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African Swim & Manny & Lo

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Lurie says African Swim is his best soundtrack work, and from the sound of it he is right. Pity the movie was never released. Lurie blends avante-jazz and pop together in such a way that you would never think of this as back ground music. This album is extremely listenable, and a real treat to anyone who likes the Lounge Lizards. All hail the king of all cool!

This is a terrific album. The music is wonderful, playful, strange, rich, and all the other things Lurie's music can be; I have a vested interested in the song titles for "Al Al Al Al," "Sex with Al," and "Al is Hated" -- but I can still be objective here. Unlike the DOWN BY LAW or STRANGER THAN PARADISE recordings, recorded earlier in Lurie's career, the music here demonstrates the full range of Lurie's talents, and even show him striking off in new directions; there's a hilarious punk rock rave up ("She's not a Nurse" -- "...she only dresses like a nurse"), funny, goofy songs that could easily be Marvin Pontiac outtakes ("Big Trouble"), and guest appearances by members of Medeski, Martin and Wood and Marc Ribot. Lurie plays quite a bit of guitar on this release, as well. Worthwhile.

THIS IS REALLY A GREAT ALBUM BY LURIE.HE PLAYS GUITAR MORE THAN SAX , BUT ITS VERY GOOD MUSIC. MEDESKI MARTIN&WOOD , MARC RIBOT PLAYS TOO. THEY ARE SONGS LIKE "NURSE" PUNK-CORE ,THE OTHER SONGS MAKES ME FEEL SO GOOD . LYRICS FORM "BIG TROUBLE" IS REALLY VERY FUNNY. A GREAT ALBUM. IF U KNOW TURKISH, TRY TO READ IT.

If you ever caught Lurie during his Lounge Lizard days downtown NYC late 80's early 90's, this release by him shows the genius behind the work after the fact. Plenty of short cuts here, all worth a listen.

Must have music release for anyone a fan of the early lizards, zorn and ribot music of that time.