CRAZY-HORSE Wrote:

THE CHURCH "the blurred crusade" cd,1982. #10 AU.

second album by these grossly underrated aussie guys...
apart from this album and maybe one or two others they didnt really make much impact on the charts here, more of a cult following....but they still release albums(their last one was a couple of years ago) and they still tour this country on an annual basis,sometimes as a band, and sometimes acoustically, and they still get rave reviews for their shows!
this album is sort of a mix between new wave,psychadelia and bits of prog rock type sounds,
these guys should have been huge worldwide but like Nick Cave chose to do their own thing and not succumb to the pressures of record company executives to 'make it big'.
they are now highly regarded in the industry here as 'living legends' but without the chart success to show for it!

I LOVE THIS ALBUM

worst track: field of mars
best track: almost with you

tracks:

1. almost with you ***
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UeDRhKaB6z4 live
2. when you were mine **
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AOxqReUTntk live
3. field of mars **
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0W0KsPFJvwM audio
4. an interlude ***
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-qgPfzhSOLs audio
5. secret corners **
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xn4qMB3Hruk audio
6. just for you ***
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QUvk9G1hOTM audio
7. a fire burns **
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=amSX90m0pnY audio
8. to be in your eyes ***
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-4Yl9INVnls audio
9. you took **
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WIHfbDrhc1E live
10.dont look back **
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-Z8LnhF6AkY audio

3s=4
2s=6
1s=0

rating: 2.4

phew!, thats it for today....next up, Elvis Costello "spike", then George Harrison "cloud nine"

Music Head Wrote:from my library (vinyl)



Howard's second album, after his debut went #1 in England. This one fared almot as well, going to #2 there, and the
only one to crack the top 10 here in the states. Five singles released from here so something had to click. They all
did over there, but only Things Can Only Get Better and No One Is To Blame here. The latter is my only love track,
but there were four that did nothing for me, probably the synthesizer, which I can only take in small doses. Thought
the album would come out better going in, but it does get a like, with not much room to spare. Different track
listing between the UK and US releases, with Specialty and Why Look For The Key replaced by Like To Get To Know You
Well and Bounce Right Back on my copy. The cd release has all of those.

I LIKE THIS ALBUM

Worst Track - Automaton

Best Track - No One Is To Blame

1) Things Can Only Get Better **
video - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MJE5cBGgTSU
2) Life In One Day **
audio - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DheauKIQVZw
3) No One Is To Blame ***
video - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4Fiba80YVyM
4) Dream Into Action **
live - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C-63BqKsu1E
5) Like To Get To Know You Well **
video - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1JnAFCOzdUE
6) Assault And Battery *
audio - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XUb4UYu8vUs
7) Look Mama **
video - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yhXmFDf4vFM
8) Bounce Right Back **
audio - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EVRR5lMArxw
9) Elegy *
audio - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oSst_eK5Rsw
10) Is There A Difference **
audio - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JKGvdIRY4rU
11) Automaton *
audio - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oIGslvLy7kk
12) Hunger For The Flesh *
audio - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=llz2aqAcC90

3's - 1
2's - 7
1's - 4

Grade - 1.8
allmusic - 2.4