Pre-Order Thread

[dbarila]

There's no way this album/band did not influence The Antlers is some manner. Very similar sound here.

Making that judgement before you even heard the follow up to this one that's all piano, keyboards, strings and horns for instrumentation.

 

[jamieanderson1968]

What insights of value would your car have about you if it were going to narrate your story?

For the love of god, please stop signing along to Mamma Mia

 

[AudioAce]

If anyone wants to check out Arctic Monkeys performing something off the new album.

I'll pick it up. TBH+C was an interesting album and some moments off of it really caught my attention (Four Out of Five outro, production on Star Treatment, the lyric "Kiss me underneath the moon's side boob")

This song they played live sounds closer to AM which is cool. My favourite album is still tied between the debut and Humbug, and I know they may never sound like those ever again, but I'm glad they are trying something new.

 

[MikeH]

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​ Two late-‘90s alternative rock classics in desperate need of a vinyl resurrection…it’s almost enough to make us go out and get some tattoos and piercings (but our wives might make us go live at the warehouse)!

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​ Wielding a sonic death ray composed of metal, industrial, and rap (with trace elements of camp), Powerman 5000’s 1999 release Tonight the Stars Revolt! pulverized everything in its path on the way to a million-selling Top 30 release boasting a pair of hits in “When Worlds Collide” and “Nobody’s Real” (and a killer cover of the Cars’ “Good Times Roll”). Rob Zombie’s younger brother Spider One’s obsession with ‘50s pulp science fiction holds the whole thing together, right down to the Amazing Stories-inspired graphics that we’ve faithfully recreated on the matte-finish album and inner sleeve to this, its FIRST-EVER vinyl release. Seldom has there been an album more suited to the visual and aural pop of the LP format…brace for impact! Coke clear with bright yellow streaks pressing (look lively for that hidden bonus track at the end of side two).

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[MikeH]

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​ The second (1998) release from the British expat group Spacehog, The Chinese Album was originally conceived as the soundtrack for a movie called Mungo City; the movie never got made but thankfully the album retained the glam/power pop song by the same name (which, in a just universe, would have been a big hit)! This record never really got its due, partly because the band took three years to follow up on the success of their debut album Resident Alien (which we also reissued and finally have back in stock) and its hit “In the Meantime.” But The Chinese Album, in many ways, is a much more fully-realized work than its predecessor; instead of merely playing at being a glam-rock band, Spacehog here crafts a fully-realized sound and aesthetic, with nods to such artists as Queen, Badfinger, The Kinks, and even R.E.M. (Michael Stipe makes an appearance on the mellow “Almond Kisses”). And the songwriting (e.g. “Lucy’s Shoe”) is consistently strong, making The Chinese Album one of the late ‘90s’ great lost records. A pink vinyl pressing, nestled next to a 4-page, full-sized, full-color insert holding all the groovy graphics that accompanied the CD release!

 

[DK3]

Finally got shipping from Run Out Groove for Curtis Mayfield from back in December. Not my longest outstanding pre order but close

 

[Nee Lewman]

What insights of value would your car have about you if it were going to narrate your story?

My love of a Cajun filet biscuit from bojangles?

 

[Nee Lewman]

Stop grazing car park pillars you damn idiot.

You have me confused with my dad.

 

[Nee Lewman]

For the love of god, please stop signing along to Mamma Mia

Your car knows ASL? Cool.

 

[Wes C. Attle]

There's no way this album/band did not influence The Antlers is some manner. Very similar sound here.

And there’s no way this band and Chris Walla weren’t listening to Jeff Buckley while making this album

 

[Nee Lewman]

Exactly, and that's what makes it a stupid idea for a concept album.

I assume at least fifty percent of the population is more interesting than me.

 

[TenderLovingKiller®]

Are you attracted to 5-packs-a-day Serge Gainsbourg?

I am.

 

[Nee Lewman]

The Transporters car could tell some tales. The car from Driving Ms Daisy would be interesting… etc etc .

 

[TenderLovingKiller®]

The Transporters car could tell some tales. The car from Driving Ms Daisy would be interesting… etc etc .

They are making a “sequel” to Farris Bueller's Day Off and the pitch was what did the valet’s do with Cameron’s dad’s Ferrari after the gang dropped it off at the garage to put all those miles on it.

 

[Corycm]

The Transporters car could tell some tales. The car from Driving Ms Daisy would be interesting… etc etc .

I had a 1980 Caprice Classic that had some knowledge.

 

[jamieanderson1968]

The Transporters car could tell some tales. The car from Driving Ms Daisy would be interesting… etc etc .

You DO NOT want to hear what Herbie the Love Bug has to say. He is a total sicko

 

[some.other.simon]

 

[MikeH]

The only car with anything interesting to say is Bumblebee.

and Mr. Bean's car.

 

[folsom_lives]

*Click and Clack The Tappet Brothers have entered the chat*

 

[TenderLovingKiller®]