Peel Sessions

Faith Healers, Too Pure | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (November 15, 2005)
• Original Release Date: 2005
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Ba Da Bing
• ASIN: B000BOH940
• Also Available in: Audio CD
• Average Customer Review: 3.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #231,191 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Hippy Hole

2. This Time

3. Reptile Smile

4. S.O.S

5. My Loser

6. Moona Inna Joona

7. I'm Ready

8. Get the F**k Out of My Face

9. See Saw

10. Bulkhead

11. Sparklingly Chime

12. Serge

13. Ooh la La

14. Curly Lips

15. New Number Two

16. Without You

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

17 of 17 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars An unexpected and tasty treat, November 29, 2005

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korova (Varosha) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Peel Sessions (Audio CD)

I had long ago left th' faith healers for dead. All of their original catalog is out of print in the US. No sordid tales of addiction or bad behavior have made it to VH-1 or People magazine. Depressing.

So, news of the release of Peel Sessions immediately caught my eye. Finally, some "new" material from one of the best bands of the early 90's! I think they got a little lost in all the hype surrounding their Too Pure labelmates PJ Harvey and Stereolab and never got the attention they deserved.

This album contains four sessions recorded during 1992-1994. The band is in fine form and the sound quality is excellent. Overall, it's a little less drony than the albums--but the vocals are much more edgy and in-your-face. You even get some cool band pix and witty liner notes, written by singer Roxanne Stephen, in the booklet.

If you're new to TFH, this disc provides a good overview of their career. Completists will dig this for the two covers (Abba and Nilsson/Badfinger) and a big helping of unreleased songs.

All in all, very much worth picking up if you have any interest in TFH. One star deducted for leaving off their first Peel Session (part of the Too Pure Peel Sessions album).

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Brings me back, September 5, 2007

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J. Barbee (Los Angeles, CA United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Peel Sessions (Audio CD)

Back in 1993, I was introduced to th' Healers when they opened for the Breeders and Jon Spencer Blues Explosion. I was immediately drawn to the teasing vocals by Roxanne and the crunchy, semi-drone, inverted bluesy guitar lines that would lull you into a fog before crashing over you in a wall of sound. I ran out and bought both Lido and Imaginary Friend, and spread them around my dorm like a rampant case of mono. The discs made their way gradually to the bottom of my stack, always eluding the "to sell" pile, when I'd flip them back into the CD rotation and realize how unique they still sounded 5 years, 10 years and now almost 15 years later. This collection puts together some of the best work and throws in a couple of excellent covers for good measure. I especially enjoy their version of (of all things!) ABBA's "S.O.S." It sounds like it was meant to rock.

0 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars eehhhhh., August 26, 2008

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jbsd "jbsd" (san diego) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Peel Sessions (Audio CD)

not bad, but kinda grew out of this pretty quick. but definitely better than the studio stuff.