Album Results
Don McLean
Chain Lightning
Genre:
ROCK/POP
Label:
Universal Music Special Markets Inc
Release date: 1997
Album Reviews
These 12 tracks were cut in 1978 and finally released three years later, scoring a Top 30 listing on the album charts and two hit singles, covers of Roy Orbison's "Crying" and the Skyliners' "Since I Don't Have You." Utilizing top Nashville pickers all the way through and Elvis' backup group, the Jordanaires, on several tracks, Don McLean's versions of Buddy Holly's "It Doesn't Matter Anymore," Gene Vincent's "Lotta Lovin," Hank Williams' "Your Cheatin' Heart," and Gordon Lightfoot's "If You Could Read My Mind" (included here as a bonus track) show that he's a fine interpreter of other writers' material as well. McLean's originals on this album include "Words and Music," "It's Just the Sun," "It's a Beautiful Life," "Genesis (In the Beginning)," "Wonderful Night" and the title track, all of which blend quite well with the chosen covers. If "American Pie" is mostly all you've ever heard by this artist, here's another side of the coin well worth investigating. ~ Cub Koda, All Music Guide
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Colours Move Fuck Buttons |
| More fine experiments in drone and noise from Bristol's finest leftfield duo; Fuck Buttons crown a triumphant year worldwide with another single taken off their excellent debut "Street Horrrsing", a strong candidate to feature among the year's best records in the most influential media. "Colours move" is a powerful blend of tribal drums, guitar fuzz, human screams and animal noises. But the real surprise in the 12" is the appearance of electronic icon Andrew Weatherall, reworking their former single "Sweet Love For Planet Earth." The man behind "Screamadelica" reshapes "Planet Earth" as an hypnotic, dub-driven track; the closest to the dancefloor Fuck Buttons have been to date and one of the most interesting mixes we have heard for ages. | |
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