Zeno Beach

Radio Birdman | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (August 22, 2006)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Yep Roc Records
• ASIN: B000FZEQA0
• Also Available in: Audio CD  |  Vinyl  |  MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 4.4 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #242,368 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

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6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Yeah-Hup - really gonna punch you out..., September 15, 2006

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B. Rosenthal "cowpunk1" (North Bergen, NJ United States) - See all my reviews
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Birdman closed their truimphant show in NYC with 'new race' - incredbily phenomenal event. Anyway - if you are a fan of Australian rock then you know it all starts with Birdman, notwithstanding the Saints. Radios Appear & Living Eyes could never be duplcitated. Every tune on these two releases are perfect. The twin guitar assualt of Tek & Mausak blazed ground for other fine bands, of that time, Celibate Rifles, Lime Spiders,Happy Hate Me Nots, SunnyBoys etc. My feeling is that Birdman and all of the offshoots, i.e Visitors, Hitmen, Screaming Tribesmen, New Race, New Christs to name a few, produced some of the best motor city Rock N Roll ever recorded. Most of this stuff was recorded over 20+ years ago and it still kicks. It happened all right, but no one noticed except until recently. Sub Pop changed all that about ten years ago, with the much needed 'Essential Birdman collection'. So 4 out of 6 original members (Sans Gilbert & Keeley) got back and recorded an album, how is it you may ask? Damn good, better then most new music being made today, is it as good as their two classics, not even close. But that is an unfair comparison. Zeno Beach will need several listens before it starts to grow on you. Hoyle's contribtions are the best of the lot, agreed. You have to give them much credit for banging out a new batch of songs prior to playing live. Lets hope this isn't just a one-off recording or tour (see Soft Boys). Seeing them live was a witness to pure magic, watching these 50 yr olds tear it up makes one wonder in the late 70's & early 80's before they imploded how great they must have been to see live. A true war machine.
Now if Weller would only reform The Jam, I could croak a happy man.

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars The Birdmen Fly Agan, August 27, 2006

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MarkF "triffids'n'tentacles" (Canberra, ACT, Australia) - See all my reviews

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I approached the new Radio Birdman album with some trepidation, after all, I had been listening to this band since high school, some 25+ years ago. This was their third or fourth studio album (depending on how you view the differences between the two vinyl versions of 'Radios Appear'. How would it stand up against the brilliance of the original albums?

Whilst the music is strong and the lyrics are good. I was disappointed with the quality of the mix: for much of the album Rob Younger's vocals are buried. The hard edged clarity of the original albums was lacking for much of 'Zeno Beach'. The songs themselves are good and strong, but let down by this flaw in the mix. Fortunately, the latter part of the album has a better sound.

The standout tracks for me were Pip Hoyle's two sublime contributions: 'The Brotherhood of Al-Wazar' and the title track 'Zeno Beach', together with 'Lockdown' and 'We've Come So Far'. All in all, high quality guitar driven rock by people who are old enough to make sense. I caught them live in early August and I must say it was perhaps the best Birdman gig I have been to: the new material stood up well against the classics in the live environment.

Buy this record and see this band. Yeah hup!

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars The True Kings of Rock n Roll, August 30, 2006

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Dano "rock man" (New Jersey USA) - See all my reviews

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Along with the new New York Dolls recording this is the greatest comeback album in rock n roll history.Everyone uses what they have learned from their other bands since the last Radio Birdman album back in 1978(not counting the Live reunion) and apply it to the Birdman formula perfectly.Forget about these stupid new bands(Wolfmother,Datsuns,etc.)and check out the guys that live and breathe rock n roll fire.Though Younger's "New Christs"were excellent and everything Deniz Tek does rocks to all hell,the fact is when these guys get together it's magic.Radio Birdman isn't just a band,it's a legacy.