IRS Records
72438 34168 20
(1996)
Rock/Pop
CD, 12
Tracks, 56:43
Length
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01 |
Time Is Your Friend |
Joie Calio; Michael Gurley; Phil Leavitt |
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05:05 |
02 |
Sick In Santorini |
Joie Calio; Michael Gurley; Phil Leavitt |
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03:35 |
03 |
Bob The Drummer |
Joie Calio; Michael Gurley; Phil Leavitt |
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05:32 |
04 |
I Get High |
Joie Calio; Michael Gurley; Phil Leavitt |
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04:57 |
05 |
The Spirit Of 2009 |
Joie Calio; Michael Gurley; Phil Leavitt |
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05:54 |
06 |
Star You Are |
Joie Calio; Michael Gurley; Phil Leavitt |
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04:18 |
07 |
A Trip With My Dad |
Joie Calio; Michael Gurley; Phil Leavitt |
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04:43 |
08 |
You Won't Know Me |
Joie Calio; Michael Gurley; Phil Leavitt |
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04:30 |
09 |
Rise |
Joie Calio; Michael Gurley; Phil Leavitt |
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04:51 |
10 |
No One |
Joie Calio; Michael Gurley; Phil Leavitt |
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03:32 |
11 |
The Fleecing Of America |
Joie Calio; Michael Gurley; Phil Leavitt |
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05:08 |
12 |
Hollow Man |
Joie Calio; Michael Gurley; Phil Leavitt |
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04:38 |
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Packaging |
Jewel Case |
Spars |
DDD |
Sound |
Stereo |
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Bass |
Joie Calio |
Guitar |
Michael Gurley |
Drums |
Phil Leavitt |
Musician |
dada |
Producer |
Adam Weiner; dada; Scott Gordon |
Engineer |
Adam Weiner; Scott Gordon |
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Index |
#
817 |
Owner |
Dave |
Tags |
Alternative Rock |
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Dada's inaugural Puzzle (1992) was a highly promising release from a young, creative band -- pop without pandering, musicianship without pretense or formula. The group's 1994 follow-up American Highway Flower played to several favorable reviews, but I can only think these came from scribes who had completely missed out on Puzzle. Other than more incisive production, the group had a disconcerting tendency to sound like the Police on this one, with comparatively few engaging songs. While there's little particularly subliminal or dada-esque about dada's muscular yet adventurous El Subliminoso, the group plays with far more horsepower and complexity than it's three-man lineup would suggest. Joie Calio and Michael Gurley make an accomplished bass/guitar tag-team, their interaction, along with precision stickman Phil Leavitt, almost always ringing much larger and intricate than power-trio life. Clean-up track "Bob the Drummer" almost makes this disc worth seeking out all on its lonesome. Also most notable are "A Trip with My Dad," an un-maudlin parental bonding gig driven by pulsing bass and backbeat, and the rolling thunder riff of "Rise." On a lighter note, "Star You Are" reminds me of an early Raspberries ballad, craftsmanship and emotion overcoming the saccharine sub-samba wrapper.