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- Date Released: January 1, 2003
- Genre: Rock/Pop
- Style: Rock
- Label: Ransom Records/Face Down Records / CD Baby
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Where is the G-spot where garage and power pop meet? That might be a question to ask Jersey City, NJ's well-named Bastards of Melody, who continue what they did on 2001's debut, Fun Machine, only with the engine purr more streamlined, like after a tune-up. Crisply recorded, these guys pile on singer/guitarist Paul Crane's hooks with vaguely '60s Kinks or '70s Cheap Trick choppy riffs, plenty of nicely chunky early Replacements charge, and some Sloan big-guitar pop. Sometimes they go for broke with straight-ahead, 4/4 thick guitar rock & roll, like on the opening "What's on Your Mind," "Ball & Chain," and "Way to Now"; sometimes they're more jangle pop, like "Cheat"; there's even one acoustic-only folk track (very Paul Westerberg!) for balance. It's all good. Warning: there's a tiny bubblegum pop tendency in the melodies, and they sometimes write lyrics like "When they wrote the book of love/They didn't mention you." But as long as the guitars keep ringing like they do from song to song, and drummer Jeff Prosetti keeps the fast stutter-fills coming, that's entirely acceptable and even kind of naïve-cute. Energetic and sweaty but still mannered, these Bastards could have worn matching suits with special-cut collars and rocked if they were from 1963. Or they'd be a big act in the '80s U.S. underground, touring with the young Soul Asylum. Highly enjoyable!
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| 01. |  |
What's On Your Mind |
3:34 |
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| 02. | |
Right Here Waiting |
4:16 |
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| 03. | |
Cheat |
3:38 |
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| 04. | |
Way To Now |
2:56 |
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| 05. | |
Erins' 25th |
4:44 |
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| 06. | |
Ball & Chain |
3:42 |
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| 07. | |
Fuck Wakin' Up |
2:42 |
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| 08. | |
This Could Be Your Life |
2:56 |
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| 09. | |
Another Homecoming |
3:45 |
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| 10. | |
Spiral Notebook |
4:43 |
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10 Total Tracks, 36:56 Total Length
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Credits
- Wayne Dorell - Mixing // Willie Crane - Artwork // Bastards of Melody - Main Performer // Paul Crane - Guitar // Paul Crane - Vocals // Paul Crane - Producer // Bill Zafiros - Guitar // Jeff Prosetti - Percussion // Jeff Prosetti - Drums // Michael Lurato - Mastering
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