The Holy Toledos – Blood ( USA )

Описание

1 Mistakes In Remembering
2 Not To Say
Band – The Finnegans
3 Love's Not Fair
Drums – Paul Hester (2)
4 Blood
5 New Sun Rise
6 Any Other Day
7 A Better Place
8 Waking Up
9 Save A Second
10 Only For You
11 Too Much
12 Sunday's Whiskey
Copyright © – Sony Music Entertainment (NZ) Limited
Phonographic Copyright ℗ – Sony Music Entertainment (NZ) Limited
Manufactured By – Sony Music Entertainment Inc.
Glass Mastered At – DADC – DIDP-081100
Bass Guitar, Vocals – Adam Gallagher (2)
Engineer, Mixed By – Nigel Foster
Guitar – Tom Mahon
Guitar, Mandola, Drums, Vocals – Brendan Gregg
Guitar, Organ, Tin Whistle, Vocals – Michael Gregg
Percussion – Paul Hester (2)
Producer – Nigel Foster (tracks: 2,5,6,7,8,9,10), The Holy Toledos (tracks: 2,6,7,8,10)
Producer, Mixed By – Paul Hester (2) (tracks: 1,3,4,11,12)
Album Notes
Personnel: Brendan Gregg (vocals, guitar, mandolin, drums); Michael Gregg (vocals, guitar, organ); Adam Gallagher (vocals, bass guitar); Tom Mahon (guitar); Paul Hester (drums, percussion).Poppier than most of the Kiwi bands of the era (Straitjacket Fits, Verlaines, etc.), New Zealand's Holy Toledos are closer to the genial but deceptively complex music of Neil Finn's Crowded House. Unsurprisingly, Crowded House drummer Paul Hester produced about half of 1993's Blood (the bandmembers produced the other tracks by themselves), and the resemblance of some tracks (especially "Blood" itself) to Temple of Low Men-era Crowded House is inescapable. This is not a bad thing, however; not only was Crowded House a fine band, but there's always room for smartly constructed guitar pop. Furthermore, the Holy Toledos bring enough of their own personality to keep Blood from sounding like the work of a cover band. The three-part harmonies of bassist Adam Gallagher, guitarist Brendan Gregg, and primary songwriter Michael Gregg are the Holy Toledos' most attractive feature, and these 12 largely acoustic (but neither folky nor country-tinged) songs wisely place the harmonies at the forefront. The album's one flaw is that a certain sameness to the arrangements makes the songs sound a little more alike than they really are. Hester's productions, especially the album highlights "Mistakes in Remembering" and "Too Much," suffer less from this minor problem. ~ Stewart Mason
Barcode (Scanned): 766925777822
Matrix / Runout: DIDP-081100 2
Other (DADC code on CD face): DIDP 081100