What Are You Listening To?

[Music Head]

from my library (cd)



Can never equal those early albums for me, but this 16th album comes out ok. Not many artists can last that long
for me. Four great tracks and four I do not like. Reuniting with the Attractions for the first time since 1986's
Blood & Chocolate, Nick Lowe also shows up here. Mitchell Froom is back at production. Follow up to the out of
bounds The Juliet Letters. His last top 10 there hitting #2 in the U.K. and #34 here. Elvis never was the man here
as he was there. Dumb americans. London's Brilliant Parade is the standout for me with Rocking Horse Road getting
the worst. Singles of Sulky Girl and 13 Steps Lead Down with the former, one of my love tracks.

I LIKE THIS ALBUM

Worst Track - Rocking Horse Road

Best Track - London's Brilliant Parade

Outside my window
Not long before sleep arrives
They come with their sirens
And they sweep away all the boys
Busy draining the joy from their lives
They never said their prayers out loud
And while I'm dreaming
There's a passing motor car
That broadcasts a popular song
And a girl appears to be saying
"Do you think that I'm going to go far?"

[Chorus 1:]
Just look at me
I'm having the time of my life
Or something quite like it
When I'm walking out and about
In London's brilliant parade

She's one of those girls that you just can't place
You feel guilty desiring such an innocent face
But of course they knew that when they cast her
Along with the red Routemaster
And the film takes place in an MGB
And a perfect re-creation of "The Speakeasy"
Everybody looks happy and twisted
Though she probably never existed
For old times' sake
Don't let me awake

I wouldn't want you to walk across Hungerford Bridge
Especially at twilight
Looking through the bolts and the girders
Into the water below
You'll never find your answer there

They sounded the "all-clear" in the occidental bazaar
They used to call Oxford Street
Now the bankrupt souls in the city
Are finally tasting defeat

[Chorus 2:]
Don't look at me
I'm having the time of my life
Or something quite like it
When I'm walking out and about
In London's brilliant parade
When I'm walking out and about
In London's brilliant parade

From the gates of St. Mary's, there were horses in Olympia
And a trolley bus in Fulham Broadway
The lions and the tigers in Regents Park
Couldn't pay their way
And now they're not the only ones

At the Hammersmith Palais
In Kensington and Camden Town
There's a part that I used to play;
The lovely Diorama is really part of the drama, I'd say

[Chorus 1 2x]

1) Pony St. **
audio - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6cFTPlAB4GU
2) Kinder Murder ***
audio - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_r9u5ihTQsI
3) 13 Steps Lead Down **
live - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=olBWaIW2Y44
4) This Is Hell **
5) Clown Strike *
audio - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7VLm_JbpaGs
6) You Tripped At Every Step ***
7) Still Too Soon To Know *
audio - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HCo2LezaDag
8) 20% Amnesia **
9) Sulky Girl ***
audio - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ARfiZTNEO1s
10) London's Brilliant Parade ***
live - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aHRqY96DI5U
11) My Science Fiction Twin **
audio - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WC2epoeiGEU
12) Rocking Horse Road *
live - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9_Gtc5NbpWA
13) Just About Glad **
audio - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vLOaVOS2fP0
14) All The Rage **
audio - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pDH-gQoMkAQ
15) Favourite Hour *
audio - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Db0QeIJrUFA

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

Grade - 2.0

so many albums, so little time