Juvenilia

Verlaines | Format: Audio Cassette

Product Details

• Audio Cassette (March 5, 1996)
• Label: Homestead
• ASIN: B000000ILW
• Also Available in: Audio CD  |  MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #784,806 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Death and the Maiden

2. Doomsday

3. Joed Out

4. Baud to Tears

5. Crisis After Crisis

6. Burlesque

7. You Cheat Yourself of Everything That Moves

8. Pyromaniac

9. Wind Song

10. Angela

11. You Say You

12. New Kind of Hero

13. Phil Too?

14. C.D. Jimmy Jazz and Me

15. C.D. Jimmy Jazz and Me

Editorial Reviews

'Juvenilia' is a compilation of the Verlaines' brilliant early singles and EPs. First released in 1987, and reissued in 1993 with bonus tracks, it documents the band's early history and is the perfect introduction to one of New Zealand's great bands. Opening with the irrepressible "Death and the Maiden", a song that for many is archetypal of the group's deft ability to capture a pop hook. The album also features their first two tracks, "Angela" and "Crisis After Crisis", recorded on Chris Knox's four track and released on the infamous 'Dunedin Double' EP. 'Juvenilia', complete with orchestral and brass flourishes, is a constant display of the unstoppable songwriting skills of vocalist/guitarist Graeme Downes. From the single "Doomsday" through to their perfect love song "Joed Out", 'Juvenilia' is a compilation filled with all the elegant and often magnificently moody elements of the Verlaines. The Verlaines formed in 1981, and have gone on to release nine albums, all the while gaining fans around the world with songs that combine classical composition, romanticism and pop. Tracks: 1. Death & the Maiden 2. Doomsday 3. Joed Out 4. Baud To Tears 5. Crisis After Crisis 6. Burlesque 7. You Cheat Yourself of Everything That Moves 8. Pyromaniac 9. Wind Song 10. Angela 11. You Say You 12. New Kind of Hero 13. Instrumental (Live) 14. Phil Too? (Live) 15. C.D. Jimmy Jazz And Me

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Bumper Crop, July 26, 2000

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skip austin (Newmarket , NH) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Bumper Crop (Audio CD)

I lost 5000 albums burn in a fire and of all the the Boston/New York/West Coast Punk and Psychadalia in my collection this still rates in my top 10, 5 years later, just from memory. Loud? Obnoxious? Absoulutly!Pure inspired Punk rock. I always hoped for at least one more song to play. Thank You Peter Prescott for the records and the shows!