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Posted: 12-05-2009, 20:29
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Review by Richie Unterberger "A Teenage Opera," like the Beach Boys' infinitely more celebrated Smile, was never truly completed as such; collectors have always wondered, however, if the project exists as a "lost" album of sorts. This 23-track sequence of tracks by Keith West, Tomorrow, Wirtz, Kippington Lodge, the Sweetshop, Zion de Gallier, and Steve Flynn (some previously unissued), is as close an approximation as can be delivered. The psychedelically-influenced baroque rock-cum-easy listening arrangements are interesting, but really this is too twee and precious to qualify as anything like a lost masterpiece. Nor is it much of an orchestral pop suite; it's more a grouping of songs with a similar sunny fairyland vibe, sounding like an in-progress version of a children's rock record. You're far better off hearing "Teenage Opera," "Sam," and the Tomorrow cuts -- which are the gutsiest and most durable selections here by a wide margin -- on RPM's The Complete Keith West compilation, or the original (and only) Tomorrow album. Track List: 1. Theme From A Teenage Opera 2. Festival Of Kings 3. Grocer Jack 4. The Paranoiac Woodcutter #1 5. Mr. Rainbow 6. Glory's Theme (All Aboard!) 7. On A Saturday 8. Possum's Dance 9. Auntie Mary's Dress Shop 10. Love And Occasional Rain 11. Grocer Jack (Reprise) 12. Sam 13. Farewell To A Broken Doll 14. (He's Our Dear Old) Weatherman 15. Shy Boy 16. Grocer Jack's Dream 17. Barefoot & Tiptoe 18. Knickerbocker Glory 19. Dream Dream Dream 20. Colonel Brown 21. Cellophane Mary-Jane 22. Paranoiac Woodcutter #2 23. Theme From A Teenage Opera (End Titles)
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Posted: 13-05-2009, 17:18
(post 2, #894359)
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it seems, that no one except siren likes the record ![]() anyway, here's a nice cue-sheet edited by a friend (more iformations 'bout the performers and titles, no editing in the technical part!)
This post has been edited by der spunk on 13-05-2009, 17:18 |
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