x8Loyt_C !oPq?lW9 专辑名称：Popmonster
]aP= K s% 歌手姓名：Greg Pope
q<y#pL=k"* 唱片公司：Octoberville Records
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发行日期：2008年9月30日
@NhvnfZ 专辑流派：Rock
5oEV-6 专辑语言：英语
> fnh+M 推荐指数：4星
*IgE)N > De7T s -9N@$+T 专辑介绍：
kiUGZ^k\s :B3[:MpL} Transmission: Please receive: 揙NE OF 2008抯 VERY BEST!? Got it? Well, come in
,.eWQK~ give a try, give a listen ?it抯 all here below if you don抰 believe. Stop what
1b=lpw 1} yr doing ?just dig the grooves, the sounds.
Z;9>S=w! ^b: ( jI*l Now, Greg Pope is the leader of Edmund抯 Crown, long a fave here at Not Lame but
.2d9?p3Y this 揚opmonster?indeed!) thing? Gawd, Lawdie, it抯 freakin?great! Listen to
fjvN$NgVs Track #3 and #2 below for a bit of The Shazam. But there抯 so much here for
\ (226^|j *all* pop fans. Yes, The Shazam, Matthew Sweet, The Replacements(at their
8 fA_p}wp finest!), The Grays(track #1 below), Terry Anderson or Bill Lloyd(Track #6) and
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plenty of more of that where this comes from! Pope started this out seeking the
! cKz7?w help of others with this solo reach, but scheduled proved to be tough with
B9p?8.[ buddies and he ended up playing all the instruments here ?to its great credit,
zp\8_ U @ it sounds like a band at work here there抯 so much connection of the instruments
CYOI.#m2 to the material. Big 憃le Talent? You betcha ?in spades.
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b ~ wg:!VWA) AbsolutePowerPopBlog nails it(as usual): 揚ope lets loose a total of 16 tracks
X%yO5c\l2 here but there really isn't any filler. Opener "Sky Burn Down" lets you know
720P jQ you're not in Kansas (or at least Tennessee) any more as he revs up a Robert
u]}s)SmDk Pollard-style rocker in both sound and length (2:08). "I Got a Life" is another
l/;X?g5+ infectious barnburner which recalls both Matthew Sweet and The Who in places,
" \I4u{zC while "Lost My Friend" and "Playing Nashville" travel in more familiar Edmund's
"KcA Crown territory. "The Only Thing I've Got" also clocks in around 2 minutes, and
n>@oBG)! has a definite Alex-Chilton-by-way-of-Paul-Westerberg vibe. Other standouts
z/i+EE include the aching Jon Brionesque pop of "Only One You", the jangly "Footpath",
21k5I #U the bright Americana-influenced "Little Things", and "Reason With You", another
NM ]bgpP track that would have fit on nicely on Regrets of a Company Man(Edmund抯 Crown).
d%l{V6 A real tour-de-force and with Halloween approaching, this Popmonster will be
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/ mo(_ Recommended!
s4&^D< zD?oXs 曲目列表：
+`3!I V_plq6z 01. Sky Burn Down
/c c\fw1+ 02. I Got a Life
o7IxJCL=Q 03. Lost My Friend
*~w[eH!! 04. Playing Nashville
xsWur(> ] 05. The Only Thing I've Got
\*=7#Vd 06. Burden
F~A 'X 07. All Day Long
h iN EJ_f 08. Only One You
SG6 sw]x 09. Footpath
7 |DHplI 10. Little Things
6e &>rq6C 11. Magic Show
>2#8B 12. Reason With You
^CwR!I.D}4 13. Rock and Roll Dream
[@yV!#2 14. New Song
=8U&[F 15. Kickin' It
R<B7K?SxV~ 16. Backwards
