M4L~bK ,& \&::R 专辑名称：Popmonster
[4+a 1/^ 歌手姓名：Greg Pope
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k6w 唱片公司：Octoberville Records
~n]2)>6 发行日期：2008年9月30日
wTgx(LtH 专辑流派：Rock
9Av- ;!] 专辑语言：英语
MdTd$ 4J3 推荐指数：4星
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a*wJcJTpV" ;cHI3V Transmission: Please receive: 揙NE OF 2008抯 VERY BEST!? Got it? Well, come in
^Th"` Av5 give a try, give a listen ?it抯 all here below if you don抰 believe. Stop what
o %J IJ7M yr doing ?just dig the grooves, the sounds.
\ rWgA -$|X\#R Now, Greg Pope is the leader of Edmund抯 Crown, long a fave here at Not Lame but
aZCT|M1 this 揚opmonster?indeed!) thing? Gawd, Lawdie, it抯 freakin?great! Listen to
iBW6<2@oZF Track #3 and #2 below for a bit of The Shazam. But there抯 so much here for
,%G2>PBt *all* pop fans. Yes, The Shazam, Matthew Sweet, The Replacements(at their
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1]bjW*! finest!), The Grays(track #1 below), Terry Anderson or Bill Lloyd(Track #6) and
g*imswj7 plenty of more of that where this comes from! Pope started this out seeking the
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MF sy`aiS buddies and he ended up playing all the instruments here ?to its great credit,
ho$%7mc it sounds like a band at work here there抯 so much connection of the instruments
|^{" 2l"j to the material. Big 憃le Talent? You betcha ?in spades.
|Cq J2 &bK$!8Z AbsolutePowerPopBlog nails it(as usual): 揚ope lets loose a total of 16 tracks
]}y'3aW here but there really isn't any filler. Opener "Sky Burn Down" lets you know
,X6j$YLWp you're not in Kansas (or at least Tennessee) any more as he revs up a Robert
SnU{ZGR>sP Pollard-style rocker in both sound and length (2:08). "I Got a Life" is another
@!O{>` infectious barnburner which recalls both Matthew Sweet and The Who in places,
4 Z )]Cq*3 while "Lost My Friend" and "Playing Nashville" travel in more familiar Edmund's
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Huu<w Crown territory. "The Only Thing I've Got" also clocks in around 2 minutes, and
@'4D9A has a definite Alex-Chilton-by-way-of-Paul-Westerberg vibe. Other standouts
FR"^?z?}p include the aching Jon Brionesque pop of "Only One You", the jangly "Footpath",
-y<uAI g the bright Americana-influenced "Little Things", and "Reason With You", another
cf!R track that would have fit on nicely on Regrets of a Company Man(Edmund抯 Crown).
{jG` l$$ A real tour-de-force and with Halloween approaching, this Popmonster will be
UMaKvr-C& scaring its way up my year-end list.?MASSIVELY, PROFUSELY Extremely Highly
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Vw FoQk 曲目列表：
i$bBN$<b< k~ ue^^r} 01. Sky Burn Down
p%-9T>og 02. I Got a Life
]u ';zJ. 03. Lost My Friend
J*k4&l 04. Playing Nashville
:.cX3dP@ 05. The Only Thing I've Got
R|suBF3 06. Burden
.\VjS^o&Z& 07. All Day Long
g=pDC+ 08. Only One You
#xc[)Y,W 09. Footpath
z'fS%uI 10. Little Things
8.,PgS 11. Magic Show
$OT:J 12. Reason With You
8[DD=[& 13. Rock and Roll Dream
,y0kzwPR1 14. New Song
s#Le`pGoW 15. Kickin' It
@ +7'0[y? 16. Backwards
