ry|a_3X(I <-.@,HQ+ 专辑名称：Popmonster
cD]H~D}M 歌手姓名：Greg Pope
{F wvuk 唱片公司：Octoberville Records
'o)Y!VYnJF 发行日期：2008年9月30日
)y8Myb} 专辑流派：Rock
MB;rxUbhe3 专辑语言：英语
%l8!p'a 推荐指数：4星
CmXLD} L_x |= cc >] %T$>E7] ! 专辑介绍：
.u\$wJ9Ai h[u@UGK% Transmission: Please receive: 揙NE OF 2008抯 VERY BEST!? Got it? Well, come in
[;Ih I give a try, give a listen ?it抯 all here below if you don抰 believe. Stop what
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%Mj,\J! L~ f~XgQ Now, Greg Pope is the leader of Edmund抯 Crown, long a fave here at Not Lame but
9{4oz<U this 揚opmonster?indeed!) thing? Gawd, Lawdie, it抯 freakin?great! Listen to
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BB?A~ Track #3 and #2 below for a bit of The Shazam. But there抯 so much here for
XY{N"S8 *all* pop fans. Yes, The Shazam, Matthew Sweet, The Replacements(at their
9<0yz?b': finest!), The Grays(track #1 below), Terry Anderson or Bill Lloyd(Track #6) and
]&H"EHC< $ plenty of more of that where this comes from! Pope started this out seeking the
S`YT"|~ help of others with this solo reach, but scheduled proved to be tough with
3O; H& buddies and he ended up playing all the instruments here ?to its great credit,
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UapU:> !"` to the material. Big 憃le Talent? You betcha ?in spades.
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6K.F here but there really isn't any filler. Opener "Sky Burn Down" lets you know
FS=yc.Q_ you're not in Kansas (or at least Tennessee) any more as he revs up a Robert
, @UOj= Pollard-style rocker in both sound and length (2:08). "I Got a Life" is another
$.C-_L infectious barnburner which recalls both Matthew Sweet and The Who in places,
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zMA;1Na Crown territory. "The Only Thing I've Got" also clocks in around 2 minutes, and
e(/F:ZEh has a definite Alex-Chilton-by-way-of-Paul-Westerberg vibe. Other standouts
&kzysv-_ include the aching Jon Brionesque pop of "Only One You", the jangly "Footpath",
@%x2d1FS the bright Americana-influenced "Little Things", and "Reason With You", another
B VeMV4 track that would have fit on nicely on Regrets of a Company Man(Edmund抯 Crown).
O=+$X Pa| A real tour-de-force and with Halloween approaching, this Popmonster will be
d2Q*1Q@u scaring its way up my year-end list.?MASSIVELY, PROFUSELY Extremely Highly
xE@/8h Recommended!
u$^tRz9 \mh #MMp 曲目列表：
p,8~)ic_ Rs5 lL-I 01. Sky Burn Down
:!g|pd[{ag 02. I Got a Life
I4jRz*Ufe? 03. Lost My Friend
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cw!,.o%cD 10. Little Things
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12. Reason With You
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;`#R9\C=h 15. Kickin' It
/dYv@OU? 16. Backwards
