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Real Animal
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Manufacturer: Back Porch
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Binding: Audio CD
EAN: 0094638241126
Label: Back Porch
Manufacturer: Back Porch
Number Of Discs: 1
Publisher: Back Porch
Release Date: 2008-06-24
Studio: Back Porch
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Alejandro Escovedo's 9th solo album, produced by Tony Visconti (David Bowie, T.Rex, Thin Lizzy), Real Animal is a collective journey through Escovedo's various musical incarnations from punk rock to string quintets and it is as introspective as it is retrospective. This album features a band of frequent collaborators, including David Pulkingham (guitar), Josh Gravelin (bass), Hector Munoz (drums), Susan Voelz (violin), Brian Standefer (cello) and Chuck Prophet (guitar). The 13 original tracks unravel Escovedo's musical autobiography while presenting him as a masterful American musician, whose palette encompasses eloquent string quintets and shattering blasts of punk rock.
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Summary: Alejandro in excellent shape
Comment: Very satisfied with my purchase. The album was exactly as described. I saved money!
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Summary: Great music but...
Comment: Has anyone noticed the really long 'dead air' at the end of some songs? I'm talking up to 20-30 seconds or more. On songs including Smoke, Chip n Tony, Nun's Song (more?).
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Summary: Warning: Can Be Addictive
Comment: I am possibly the last person in the world to find out about Alejandro! I never watch Tonight Show, but flicking thru channels, there he was, singing "Sister Lost Soul." I had to have more. Every song on this album gets in your blood and plays over and over in your head. Is Alejandro the new "Boss?" Can't help but think of Springsteen while listening to him. They are so much alike... brother lost souls? If he's an animal, all I can say is puuuurrrrrr.
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Summary: Alejandro Escovedo' "Real Animal"
Comment: I usuaully pride myself on being somewhat of an audiophile, particularly when it comes to music from the punk and post punk era of 1975-1984. I was startled when I heard Alejandro live at Milwaukee's Summerfest this summer. What a band! What a mix of songs, most from his "Real Animal" album.
The surprise came from when he started to rattle of some of the bands that he had belonged to. Rank and File, The Nuns, and other groups that had been in my album collection for years, decades actually.
The songs on this album are reflective. Living in the Chelsea Hotel, opening up for the Sex Pistols in San Francisco in 1978, loves lost, prospects gone, pensive stuff, and all well written with a strong sense of both story telling and compositon. Some of the slower more lyrical songs grow tiresome, but only after repeatedly play. The rockers are pretty solid and lang lasting.
It's my understanding that Alejandro was sick for a while, near death they say, and that explains him being gone from the scene, but he has a long history and discography of albums out there. This is only his latest. Others are good too. I am sampling them now.
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Summary: Okay
Comment: Good, but not in the league of "Man Under the Influence" or "The Boxing Mirror". I saw him this weekend in San Francisco and he was good (I wish he would have played a few older songs) but I was disapointed to find out that he played at the Democratic National Convention. What the hell is rock coming to when its most promising artists are playing at poltical conventions? Vote For Change last election and now this? Is this where we are now: rockers becoming spokesmen for the system? Rock-n-roll is supposed to be about rebellion, not selling out for politicians. Escovedo kept invoking Iggy Pop during the show, well let me tell you something Alejandro, Iggy Pop would never play at a political convention. You should follow his lead.
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