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EAN: 0075021518223 Label: A&M Manufacturer: A&M Number Of Discs: 1 Publisher: A&M Release Date: May 04, 1993 Studio: A&M Average Rating:
 Rating:  - ... and it rained... like a slow divorce...I remember getting this album on cassette from a friend when I was about 15. I spent most if not all of high school listening to this and getting lost completely in the lyrics and what they might mean - and the music is dynamite, as well (something rare for songs with very interesting lyrics). Hitchcock's lyrical imagination is unmatched today, in 2007, and I recommend newcomers to his work to buy this album, Queen Elvis, and Perspex Island along with the Soft Boy's Underwater Moonlight in order ... Read More Rating: - Just another great collection of should have been smash hitsHow does one artist's mediocre song become a hit, but another, which has all the elements of a smash hit, doesn't? At least this album made it to some college radio playlists in its day. That it didn't turn Hitchcock into a superstar is a real crime. Between this and "Invisible Hitchcock" and a couple of others (see my other reviews), he's been on the brink of hitting the big time a few times, but for one reason or another, didn't get there. Maybe that's to his and his ... Read More Rating: - Flesh Number OneHe stole the show when he opened for R.E.M., and I've been a fan ever since. This album epitomizes Robyn Hitchcock's style: jangly, funny, refreshing, and clever. This album has a sort of mystical air to it, broken only by visualizations of fat men, floating and and then exploding, leaving debris of skin and lunch leftovers on your sleeve. For me, highlights include the fun 'Tropical Flesh Mandala', 'Balloon Man' of course, and the nice little perfect pop number, 'Flesh Number One (Beatle Dennis)' ... Read More Rating:  - good stuff, but i like the electric version better...on the whole. mind you, some of the acoustic ones have beengrowing on me lately, so perhaps i'm in a transitional phase orsomething. anyway, while some of the other songs have better titles (luminous rose indeed!) or tunes, "sleeping with your devil mask" will always be my favorite song from this album. though perhaps a rerelease with the other version of GoF would change my tiny mind... Rating:  - Weird, but fun, loony tunesRobyn Hitchcock inhabits a wild, weird world of unbridled lyrical imagination. You can either interpret the lyrics as just so much hallucinatory silliness, or treat them as the great brush strokes of an artist painting an alternate, if highly whimsical, universe. Either way, you'll have to admit that these quirky ditties can be fun. Not everything is great here, and he has released stronger albums, but Globe Of Frogs is interesting. It also contains some good guitar work from R.E.M.'s ... Read More |
