Lido

Faith Healers | Format: Audio Cassette

Product Details

• Audio Cassette (October 13, 1992)
• Label: Elektra / Wea
• ASIN: B000005ISK
• Also Available in: Audio CD  |  Vinyl  |  MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (8 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,095,654 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars MASTERPIECE, January 19, 2003

By A Customer

This review is from: Lido (Audio CD)

A friend popped this album in during a drunken night in Oakland, California. No plans for going out...just relaxing outside on the "patio" with a bunch of friends. After awhile, I began to notice the initially subtle background drone that began to encompass the outdoor space. What the hell is this I asked my friend? Th' Faith Healers he said. Damn this is good!! I bought the album the next day at Amoeba for $$$(!!), along with Mogwai's 10 Rapid--another amazing discovery from the prior night. So, Lido...what can I say? I hate to use this abused, cheesey term....but this album ROCKS! Long, heavy guitar drones with superimposed looping, sultry vocals...over and over again. A true masterpiece. Shocking that it never became more popular, at least in this country. By this album, sit back, have a few drinks, or whatever else you are going to do, and pop this album in. It will blow you away.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars "A Word of Advice...", March 15, 2010

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This review is from: Lido (Audio CD)

Sounding truly massive and monolithic with a big stinky groove to propel it along, "Spin 1/2" was the track that introduced me to this band and led me to this release in 1993. Sometimes very heavy on the distortion throughout ("This Time"), guitarist Tom Cullinan knows how to create dynamic tension through building its presence within many of the tracks, be it combined with purposeful noodling ("A Word of Advice", heavily modulated feedback ("Reptile Smile"), or fluid, amplified, in-the-pocket grooving ("Don't Jones Me"). Muddied heavily at other times, it serves as an aural counterpoint to the mantric lyric chanting of vocalist Roxanne Stephens ("Love Song", "Moona-inna-Joona" and "Hippy Hole).The group also serve up an inspired cover of Can's "Mother Sky". There is a hypnotic, trance-like quality to "Lido" that demands replay to reveal the textures hidden underneath, and it does reward an attentive listener with (while not sartori) something close to a state of temporary elevation.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars offbeat and beguiling - perfecto!, January 13, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: Lido (Audio CD)

I am english, so naturally I have the english copy. Lido was mainly writtan by tranced up guitar guru Tom Cullinan, now in the avant garde popsters quickspace. From the opening track 'this time' to the zinging seven miniute closer 'spin 1/2.' Sounding like a cross between maria callas and Can (Funnily enough they cover Mother sky...), this album winks and nods at many artists sounds, like Serge gainsbourgs rolling basslines and sonic youths, well, sonic freakouts. Offbeat and beguiling this album is perpetuating a sound of London avant garde music without ever disapeering up its arse and keeping tight to their own ideologies without ever becoming precious, and the cover photograph of a camping site adds mystery to english holidays without ever becoming nostalgic or sentimental. Cullinan and his chums - perfecto. BUY!BUY!BUY!

Dip.xxx