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Virtually no punk. Still awesome.
1. TUBEWAY ARMY - YOU ARE IN MY VISION
pulled from "Replicas"
2. DAVID BOWIE - QUEEN BITCH
pulled from "Hunky Dory"
3. CAPTAINS OF INDUSTRY - JULIE
pulled from "A Roomful of Monkeys"
4. BRIAN ENO - BURNING AIRLINES GIVE YOU SO MUCH MORE
pulled from "Taking Tiger Mountain (By Strategy)"
5. SLADE - LOOK WOT YOU DUN
pulled from "Get Yer Boots On: The Best Of Slade"
6. LEFT END - WHISKEY AND RYE
pulled from "Spoiled Rotten"
7. STEVIE WRIGHT - HARD ROAD
pulled from "The Definitive Collection"
8. MC5 - OVER AND OVER
pulled from "High Time"
9. SYL JOHNSON - CONCRETE RESERVATION
pulled from "Is It Because I'm Black: Twinight Records 1969-71"
10. ROBYN HITCHCOCK & THE EGYPTIANS - TELL ME ABOUT YOUR DRUGS
pulled from "Element of Light"
11. HUMBLE PIE - THE SAD BAG OF SHAKY JAKE
pulled from "Hot N Nasty: The Anthology"
12. THE SPADES [FEATURING ROKY ERICKSON] - WE SELL SOUL
pulled from "All That May Do My Rhyme"
13. MALLARD - BACK ON THE PAVEMENT
pulled from "Mallard"
14. RICHIE HAVENS - I STARTED A JOKE
pulled from "Stonehenge"
15. JEFFERSON AIRPLANE - THE LAST WALL OF THE CASTLE
pulled from "The Essential Jefferson Airplane"
16. T. REX - DANDY IN THE UNDERWORLD
pulled from "20th Century Superstar"
17. JET - TAX LOSS
pulled from "Even More Light Than Shade"
18. THE SENSATIONAL ALEX HARVEY BAND - GANG BANG
pulled from "Next..."
Lot of awesome stuff in this one. The best MC5 song from their best album! Excellent ENO choice too. Just an all around great listening collection!
ReplyDeleteGood to see some love for this one. I'm kinda partial to Miss X, myself. All of their stuff is pretty great though.
DeleteHigh Time is really the only MC5 album that has a single running theme. It's something everybody should listen to front to back several times.
ReplyDeleteThe MC5 is one of those bands where something is always just a little bit off. But that's what makes them so great! Another band like this is Mission of Burma. There's always this bit of quirk in there that your brain never can really resolve. It makes them endlessly compelling, because it always plays like that puzzle you just can't quite solve. If I could bottle that concept..., but I can barely even comprehend it.
This represents a big change of pace from the fast and loud/dissonant and dark style of the comps so far. Good call on the classic rocking numbers, especially the Bowie and Sensational Alex Harvey tunes!
ReplyDeleteAnd thanks to Bozobuttons for the comment about the MC5. He's right: Kick Out The Jams may rock with abandon, but it's too rambling for its own good; Back In The USA, while pared down and driving, doesn't have the focus of High Time. The band couldn't decide if it wanted to do old school rock like the Flamin' Groovies later do or stay politcal. Not only that, but High Time's packs a harder punch than either record because of its clearer production.