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Track Listing
1. Song From a Box
2. Holding (Lenny's Song)
3. Only in the Summertime
4. Firecracker
5. New Sheets
6. Always Engines
7. Stop Breaking Me
8. Now What?
9. Plan B
10. Heavenly
11. Faultlines
12. What You Mean
13. End's Beginning
Album Notes
Possum Dixon: Rob Zabrecky (vocals, keyboards, bass); Celso Chavez (guitar,
background vocals); Byron Reynolds (drums).
Additional personnel: Jane Wiedlin (vocals); Matt Devine (guitar); Brian Sperber, Ric Ocasek (keyboards).
Recorded at Electric Lady and Chung King "House Of Metal" Studios, New York, New York.
This is an Enhanced CD, which contains both regular audio tracks and multimedia computer files.
Possum Dixon burst onto the scene in the mid-'90s with the semi-hit "Watch The Girl Destroy Me," making the world safe for smart, snappy new wave-influenced pop-rock. While they didn't exactly become household names in the '90s, they found fans among those who appreciated their '80s tinged, bittersweet sound. Retro references abound, from the Oingo Boingo-ish rhythms of "Only In The Summertime" to processed guitar sound on "Stop Breaking Me." A quick look at the production credits will reveal one reason for all this aural nostalgia; NEW SHEETS was overseen by ex-Car Ric Ocasek, who adds zesty synthesizer lines throughout. Don't get the idea that Ocasek is leading this trio around by the nose, though. Possum Dixon have their own agenda, mixing old-school production values with a very modern attitude. This isn't John Hughes soundtrack material. Ben Stiller, maybe...
Industry Reviews
6 (out of 10) - With liberal doses of studio Clearasil applied by producer Ric Ocasek, Possum Dixon's rough and edgy blemishes have cleared right up...
Spin (10/01/1998)
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