Deuce Avenue [EXPLICIT LYRICS]

Alan Vega

Product Details

• Audio CD (August 29, 1995)
• Original Release Date: 1990
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Explicit Lyrics
• Label: Warner Bros / Wea
• ASIN: B000002M9H
• Average Customer Review: 3.5 out of 5 stars See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #493,558 in Music (See Bestsellers in Music)

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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Some sparks of genius, February 8, 2004

By	Pieter "Toypom" (Johannesburg) - See all my reviews (TOP 50 REVIEWER)

The former member of the avant-garde synth-pop duo Suicide made some great solo albums but Deuce Avenue is not amongst his best, although there are some sparks of genius here.

Body Bop Jive is a mid tempo number that doesn't seem to go anywhere. Sneaker Gun Fire is a similar slow number with a jerky, nervous beat. The pace picks up a bit for Jab Gee with its spacious rhythmic textures.

Approaching but not quite equalling Vega's hypnotic power, Bad Scene has an interesting synth drone, whilst La La Bola has some of his characteristic yelps over atmospheric backing.

The title track is a slow eerie ballad with a lilting tune and bursts of white electronic noise and Faster Blaster recaptures some of Vega's energetic spirit with its driving beat, beautiful infusions of organ sounding synth and rockabilly howls.

On Deuce Avenue, Vega sounds subdued and the songs lack memorable tunes. Unfortunately mostly out of print to hard to find as of this writing, Collision Drive and Saturn Strip are Alan Vega's masterpieces. I highly recommend them plus the 2-disc Suicide retrospective album.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Spare, tense, and dark, February 26, 2004

By	M. Bromberg "BellemeadeBooks" (Atlanta, GA United States) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

This might be Vega's most minimal, impressionistic album to date. Washes of sound, electronic loops and drum machines, make the songs sound sketchy and unfinished but the effect is cumulative. Vega's repetitive phrases -- "Sneaker Gun Fire," "Bad Scene," "Jab Gee" -- become descriptions of things imagined in the dark, or heard down an alley. The album's also filled with Vega's usual concerns: "Wacko Warrior" is an extended set-piece in a mode that stretches all the way back to "Frankie Teardop" on the first Suicide LP. Not a very accessible album ("Saturn Strip" and "Just a Million Dreams" are Alan's most pop-oriented efforts) but an effective one.