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Take Fountain

Wedding Present

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Genre : Rock & Pop Catalogue Number : TONECD020
Number of Discs : 1 Label : Scopitones
Release Country : UK
Format : CD

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Wedding Present

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             US Edition   ¥1,500     15 Feb 2005  

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From the start, Cinerama was not a drastic diversion from the Wedding Present. David Gedge rounded off whatever remaining edges were left in the Weddoes' sound and developed a crack chamber pop group. Softer songs off Watusi and Saturnalia, such as Catwoman, 2, 3 Go, and Real Thing, dropped hints. Gedge's gruff yelps vanished, replaced by bedroom whispers; roaring electric guitars were swapped out for delicate acoustic strums, with extensive use of strings, brass, woodwinds, and keyboards. After Cinerama released their first album, they began to sound more and more like the Wedding Present, to the point where the two groups were virtually indistinguishable from one another. In 2004, Gedge and his associates began recording the fourth Cinerama album with Watusi producer Steve Fisk and resurfaced instead with the sixth Wedding Present album. To no surprise, Take Fountain sounds just like Cinerama and the Wedding Present. Opener Interstate 5 gets it across right off the bat, its first six minutes an effectively repetitive chugging groove that shifts into a drifting hybrid of Ennio Morricone and John Barry for the final two minutes -- a bracing zip up the West Coast turns into a restful gondola ride alongside an Italian village. From then on, the album is populated by a range of three- to four-minute pop songs that you're accustomed to hearing from Gedge. For every hushed, playful passage, there's an explosive chorus, and for every verse dealing with some form of romantic frustration, there's...

a bunch of romantically frustrated verses. Most songs are of the standard that made Gedge one of the most loved indie figures of the '80s and '90s, though the bluntly sexual phrasings that repelled George Best/Tommy-era fans from Watusi, Saturnalia, and everything released by Cinerama remain. Take Fountain is a solid Wedding Present album, one that will satisfy those who have been following Gedge all along. (As an important footnote, the Wedding Present name was reactivated in time to record one final Peel Session before John Peel's passing in October of 2004.) ~ Andy Kellman, Rovi

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Credit
David Gedge(Guitar),  David Gedge(Percussion),  David Gedge(Vocals),  Jeff McGrath(Trumpet),  Jen Kozel(Violin),  Jen Rozel(Violin),  Kari Paavola(Drums),  Kari Paavola(Percussion),  Keri Paavola(Drums),  Simon Cleave(Guitar),  Steve Fisk(Organ),  Steve Fisk(Piano),  Terry De Castro(Bass),  Terry De Castro(Guitar (Bass)),  Don Crevie(French Horn),  Lori Goldston(Cello),  Steve Cresswell(Viola),  Steve Fisk(Vibraphone),  Terry De Castro(Vocals (Background)),  Steve Fisk(Glockenspiel),  Steve Fisk(Mellotron),  David Gedge(Producer),  Greg Norman(Engineer),  Justin Armstrong(Engineer),  Simon Cleave(Producer),  Steve Fisk(Engineer),  Steve Fisk(Producer),  David Gedge(Composer),  David Gedge(Group Member),  Kari Paavola(Group Member),  Noel Summerville(Mastering),  Simon Cleave(Composer),  Simon Cleave(Group Member),  Steve Fisk(Mixing),  Terry De Castro(Group Member),  David Gedge(Orchestral Arrangements),  Matt Evenden(Web Design),  Steve Fisk(Audio Production)

Track List

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    01.
    On Ramp
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    02.
    Interstate 5 (extended version)
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    03.
    Always The Quiet One
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    04.
    I'm From Further North Than You
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    05.
    Mars Sparkles Down On Me
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    06.
    Ringway To Seatac
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    07.
    Don't Touch That Dial (Pacific northwest version)
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    08.
    It's For You
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    09.
    Larry's
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    10.
    Queen Anne
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    11.
    Perfect Blue

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  • ★★★★★ 

    ignorance is a fearsome thing  |  不明  |  29/March/2009

    ライブはただの興業でしかない。ライヴの素晴らしさと音楽作品としての評価を同一視するべきではない。これはデイヴィッド・ゲッジという希代の表現者が商業的な成功から離れて、己の表現を研鑽して辿り着いた新たなステージである。ここから現在の歴史はまた新たな転換点を迎えたのだ。CINERAMAも含めた歴史をきちんと追ってこそ、この作品の凄まじさ、必然性はきちんと理解出来るはずだ。もちろんメンバーは意図した通りの編集されていないUK盤で聞く事は当然である。

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    某  |  さいたま市  |  不明  |  15/March/2009

    悪くないけど昔BizarroとかSeamonstersを聞き浸った者としては若干物足りないです。何か落ち着いてしまったような。ただ、先日の来日公演は圧巻の内容で、終わった後も残響が耳に残る程の衝撃でした。セットリストも大盤振る舞いで、My Favourite Dressまでやってくれて嬉しかったです。あのライブの音響構築をレコードに落とし込む方向に進んでもらいたい。

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    RR  |  JP  |  不明  |  01/February/2005

    追記。US盤はエンハンストCDになっていてプロモビデオが2曲見られますが、UK盤より1曲少ないです。

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