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Track Listing
1. Shining Like a Star
2. Slither
3. Weirdo (At 25,000 Miles Per Hour)
4. My Heart Is Like a Town You Moved Away From
5. Kick Start My Body
6. Appetite
7. Hedonist
8. Not Coming Back
9. Agony in Twelve Fits, An
10. Whole World Explode
11. Gradual
12. Good Riddance
13. Orange Gold
14. Electric Train of Thought
15. (Untitled) - (hidden track)
16. (Untitled) - (hidden track)
| Details | | Producer: | Wharton Tiers | | Distributor: | Alternative Dis. Alliance | | Recording Type: | Studio | | Recording Mode: | Stereo | | SPAR Code: | n/a |
Album Notes
The Dentists: Michael Murphy (vocals, electric & acoustic guitars); Bob Collins (electric & acoustic guitars, piano, keyboards, background vocals); Mark Matthews (bass, piano, keyboards, background vocals); Robert Grigg (drums, tambourine, percussion, background vocals).
Additional personnel: Richard Bottom, Akiko Muro (vocals); Wharton Tiers (guitar, piano); Natasha Briant (cello); Niels Stevens (trumpet); Julian Pinn (trombone).
Recorded at Jacob's Studios, Farnham, England in January 1995.
Some longtime fans of The Dentists initially expressed disappointment in the band's final release, 1995's DEEP SIX, citing the more aggressive production by Sonic Youth cohort Wharton Tiers as the cause of their dissatisfaction. However, a balanced listen reveals that Tiers merely accentuates elements that had been in the band's music all along. After a full decade of indie releases that included classic singles like "Strawberries Are Growing in My Garden" and "Outside Your Inside," the Dentists were not about to start kowtowing to more mainstream musical palates. Instead, the band's trademark blend of '60s-style psychedelic pop, jangly postpunk, and distinctive vocal stylings (courtesy of Mick Murphy) is subtly made a hair more aggressive, so that songs like "Kick Start My Body" and "My Heart is Like a Town You Moved Away From" have the power and crunch of SELL OUT-era Who.
Industry Reviews
...perfect summer radio fun...
Option (09/01/1995)
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