A R Kane-Americana-CD-FLAC-1992-401

     Artist......: A.R. Kane
     Album.......: Americana
     Source......: CD
     Label.......: Luaka Bop
     Genre.......: Indie
     Tracks......: 16
     Bitrate.....: 850 kbps avg
     Playtime....: 00:57:58  (384.MB)
     Rls date....: 2022-06-21
     Store date..: 1992-01-28
     Encoder.....: FLAC 1.3.1
     Url.........: http://www.a-r-kane.bandcamp.com/
     01 A Love From Outer Space                                          4:19
     02 Snow Joke                                                        4:06
     03 Baby Milk Snatcher                                               3:15
     04 The Madonna Is With Child                                        3:55
     05 In A Circle                                                      4:40
     06 Miles Apart                                                      2:57
     07 Green Hazed Daze                                                 3:22
     08 Water                                                            2:50
     09 Long Body                                                        1:22
     10 Up                                                               6:06
     11 Super Vixens                                                     5:39
     12 Spook                                                            3:10
     13 Crack Up                                                         4:13
     14 And I Say                                                        2:46
     15 Sperm Whale Trip Over                                            4:48
     16 Untitled                                                         0:30
     If nothing else, David Byrne deserves commendation for putting this out;
     Rough Trade's collapse the previous year left A.R. Kane even more obscure
     than before, so having some major label pull didn't hurt! While just a
     compilation of various tracks from their Rough Trade career, Americana
     remains much better than nothing. However, both sixty-nine and "i" are far
     more complete and best heard as albums than the slightly scattershot
     arrangement of selected tracks here, which feels a bit odd as a result.
     Regardless, many of the band's most striking moments, such as
     "Supervixens," "A Love From Outer Space," "And I Say" and "The Madonna Is
     With Child," appear, along with some rarities to boot. Then-new track
     "Water" is more slight than the usual fare, though the acoustic
     guitar-driven "Green Hazed Daze," from an early single, wears its
     Cocteauness on its sleeve strongly. The real keeper, though, is "Up," from
     another single -- an endlessly building slow beauty of a track driven by
     eight repeated notes, more echo and reverb than thought possible and a
     quietly exultant Rudi lyric. Not a bad place to start if you can't find
     anything else.

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32M	01-a.r._kane-a_love_from_outer_space.flac
30M	02-a.r._kane-snow_joke.flac
20M	03-a.r._kane-baby_milk_snatcher.flac
21M	04-a.r._kane-the_madonna_is_with_child.flac
23M	05-a.r._kane-in_a_circle.flac
20M	06-a.r._kane-miles_apart.flac
24M	07-a.r._kane-green_hazed_daze.flac
19M	08-a.r._kane-water.flac
6.1M	09-a.r._kane-long_body.flac
38M	10-a.r._kane-up.flac
40M	11-a.r._kane-super_vixens.flac
22M	12-a.r._kane-spook.flac
27M	13-a.r._kane-crack_up.flac
18M	14-a.r._kane-and_i_say.flac
31M	15-a.r._kane-sperm_whale_trip_over.flac
1.8M	16-a.r._kane-untitled.flac
370M	total