Sixteen Tambourines/Baroque Hoedown

Three O'Clock

Product Details

• Audio CD (September 6, 1993)
• Original Release Date: 1983
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Frontier
• ASIN: B00000DTZ1
• Also Available in: Audio CD  |  Audio Cassette  |  Vinyl  |  MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 4.6 out of 5 stars See all reviews (14 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #104,251 in Music (See Bestsellers in Music)

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Product Description
Reissue of their 1983 album. Includes a cover of the Bee Gee's 'In My Own Time'. Frontier. --This text refers to the Audio CD edition.

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13 of 13 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Two-fer reissue of Los Angeles paisley undergrounders, June 28, 2000

By	hyperbolium (Earth, USA) - See all my reviews (TOP 50 REVIEWER)

This review is from: Sixteen Tambourines/Baroque Hoedown (Audio CD)

This should really be called "Baroque Hoedown/Sixteen Tambourines," given that the EP and LP were issued in this order.

The EP followed the band's name change from The Salvation Army, and showed leader Michael Quercio and his band tripping a bit more flowerly than on their previous LP. The buzzing carnal energy of the Salvation Army had softened by the time of this 'debut', creating a poppier, yet highly psychedelic sound. While some may prefer the Seeds-like punk of the Salvation Army, the Three O'Clock's somewhat more polished approach stands out as the more original. In large part the difference is their proficiency at their instruments, which became progressively less sloppy with each release.

Highlights of the debut include a superb cover of the Easybeats' "Sorry," and four excellent originals. The followup LP, "Sixteen Tambourines" continues in much the same vein, perhaps venturing even further towards bubblegum at the hands of producer Earle Mankey. More excellent originals plus a well-selected cover of the early Bee Gee's tune "In My Own Time."

This CD reissue adds one bonus track, but omits the bonus tracks that accompanyed the French vinyl issues of both EP and LP.

11 of 12 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A moment in time gone forever., November 30, 2004

By	Ben Glenn (The nation's capital) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

This review is from: Sixteen Tambourines/Baroque Hoedown (Audio CD)

The Three O'Clock (a name surely inspired by The Strawberry Alarm Clock) was one of the best alternative bands of the 80s. A central member of L.A.'s "Paisley Underground," the group channeled the sounds of sunshine pop-era groups such as The Monkees, the aforementioned Strawberry Alarm Clock, and The Peanut Butter Conspiracy to fabulous effect, and found in lead singer Michael Quercio the perfect voice to complete their fanciful, if at times esoteric, driving-pop sound. While "16 Tambourines" represents the group's first full-length effort, the "Baroque Hoedown" EP included here is the true gem, with the song "With a Canteloupe Girlfriend" summing up perfectly what The Three O'Clock was all about.

Sadly, the world has changed so much that a revival of happy, psychedelic pop seems unthinkable anymore. But the 80s was overall a highly optimistic era, and The Three O'Clock seized the opportunity to take us to new, if fleeting, highs.

Get this disc!

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars so good..I wish I could eat it, July 10, 1998

By A Customer

This review is from: Sixteen Tambourines/Baroque Hoedown (Audio CD)

This the greatest album..(remember albums?)..of the 80's....Big talk? I dare anyone to leg wrestle me over this. "Jetfighter" and also "And so we Run" are the tip o'the iceberg of the BeeGee filled "Kick-your-ass-butt-into'66...which in full cirle brings us into "In My Own Time" ,penned the the Gibbs themselves. This may sound like a guy into the BeeGees, but these boys do it sooo much better! END