Gold Mother

James

Product Details

• Audio CD (September 4, 1990)
• Original Release Date: August 1990
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Polygram Records
• ASIN: B000001FXL
• Also Available in: Audio CD  |  Audio Cassette  |  Vinyl  |  MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 3.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #359,885 in Music (See Bestsellers in Music)

Track Listings

1. Come Home

2. Lose Control

3. Government Walls

4. God Only Knows

5. You Can't Tell How Much Suffering (On a Face That's Always Smiling)

6. How Was It for You?

7. Sit Down [Version]

8. Walking the Ghost

9. Gold Mother

10. Top of the World

Editorial Reviews

Product Description

German version of the alternative act's 1990 album. Includes their huge hit, 'Sit Down'. Featuring a different tracklist than the original domestic version now deleted. 'Sit Down'and 'Lose Control' replace 'Crescendo' and 'Hang On'. Standard jewel case. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

2 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars 's good., February 10, 2001

By	G. Moses "theonlytruegeo" (Men...Of...The...Sea!) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

This review is from: Gold Mother (Audio CD)

I find it somewhat troubling that this edition apparently goes the route of the repackaging entitled 'James' by replacing Hang On and Crescendo (good songs, mind) with Sit Down and Lose Control--which are already readily available on the Best of.., you know. Hence, only three stars. I hate it when record companies feel the need to screw around with albums to try to sell a few more copies.

Still, it's good. I have to say, Government Walls and the anti-religion song the name of which escapes me right now don't really work very well, though. Too topical, even if I more or less agree with the sentiments expressed. That just doesn't sound like James; it's the same reason Greenpeace and Go to the Bank off of Whiplash were iffy. But otherwise, it's good, even if the loss of Hang On and Crescendo (I have the deleted American edition, and you should try to find it too) is extremely uncool. The highlight has to be the title track, with completely ridiculous yet at the same time, somehow, utterly wonderful lyrics.

Bah. I think this is James's third-best album, after Seven and Laid. You oughta buy it.