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Candy Ass
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by Mark Eitzel
Sales Rank: 256120
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List Price: $17.98
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on 11-20-2008.
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1. My Pet Rat Is St Michael
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2. Cotton Candy Tenth Power
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3. Make Sure They Hear
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4. Sleeping Beauty
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5. A Loving Tribute to My City
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6. Homeland Pastoral
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7. Roll Away My Stone
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8. Green Eyes
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9. Cobh
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10. I Am Fassbinder
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11. Song of the Mole
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12. Guitar Lover
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As the vocalist/songwriter for one of the most influential bands to emerge from the '80s – American Music Club – Eitzels sound is constantly changing; from his first solo effort, "60 Watt Silver Lining" through to "The Invisible Man", which was primarily electronic based. He has allowed "Candy Ass" to retain a timeless sound by using both modern and older equipment, layering and interweaving his soundscapes over beds of percussion and drum loops to make some of his most beautiful songs. He also includes three acoustic based tracks including "Sleeping Beauty," which has become a current staple of his recent live shows. Eitzel penned 11 of the 12 songs while "Green Eyes" is a partial collaboration with Calexico. Calexico and Eitzel have long had a mutual admiration as the former originally recorded a cover of "Chanel No 5" for the AMC tribute album. While AMC is Eitzels guitar driven side, his solo albums allow him to explore his electronic tastes more widely from Four Tet to Aphex Twin, and Eno to Mogwai.
Just prior to AMCs breakup in 1995, Eitzel began his solo career in earnest and since then he has released six albums including "West" with REMs Peter Buck, "Caught in a Trap" with members of Sonic Youth and Yo La Tengo and two albums of cover versions. Last year, American Music Club got back together for one of the most anticipated and amazing reunions in ages, with one US scribe declaring "forget about the Pixies reunion, this is the reunion of the decade". Their 2004 album, "Love Songs for Patriots", received widespread critical acclaim.
"Candy Ass" was recorded in San Francisco and London over a three-year period, both before and after the AMC reunion album and tours, and was mixed and mastered in London in June of this year where Eitzel spends much of his time.
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I bought this CD for my niece for her birthday. She is a Lazy Diva, and was appearing in The Vagina Monologues along with about 30 other women. I called her up to ask what she wanted. She said that I should just pick something that I would like, and she would probably like it too. I was going to get her either the new Norah Jones (which is currently #1) or Regina Spektor. I like Norah Jones, but that is too obvious, it being the #1 selling album now, and Regina Spektor, I wasn't really commited to that, but just my MySpace friend is into her. I saw her latest, and then I saw another album that had a woman wearing a Soviet military officer's cap, drinking from a flask. One of the songs (or maybe it was a spoken word piece) was about Soviet Kitsch. I was surprised to learn that this was also Regina Spektor. But when I saw the Mark Eitzel CD, I knew I had stumbled upon the perfect gift. Listening to the samples, I heard a song about a rat that should have been happy being used for lab experiments, because they played it Mariah Carey music. What more could any rat hope for? My niece is going to love this. She said the last CD she bought was by Nick Drake, and this is like, if Nick Drake could have sounded this good, then he wouldn't have commited suicide. Mark must have used Pro Tools to craft the music he heard in his head, and it is really beautiful, intimate music, combining electronic instruments with guitar, voice, and other more traditional sounds. But keep an eye out for a new release by Mark and his band, American Music Club. www.americanmusicclub.com It promises to be shattering of both earth and sky. The entire space time continuoum will be jolted by it.
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Candy Ass
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Price: $17.98
Updated on 11-20-2008.
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