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Artist: The Minus 5Edition: Music CD
CD Release Date: 2006-02-07
Music Label: Yep Roc Records
Soundtracks:
- Rifle Called Goodbye
- Aw Shit Man
- Out There On The Maroon
- My Life As A Creep
- With A Gun
- Cemetery Row W14
- Twilight Distillery
- Cigarettes Coffee And Booze
- Leftover Life To Kill
- Hotel Senator
- Bought A Rope
- All Worn Out
- Original Luke
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Free Music Review: Five Stars for the Minus 5
Hit: 5 Stars
Another outstanding album from Scott McCaughey and company.
Without any hint of Fab Four imitation (although the influence is there), the Minus 5 provide many of the same qualities on their albums that the Beatles used to give us - a wide variety of song types (rock, psychedelic, pop, country-rock), well-sung melodies that you won't forget, great vocal harmonies, and superbly creative instrumental backings. Even though you may feel like you know these songs the first time you hear them, you'll find yourself discovering new aspects in them each time you listen because they're that well written. ("Out There On The Maroon" and "Cigarettes Coffee and Booze" are just two of several examples on this album.)
Scott McCaughey is the mastermind of the Minus 5 - his excellent songs and voice are the common thread running through most of the group's recordings (although he occasionally turns over the lead vocal chores to guests). I saw an interview with Mr. McCaughey recently in which he speculated that fans at the group's live shows probably didn't care much about having him autograph their albums because their focus was on his most frequent Minus 5 collaborator, Peter Buck of R.E.M. Well, Mr. Buck obviously contributes a great deal to the band, but Mr. McCaughey is the band member who writes (or co-writes) virtually all of their songs and sings the vast majority, as well as playing quite a few instruments on the records. Without taking anything away from the significant contributions of Peter Buck and the other band members, I hope that Scott keeps in mind that Minus 5 listeners are there for his songs and his singing.
The "Gun Album," as this CD is being called, is another Minus 5 gem, a worthy successor to, among others, "Down with Wilco," "In Rock," "At the Organ," "I Don't Know Who I Am," "Let the War Against Music Begin," and the sadly out-of-print "Lonesome Death of Buck McCoy." If there were any justice in the music world, Scott McCaughey and Peter Buck would be celebrating another in a long line of chart-topping albums. As it is, they and their collaborators have given us an album that you'll want to hear over and over.
By the way, if you have a chance to see the Minus 5 live, do it. They play an energetic show that not only includes rocking performances of their excellent original songs, but also some well-played covers. (When I saw them a couple of weeks ago at a tiny club, they included Neil Young's "Burned" from his Buffalo Springfield days, and the Mike Nesmith/Monkees classic "Circle Sky.") And you might get a chance, before or after the show, to chat with Scott and Peter, who seem like pretty decent guys.
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