Robyn Hitchcock - This Is the BBC
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Artist: Robyn HitchcockEdition: Music CD
Audio: English (Original Language)
CD Release Date: 2006-04-03
Music Label: Hux Records
Soundtracks:
- Man With A Woman's Shadow
- Heliotrope
- De Chirico Street
- The Cheese Alarm
- Jewels For Sophia
- Polly On The Shore
- Where Do You Go When You Die?
- I Saw Nick Drake
- It Takes A Lot To Laugh, It Takes A Train To Cry
- Andy Kershaw Jingle
- Birds In Perspex
- Sally Was A Legend
- Elizabeth Jade
- Madonna Of The Wasps
Free Music Notes for This Is the BBC
Free Music Review: Retrodelic cult artist makes comeback!!
Hit: 5 Stars
..Although thats not really saying much
When this album came out, Robyn fans were worried. Luxor, and other earlier albums, weren't so strong. He was still playing live (where Robyn is in his element) telling his ridiculous stories and playing moody magnificent songs like "Glass hotel"
But Robyn wasn't always putting out strong material. Albums like Spooked & so forth are not the best work hes capable of (and the less said of the Dylan cover album - 2cd! - the better)
I'll grant you, songs like "Television" popped up on college radio, they're kinda katchy, but when the best bit on an album is Robyn's answering message, its cause for alarm
"Lets go live in the trees" could be the worst song Robyn has ever released, period! I understand being influenced by Dylans Basement Tapes, but writing nonsense like that
To backtrack..
One day Robyn was writing great lyrics like Glass, Airscape
You remember:
"Save your illusions - for someone else
Save your illusions - for yourself."
No one knew what he was on about but why mind when Robyn was having a good time
Or:
"Glass protects you but glass can shatter
Hear the sirens, hear the screams
In the end though nothing matters cos
noone else can see your dreams."
Pretty intelligent stuff
By the time of this album, Storefront Hitchcock had been and gone, Robyn had done a tour with Grant Lee Philips (the Elixirs & Remedies dvd came out of this tour - half the video is Robyn, so it helps if you're a fan of Grant)
(And the Bee Gees!)
So when this BBC set came out, certainly I looked at it as a good thing. Very good set list ("I saw Nick Drake" gets a lyrical rewrite. No matter. Still a great song)
The lyrics are included. You've got Robyn doing an off the cuff song about the BBC
This could be one of the best albums to give to someone if they wanna check out Robyn. Robyns partial to the earlier album cut at his house at a dinner party (The Kershaw Sessions) but this is a very good album
This might be a good starter to give to someone whos just getting into Robyn if you can't find any of the best ofs (out of print?) put out by Rhino & Warner
I think this was his 25th album or something - by the time the live I Often Dream of Trains dvd comes out next year, he'll be up to number 31 (Goodnight Oslo).
I think.
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This Is The BBC was compiled by Robyn himself and features the best of his BBC radio sessions, recorded between 1995 & 1999. This compilation features unreleased versions of many favorite Hitchcock originals, along with Robyn's unique interpretations of Bob Dylan's 'It Take A Lot To Laugh, It Takes A Train To Cry' and the traditional folk tune 'Polly On The Shore'. The accompanying 12 page full color booklet includes photos and paintings by Robyn, song lyrics and an original Robyn Hitchcock poem. Hux.Alternative Rock Music CDs
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