Catherine Wheel - Happy Days
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Artist: Catherine WheelEdition: Music CD
CD Release Date: 1995-06-06
Music Label: Polygram Records
Soundtracks:
- God Inside My Head
- Waydown
- Little Muscle
- Heal
- Empty Head
- Receive
- My Exhibition
- Eat My Dust You Insensitive Fuck
- Shocking
- Love Tips Up
- Judy Staring at the Sun
- Hole
- Fizzy Love
- Kill My Soul
Free Music Notes for Happy Days
Free Music Review: Diamonds live forever...
Hit: 5 Stars
I do have a suspicion that this record was lost under the aspyxiating pressure of grunge, britpop, crossover and nu-metal in the 90s, but whichever the case this is probably one of the most underrated records of the past decade.Catherine wheel are one of these groups one would call generally "good", but you know, this alone wouldn't qulaify them as "must-know-them". That is if "Happy days" didn't exist.
This LP is nothing short of a masterpiece. A masterpiece of what? Hmm, hard to say. The music is hard enough but it's certainly not metal. It's rocky enough and accesible enough but it's not pop. Is it just a rock record? I guess if you must come up with an epithet it is, but then it's a very-very unique one.
It's uniqueness is characterised by a great vocalist who changes effortlessly from an angry performer to a velvet-voice crooner to heartbroken "alternative rocker" without blinking an eye. And its music is possibly as original as any of the so called "classic" LPs of the 90s.
It would be no exaggeration to say that you're in for a treat while listening to this. You'll hear rock recipes you've never heard before and vocal tricks you havent stumbled upon either.
The lyrics are often ironic, often angry, and delivered in true sharpness (a smooth calm voice singing "Eat my dust you insensitive f**k", for example).
But to me, the true strength of the record lies in the fact that for 15 songs there is no letdown, no fillers, and not only that, but all 15 songs on this album could easily be hit singles. Why werent they? Well, because that's not how the music industry works, and this is definately NOT the first great record of anyone to go widely unnoticed.
While Catherine wheel did get some press coverage for their "Chrome" LP, "Happy days" is their true peak. I know that this may sound a bit weird but i am of the opinion that this album rates among the top-20 albums i've heard all through the past decade and i worked in a record store for the past 10 years.
Do yourself a favor and discover this. No risk involved.
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