[ Q= ) f 7\a(Imq 专辑名称：Popmonster
ZQl[h7c/N 歌手姓名：Greg Pope
Ylt[Ks<2 唱片公司：Octoberville Records
x 6,S#p 发行日期：2008年9月30日
f#JLE+0Y 专辑流派：Rock
kH z3_B9 [ 专辑语言：英语
+-ieaF 推荐指数：4星
[ (ty{ uaJ5'* .# j)YG 专辑介绍：
5/P?@`/ eT (eO0 Ic[c Transmission: Please receive: 揙NE OF 2008抯 VERY BEST!? Got it? Well, come in
A2rr> give a try, give a listen ?it抯 all here below if you don抰 believe. Stop what
Jz:d\M~j5 yr doing ?just dig the grooves, the sounds.
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2pp- r*+9<8-ZX< Now, Greg Pope is the leader of Edmund抯 Crown, long a fave here at Not Lame but
&% M^:WT this 揚opmonster?indeed!) thing? Gawd, Lawdie, it抯 freakin?great! Listen to
mW8CqW\Q5 Track #3 and #2 below for a bit of The Shazam. But there抯 so much here for
RNX}W lo-s *all* pop fans. Yes, The Shazam, Matthew Sweet, The Replacements(at their
e|MyA?` finest!), The Grays(track #1 below), Terry Anderson or Bill Lloyd(Track #6) and
/B1< N} plenty of more of that where this comes from! Pope started this out seeking the
x:l`e:`y9 help of others with this solo reach, but scheduled proved to be tough with
] vT buddies and he ended up playing all the instruments here ?to its great credit,
\=yg@K?"AJ it sounds like a band at work here there抯 so much connection of the instruments
SfL,_X]* to the material. Big 憃le Talent? You betcha ?in spades.
LDPo}o gs Nob(bD5SpE AbsolutePowerPopBlog nails it(as usual): 揚ope lets loose a total of 16 tracks
`$@1NL7> here but there really isn't any filler. Opener "Sky Burn Down" lets you know
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Z[({; WtF Pollard-style rocker in both sound and length (2:08). "I Got a Life" is another
u%}vTCg*p infectious barnburner which recalls both Matthew Sweet and The Who in places,
)[nzmL*w while "Lost My Friend" and "Playing Nashville" travel in more familiar Edmund's
f+ I*aBQ Crown territory. "The Only Thing I've Got" also clocks in around 2 minutes, and
'a"<uk3DT has a definite Alex-Chilton-by-way-of-Paul-Westerberg vibe. Other standouts
YT: <AJm include the aching Jon Brionesque pop of "Only One You", the jangly "Footpath",
_|tg#i|Om the bright Americana-influenced "Little Things", and "Reason With You", another
*^.b}K% track that would have fit on nicely on Regrets of a Company Man(Edmund抯 Crown).
-BoN}xE4
A real tour-de-force and with Halloween approaching, this Popmonster will be
UBC[5E$ scaring its way up my year-end list.?MASSIVELY, PROFUSELY Extremely Highly
%&gx@ \v Recommended!
&# @1n o Y.JK 曲目列表：
aL=VNZ!Pqc ;WGY)=-gv 01. Sky Burn Down
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y/i"o-}}~| 05. The Only Thing I've Got
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5utj$ha2 11. Magic Show
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