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| ARTIST: | Buffalo Daughter |
| CATEGORY: | Music |
| MANUFACTURER: | Emperor Norton |
| TYPE: | Pop, Rock |
| MEDIA: | Audio CD |
| TRACKS: | Ivory, I Know, Earth Punk Rockers, 28 Nuts, Volcanic Girl, Five Minutes, Robot Sings (As If He Were Frank Sinatra With A Half-Boiled Egg And The, I, Moog Stone, Mirror Ball, Long, Slow, Distance, Discotheque Du Paradis, A Completely Identical Dream |
| # OF MEDIA: | 1 |
| UPC: | 607217705126 |
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Customer Reviews of I
Schmuffalo Daughter. When I first bought this album, I found it a bit bothersome. Prior to this purchase I had only known the song "Socks, Drugs, and Rock 'n' Roll" and expected something more straightforward.
This release really is a great one though. The first half contains the noisier material I would say. I think the main problem is that initially I didn't understand how all of these styles could go together. "Earth Punk Rockers" was my main problem track: the crazy bassline, over-the-top sirens, and the strange choral vocal line in a rock song? Also, have ya ever heard Puff Daddy do that one song "Come With Me"? The guitar riff sounds similar. So naturally I didn't get it, but now after becoming familiar with earlier BF recordings I understand their approach. It's supposed to be really overwhelming and chaotic. Rockin' out! I bust that song out loud whenever I'm driving. That and Volcanic Girl which is even better! One thing I don't really understand is why "28 Nuts" and "5 Minutes" are two different songs. Somebody should explain. "Robot Sings..." is a fun little ditty and I like to hear them cook the half-boiled egg at the end.
Everything past that is more smooth and easy. The lyrics on "Discotheque du paradais" are so sad to me and there's a beautiful "Ooooooh..." that she sings. There's a lot a sentimentality in that song. "Moog Stone" kind of a soulful tune in 6/4 time that features Money Mark and main keyboard line sound is really nice. The highlight of the album though is "Mirror Ball" which is a huge psychedelic jam that goes for 8 or 10 min. It has a dreamy chord progression which just builds and builds until you get dizzy, and the filtered guitars make me feel like I am right in the song! Listening to it I can picture a mirror ball spinning in the sky like a UFO. The vocals the layered so nicely. There must be like 20 different vocal layers in there. Overwhelming and Unbelievable...
It's hard to be original
It's hard to be original in rock-n'-roll, but BD has managed to do it with "I". Unlike " Captain Vapor Athletes," this album avoids the trendy stiles of its time. Where else can you hear a bossa nova, a string quartet, and tape loops all on one album?
Buffalo Daughter's best CD yet
Buffalo Daughter's first US release 'Captain Vapour Athletes' too often sounded like Atari machines gone bezerk, and most of the more conventional songs were forgettable. However, one could sense brilliance throughout the messy stew of CVA (ex: 'Silver Turkey', 'Cold Summer', and parts of the sprawling instrumental/sound collage 'LI303VE'). The early non-LP track Daisy is very good as well.
The next album 'New Rock' is a major improvement. Not only are most of the instrumental tracks now quite listenable (ex: 'Sky High')--mainly thanks to the effective blending of guitar and turntable elements into a hard driving but tuneful result--but BD show, via 'Great Five Lakes' and 'Socks, Drugs, and Rock-n-Roll', that they can write and sing, in their own unique style, great pop songs.
'I' represents another big step. BD's sound is now much more mature, quiet, and sophisticated. They are clearly mastering the craft of making high tech studio records. BD remains, to listeners' benefit, relentlessly experimental, but the great thing about 'I' is that nearly all of them work, and even the few flawed ones have a unique appeal that rewards the patient.
The immediately appealing moments of 'I' include the ethereal trio 'Ivory', 'I', and 'Mirror Ball' and the catchy 'Volcanic Girl', which adds BD's own touches to the classic rock format leaving a pristinely produced result that sounds thoroughly modern. The more eclectic tracks take on equal or even greater appeal as they grow on you after several listens.
Just as the pop gem 'Great Five Lakes' was the highlight of the last record, the centerpiece here is the wonderful 7 minute 'Discotheque Du Paradis'. The label 'disco' hardly does justice to a track as creative as this, but it is one of the most head-bob inducing, danceable songs you'll likely ever hear. The song has romance nostalgia semi-humorous stream of consciousness lyrics (whether intended as irony or not, they work) and the excellent singing strikes the right cord. In addition to the vocals, there are layers and layers of interesting sounds here, among them: virtuoso percussion, an irresistible base hook, lush keyboards that provide melody, and jungle sound effects. The Talking Heads seem like an influence here, but this doesn't mean Buffalo Daughter sounds like them or anyone else for that matter; BD are trailblazers. It's going to be interesting to see what they do next.