v]Uw Jz3< Nh + H 9 专辑名称：Popmonster
b@Mng6R 歌手姓名：Greg Pope
56j/w[&8 唱片公司：Octoberville Records
CoKj'jA 发行日期：2008年9月30日
xF31%b`z: 专辑流派：Rock
@SB+u+ mOS 专辑语言：英语
K.zs;^ 推荐指数：4星
((q(Q9(F !d_A? q'hN (k45k/PAP 专辑介绍：
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Tkm}^ Transmission: Please receive: 揙NE OF 2008抯 VERY BEST!? Got it? Well, come in
\}W.RQ ^3 give a try, give a listen ?it抯 all here below if you don抰 believe. Stop what
(#lS?+w) yr doing ?just dig the grooves, the sounds.
fOAb? :D UPF=X) !M Now, Greg Pope is the leader of Edmund抯 Crown, long a fave here at Not Lame but
HS9U.G > this 揚opmonster?indeed!) thing? Gawd, Lawdie, it抯 freakin?great! Listen to
^lj>v}4fkW Track #3 and #2 below for a bit of The Shazam. But there抯 so much here for
Vo() J 4L *all* pop fans. Yes, The Shazam, Matthew Sweet, The Replacements(at their
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e'# finest!), The Grays(track #1 below), Terry Anderson or Bill Lloyd(Track #6) and
9"TPDU7" plenty of more of that where this comes from! Pope started this out seeking the
mMH0 o help of others with this solo reach, but scheduled proved to be tough with
*v&RGY[> buddies and he ended up playing all the instruments here ?to its great credit,
zF 7T5 Ge it sounds like a band at work here there抯 so much connection of the instruments
gqd#rjtfz to the material. Big 憃le Talent? You betcha ?in spades.
RWYA` lx SGvvP4 AbsolutePowerPopBlog nails it(as usual): 揚ope lets loose a total of 16 tracks
E),T, here but there really isn't any filler. Opener "Sky Burn Down" lets you know
ryP z q}# you're not in Kansas (or at least Tennessee) any more as he revs up a Robert
3c)xNXq m Pollard-style rocker in both sound and length (2:08). "I Got a Life" is another
MeC@+@C infectious barnburner which recalls both Matthew Sweet and The Who in places,
cVN|5Y while "Lost My Friend" and "Playing Nashville" travel in more familiar Edmund's
%y'#@%kO:S Crown territory. "The Only Thing I've Got" also clocks in around 2 minutes, and
'0+-Hit? has a definite Alex-Chilton-by-way-of-Paul-Westerberg vibe. Other standouts
Pg7/g=Va include the aching Jon Brionesque pop of "Only One You", the jangly "Footpath",
<?+ \\Z!7 the bright Americana-influenced "Little Things", and "Reason With You", another
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e([}dz A real tour-de-force and with Halloween approaching, this Popmonster will be
S[Et!gj: scaring its way up my year-end list.?MASSIVELY, PROFUSELY Extremely Highly
*`[LsG]ZF Recommended!
s&4Y+dk93 Q2 tM~ 曲目列表：
^4D7sS;~3 5)%bnLxn 01. Sky Burn Down
fevL u[, 02. I Got a Life
W`$D*X0*o 03. Lost My Friend
=x8F!W}Bt< 04. Playing Nashville
*)PCPYB^ 05. The Only Thing I've Got
Cpyv@+; D 06. Burden
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07. All Day Long
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08. Only One You
kPh;SCr{ 09. Footpath
i{['18Q$F3 10. Little Things
a{?`yO/ 2 11. Magic Show
$6&P 69< 12. Reason With You
)p,uZ`~v 13. Rock and Roll Dream
yQ^k%hHa 14. New Song
+Lq;0tRC 15. Kickin' It
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