond, She Can Tell
4. I'm Not Really a Spring
5. Rise of the Chokehold Princess
6. Such Little Nonbelievers
7. The Softest Tip of Her Baby Tongue
8. Screwed over by Stylish Introverts
9. Top-Dollar Survivalist Hardware
10. Not Expecting Both Contempo and Classique
11. I No Longer Fear the Headless
12. Hot Rox Avec Lying Sweet-Talk
13. Uncle Lucky
14. Just Gone
15. Asleep and Awake on the Man's Freeway
16. Where They Go Backto School But Get Depressed
17. Where They Sell Antique Food
18. Where the Flood Waters Soak Their Belongings
19. Where They Walk over Sainte Therese

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Wondermints Wondermints

1. Proto-Pretty
2. Fleur-De-Lis
3. Tracy hide
4. She Opens Heaven's Door
5. Libbyland
6. Shine
7. Thought Back
8. Time
9. Global Village Idiot
10. Playtex Aviary
11. In A Haze
12. Carnival Of Souls

Square Orange Peels

1. All the World Could Pass Me By
2. Something Strange Happens
3. Get It Right
4. I Don't Mind the Rain
5. Take Me Over
6. Everybody's Gone
7. Spaghetti-O Western
8. She Is Like a Rose
9. On the Way to Somewhere
10. Slow Train
11. Didn't You Know
12. Man and Superman
13. Tex
14. Love Coming Down
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Your Favorite Record Linus of Hollywood

1. Say Hello To Another Goodbye
2. Heavenly
3. Nice To Be Pretty
4. The Man Who Tells The Crazy People What To Say
5. Thankful / It's Over Now
6. Sunday Morning
7. When I Get To California
8. Good Sounds
9. Shine
10. Everybody's Looking Down
11. A Song
12. Let's Take A Bath

Fantasma Cornelius

1. Mic Check
2. The Micro Disneycal World Tour
3. New Music Machine
4. Clash
5. Count Five or Six
6. Magoo Opening
7. Star Fruits Surf Rider
8. Chapter 8- Seashore and Horizon
9. Free Fall
10. 2010
11. God Only Knows
12. Thank You for the Music
13. Fantasma