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Track Listings
1 | The Boy with the Perpetual Nervousness |
2 | Fa C -La |
3 | Loveless Love |
4 | Forces at Work |
5 | Original Love |
6 | Everybody's Got Something to Hide (Except for Me and My Monkey) |
7 | Moscow Nights |
8 | Raised Eyebrows |
9 | Crazy Rhythms |
10 | Fa C -La [Single Version] |
11 | The Boy with the Perpetual Nervousness [Carla Bley Demo Version] |
12 | Moscow Nights [Carla Bley Demo Version] |
13 | Crazy Rhythms [Live] |
14 | I Wanna Sleep in Your Arms [Live] |
Editorial Reviews
Reissue of this classic debut from New York's quirkiest Post-Punk combo. Originally released on Stiff Records in 1980, Crazy Rhythms remains an extremely satisfying and thoroughly timeless album filled with melodic yet inventive Pop tunes. The CD features their signature song, 'Fa-Ce-La', 'The Boy with the Perpetual Nervousness' and their unforgettable reworking of the Beatles' 'Everybody's Got Something to Hide Except Me And My Monkey'. Bonus material including demos, b-sides and new live recordings will be included via download cards inserted in the LP and CD versions.
Product details
- Product Dimensions : 12.32 x 12.36 x 0.31 inches; 8.32 ounces
- Manufacturer : Bar/None Records
- Item model number : BN196
- Original Release Date : 2009
- Date First Available : July 24, 2009
- Label : Bar/None Records
- ASIN : B002H3ETBE
- Country of Origin : USA
- Number of discs : 1
- Best Sellers Rank: #53,701 in CDs & Vinyl (See Top 100 in CDs & Vinyl)
- #63 in Jangle Pop
- #563 in American Alternative Rock
- #1,123 in Indie Rock
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Overall, this album's sound hasn't aged very well. In terms of quality, subsequent albums "The Good Earth" (particularly) and "Only Life" are much better bets.
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Each of the original 9 tracks (there are a further 5 bonus tracks available when you buy the album) on this taut, jerky document of late 70's suburban New Jersey would be a classic on its own and, as a whole, between them they create one of the great un-acknowledged classics of its time, easily rivalling Talking Heads' Remain in Light for best US indie of 1980. The question has to be: how did they do it and why didn't I hear about this earlier?
One clue is in their sound. There's likely to be inevitable comparisons to Devo but this would be mistaken - they were more akin to a new wave "Kiss". Rather their contemporaries were less from Akron Ohio and more from the other side of the Atlantic; Scottish bands such as Joseph K , Orange Juice and The Fire Engines were true kindred spirits. By deliberately limiting the sonic palate, the band was free to expand to fill the space. Each song's roster consists almost entirely of the following elements: twin-interlocking guitars - often clean or complemented by the odd tremolo effect or overdrive - combining together often to form single droning chords; twin vocals with occasional harmonising - of a style now intimately associated with teenage emotional angst and release; finally, the percussion. This is where the band really stand out from their peers - the tom-heavy drum-kit (infamously sans all cymbals other than hi-hats) combines frequently with klaves and wood-blocks to create a poly-rhythmic beat that raises their sound far above the usual two-step polka that defines a huge amount of contemporaneous Punk, Hardcore and New Wave. Having said that, they chose to eschew the "dance" route of Liquid Liquid - rocking out was always the goal here.
Like the instrumentation, production is strictly limited - close micing of the kit (to prevent "wash"), entirely flat vocals and only the barest hint of natural room reverb lends the record a parched tone while at the same time not sounding "demo" or "lo-fi" (that was to come later). Clearly, the just wanted the unadorned sound of their instruments to sit at the front of the speakers, much like aforementioned cover-art.
It's almost impossible to choose highlights, but perhaps album opener "The Boy with the Perpetual Nervousness" best encapsulates what makes their sound work - other tracks to investigate would be the title track and "Moscow Nights".
What isn't clear to me is why they haven't received the acclaim of other contemporaries, or indeed that of bands that were influenced by them (e.g. REM were big fans). Perhaps it was their short-lived nature - 2 albums in their original lifetime and not even with the same lineup. Maybe it was their deliberate avoidance of the NY scene (they mainly played in their native NJ). Whatever the reason, this album deserves re-discovery, particularly with rock music being in such dire straits at the moment.