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Oedipus Schmoedipus by Billy Mackenzie Barry Adamson Jarvis Cocker Nick Cave (CD, 1996)

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Barry Adamson - Oedipus Schmoedipus ( CD, Digipak, Mute, 1996, Made in Australia. Cardboard case is worn on corners and edges CD has some light scratches In good condition, some wear and tear from being used, please refer to photos and feel free to ask questions. All cd's sent with tracking Free postage Australia wide, international postage available at additional cost

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Product Identifiers

Record Label
Mute
UPC
5016025611348
eBay Product ID (ePID)
27050171815

Product Key Features

Release Year
1996
Format
CD
Genre
Alternative, Rock
Artist
Billy Mackenzie, Barry Adamson, Jarvis Cocker, Nick Cave
Release Title
Oedipus Schmoedipus

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Country/Region of Manufacture
USA
Number of Discs
1
Reviews
Rolling Stone (10/31/96, p.70) - 3 Stars (out of 5) - "...Barry Adamson creates soundtracks for his own drama-filled dream world, one in which the film composers Elmer Bernstein and John Barry are patron saints, darkened streets are always slick with rain, men are men, and women are molls..." Q (9/96, p.107) - 4 Stars (out of 5) - "...shifts wildly between extreme genres. Everything from languid hip hop and avant sample collages through to atmospherically charged Badalamenti-like cocktail jazz is explored here with...claustrophobic obsessiveness..." Alternative Press (12/96, p.68) - 4 (out of 5) - "...Embracing nourish jazz, film-score instrumentals and the rhythms of hip hop and rock, OEDIPUS SCHMOEDIPUS is a kaleidoscopic hotbed of neuroses, stained sheets and the fairy-tale double-cross..." Option (11-12/96, p.90) - "...combines lounge jazz, spoken word, sampling and storytelling into something messy, compelling and ultimately undefinable. Equal parts instrumental set piece and some sort of bizarre, vaguely Germanic cabaret..." Melody Maker (12/21-28/96, pp.66-67) - Ranked #33 on Melody Maker's list of 1996's `Albums Of The Year.' Melody Maker (7/27/96, p.47) - Bloody Essential - "...arguably the best yet, honing Adamson's finely tuned senses of humour, suspense and horror to their keenest edges, fusing slinky jazz, deft hip hop beats, atonal soundscapes and fully blown gospel for one roller coaster ride through this man's psyche..." Musician (12/96, pp.92-93) - "...Ex-Bad Seed Adamson saddles R&B atmospheres and melancholy jazz forays upside ominous orchestrations and enigmatic spoken word....he draws from a well of uneasy listening....Adamson works this magic with rapt instrumental detail and seamless production." NME (Magazine) (7/27/96, p.50) - 7 (out of 10) - "...a sort-of-concept album about `suppressed desire, repulsion and yearning'.....moody, mainly instrumental and never afraid to do the dance of the mad doodle with a glockenspiel..."
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Personnel includes: Jarvis Cocker, Nick Cave, Billy MacKenzie (vocals). After some releases with more of a beat-heavy pop feel, Adamson moves back -- sort of -- into the land of noirish soundtrack. Unlike Moss Side Story, it's not really a soundtrack with repeated themes and motifs. A lot of pieces establish soundtrack-like moods, but the flow never builds up momentum of its own. As individual soundscapes, though, the tracks (largely instrumental) are reasonably impressive, whether it's burlesque-type fare, a takeoff on Miles Davis, or lounge jazz. If noir is what you want, "It's Business as Usual" is especially creepy, with its neurotic answering machine messages nearly buried under waves of disquieting sounds; achieving a similar effect; in an entirely different manner, is "Vermillion Kisses," a fairytale narrative with a morbid ending. Nick Cave adds a guest vocal to (and co-writes) "The Sweetest Embrace"; Pulp's Jarvis Cocker can be heard (and co-writes) another cut. Adamson's skill in layering and devising unusual sound textures still qualifies him as one of experimental rock's more imaginative composers and producers. But on the more rock-oriented pieces, he's using too many of those damn beat boxes for his own good. ~ Richie Unterberger

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