Tom Verlaine - Flash Light (Reissue) (1987/2003)
BAND/ARTIST: Tom Verlaine
- Title: Flash Light
- Year Of Release: 1987/2003
- Label: Collectors' Choice Music
- Genre: Post Punk, Alt Rock, New Wave
- Quality: Flac (tracks, .cue, log)
- Total Time: 39:46
- Total Size: 244 Mb
- WebSite: Album Preview
Tracklist:
01. Cry Mercy Judge (04:02)
02. Say A Prayer (04:02)
03. A Town Called Walker (03:26)
04. Song (04:15)
05. The Scientist Writes A Letter (04:30)
06. Bomb (04:28)
07. At 4 A.M. (03:34)
08. The Funniest Thing (Work of Art) (03:28)
09. Annie's Telling Me (04:02)
10. Sundown (04:00)
Line-up::
Bass – Fred Smith (7)
Drums – Allen Schwartzberg* (tracks: 1 to 4, 6 to 10), Andy Newmark (tracks: 5)
Guitar – Jimmy Ripp*, Tom Verlaine
Vocals – Tom Verlaine
With this release, Tom Verlaine comes full circle to the style of his initial solo album. This great platter has an energized, mostly no-nonsense feel to it that is extremely appealing. Production is meticulous, if not normally showy as on his previous album, Cover. Flash Light is chock-full of rocking numbers of all kinds, ranging from straight-ahead, meat-and-potatoes types ("Cry Mercy, Judge" and "Say a Prayer"), to the quirkier "Bomb" and "Annie's Tellin' Me," to the walloping big beat of "A Town Called Walker," "The Funniest Thing" and "One Time at Sundown" are earnest mid-tempo selections that in places suggest Dire Straits. The "good old days" of Television and that group's lengthy guitar break sections are strongly evoked in the slow, grand number "At 4 A.M." The most unusual and striking song here is "The Scientist Writes a Letter," where the text is actually in the format of a letter, set to synthesizer-oriented music that is both intricate and changeable (suggesting the more involved arrangements from Cover). This song is touching and true, the confessions of a man who must be himself at the cost of losing contact with a loved one. Released after a three-year silence, Flash Light was well worth waiting for; this splendid album makes an excellent purchase.
Rock | Alternative | Punk | FLAC / APE
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