Consequences [Original recording remastered]

Godley & Creme | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (December 12, 2000)
• Number of Discs: 2
• Format: Original recording remastered
• Label: One Way Records Inc
• ASIN: B00005LNJH
• Also Available in: Audio CD
• Average Customer Review: 4.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (18 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #253,079 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

Disc: 1

1. Seascape

2. Wind

3. Fireworks

4. Stampede

5. Burial Scene

6. Sleeping Earth

7. Honolulu Lulu

8. The Flood

9. Five O'Clock in the Morning

10. Dialogue

See all 13 tracks on this disc

Disc: 2

1. Dialogue

2. Rosie

3. Dialogue

4. Office Chase

5. Dialogue

6. Cool, Cool, Cool

7. Cool, Cool, Cool (Reprise)

8. Dialogue

9. Sailor

10. Dialogue

See all 15 tracks on this disc

Editorial Reviews

Originally released as a three LP set, now remastered onto 2 CD's, this package has a full 24 pages of lyrics. Slimline double jewel case. 2000 release.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

13 of 13 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Interesting Curiosity : for the Oblique, February 8, 2002

By A Customer

This review is from: Consequences (Audio CD)

This 2-cd set is of a package of music and 'radio skit' dialogues that loosely revolve around the premise of the world ("as we now know it") coming to an end by means of natural disaster. What it really is is one cd of musical vignettes and effects meant to demonstrate the Godley/Creme musical instrument invention the "GIZMO" The instrument produces a wide variety of sound that was extraordinary in it's time (1976). The second cd is comprised of a series of dialogues mixed with Godley/Creme numbers that carry the story of 2 lawyers, a plant worker, his estranged french prostitute wife, and a curious fellow who lives below the floor of the law office named Blint. You gotta
listen to it to get the full effect of Peter Cook's audio character studies (he does most of the character voices and also wrote the dialogues). All in all this is a cd set for those who
like the offbeat and have an oblique perspective on how the universe functions. For those like me who bought the 3LP set in 1976, it is a treat to be able to get this work on cd.

13 of 14 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars What the Dickens is a Gizmo!?, December 16, 2003

By 

Douglas J. Hultsman "doogie_rigel4" (Corinth, Texas United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Consequences (Audio CD)

After hinting at the symphonic extravaganzas to come with "One Night in Paris" from "The Original Soundtrack" and "Don't Hang Up" from "How Dare You", Lol and Kevin left 10C.C. to put out this 3 album boxed set to showcase the Gizmotron. The "Gizmo" was a small unit of rotating wheels attached to the bridge area of a guitar. When the wheels were pressed and made contact with the strings, a bowing sound emanated. Cool huh? Well, maybe just a little too late for commercial success with the advent of things like the E-bow and cheaper PCM synthesizers, but the haunting sounds that Lol gets from this thing are fantastic. As an interesting side note, the venerable Jimmy Page used a gizmo'ed guitar for some of the great sounds on "In The Evening".

Anyway, I still love this album 25 years on. I only gave it 3 stars to scare off those who are not Godley/Creme afficianodos who might not get the "concept". The concept of "nature taking revenge on a world gone mad" plays out with a sprinkling of great pop songs spaced between the dry Peter Cook dialogue(which may take several listens to get the gist of what's going on).

Other highlights include a highly prized Sarah Vaughn guest vocal on "Lost Weekend", a haunting ode to the men who sail the seas in "Sailor", and a very lovely pop work out on "Five o'Clock In The Morning."

The rest of the instrumental tunes that serve to help the story line show off more of the Gizmo's talents, and the accompanying booklet(that came with the 3-album set)showed such artifacts as the boys shoveling dirt down a staircase onto a Sennheiser dummy head to simulate the burial scene.

And last but not least, they saved room for a beautiful symphonic extravaganza with "Blint's Tune-Movements 1-17", which show that these guys were certainly more than just your average pop rockers.

All in all, a great display of talent, but just not your usual 10C.C.-type release, and certainly not for everyone, what with the unusual British dialogue and such. But for those that go for the slightly left o' center with a twinkle in their eyes, this just might hit the bullseye. Enjoy!!

11 of 12 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Still extraordinary, June 14, 2002

By 

Carsten (Germany) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Consequences (Audio CD)

When I listend to this triple album first in 1978 I was completely surprised about this complex stuff on six vinyl sides. I had to listen over and over again to the story to discover more and more details hidden in this sound scene. Unfortunately this album was not mine, so I had to gave it back to my friend :-( In 1998 I purchased a 2-CD limited edition re-release of this fantastic concept album. This set came with a very poor booklet with no lyrics and dialogs and so I wrote a complete transcript of the album on my own...Through the years I became a virtual member of the staff around Mr. Blint and every time I listen to the album I'm really caught in the scene.
There are (also) very fine music peaces (my favorite is "Lost Weekend" sung by Sarah Vaughn) which apparently have nothing to to with the albums theme and the divorce negotiation.
The issue of this album, natures revenge to the mankind, today becomes more and more significance.
Listen to this "Movie for the blind" and you will stick to it!
After the very last track when you listen carefully, you can hear the birds sing again...