"The decision to open Happy Planet with a cover of the Beach Boys’ Do It Again was certainly an interesting one, but unfortunately, Wall of Voodoo opted to play it safe and offer a relatively limp and straight-faced cover. From there, the album reveals a sound that is now almost completely removed from the band’s origins. Only the occasional twang of Marc Moreland’s guitar serves as a reminder of past glories. (...) If Seven Days in Sammystown is a ground-rule double, this album is a bunt single. Which is not to say that it’s bad; it’s just not all that great".
(Chris Holmes, popdose.com)
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Elvis Bought Dora a Cadillac
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Tracklist:
01 Do It Again
02 Hollywood the Second Time
03 Empty Room
04 Chains of Luck
05 Back In the Laundromat
06 When the Lights Go Out
07 Love Is a Happy Thing / Country of Man
08 Joanne
09 Elvis Bought Dora a Cadillac
10 The Grass Is Greener
11 Ain't My Day
Excellent thanks for sharing, I really like how the trumpets sound.
Not as great as Sammystown? Well, that is just, like, your opinion, man... :D
According to Andy, with Happy Planet they wanted to take the 50's and 60's nostalgia, and drag it through the 70's and 80's, resulting in something close to an affectionate parody, but a bit more sarcastic. They referenced a lot of great artists and celebrities of the past in the songs.
Maybe that will explain why the album sounds the way it does.
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