From Jon Drukman Sent Tue, May 12th 1998, 17:58
From Jon Drukman Sent Tue, May 12th 1998, 17:58
Charles wrote: > > >I was listening to that LP just last week. I can't really recommend it > >apart from "Edit the Dragon" and the fine artwork, it has dated much > >more badly than other 4AD releases from that time. > > Funny, Colourbox is the only 4AD I can still enjoy (and I mean the > entire CD)! And to think that at the time of it's release, I thought of > it as the most disposable music, almost embarrassing that it was on this > label which usually had such high standards (I was only 23 at the > time...) ivo once said that colourbox was the most subversive band on 4AD. i have to agree. and i still love both their CDs. even the extremely cheesy pop stuff on the s/t album. bonus trainspot: william orbit does the guitar solo on "manic". amazing how "baby i love you so" and "looks like we're shy one horse" are still so incredibly wonderful. heavy heavy dub grooves with 18 billion studio tricks per minute. i have no idea what they're up to now but i did hear that one of them is dead. -- Jon Drukman xxx@xxxxxxxx.xxx ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Plan: Eat right, exercise regularly, die anyway.