Peter Blegvad - Downtime (1990)

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Artist: Peter Blegvad
Title: Downtime
Year Of Release: 1990
Label: ReR Megacorp
Genre: Alt Rock, Folk Rock, Art Rock, Singer-Songwriter
Quality: Mp3 320 / Flac (tracks, .cue, log)
Total Time: 57:38
Total Size: 142/337 Mb (scans)
WebSite: Album Preview

Tracklist:

1. Model Of Kindness 4:15
2. Not Weak Enough 4:04
3. Card To Bernard 2:43
4. White 2:47
5. Strong, Simple Silences 4:41
6. When The World Was New 3:52
7. Animated Doll 3:36
8. I Don't Believe You've Met My Baby 1:48
9. Bared Bard 2:57
10. Lying Again 4:48
11. Crumb De La Crumb 3:39

Bonus Tracks:
12. Actual Frenzy 2:47
13. (The Ballad Of) The Green Boy 2:44
14. Say No Now 4:31

Extra Bonus Tracks:
15. The Wife Of Usher's Well (Live) 4:49
16. Live Crumb (Live) 3:30

Line-up:
Backing Vocals – Jakko Jakszyk, Phil Shaw
Bass – John Greaves, Mick Hobbs, Peter Blegvad, Tony Maimone
Bells – Andy Ward
Drums – Chris Cutler
Guitar – Jakko Jakszyk, Kristoffer Blegvad, Peter Blegvad, Phil Shaw
Harmonica – Peter Blegvad, Phil Shaw
Jew's Harp – Peter Blegvad
Keyboards – John Greaves
Piano – John Greaves
Producer – Chris Cutler, Peter Blegvad, Tim Hodgkinson
Synthesizer – Anthony Moore
Vocals – Kristoffer Blegvad, Peter Blegvad

A simple singer/songwriter album with romantic (as in art) and surreal (again, as in art) leanings from the part-time Golden Palomino wordsmith and vocalist and former Slapp Happy wordsmith and guitarist. If it weren't for Blegvad's skewed sense of humor and predilection for slipping existential contemplation accompanied by noisy electronics between the acoustic numbers, this album could be huge with the James Taylor crowd. As it is, the near-perfect songs "Say No Now," "Strong, Simple Silences," and the fierce "When the Work Was New," which is mistitled on the disc's back cover, will likely go all but unheard by potential Blegvad fans, especially listeners of Loudon Wainwright III. In other words, for its occasional challenges, this is an album worth searching out. Finally released in the U.S. by East Side Digital in 1996, with two additional tracks.

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