On Wed, 17 Sep 1997, Edwin Wong wrote:
quoted 4 lines First off, did anyone pick up the Portishead single "All Mine"? All I can> First off, did anyone pick up the Portishead single "All Mine"? All I can
> say is that this is the WORST Portishead track I have ever heard. And I'm
> not too happy about them including "Cowboys" and "Cowboys (Instrumental)",
> which I paid too much for on the "Cowboys" single anyways.
The music is pretty decent, though not much progress is evident. In fact
it may be a step backward. The vocals are fine, too. But they don't go
together. It sounds like one of those remixes where the original track
was full of chord changes and key changes, but the remix sticks to one
note.
Mark Stewart did some great lo-fi, megaphone-throated, highly-damaged
songs on his 3rd album (the one with the microchip on the cover).
Produced with Adrian Sherwood. It contains a cover of the theme song from
_Merry Christmas, Mr. Lawrence (sp?)_ which starts off distorted and
creepy. By the end it has fallen apart, into a mess of tangled tape. You
can't go wrong.
--Mark