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Schizophonic - Combustible Edison
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  1. Alright, Already
  2. Bluebeard
  3. The Checkered Flag
  4. One Eyed Monkey
  5. Solid State
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  1. Alright, Already
  2. Bluebeard
  3. The Checkered Flag
  4. One Eyed Monkey
  5. Solid State
  6. Les Yeux Sans Visage
  7. 52
  8. Short Double Latté
  9. Mudhead
  10. Morticia
  11. Objet d'Amour
  12. The Corner Table
  13. Lonelyville
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There's not much to distinguish Combustible Edison's second album from their debut. It's another menu of cocktail-nation pop, both vocal and instrumental, with nods to exotica, '60s European soundtracks, bossa nova, the goofy kinds of sounds heard on early stereo demonstration records, and such. Because the genres they're aping were so superficial to begin with, there's not much point in dismissing this as revivalism. It's no more or less authentic than the original records of the '50s and '60s, so fans of these forms are ...

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Schizophonic 1996, Sub Pop

UPC: 098787031324

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