Hey Spinner! [Import]

Able Tasmans (Author) | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD
• Original Release Date: 1990
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Import
• Label: Flying Nun
• Run Time: 34 minutes
• ASIN: B00064VBN0
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #662,787 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Editorial Reviews

Their finest album, baroque pop stretching from My Bloody Valentine through The Chills to Split Enz A warm wall of noise, with quality weirdness on the side. Released in 1990, Hey Spinner! was a denser album, with tunes that continued the Ables' curious line in lyrical kiwiana-- a trend begun on the previous album, which had built local geography and custom into songs like "And We Swam the Magic Bay" and "Evil Barbeque". Hey Spinner! matched these with "Grey Lynn" and "Michael Fay"-- a Dickensian tale where "It was Christmas day/ When Michael Fay gave all his money away".

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

5.0 out of 5 stars Expensive Kiwi brilliance, April 8, 2010

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Seamus Mcnerney "mcgnomus" (asheville nc) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Hey Spinner! (Audio CD)

I was lucky--picked this up for a fistful of peanuts way back. But it is worth it (maybe not 100 bucks!) Strong, imaginative songwriting with a lotta of the ole Farfisa organ, reminiscent of their first album "A Cuppa Tea". The Tasmans incorporate catchy Chills-esque songwritng with over-the-top electronics. This is a wild blend of beautiful songwriting and real anger (see the Verlaines). Any devotee of Kiwi-rock needs to have this, the first album, Somebody Ate My Planet, and Store in a Cool Place. The most recent album is thoroughly unnecessary.

3.0 out of 5 stars 188 dollars, September 25, 2009

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Eric (Chicago) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Hey Spinner! (Audio CD)

This album is listed new as $188. I don't know why, it must be rare. Their first album is much better.