Nirvana(uk) - All of Us (1968) Remastered

В феврале 1968 группа записала для фильма The Touchables песню All Of Us, которая стала заглавной композицией нового альбома. В него вошла и композиция с нового сингла Rainbow Chaser, где мастерски использовался эффект фазирования, а также трэк со следующей сорокапятки, Girl In The Park.

Выход альбома состоялся, когда фильм уже шел в кинотеатрах. На обложку было решено поставить весьма смелую фотографию - кадр из немецкого пропагандистского фильма гитлеровской эпохи, запечатлевший процессию исторических военачальников, шествующую по усыпанной трупами дороге. Однако музыка была отнюдь не столь мрачной, напротив, она стала более утонченной и изысканной: Алекс и Патрик уже распустили первоначальный состав группы, и музыку теперь исполняли сессионные профессионалы.

Nirvana's second album was dainty period British pop-psychedelia, falling on the lightest shade of that category that could be imagined. For some adventurous pop fans, few higher recommendations could be concocted. For most 1960s collectors, though, it's fair to say that it's too precious and insubstantial to qualify as a major work. Their most well-known song, "Rainbow Chaser," leads off, with its prominent phasing effects; "Tiny Goddess," one of their best ballads, comes next. The rest of the album doesn't measure up to those two tracks, with pretty but not compelling melodies (sometimes reminiscent of, but not in the same class as, Paul McCartney) and orchestration that, like the songs themselves, seem to tiptoe for fear of being too forceful. The overall result is too saccharine, and occasionally even childish. The 2003 Universal/Island CD adds historical liner notes and four non-LP bonus tracks from 1968-1969 singles. Unfortunately, none of these additions are exciting. The three B-sides ("Flashbulb," "Darling Darlane," and "C Side of Ocho Rios"), like all of their B-sides except "I Believe in Magic," sound like throwaways, though "C Side of Ocho Rios" is a nice easy listening jazzy instrumental with choke organ. The other bonus track, "Oh! What a Performance," was actually the A-side of their final Island single in 1969, and is an uncharacteristically straight-ahead keyboard-based rocker, though nothing worth raving about.

~ by Richie Unterberger allmusic.com

tracklist:

1. Rainbow Chaser
2. Tiny Goddess
3. The Touchables(All of Us)
4. Melanie Blue
5. Trapeze
6. The Show Must Go On
7. Girl in the Park
8. Miami Masquerade
9. Frankie the Great
10.You Can Try
11.Everybody Loves the Clown
12.St. John's Wood Affair
13.Flashbulb
14.Oh! What a Performance
15.Darling Darlane
16.C Side of Ocho Rios

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