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Dry< 专辑名称：Popmonster
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6gE 歌手姓名：Greg Pope
b+Br=Fv"T 唱片公司：Octoberville Records
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发行日期：2008年9月30日
o.I6ulY8 专辑流派：Rock
/ *0K92NB 专辑语言：英语
Z1"v}g 推荐指数：4星
B7imV@< &c1A*Pl/:G dO%W+ K 专辑介绍：
7 [0L9\xm 43=,yz2Ef Transmission: Please receive: 揙NE OF 2008抯 VERY BEST!? Got it? Well, come in
,a#EW+" Z give a try, give a listen ?it抯 all here below if you don抰 believe. Stop what
JchSMc.9 yr doing ?just dig the grooves, the sounds.
0wS+++n$5 H /}]FmjN Now, Greg Pope is the leader of Edmund抯 Crown, long a fave here at Not Lame but
NVRLrJWpp this 揚opmonster?indeed!) thing? Gawd, Lawdie, it抯 freakin?great! Listen to
XVU2T5s} Track #3 and #2 below for a bit of The Shazam. But there抯 so much here for
NIw\}[-Z0E *all* pop fans. Yes, The Shazam, Matthew Sweet, The Replacements(at their
5xL~`-IA&v finest!), The Grays(track #1 below), Terry Anderson or Bill Lloyd(Track #6) and
0Lb4'25. plenty of more of that where this comes from! Pope started this out seeking the
m^qBx A help of others with this solo reach, but scheduled proved to be tough with
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p) +k=b it sounds like a band at work here there抯 so much connection of the instruments
n0is\ZK 0 to the material. Big 憃le Talent? You betcha ?in spades.
-IV]U*4 ++E 3] X| AbsolutePowerPopBlog nails it(as usual): 揚ope lets loose a total of 16 tracks
qg rg CJ here but there really isn't any filler. Opener "Sky Burn Down" lets you know
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Pollard-style rocker in both sound and length (2:08). "I Got a Life" is another
iTaWu p infectious barnburner which recalls both Matthew Sweet and The Who in places,
W6Y@U$P#G while "Lost My Friend" and "Playing Nashville" travel in more familiar Edmund's
t45Z@hmcW Crown territory. "The Only Thing I've Got" also clocks in around 2 minutes, and
0 bo/XUpi has a definite Alex-Chilton-by-way-of-Paul-Westerberg vibe. Other standouts
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fum0>tff the bright Americana-influenced "Little Things", and "Reason With You", another
%Rsp;1Z track that would have fit on nicely on Regrets of a Company Man(Edmund抯 Crown).
Sf8{h|71 A real tour-de-force and with Halloween approaching, this Popmonster will be
g&{9VK6. scaring its way up my year-end list.?MASSIVELY, PROFUSELY Extremely Highly
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YID4w7| c_>f0i 曲目列表：
?R$&Xe!5 IH"6? 9nd 01. Sky Burn Down
Nv"EV;$ 02. I Got a Life
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3)RsLI9 05. The Only Thing I've Got
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ZWS`\ M 07. All Day Long
,GgAsj: K 08. Only One You
9HX =T% 09. Footpath
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12. Reason With You
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c ;'[W60 14. New Song
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