|
|
|
Key Information
|
| Artist: |
Th' Faith Healers |
| Record Label: |
Elektra |
| Genre: |
Rock and Pop |
| Subgenre: |
Alternative |
| Release Date: |
October 13, 1992 |
| Album Duration: |
50m:49s |
| Number of Discs: |
1 |
|
Song List: Disc 1
|
| : |
1. This Time 2. Word of Advice, A 3. Hippy Hole 4. Don't Jones Me 5. Reptile Smile (bonus track) 6. Moona-Ina-Joona (bonus track) 7. Love Song 8. Mother Sky 9. It's Easy Being You 10. Spin 1/2 |
| More Information |
| Details: |
On their debut long-player LIDO, Th' Faith Healers combine a healthy interest in such Krautrock legends as Faust and Can with post-punk, alternative rock grooves. Each of the album's tracks move through wildly differing experimental phases while anchored to down and dirty grooves. This method allows the band to keep a firm grasp on the listener's ears while hauling them into heretofore-unseen realms of sonic exploration. Collectors should note that the US version of the CD features two tracks--the brilliant "Reptile Smile" and "Moona Inna Joona"--from the band's MR. LITNANSKI EP. Standouts include "A Word of Advice," where the inclusion of blown-out amplifiers, guitar feedback, and scraping metal unsettlingly offsets a pop structure, "Hippy Hole," which features a breakneck drum pattern underneath a jagged, distorted guitar line, the six-plus minutes of "Don't Jones Me," slowly building in intensity to reach two feverish crescendos, and the supremely dense "Spin 1/2," which plays against a massive wall o... |
| Return to top |
|