Question of Temperature

Chris Stamey, Sharon Jones & the Dap-Kings | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (January 25, 2005)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Yep Roc Records
• ASIN: B0006ZRXCC
• Also Available in: Audio CD  |  MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 3.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #132,255 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Editorial Reviews

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As a member of early-‘80s underground pop darlings The dBs, Chris Stamey played John Lennon to partner Peter Holsapple’s Paul McCartney. After spending most of the last two decades as a sought-after producer (Whiskeytown, Matthew Sweet) in his home state of North Carolina, Stamey has dusted off the mothballs with two solo releases in as many years: the adult-pop journal Travels in the South and this full-throttle collaboration with Yo La Tengo (whose New Wave Hot Dogs was produced by Stamey) and assorted high-flying guests pounding out selections from the Stamey catalog and a sprinkling of choice cover songs. While Stamey’s tinny voice is better suited for quieter moments like Television’s "Venus" and Tift Merritt’s "Plainest Thing," he garners inspiration from several of Ira Kaplan’s customary guitar flare-ups, as in the 10-minute-long "McCauley Street (Let's Go Downtown)," to give rebirth to the Yardbirds’ "Shapes of Things," Cream’s "Politician" and the unambiguous star of this collection—Les McCann’s and Eddie Harris’ late-sixties anti-war chant "(Let’s Make It Real) Compared to What." --Scott Holter

Product Description

Includes bonus track. Vine. 2005. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Chris Stamey with Yo La Tengo, October 6, 2009

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KCB (Santa Clara, CA United States) - See all my reviews

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This review is from: Question of Temperature (Audio CD)

Hmmm ... I really don't understand the negative reviews for this. Well, in one sense I do. I am not that familiar with Chris Stamey or the dBs. So I wouldn't know what to expect from that point of view. But I have almost everything YLT has done. So from the standpoint of being a Yo La Tengo fan, I really dig this CD. Anyone out there who is a YLT fan knows that to be a fan of that band, you have to be open to the very large diversity of music and styles that they have incorporated into their catalog over the years. I simply see this as one more dimension to what they have already done. To me, this is a "Yo La Tengo with Chris Stamey" release, similar to what they did with Jad Fair previously. I strongly recommend this disc ... to YLT fans. :-)

4 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars back to the studio, May 3, 2005

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Rankin Fred (Philadelphia, PA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Question of Temperature (Audio CD)

I bought this cd because of Chris Stamey's work with the the dB's and his talent as a producer. None of the covers on this disc really compares favorably with the originals and the original songs are nowhere near as strong as his contributions to the dB's albums or his production efforts. If you are interested in this artist check out the early works of the dB's,try to find a copy of Mavericks w/Peter Holsapple or listen to his production of Whiskeytown, Yo La Tengo and Alex Chilton among others.

1 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars unfortunate, May 19, 2007

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Ronald B. Smith "the lizard knows" - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Question of Temperature (Audio CD)

I love most of Stamey's solo stuff, I like YoLaTengo...but how did they get the idea to do a joint-live-covers disk....just doesn't work