Tiger Banana

Mark Robinson | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (October 14, 2000)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Teenbeat Records
• ASIN: B0000523K6
• In-Print Editions: MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 3.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #660,651 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

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4.0 out of 5 stars Indie Pop With A Proper Name, April 15, 2001

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Graciela M. Guardado (Davis, California United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Tiger Banana (Audio CD)

After numerous bands (Unrest, Air Miami, Flin Flon, Grenadine) and various solo projects (Olympia Death Squad) Mark Robinson comes out with a proper solo album under his own name. Tiger Banana, under the Warm Series, delivers indie pop that is just as sweet as a summer's day. The songs here are an escape from the dark days of Unrest and the heavy bass sound of Flin Flon. These songs are melodic and very simple, proving that less is more. The guitar work is made of light chords but when matched with Mark's polished vocals one gets ear candy. Backed by members of Versus, Mark creates beautiful harmonies like on Volunteers Conquering Fires. I would call this track, one of the best off the album. On French Good Looks, he makes quiet sexual references but one is so captivated by the sincerity of the music it goes unnoticed. This is truely his best work in recent years. His highly experimental album Taste, under the EM series, fell on deaf ears ... or it made you deaf. It was mostly constructed of spliced sine waves which sound like the emergency broadcast system. The warm series proves to be as its name suggests. I can't wait to hear his new album, Canada's Green Highways. Tiger Banana is definetly an album any fan of TEENBEAT RECORDS should own.

3.0 out of 5 stars Minimalist pop from Unrest guy, March 18, 2001

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William Merrill "eclecticist" (San Antonio, TX United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Tiger Banana (Audio CD)

Although Mark Robinson has released previous CDs that were essentially solo releases ("Olympic Death Squad" et al), this is his first full CD under his own name. Mark is the head honcho of Teenbeat Records and was leader of Unrest as well as Air Miami and other ensembles. TIGER BANANA is an enjoyable disc, consisting mainly of Mark singing softly, accompanied only by his own electric guitar chords. The guitar chords are usually very simple, but the vocal melody is always woven in nicely, resulting in a very pleasing sound. I do recommend you save the outer CD card, since the digipak contains almost zero information about the CD -- no song list, no album title -- nothing except a Teenbeat catalog listing.