Artist |
The Feelies |
Album Title: |
Crazy Rhythms |
Album Cover: |
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Primary Genre |
Alternative & Punk: Indie |
Format |
Vinyl 180 gm |
Released |
04/00/1980 |
Reissue Date |
09/08/2009 |
Label |
Bar/None Records |
Catalog No |
BRNLP196 |
Bar Code No |
0 32862 01961 6 |
Reissue |
Yes |
Remastered |
Yes |
Packaging |
LP Sleeve |
Tracks |
A1.
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The Boy With The Perpetual Nervousness (5:14)
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A2.
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Fa Cé-La (2:05)
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A3.
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Loveless Love (5:07)
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A4.
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Forces At Work (7:07)
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B1.
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Original Love (2:57)
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B2.
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Everybody's Got Something To Hide (Except Me And My Monkey) (4:08)
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B3.
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Moscow Nights (4:26)
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B4.
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Raised Eyebrows (3:01)
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B5.
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Crazy Rhythms (6:12)
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Date Acquired |
09/17/2018 |
Personal Rating |
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Acquired from |
Import_CDs |
Purchase Price |
16.42 |
Web Links |
All Music Guide entry: Discogs entry: |
Notes |
Produced by Million and Mercer, with Mark Abel, for Ballfield Productions
Recorded at Vanguard Studios, NY
Engineered by Tom Lazarus and Brooke Delarco
Mixed at House of Music, NJ
Engineered by Jim Bonnefond and assisted by Julian Robertson
"Paint It Black" Produced by Million and Mercer. Recorded at Mixolydian Studios, Boonton, NJ. Engineered by Don Sternecker
All songs by Glenn Mercer and Bill Million, published by Stationary Music (BMI) except where indicated.
Photograph and treatment by Lynne Pickering
Cover design by Glenn with help from Bill, put together by their Art Department
Thanks to Bill Drake, Bob S., John Piccarella, Bob C., Roger Trilling, Charlie Beasley, Dave Weckerman, Jim Fouratt, Mike Mantler and Carla Bley.
Special thanks to Debbie for keeping it short.
Information and correspondence: Ballfield Productions, 9 Bernard Avenue, Haledon, New Jersey 07508
1980 Stationary Music except "Paint It Black" 1990 Stationary Music. All rights reserved. Printed in the U.S.A. Manufactured and Distributed by A&M Records, Inc. P.O. Box 118, Hollywood, CA 90078
Bill Million - Guitar, Vocals, Percussion
Glenn Mercer - Guitar, Vocals, Percussion
Keith Clayton - Bass, Percussion, Vocals
Anton Fier - Drum Kit Percussion
Inner sleeve with lyrics and credits on it.
Includes download-coupon for download of album- and bonus tracks in WAV- or MP3/320kbps-format.
(P) & (C) Bar/None Records
Bass, Vocals, Percussion – Keith DeNunzio
Drums, Percussion – Anton Fier
Engineer – Brooke Delarco, Jim Bonnefond, Tom Lazarus
Guitar, Vocals, Percussion – Bill Million, Glenn Mercer
Producer – Million, Mercer, Mark Abel
Recorded By, Mixed By – Andy Peters (tracks: 13, 14)
Remastered By – Andreas Meyer
Written-By – Bill Million, Glenn Mercer
Phonographic Copyright (p) – Bar/None Records
Copyright (c) – Bar/None Records
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Reviews |
All Music Guide Review:
Review by Ned Raggett
Even the cover is a winner, with a washed-out look that screams new wave via horn-rimmed glasses, even more so than contemporaneous pictures of either Elvis Costello or the Embarrassment. But if it was all look and no brain, Crazy Rhythms would long ago have been dismissed as an early-'80s relic. That's exactly what this album is not, right from the soft, haunting hints of percussion that preface the suddenly energetic jump of the appropriately titled "The Boy With the Perpetual Nervousness." From there the band delivers seven more originals plus a striking cover of the Beatles' "Everybody's Got Something to Hide" that rips along even more quickly than the original. The guitar team of Mercer and Million smokes throughout, whether it's soft, rhythmic chiming with a mysterious, distanced air or blasting, angular solos. But Fier is the band's secret weapon, able to play straight-up beats but aiming at a rumbling, strange punch that updates Velvet Underground/Krautrock trance into giddier realms. Mercer's obvious Lou Reed vocal inflections make the VU roots even clearer, but even at this stage of the game there's something fresh about the work the quartet does, even 20 years on -- a good blend of past and present, rave-up and reflection. When the group's later label, A&M, finally got around to reissuing the album for the first time stateside, a curious bonus was included: a version of the Rolling Stones' "Paint It, Black," recorded by the later lineup of the band in 1990. Mercer's voice is noticeably different from his decade-old self, but it's an enthusiastic rendition not too far out of place.
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