Ween Shinola (vol1)

1. Tastes Good on th' Bun
2. Boys Club
3. I Fell In Love Today
4. Big Fat Fuck
5. Gabrielle
6. Did You See Me?
7. How High Can You Fly
8. Transitions
9. Israel
10. Rift
11. Monique the Freak
12. Someday

If you have never heard of the legendary band Ween, you are missing out on some of the most ingenious music of our time. Their earlier stuff was very experimental and a bit disjunctive.

Well white Pepper was for me the breakthrough album and really had some sweet tunes, the melody of flutes of Chi was absolutely superb. Shinola vol 1 is a collection of unreleased material and as it is vol 1 may be the first in a series. All 12 tunes are superb and really good quality songs. Did you see me has that melody from flutes of Chi and is superb. Big fat fuck is funny and
has a little heavier earlier edge to it. Anyhow if you can find this album get it , its brilliant.

I will give it 9/10 and recommend it to anyone who is a little open minded with music. If its Celine Dion you like leave alone.

Check out this video someone made for the song "Did you see me?"

Cranes - Self Titled album 2008

1. Diorama
2. Worlds
3. Feathers
4. Wires
5. Panorama
6. Wonderful Things
7. Collecting Stones
8. Invisible
9. Move Along
10. Sleepwalking
11. High and Low

I just don't like this new album. I have bought all the cranes cd's and always been a bit of a fan. The combination of grinding guitars and heavenly vocals really did it for me. But as the time has gone buy the=y have lost the noise and it's just Allison Shaws vocals and some tinkering music. The first song Diorama sounds like music from a jewelery box... Damn it is annoying.

Well I thought things would get better but they didn't really , its more repetitive tinkering and Allison singing with her 12 year old vocals.

The album really sounds like they chucked it together in a couple of days. It seems a bit all over the place. I thought by song 5 Panorama maybe the album would come together, but no it gets worse. If you enjoyed the Tragedies of Orestes and Electra album, then this is for you. It is extremely boring and yes, song 5 "panorama" is sung in French.

This is definitely one of the wost Cranes albums. If you liked the early stuff , stay away from this. Buy it only if you enjoyed the boring frenchy stuff..

This is what a crane sounds like:
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My rating 4/10 and that's only because Allison Shaw sings like a heavenly girl..

This is what Cranes sound like: