Mirror Stars/Think Pink

The Fabulous Poodles | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (August 11, 2009)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: AMERICAN BEAT
• ASIN: B002E2LW6I
• Average Customer Review: 4.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (10 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #157,226 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Mirror Star

2. Work Shy

3. Chicago Boxcar

4. Oh Cheryl

5. Toytown People

6. Mr. Mike

7. Roll Your Own

8. B Movies

9. Tit Photographer Blues

10. Cherchez La Femme

11. Man with Money

12. Bionic Man

13. Any Port in a Storm

14. (Hollywood) Dragnet

15. Bike Blood

16. Cossack Cowboy

17. Anna Rexia

18. You Wouldn t Listen

19. Suicide Bridge

20. Pink City Twist

See all 21 tracks on this disc

Customer Reviews

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4 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Late-70s lost rock `n' roll classic, September 4, 2009

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hyperbolium (Earth, USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Mirror Stars/Think Pink (Audio CD)

Amid the anarchy of punk rock and the forced quirkiness of new wave a few genuine rock `n' roll bands managed to slip through the cracks. In the UK these bands often derived from the pre-punk pub rock scene, either directly as in the case of Rockpile, or on the tail end as in the case of the Fabulous Poodles. Their flamboyant stage act gave them a jokey veneer, but their records (particularly the debut produced by John Entwistle) were filled with superbly crafted rock `n' roll that combined the melody and drama of Brill Building pop with modern touches and welcome helpings of Bobby Valentino's violin and mandolin.

Vocalist/songwriter Tony De Meur had a flair for dramatizing and adding a touch of humor to stories that feel as if they were drawn from real life, not unlike Ray Davies. He sings as a lonely teenager who grows up to find revenge in stardom, a twenty-something allergic to work, a seductive singing idol, and an overworked and undersexed porn photographer ("they never seem to want to know / a seedy flashgun gigolo"). He celebrates the magic of B-movies, the joy of a perfect haircut (a Chicago Boxcar with a Boston Back - think D-Day in the film Animal House), a bionic dream and a satiric `50s styled rock `n' roll ode to anorexia.

In addition to nineteen group-written tunes, the Poodles cover Mel McDaniel's obscure country blues "Roll Your Own" and the Everly Brothers' "Man With Money." American Beat's two-fer pairs the Poodles first U.S. release, Mirror Stars, which cherry-picks from the group's first two UK albums, with their third and final release, Think Pink. The latter is more pedestrian and forced, particularly in comparison to the former, but Mirror Stars is easily worth the price of this two-fer CD. This is a bare-bones reissue with a four-panel booklet that lists song titles, writers and running times, but offers no liner notes. Mirror Stars: 5 stars. Think Pink: 3-1/2 stars. [©2009 hyperbolium dot com]

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Absolutely no care put into this reissue, August 18, 2010

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James F. Mcdermott "Jim" (NYC NY United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Mirror Stars/Think Pink (Audio CD)

Love the songs, and it's great so see these albums available, BUT: there are glitches on the CD, what sounds like tape dropoffs pretty frequently, and overall the sound is pretty thin, like it was mastered from vinyl. There's an awful, wobbly distorted mess at the beginning of "Chicago Boxcar" that makes you wonder if the engineers listened to the CD before they pressed it. Bummer.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Great old group, October 16, 2009

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Jeff Consoer "jpaul" (Denver, CO USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Mirror Stars/Think Pink (Audio CD)

Read the history of this group in the Amazon description. It pretty much tells the story. A great, irreverent, funny group of musicians who could turn out tunes with some killer hooks. Fun, catchy music.