Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.1 (Tek) 9/26/83; site hammer.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!floyd!vax135!cornell!uw-beaver!tektronix!orca!hammer!dce From: dce@hammer.UUCP (David Elliott) Newsgroups: net.music Subject: Re: More Reviews and other tidbits Message-ID: <567@hammer.UUCP> Date: Mon, 5-Mar-84 10:34:04 EST Article-I.D.: hammer.567 Posted: Mon Mar 5 10:34:04 1984 Date-Received: Wed, 7-Mar-84 07:32:48 EST References: <5676@umcp-cs.UUCP> Organization: Tektronix, Wilsonville OR Lines: 37 I totally disagree with timw@ucmp-cs's criticism of the Residents and Renaldo and the Loaf album. This album brings the Residents back to the same type of demented style that can be found on "Buster and Glen", which is probably their best record. "Title in Limbo" is very musical and very funny, which is what I expect from the Residents. This is an album of great pop tunes and is well worth listening to. Also, I've played my copy 50 times and had no complaints from any of my neighbors. I totally agree with timw's comments on the Mole trilogy. This stuff has gotten boring. "Mark of the Mole" was ok, but the whole album sounds the same. "Tunes of Two Cities" is so boring that I wish I hadn't bought it. If I wanted to listen to jazz, I would buy jazz albums (Note: I do not mean to say that jazz in general is boring. This album just sounds like slow jazz played badly.) "Intermission" is a very interesting record. It is a collection of songs that were supposedly played as background music at the "Mole Show". This record kind of sounds like stuff from old albums (it may be, I haven't listened that closely). Just to show where I'm coming from, here are the Residents albums I would recommend (in order of preference): 1. Buster and Glen/Duck Stab 2. Subterranean Modern (with other bands) 3. Fingerprice 4. Not Available 5. Title in Limbo (with Renaldo and the Loaf) 5. Meet the Residents 6. Diskomo 7. Third Reich and Roll Other records like "The Commercial Album" and "Eskimo" are fine, but, to me, the above records (and anything by Snakefinger) are their most creative. The others just weren't worth waiting for. David