Release Date: 30 May, 2000
Audio CD
Tracks
- Airline To Heaven
- My Flying Saucer
- Feed Of Man
- Hot Rod Hotel
- I Was Born
- Secrets Of The Sea
- Stetson Kennedy
- Remember The Mountain Bed
- Blood Of The Lamb
- Against The Law
- All You Fascists Are Bound To Lose
- Joe DiMaggio Done It Again
- Meanest Man
- Black Wind Blowing
- Someday, Some Morning, Sometime
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Rating 4.0
Great overallExcellent album; would have preferred more with Billy Bragg as lead vocals, but ah well. Solid overall. Too bad the two best songs - "I Was Born" (with Natalie Merchant (?)) and "Flying Saucer" are the shortest - 1:52 and 1:48, respectively.I stumbled upon a gem...I was born and bred on rock and roll, but lately I've been more interested in jazz, world music and classical. I'm not really enthusiastic about folk music, but I listen to it from time to time. When I pulled this album from the bin at the library, it was because I had heard some Billy Bragg before and thought it was interesting. I knew nothing of Jeff Tweedy and Wilco. This disk blew me away- ecclectic, original, different yet familiar, I think every track is a winner, even though I like some better than others. Certainly if you are sick of listening to the same old stuff, this is a great mixture of rock, blues, bluegrass, folk, and musical styles that should just be filed under "other." I enjoyed this sequqal much more than the first "Mermaid Avenue" disk- but judging from the other reviews this is an issue of personal taste. Then again, isn't music like that to begin with? I appreciate Woody Guthrie a whole lot more now, and I think it's tremendous what modern independant musicians have done with material from a previous generation. Definately check this disk out- I think it belongs in any serious music lover's collection.remember the mountain bedremember the mountain bed!!!!!!!!!!!!!awesome!!!!!!!!say what you like, think what you will, but this song is worth the whole album. If there is such a thing as human, If it has soul, then that soul sounds like this!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! |
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