W~&PGmRI mVBF2F<4 专辑名称：Popmonster
'"=Mw;p 歌手姓名：Greg Pope
]k (n_+! 唱片公司：Octoberville Records
gTp){ 发行日期：2008年9月30日
?*~Pgh >uL 专辑流派：Rock
u/% 4WgA 专辑语言：英语
Q\DD^Pbq 推荐指数：4星
`2Buf8|a, 4K@`>Y5g* XMM@EN 专辑介绍：
nJTV@m XVq ba?]eK Transmission: Please receive: 揙NE OF 2008抯 VERY BEST!? Got it? Well, come in
c7jft|4S give a try, give a listen ?it抯 all here below if you don抰 believe. Stop what
dG|srgk+ yr doing ?just dig the grooves, the sounds.
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x.{ r4O*0Q_ Now, Greg Pope is the leader of Edmund抯 Crown, long a fave here at Not Lame but
J=/| iW this 揚opmonster?indeed!) thing? Gawd, Lawdie, it抯 freakin?great! Listen to
(jk jj7a Track #3 and #2 below for a bit of The Shazam. But there抯 so much here for
t=~5 I > *all* pop fans. Yes, The Shazam, Matthew Sweet, The Replacements(at their
r]'AdJFt finest!), The Grays(track #1 below), Terry Anderson or Bill Lloyd(Track #6) and
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>k ^=+ it sounds like a band at work here there抯 so much connection of the instruments
P G) dIec to the material. Big 憃le Talent? You betcha ?in spades.
[kz <2P &nj@t>5Bs$ AbsolutePowerPopBlog nails it(as usual): 揚ope lets loose a total of 16 tracks
RKIqg4>E here but there really isn't any filler. Opener "Sky Burn Down" lets you know
oHu0] XA you're not in Kansas (or at least Tennessee) any more as he revs up a Robert
~z> 2`^Z" Pollard-style rocker in both sound and length (2:08). "I Got a Life" is another
m+DkO{8 F infectious barnburner which recalls both Matthew Sweet and The Who in places,
&e_ M \D while "Lost My Friend" and "Playing Nashville" travel in more familiar Edmund's
/5suyM=U Crown territory. "The Only Thing I've Got" also clocks in around 2 minutes, and
:!3CoC.X|c has a definite Alex-Chilton-by-way-of-Paul-Westerberg vibe. Other standouts
62%. ddM4 include the aching Jon Brionesque pop of "Only One You", the jangly "Footpath",
33[2$FBf the bright Americana-influenced "Little Things", and "Reason With You", another
im%'S6_X4 track that would have fit on nicely on Regrets of a Company Man(Edmund抯 Crown).
.\{GU9|nO A real tour-de-force and with Halloween approaching, this Popmonster will be
vlm &)DIt scaring its way up my year-end list.?MASSIVELY, PROFUSELY Extremely Highly
Q>JJI:uC4 Recommended!
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!~ Bz9!a k~4 曲目列表：
=<iK3bPkU W84JB3p 01. Sky Burn Down
uUwwR(R 02. I Got a Life
#G $_\bt 03. Lost My Friend
wb.47S8 04. Playing Nashville
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-fT]}T6= 06. Burden
dilRL, 07. All Day Long
DZilK: 08. Only One You
Qg<_te)\ 09. Footpath
sZFjkfak 10. Little Things
sD_Z`1 11. Magic Show
GFY Ag 12. Reason With You
MHpPb{ ^ 13. Rock and Roll Dream
#K"jtAm 14. New Song
ZXFM_>y 5 15. Kickin' It
U_wn/wcLS 16. Backwards
