Ole Tarantula (2006)
| Artist: Robyn Hitchcock |
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Format: CD
Manufacturer: Redeye Distribution
Sku: 202927301
UPC: 634457212923
UPC 14: 00634457212923
Release Date: 10/3/2006
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Song Listing
Disc 1
Song Title
1. Adventure Rocket Ship ~ Robyn Hitchcock
2. Underground Sun ~ Robyn Hitchcock
3. Museum Of Sex ~ Robyn Hitchcock
4. Belltown Ramble ~ Robyn Hitchcock
5. Ol?! Tarantula ~ Robyn Hitchcock
6. (A Man's Gotta Know His Limitations) Briggs ~ Robyn Hitchcock
7. Red Locust Frenzy ~ Robyn Hitchcock
8. 'Cause It's Love (Saint Parallelogram) ~ Robyn Hitchcock
9. Authority Box, The ~ Robyn Hitchcock
10. N.Y. Doll ~ Robyn Hitchcock
Album Notes and Credits
Notes & Personnel Info |
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Robyn Hitchcock: Robyn Hitchcock; Peter Buck , Scott McCaughey (bass guitar); Bill Rieflin. |
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Personnel: Robyn Hitchcock (vocals, guitar, harmonica); Scott McCaughey (vocals, piano); Kimberley Rew, Peter Buck (guitar); Chris Ballew (slide guitar, keyboards, synthesizer); Colin Izod (saxophone); Ian McLagan (keyboards); Bill Rieflin (drums, percussion); Morris Windsor (percussion). |
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Additional personnel: Chris Ballew, Morris Windsor (background vocals); Colin Izod, Ian McLagan, Kimberley Rew. |
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Audio Mixer: Charlie Francis. |
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Recording information: Seattle, WA. |
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Photographers: Robyn Hitchcock; Michele Noach; Julian . |
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For his first proper "band" album since the Soft Boys' reunion record in 2002, Robyn Hitchcock assembled a good one, drawing on the Minus 5/REM pool and also enlisting his former bandmates (Morris Windsor, Kimberley Rew) for added touches. While his subject matter is as dour and screwy as always, the band infuses every song with a crackling energy that echoes with joy and life, from the shimmering country-rocker "(A Man's Gotta Know His Limitations) Briggs" to the bouncy shuffle "Belltown Ramble" to the snaky, lurching neo-psychedelia of "Museum of Sex." |
Compilation Appearances
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For The Kids Too |
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Son Of Rogues Gallery:pirate Ballads |
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Way To Blue:songs Of Nick Drake |
Associated Artists and Works
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Lowe, Nick |
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Original Soundtrack |
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Pocket (Richard Jankovich) |
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Venus 3 |
Technical Info
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Release Date : 10/03/2006 |
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Original Release Date : 2006 |
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Catalog ID : 2129 |
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Label : Yep Roc |
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Number of Discs : 1 |
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Studio/Live : Studio |
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Mono/Stereo : Stereo |
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SPAR Code : n/a |
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UPC : 00634457212923 |
Professional Reviews
Rolling Stone (p.120)
- 4 stars out of 5 -- "Hitchcock has a knockout gift for Beatlesesque melodicism, and the Venus 3 rev it up here with a beat-combo drive and star-shine twang..."
- 4 stars out of 5 -- "Hitchcock has a knockout gift for Beatlesesque melodicism, and the Venus 3 rev it up here with a beat-combo drive and star-shine twang..."
Spin (p.98)
- 4 stars out of 5 -- "Hitchcock uses surreal wordplay and crispy melodies to tame reality, not escape it."
- 4 stars out of 5 -- "Hitchcock uses surreal wordplay and crispy melodies to tame reality, not escape it."
Q (p.143)
- 3 stars out of 5 -- "[H]is most conventionally rocking album in aeons, with 'Underground Sun', especially, a textbook example of big churning guitars and deep-pile harmonies."
- 3 stars out of 5 -- "[H]is most conventionally rocking album in aeons, with 'Underground Sun', especially, a textbook example of big churning guitars and deep-pile harmonies."
Magnet (p.99)
- "Hitchcock's best songs are always weighted with somber sentiments....'N.Y. Doll' is a stunning elegy for glam bassist Arthur Kane."
- "Hitchcock's best songs are always weighted with somber sentiments....'N.Y. Doll' is a stunning elegy for glam bassist Arthur Kane."
CMJ (p.52)
- "OLE! trots out swirling sure things of colorful chords and harmonies."
- "OLE! trots out swirling sure things of colorful chords and harmonies."
No Depression (p.100)
- "With Buck serving as Hitchcock's primary guitar foil, OLE! TARANTULA is as catchy and weird and oh-so-English as you've come to expect from Hitchcock."
- "With Buck serving as Hitchcock's primary guitar foil, OLE! TARANTULA is as catchy and weird and oh-so-English as you've come to expect from Hitchcock."
Mojo (Publisher)
(p.106)
- 3 stars out of 5 -- "[I]t's Hitchcock's adenoidal vocals and left-of-centre lyricism that are the highlight of his most satisfying album in a decade."
(p.106)
- 3 stars out of 5 -- "[I]t's Hitchcock's adenoidal vocals and left-of-centre lyricism that are the highlight of his most satisfying album in a decade."
