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8 of 8 people found the following review helpful:
One of his best ...
despite what everyone , including the Captain himself says ..I love ALL the tunes on here including "Magic Be"I play this one more than most of his others , mainly as it's in my car permanently .. I also dig the dreaded Blue Jeans and Moonbeams disc too.. Pompadour Swamp? You bet!! I remember when Unconditionally Guaranteed came out on vinyl in UK It was great then...
Published on July 10, 2005 by David Booker
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4 of 6 people found the following review helpful:
You've got it all wrong!
Beautiful Melodies, Whimsical Lyrics, Sweet love songs...Please! The history of this little foray by Don VanVliet into the commercial wasteland known as Pop music is well known... He agreed under duress to do this commercial crap to boost his record sales!...Check out one of the album covers. On one of these Mercury misery madcaps, it depicts the Captain holding fists...
Published on August 3, 2001 by Gregory B Pschaida
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8 of 8 people found the following review helpful:
One of his best ..., July 10, 2005
despite what everyone , including the Captain himself says ..I love ALL the tunes on here including "Magic Be"I play this one more than most of his others , mainly as it's in my car permanently .. I also dig the dreaded Blue Jeans and Moonbeams disc too.. Pompadour Swamp? You bet!! I remember when Unconditionally Guaranteed came out on vinyl in UK It was great then ,and it's great now .. only thing wrong with it- not enough music .. a rather short listen .Sad there will never be any more New Captain Beefheart releases .. BUT there are TWO new ones by the recently reformed Magic Band ..The EXCELLENT 'Back to the Front , and a 'live' one released in JULY 05; called " 21st Century Mirror Men".. a revitalised Magic Band .. playing their asses off .. Drumbo , Rocket Morton et al ..
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9 of 10 people found the following review helpful:
Safe As. . .Well, Milk., June 18, 2004
'Purists' hate it, but who cares about purists? I think it's great stuff. 'Sugar Bowl' is hilarious and affecting both musically and lyrically, especially in light of the fact that this was originally released in England on the 'experimental' Virgin Records . Sounds like something you might hear on Radio Disney these days in some Beefheartian matter/antimatter warp, and that's a compliment to both the Captain and Radio Disney. The album as a whole, though, was too weird for the casual listener and not weird enough for the purists. Well, there you go. Perfect. This is the melodic and accessible side of Beefheart and the world would be a poorer place without it. Listen to it back-to-back with SAFE AS MILK and pretend it's a double album.
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6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:
Lyrically beautiful Beefheart -- Deal with it!, February 15, 2001
Sure, this album is nothing like Beefheart's early stuff, and Beefheart so-called "purists" despise it (as you can amply read here) but, taken on its own merits, this is wonderful music! There are no laser beans, cellular sailboats, or hair pie bakes here either, just sweet romantic lyrics sung with great affection.There are a couple of semi-dud tracks, but also real jewels. "This Is The Day" contains one of the world's all-time great laid-back guitar solos (I can't wait to see the purists' reaction to that claim :-) "Lazy Music" is another laid-back gem. I spent 25 years looking for a fresh copy of this album and its stylistic twin "Bluejeans & Moonbeams," and I'm delighted. Come to think of it, I'm off to write the same review for "Bluejeans" right now.
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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:
Not so Bad Really......., April 29, 2001
I must admit when I first heard this back in 1974 I was as disappointed as most Beefheart fans.But here it is 2001 and I probably play this as often as any of my other Beefheart albums.(I have them all).Maybe I am just getting old.Peaches,Full Moon Hot Sun,Sugar Bowl,and most of the others are all fine,childlike songs sung with the unmistakable Beefheart growl.The instrumentation,while far from groundbreaking by Beefhearts standards,is still quite good.My daughter and I listened to this alot when she was younger.While I agree that Bluejeans and Moonbeams was pretty bad with a couple of exceptions,I think this record has been unjustly maligned.Seems its just not cool to like it.....LATE ADDITION... The notion that this album was the result of "Record company pressure" is an absurd oft repeated rumor.After the "Strictly Personal" fiasco there was no way that Beefheart was ever going to release an album that wasn't EXACTLY the way he wanted it to be.Does Beefheart regret the record-yes.But record company pressure...come on.Can you imagine any song from this album being played on the radio in any era..let alone the mid 70s.It is just a not bad sounding change from a unique individual.Nothing more,nothing less.
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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:
from the vaults..., June 29, 1999
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I stumbled upon this one among my dad's old reel-to-reels, and like all the best "finds" I had few preconceptions beforehand. I was well aware of Beefheart's insane side, but that's about it. These songs are a breath of fresh air, incredible in their pure quality. I definitely recommend this album if you're in the mood for songwriting with that small difference which adds something special.
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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:
a love album!, April 11, 1999
Captain at one of his bests. As said before: "The most beautiful love album of all times." Weird, insane, delightful, amusing! Newer than the newest music!
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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:
i love this album, July 6, 2006
why would anybody knock this album? Sure, it's not Captain beefheart at his most bizarre, but it sure is musical. He was trying to be more commercially accessible at this point in his career, but who cares? This is a great CD.
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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:
YOU GOT IT ALL WRONG, January 11, 2001
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For the nay-sayers below, and all CB music lovers, this collection of blues-tinged acoustic & electric rock is one the Captain's best. One's gotta give him the credit for going acoustic and exploring new ground on songs like "Happy Love Song" to wild-man harp blowing on "Full moon, Hot Sun", and a gentle, yet electrically sweet anthem in "This is the Day". The rest is a jammin' time, and I dare you to play this and not get "booglarized". Its such great Lo-yo-yo stuff!For those who gave it two stars, you must have two tin ears.
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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:
Still Safe, May 10, 2007
'Purists' might hate it, but who cares about purists? It's great stuff. 'Sugar Bowl' is hilarious and affecting both musically and lyrically, especially in light of the fact that this was originally released in England on the 'experimental' Virgin Records . Sounds like something you might hear on Radio Disney these days in some Beefheartian matter/antimatter warp, and that's a compliment to both the Captain and Radio Disney. The album as a whole, though, was too weird for the casual listener and not weird enough for the purists. Well, there you go.
This is the more melodic and accessible side of Beefheart and the world would be a poorer place without it. Listen to it back-to-back with SAFE AS MILK and pretend it's a double album.
By the way, this 2006 reissue makes the previous one obsolete. The sound is far clearer, far crisper. Just like the songs.
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4 of 6 people found the following review helpful:
You've got it all wrong!, August 3, 2001
Beautiful Melodies, Whimsical Lyrics, Sweet love songs...Please! The history of this little foray by Don VanVliet into the commercial wasteland known as Pop music is well known... He agreed under duress to do this commercial crap to boost his record sales!...Check out one of the album covers. On one of these Mercury misery madcaps, it depicts the Captain holding fists full of dollars...Signal to fan's... I've sold my soul to the devil! "IT AIN'T ME" Most certainly, Don regreted the creation of, and is still embarassed by the very existance of these albums. Proves one thing though, this blues boy has enough talent to make even the most superficial material sound pretty damned good. Although it's total tripe...Somehow I still find this wierdly fashioned, sugar coated music, hilariously delicious!
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