CD reissue Virgin Records Japan 1995 with bonus tracks
Japanese 20-bit remaster
"The Flying Lizards are remembered by most listeners as new wave one-hit wonders thanks to their deliberately eccentric cover of Barrett Strong's Money, which became a surprise chart success in 1979. But the Flying Lizards were in fact the brainchild of David Cunningham, a well-respected avant-garde composer, producer, and visual artist, and it became one of the first salvos in a long and fascinating career".
(Mark Deming, All-Music Guide)
Thanks to the break-away success of the Money (That's What I Want) single, this Dada/Fluxus inspired debut album by The Flying Lizards became an instant sleeper (even being released on 8 track!), and ultimately made it onto a certain generation's list of 'favorite albums of all time' because of it's catchy humor and accessibly abstract qualities. Arty and erratic, but somehow symmetrical, this album has everything from irreverent Zappa/Residents humor and catchy Kraftwerk robotics, to Eno sound-scapes and chilly, Joni Mitchell-esque ballads framed in Cage found-sound hi-jinks. The postmodern subjects of the album are often presented in a quirky and robotic sound that was appropriate for (and slightly ahead of) it's time. Yet for the Lizards, even when the sound of the music is stop/start herky-jerky and Devo-esque, it's mid tempo sound is heavily reverb-ed, spacious and soothing. In some of the album's brightest moments, themes of 80's materialism and Orwellian prophecy are conveyed not with synths, samples and deconstructed 4/4 beats, but with sounds of breezy dub, homemade percussion and the hum-able summer dusk ambiance of your favorite modern suburb".
(markallencam.com)
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Money (That's What I Want)
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Tracklist:
01 Mandelay Song
02 Her Story
03 TV
04 Russia
05 Summertime Blues
06 Money (That's What I Want)
07 The Flood
08 Trouble
09 Events During Flood
10 The Window
11 All Guitars
12 Tube
13 Money (That's What I Want) (single edit)
Saying ELT is eclectic would be on hell of an understatement :) I LOVE it.
Hi Trisha,
Yeah, "eclectic" is my middle name, I strongly feel that all genres are potentially worth investigating - at the end of the day there is only good music and bad music!
My record collection mirrors that wide range of interests and I try my best to bring this blog a little taste of it.
As always, thanks for visiting!
TFL are lo fi in excelsis.
Plese reupload, cause>>>
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Yeah, Rapidshare sucks.
However the reason why I use Multiupload is because that way you'll get several hosts you can choose from (Megaupload, etc.).
I won't be re-uploading just to get a new RS link, sorry.
now it's ok,thanks,great record i've had on vinyl many years ago,and the 12" & singles too...and the 2nd album was even better!
a great musical experience, specially because we are talking about a real classic, something in this format is so good.
As always, Ex Lion Tamer delivers the best of the rest (the forgotten and unpromoted). "We're not worthy" but you keep doing it anyway because Win is the only thing you know.
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