Closer To God

構成数 : 2枚
合計収録時間 : 00:00:00
Television Personalities: Daniel Treacy (vocals, guitars, banjo, melodica, keyboards, tambourine); Jowe Head (vocals, bass, percussion); Bekka Jones (fiddle); Derek Pascoe (saxophone); Jeffrey Bloom (drums); Kuljit Bhamra (tablas, percussion). Additional personnel: Prisoners on Death Row, Tennessee (background vocals). Of the many albums released by Daniel Treacy and company, 1992's CLOSER TO GOD is widely considered to be both their masterpiece and also one of their bleakest works. Though the songs are presented in the same charmingly ragged guitar-pop fashion as earlier gems such as PRIVILEGE and AND DON'T THE KIDS JUST LOVE IT?, accented occasionally with strings and saxes, the topics covered here are often extremely dark. Songs like "Razorblades and Lemonade" and "My Very First Nervous Breakdown," for all their surface jollity, concern suicide attempts and deep depressions in unflinching first-person terms. It's not all gloom, however; both the epic eight-minute title track and "We Will Be Your Gurus" are upbeat and cautiously optimistic, and "Goodnight Mr. Spaceman" has a self-deprecating wit, mocking Television Personalities-inspired scenesters like Creation Records and Primal Scream's Bobby Gillespie in an avuncular manner. CLOSER TO GOD is a shaggy jangle-pop masterwork.

1. You Don't Know How Lucky You Are
2. Hard Luck Story Number 39
3. Little Works Of Art
4. Razorblades & Lemonade
5. Coming Home Soon
6. Me And My Big Ideas
7. Honey For The Bears
8. I See Myself In You
9. Goodnight Mr. Spaceman..
10. My Very First Nervous Breakdown
11. We Will Be Your Gurus
12. You Are Special And You Always Will Be
13. Not For The Likes Of Us
14. You're Younger Than You Know
15. Very Dark Today
16. I Hope You Have A Nice Day
17. This Heart's Not Made Of Stone
18. Baby, You're Only As Good As You Should Be
19. Closer To God