I'm Not Following You [ECD]

Scottish songsmith Edwyn Collins is best described as irrepressible: with the classic '80s group Orange Juice ("Rip It Up"), and during his lengthy solo career, Collins has been through countless tangles with record labels and retained an inexhaustible supply of musical and lyrical sarcasm. I'M NOT FOLLOWING YOU blends his casually growling vocal style with vitriolic wit against a backdrop of '70's-influenced musical caricature.
"Seventies Night" makes its cynical statement by juxtaposing the belligerent, bloated-sounding voice of guest Mark E. Smith of the Fall with a disco backing track that's mocked with such accuracy it's hard to discern irony from genuine devotion. Collins's gift for musical mimicry is evident throughout the album. The breezy, sentimental "No One Waved Goodbye" would not sound out of place on a 70's film soundtrack. "Superficial Cat" sits Collins's deep-voiced storytelling atop a Stonesish instrumental setting, but with a generous smattering of spacey, echoing guitar effects. Nowhere is Collins's message clearer than on "Adidas World", a searing, synth-driven send-up of corporate-sponsored youth culture.|