Shag Tobacco

Gavin Friday

Product Details

• Audio CD (January 23, 1996)
• Original Release Date: 1996
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Polygram Records
• ASIN: B000001E8D
• Also Available in: Audio Cassette
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (7 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #86,494 in Music (See Bestsellers in Music)

Customer Reviews

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6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Voice that melts butter..., July 3, 2004

By	A. Stepaniak (Portland, OR USA) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

Gavin Friday is a very talented and varied artist, and his 'Shag Tobacco' is an album you will most certainly want to own. Mr. Friday's haunting vocals are superb, his voice ranging from deep and sultry, to a falsetto, to a teasing lounge lizard. Each song presents you with a different atmosphere, never giving into one style. Maurice Seezer's masterful playing of many instruments adds a whole new layer to Gavin's vocals. From the accordion to the bass flute (which is very beautiful and rarely heard ever, as far as my musical knowledge takes me), it's like a fine icing on a cake full of surprises. I'm really good at metaphors.

In any case, if you enjoy the sort of mellow/in-your-face sort of experimental music, get this album now. Actually, get it now anyway. It's that good.

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Should be part of any comprehensive 90's music collection, May 17, 2003

By	Fan of Odd and New Soundscapes (Bayarea, Californa USA) - See all my reviews

This is one of the best future sounds of the nineties. Gavin Friday is what you can describe as one of the last true artists of the music comunity. He's helped composed for U2's Actung Baby and Zooropa which speaks volumes about where he's from and where's he's going musically. Shag Tobacco is handsdown one of the most fabulous albums in the past decade. Ultra abientism meets rock edginess and blends with jazzy downtempo techno remeniscent of New Order and Radiohead on valium. Combine that with beautifully poetic, hypnotically sensual,quikily cocky, and depressingly fatalistic lyrics, and you've got an album that is not an accident...but a distinctly, well planned work of a modern musical genius.

7 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Hold her close as the world ends, November 30, 2004

By	A. Miner (Stateless) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

This album is driving along the river on a rainy summer night, cityscape shining in the windows - Chicago - New York - Toronto - London - Paris... Slow dancing on a rooftop while the city burns below. It's holding your lover in a passionate kiss as the world spins out of control. This is the soundtrack for lovers in a dangerous time. Put on that dress, you know your "throw yourself out the window" dress. I'll wear my suit, my wedding ring...