Everywhere at Once

Plimsouls | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (March 19, 1996)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Geffen Gold Line Sp.
• ASIN: B000000P0G
• Also Available in: Audio Cassette  |  Vinyl  |  MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 4.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (30 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #6,450 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)
  • #6 in Music > Rock > Power Pop
  • #8 in Music > Alternative Rock > Indie & Lo-Fi > Jangle Pop

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15 of 15 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A VERY UNDERRATED POP GEM!, December 24, 2001

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Patrick Earley (Edmond, Oklahoma USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Everywhere at Once (Audio CD)

I ran across this album by chance one day when I borrowed my sister's car. She had the tape of this in the cassette player. It didn't take long before I was out on the road rocking out to this band that I had never heard of before. Then "A Million Miles Away" came on, and I was sold. I had to have this one. I don't usually discover great music this way, but sometimes even my little sister has a musical jewel or two hidden up her sleeve. This album is really a pop classic, which makes it that much more surprising I hadn't heard it before. But this band, who was huge on the west coast in the early 80's, disappeard just about as fast as they came in. That was the story of a lot of good pop bands I liked from the late 70's early 80's period. This was an especially talented band though. The bigtime production and the big guitar sounds off of this are something you didn't hear on very many pop albums back then. There's much more to be found here than just a one hit wonder album. There's some other great songs like "Oldest Story In The World", "Play The Breaks", "How Long Will It Take", and "Everywhere At Once" to round out a very solid album all the way through, with no weak filler tunes to be found. I'm surprised when I see this in the cut-out bins, and at such a bargain price. About all I can say about that is "if they only knew". I'd rank this one in my top 3 pop albums of the 80's, and if that shipwreck ever happens, I'd probably have to tote this along to the desert island. Because I've never gone long without listening to this cd since that first chance encounter in my sister's car. It's the best driving music you'll ever hear....Promise

9 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars One of my all time Top 10, October 26, 1999

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This review is from: Everywhere at Once (Audio CD)

If I were stranded on a desert island and yadda, yadda, yadda... Everywhere At Once would definetly be on my short list of MUST HAVES. My brother bought this on cassette back in the mid 80's and made a fan out of me. Finally, a few years back I picked it up on CD... and it's still a regular in my rotation. It's a great sunny day driving album, from Oldest Story In The World to How Long Will It Take to the title track. And, of course, A Million Miles Away is one of the greatest almost-hits of all time. It's too bad The Plimsouls never reached the star status they deserved, but it's also kind of nice to have one of those hidden gems no one else seems to know about. So now you're in on the secret. Buy this CD. I bet you won't be sorry!

11 of 12 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars For Plimsouls Fans Who Want To Own The Nerves' Recordings, January 29, 2002

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Eric R. Last "misterrockobscurities" (San Bruno, CA United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Everywhere at Once (Audio CD)

This is one of the best power pop albums ever made, with great songs like "Oldest Story in the World", "Inch By Inch", and of course the classic "A Million Miles Away". A little history: in 1976 a band called the Nerves, made up of Peter Case (later of the Plimsouls), Paul Collins (later of the Beat, a.k.a. Paul Collins' Beat), and Jack Lee, recorded a 4 song EP. One of the songs was Jack Lee's "Hanging On The Telephone", which became famous in 1978 when a cover version by Blondie became a hit. By this time the Nerves had broken up, with the various members each gone their separate ways. Jack Lee released a solo album, "Greatest Hits Vol. 1", in 1981 on an obscure label, Maiden America records. Paul Collins' band, the Beat, made 2 albums and 1 EP. Peter Case's band, the Plimsouls, made an EP followed by 2 LPs, the best of which is this album, "Everywhere At Once". Both Case and Collins had subsequent solo albums, and the Plimsouls reformed for a later album in the late '90s, "Kool Trash". So there is a wealth of material for fans to track down for their collections. Much of it has never been issued on CD, and some of it is very hard to find. Now for the good news: in 2001 a Spanish label, Penniman Records, reissued the original Nerves 4-song EP, combined with 2 other Nerves studio tracks, on a 10" vinyl-only collection called "25th Anniversary". Only 2000 copies were issued, I don't know if it is still available but if you can find it, I highly recommend it - great stuff. There was also a French reissue in the late '80s, now long since out of print, of the same 6 Nerves songs, plus 4 more live tracks. Anyway, I had been searching for those Nerves songs for years before finally finding the Penniman Records release just a few weeks ago. If anyone reading this has been searching for the Nerves like I had been, I hope this helps you find it. Beware, though, of recordings by a different band also called the Nerves, which has made a few albums recently. Check the record label or personnel info carefully. For further collecting, the Paul Collins stuff is still not too hard to find on vinyl, but the Jack Lee album is very rare.