Obliteration Pie [Enhanced, Import]

Robyn Hitchcock | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (August 15, 2005)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Enhanced, Import
• Label: 3d Japan
• ASIN: B0009XE6JO
• Average Customer Review: 3.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #477,695 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Madonna Of The Wasps

2. City Of Women

3. I Fall Into Your Eyes

4. Arms Of Love

5. A Man's Gotta Know His Limitations, Briggs

6. Madelaine

7. Let The Sun Begin

8. My Dreams Are Scars

9. Frank Sinatra Intro To "Wife"

10. My Wife And My Dead Wife

11. Chinese Bones

12. Funkytown

13. Butterfly

14. Queen Elvis

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

11 of 11 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Hardly drippy/trippy, September 16, 2006

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Guy R. Ewald (NYC) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Obliteration Pie (Audio CD)

Unlike the other reviewer here, I was pretty happy with this CD. I didn't pay top import dollar, mind you... I found a used copy for $12.99. The album breaks down as follows:

- 7 new songs recorded in 2003 or thereabouts during the 'Luxor' sessions. The tracks here are bit rockier than the primarily acoustic 'Luxor'.

- 3 re-recordings of songs that originally appeared on the albums Queen Elvis, Eye and Respect. Done in 2005 with Tim Keegan. Enjoyable.

- 3 live recordings, one of which is a typically delightful stream-of-conscious narrative introduction to the song 'My Wife and My Dead Wife.'

- 1 cover version of Lipps Inc.'s 'Funkytown'... an odd choice perhaps, but a bubblegum funk nugget that I've always had a soft spot for.

I was happily surprised by this "rarities" collection; it's not unlike his other "sister" albums 'Mossy Liqueur' and 'A Start For Bram' although maybe not quite as good as either. And once again, I didn't pay top dollar... it is VERY pricey as an import.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Really an extended EP--& a very good one!, February 24, 2008

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Ned Balbo (baltimore, maryland) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Obliteration Pie (Audio CD)

With its cover typeface/color evoking Hitchcock's Ole! Tarantula, Obliteration Pie identifies itself as a companion piece--an expensive one, if you pay full import price for a disc intended for Japan. But OP isn't a "real" album; it's a collection of outstanding odds & ends: tasteful, restrained remakes of classics ("Madonna of the Wasps," "Arms of Love"), alternate takes (a more acoustic "Briggs"), 2 ancient videos, a live track from a classic Bottom Line performance, & strong songs available nowhere else: "City of Women," "Madelaine," "My Dreams Are Scars," and more. Think of OP as an expanded EP and, as such, it's a pleasure: the writing & performances are wonderful.

10 of 24 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Skip dessert, May 25, 2006

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Will Bueche (Boulder, CO) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Obliteration Pie (Audio CD)

Robyn has released two collections recently - Obliteration Pie, and This Is The BBC. You'll want the This Is The BBC. Update: Ok, so people haven't found this review helpful. But I didn't want to speak badly of Robyn Hitchcock. But if that's what people need: This is a terrible collection of drippy/trippy songs. It was probably released in Japan only because it was too awful to release on native-English speakers. It is really, really bad. I hope that improves the usefulness of this review.