Beautiful Escape: The Songs of The Posies Revisited [Box set]

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Product Details

• Audio CD (May 20, 2008)
• Original Release Date: 2008
• Number of Discs: 3
• Format: Box set
• Note on Boxed Sets: During shipping, discs in boxed sets occasionally become dislodged without damage. Please examine and play these discs. If you are not completely satisfied, we'll refund or replace your purchase.
• Label: Burning Sky Records, LLC
• ASIN: B0018BA6ZO
• Also Available in: MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #98,242 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

Disc: 1

1. Dream All Day - The Meadows

2. Flavor of the Month - Maxi Dunn

3. I May Hate You Sometimes - The Drowners

4. Please Return It - Peter Searcy

5. Sweethearts of Rodeo Drive - The Junior League

6. Chainsmoking in the USA - The Sugarrush

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Disc: 2

1. Golden Blunders - The Smith Bros.

2. Every Bitter Drop - The Royalz

3. Will You Ever Ease Your Mind? - Flip Your Wig

4. Somehow Everything - The Genuine Fakes

5. Everybody Is A Fucking Liar - Ken Stringfellow

6. Suddenly Mary - John Parry

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Disc: 3

1. Conversations - The Wellingtons

2. Definite Door - James Deem

3. Solar Sister - EVEN

4. Daily Mutilation - Jon Auer

5. Terrorized - The Shifter with Reinier Gerritsen

6. Fight It (If You Want) - Dinky Drums

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Editorial Reviews

Review

Beautiful Escape: The Songs Of The Posies Revisited is quite an awesome package-three discs chock full of eclectic renditions of songs originally written and sung by one of the most respected pop bands of the past twenty years, The Posies. You get a wide variety of styles, from the power poppy Smith Bros. and Strange Fruits to the modern rock of Throwback Suburbia and the grungy Megafauna pouring their hearts out over tunes from Posies albums as disparate as Failure and Amazing Disgrace. Plus, how cool is it that Beautiful Escape features new versions of Posies tunes by none other than the main men themselves, Jon Auer and Ken Stringfellow! Beautiful Escape is the Queen Elizabeth II of tribute discs! --David Bash, International Pop Overthrow

Far too often, tribute albums become nothing more than a way for an established act to show how hip they might be by covering the songs of another established act.

I much prefer collections such as Beautiful Escape: The Songs of The Posies Revisited, which take acts that aren't exactly household names as of yet, but (and this is important) are fans of the band that played songs they are covering.

I have never heard of many of the artists featured on this generous three-CD set that contains 45 songs, not counting any hidden tracks. Aside from Posies members Jon Auer, Ken Stringfellow, Brian Young and Joe Skyward, who all contribute songs, the only names that stand out are those of Peter Searcy, as well as Charleston's own Frank Royster, who turns in a great version of Under Easy.

The fact the actual members of the Posies actually contribute their own tracks is yet another thing that sets this collection apart.

Add in songs such as Dream All Day, Golden Blunders, and Flavor of the Month performed by bands from 13 different countries, and not only do you get a staggering amount of good music, but you also realize just how far reaching the influence of The Posies actually is. (A-) --Devin Grant, The Post and Courier (Charleston, SC)

The Gandhi of Tribute Albums... --Big Takeover

Customer Reviews

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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars The Next Generation of "Tribute Albums"!, May 21, 2008

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Alan Heaton (Doylestown, PA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Beautiful Escape: The Songs of The Posies Revisited (Audio CD)

First, I will happily acknowledge that I am the Executive Producer of this album and the founder of Burning Sky Records - the label that released "Beautiful Escape: The Songs of The Posies Revisited." I know that so-called "Tribute Albums" are easy targets for criticism, but I think what we have done here takes the concept of the "Tribute Album" to the next level. Rather than simply "paying tribute" to The Posies, we have enlisted their participation - as well as that of bands and performers from all over the world who love The Posies - and given them the chance to revisit and reinvent the songs of The Posies, which are some of the best powerpop songs ever written.

The end result is this 46-track (there is a hidden track), 3-CD album containing individual song contributions from Posies members JON AUER, KEN STRINGFELLOW, JOE SKYWARD, and BRIAN YOUNG, as well as bands from the US, UK, Japan, Australia, Spain, Norway, Sweden, Denmark, Argentina, France, Germany, Finland, and The Netherlands. We were even fortunate enough to get legendary "Frosting on the Beater" producer Don Fleming to "guest produce" Steven Wright-Mark's cover of "Frosting on the Beater" classic "Burn and Shine." Don not only remixed the track, but he also took over lead guitar duties and added backing vocals, and, in a stroke of genius for which I will be forever grateful - enlisted the help of reknowned indie piano legend R. Stevie Moore - great stuff!

There are great tracks all over the place - Jon Auer's folky, trip-hop take on "Daily Mutilation;" Ken Stringfellow's dramatic piano-and-vocal rendition of "Everybody is a [...] Liar;" Joe Skyward and Brette Howard's countrified "Start A Life," Megafauna's classic rock version of "Coming Right Along"(featuring Brian Young, EVE 6's Max Collins, and America's Gerry Beckley, among others); Slinkyredfoot's complete reinvention of "The Longest Line" (he removed the CHORUS, for cryin' out loud!); The Drowner's super re-energized "I May Hate You Sometimes," and many, many more.

You don't have to take my word for it - check out what founding Posies member JON AUER had to say about the record:

"I'll have to own up to being suspect when I first heard the concept of forty-five different artists recording new versions of Posies songs. I guess at my core I feared polite, cursory renditions of our relatively `best known', the proverbial `skating on the surface' as they say in the vernacular or at the very least folks just `phoning it in'. Still, as skeptical as I might like to portray myself, and after lending my ears to the procession, I couldn't deny the ultimate conclusion I arrived at: a lot of Beautiful Escape... truly manages to surprise me and I'm really touched that it does. At its best, if you will, I'd liken it to diving headfirst into a sonic mirror from a slightly alternate universe, a place where clusters of tone, choices of instrument, and phrasings of word are reinvented enough to render me able to enjoy something I originally created as if never considered possible in the first place. Wow. In a similar sense, perhaps it's like a stranger finding one of your old photo albums and restaging your favorite pictures in ways and with colors you might never have visualized. Colors that look and feel somewhat familiar, but upon closer inspection smell like a fresh coat of paint on a house you barely remember building. Double wow. Who would've `thunk' it possible? Not me, I assure you. I suppose until now, that is."

Obviously, I hope that you will like the record. However, knowing that The Posies like it - and they do - is enormously rewarding in and of itself. That said, I hope that you'll check out "Beautiful Escape: The Songs of The Posies Revisited"!

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Why buy an expensive copy from a reseller?, May 28, 2011

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popomatik "popomatik" - See all my reviews

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This review is from: Beautiful Escape: The Songs of The Posies Revisited (Audio CD)

When the team that put this tribute CD together sells it for $19.99 directly from their website.

If you clicked on this item, I'm making the grand assumption that you know The Posies and enjoy their music. This CD-set includes several other pop-rock bands that pay tribute to The Posies; some run very close to the original tunes, some change things up a bit, and a few reinterpret the original songs into something quite different.

Just google "Burning Sky Records" on your computer and you will find the site that sells this cheaper than a reseller and Amazon.

While you are there, check out tributes to Jellyfish, Squeeze, Toy Love and Roxy Music. Each is fantastic in it's own right. And when you purchase from Burning Sky Records, you are helping the guys there to continue selecting great bands to pay tribute to... not a reseller to profit from when they don't even know the music that they are trying to sell.