Dandy Warhols - 13 Tales from Urban Bohemia (Limited2CD) (2000) (eac-flac-cover)

Dandy Warhols - 13 Tales from Urban Bohemia (Limited2CD) (2000)

alternative, indie | 2cd | eac-flac-cue-log-cover | 530MB

Capitol | rar +5% recovery

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Though they still tend towards pastiche, the Dandy Warhols' third full-length, Thirteen Tales From Urban Bohemia, presents a bakers' dozen of their most focused and cohesive songs. Where their earlier albums were eclectic to the point of being scattershot, this release manages to limit the band's style-switching to dreamy, sweeping epics like "Godless" and "Nietzsche," sussed, sleazy power pop like "Horse Pills" and "Cool Scene," and country and gospel ventures like "Country Leaver" and "The Gospel." The group's increasingly strong songwriting makes most of these experiments successful and distinctive, though the Dandys fall into their old habit of appropriating sounds they like wholesale with "Shakin'," a "tribute" to Elastica's uptight yet sexy riffs and rhythms. Not surprisingly, the most successful songs on Thirteen Tales From Urban Bohemia are the least derivative ones, such as anxious pop songs like "Solid," "Get Off," and the delicate, lovelorn ballad "Sleep." On those tracks, as well as the satirical single "Bohemian Like You" — this year's model of their hit "Not If You Were the Last Junkie on Earth" — the Dandys reveal themselves as a savvy pop band with a voice of their own. Though they're not all the way there yet, Tales From Urban Bohemia is a worthwhile step in their developing creativity.

Limited edition initial pressing with bonus disc.

Tracks
01. godless
02. mohammed
03. nietzsche
04. country leaver
05. solid
06. horse pills
07. get off
08. sleep
09. cool scene
10. bohemian like you
11. shakin'
12. big indian
13. the gospel

bonus disc tracks
01. white gold
02. phone call
03. not if you were the last junkie on earth (live)*
04. I love you (live)*
*live tracks recorded at the reading festival 1999

Total Length: 1:11:47

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