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Car Caught Fire

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Two years ago there was nothing on amazon.com about this band. I searched in vain hoping to find a second copy of their second album (I found it eventually). So how is the band's third studio album in over a decade? It's quite a bit different from the previous two but that strong sense of melody, witty songwriting and innovative playing is still there.

Belew is less of a songwriting presence on this album than on the first or second. He only has a hand in 4 of the original songs. Still, his guitar and voice are all over the album. Belew's buddy from King Crimson Robert Fripp also makes an inspired appearence on the Fretters' song Dave. Fripp's mournful and moving guitar solo adds bite to this song about the death of a young friend.

This, their fine third album, is a terrific follow up. While it's not likely to get any radio airplay (which is a pity), fans of Big Star, Jason Falkner and strong songwriting craft will appreciate this well written and performed album. Just a word of advice--you can order this direct from adrian Belew's website for half the cost.

I admit that I know nothing about music, composition, or such. However, this album (opps, showing my age!) is STILL in rotation after many months. If you have the opportunity to see this group live, please go for it! You won't regret the money spent.

these guys - the bears - are so effing good it's absolutely criminal

theyre not world renowned

well maybe not criminal but certainly a civil case w/ a slam dunk verdict

do the world a favor

not to mention your ears and mind

and track down their discs

'car caught fire' is a gem just like its two predecessors

the bears were - and hopefully still are - just a phenomenal band

as outrageously sick as belew is on guitar the other guys are so good

themselves that he just blends in rather than sticks out

and you cant pay higher compliment to musicianship than that

just a superb disc (and so were their first two too)