Bash!

Bill Bremner | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (June 12, 2001)
• Original Release Date: 1984
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Gadfly Records
• ASIN: B00005JG85
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (6 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #115,184 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Fire in My Pocket

2. Losing My Touch

3. Shatterproof

4. Love Is Stranger Than Fiction

5. The Perfect Crime

6. Tired and Emotional (And Probably Drunk)

7. Loud Music in Cars

8. Going Steady With a Heartache

9. When These Shoes Were New

10. The Boat That's Sunk a Thousand Ships

11. When Love Goes to Sleep

12. Laughter Turns to Tears [*]

13. Look at the Car [*]

14. Meek Power [*]

15. The Price Is Right [*]

16. Yes Please! [*]

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars An obscure treat for Rockpile fans, July 4, 2001

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treblephone (Mesquite, TX United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Bash! (Audio CD)

After the acrimonious breakup of Rockpile, the fate of Nick Lowe and Dave Edmunds wasn't in question; Guitar wizard Billy Bremner was more of a wildcard. He delivered in spades on BASH! [criminally, never seeing a US release until now]. Produced and mostly co-written by Will Birch from UK powerpop denizens The Records, BASH! is a delight for Rockpile fans from start to finish.

Featuring a sublime classic in Elvis Costello's donated original, "Shatterproof", and a country-hit-just-waiting-to-be- covered in "When These Shoes Were New" [as well as the Stiff single "Loud Music In Cars"], this album is a MUST for anyone who ever loved "Tracks on Wax 4" or "Labour of Lust" by his rockin' compatriots. For those who bought the vinyl LP in the 80s, bonus B-sides from the Stiff 45s are also included. Billy's more recent album, also on Gadfly Records ["A Good Week's Work"] is also VERY worthy of your attention.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Good Record; Awful Reissue, July 30, 2002

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Colin Powell (Rangley Roaks, VA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Bash! (Audio CD)

Let's be honest: this is hardly a "lost" masterpiece. Sure, Bremner's terrific--when he's got the right band, the right songs, and some sympathetic arrangements. (Let the man ROCK, is what I'm saying.) But a lot of these tunes are merely pleasant--hardly up to Rockpile standards--and the production is horribly dated. (Sounds more like bad Squeeze, say, than the bashing Brinsleys.) Probably worth three stars as an LP. Now let's talk turkey: this thing was mastered off vinyl. There are audible clicks & pops throughout--something that's simply inexcusable for an '80s release. If Gadfly couldn't get the masters, that's one thing; but, jeez, at least dig up a cleaner record for your reissue.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Yes Please!, March 22, 2005

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Christopher Bushman (Portland, OR USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Bash! (Audio CD)

I did not buy this on Vinyl at the time and I was only vaguely aware of Rockpile at the time of their breakup (I remember Little Sister with Robert Plant on vocals from the Concert for the People of Kampuchea video being in heavy rotation on MTV). However, in the last few years I have come to appreciate the careers of Nick Lowe and Dave Edmunds and through my explorations of their solo music and the Seconds Of Pleasure album, I have been fortunate enough to come to learn about Billy Bremner.

This guy has been a stealthy secret weapon in many a band. Q. Who did Chrissie Hynde call on when she needed a guitar player for Back On The Chain Gang in the wake of JHS's death? A. BB!

Bash is a lot of fun, just a great pop-rockin' / roots rock blowout. Some of my favorite songs are the bonus tracks on this re-issue especially Yes Please!

Minus one star because as the other reviewer noted, this disc was mastered from vinyl and not cleaned up particularly well. No big deal, it still is a blast to listen to.