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FINALLY!!!!!!!!, September 23, 2004
This review is from: Tomorrow Belongs to Me (Audio CD)
Yes, I'll order it! Do you have any idea how long I have waited? This is too much! "Give My Compliments to the Chef" is a great number, "Sharks Teeth" is hilarious, "The Tale of The Giant Stone Eater" is a frighteningly prophetic song about the USA - one of the best he ever wrote. And the ending of "Tomorrow Belongs To Me" and "To Be Continued..." breath taking. Most of Alex Harvey is boring compaired to the performances, this is the best studio work. Crazed, artistic and very well done.
Too bad Amazon just told me that I can't have it. Unavailable. Once again trusting Amazon has let me down. Don't bother ordering it. You won't get it. Yes, I'm pissed. I really love this album!
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5.0 out of 5 stars
"The Eater Eats His Fill......, September 4, 2009
This review is from: Tomorrow Belongs to Me (Audio CD)
.....and is not satisfied."
The 1975 release marks the apex of Alex Harvey's artistic vision for the band and a peek into a project that never made it to disk.
The central track is the eco-epic The Tale of the Giant Stone Eater, which is a depressing gaze into a ravaged environment and the excavation (permanent loss) of archeological history. Complete with vocal parts for three characters - commentator, girl, man - Harvey powerfully delivers a timeless, but disturbing, message that is void of the tongue-in-cheek hi-jinks found on a large portion of his songwriting.
Action Strasse, Give My Compliments to the Chef, Sharks Teeth and the title track (from the stage show Cabaret) is solid performance art, with the band - Zal Cleminson (g), Chris Glen (b), Hugh McKenna (k), Ted McKenna (d) - in full flight. To Be Continued...(Hail Vibrania!) is a glance into the Vibrania/Vambo rock opera that Harvey had hinted at during gigs and in interviews for a number of years. But what arguably would have been his grandest canvas in a legendary career never made it to vinyl due to a number of professional issues.
SAHB was stretching their boundaries musically while maintaining a hefty touring schedule. Tomorrow was today for the group, as Harvey successfully demonstrated that the band could capture the incredible live energy in the studio.
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