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Adam Green is no longer cool

Ron Heck | 01/02/2007

(4 out of 5 stars)

"I don't know what the beef over this album is. It is the full progression of the same catchy-weird song writing style he's been doing since Friends of Mine. This is deep-fried cheese and it isn't endearing. Take a good whiff. This music rebels from every musical convention in existence today, including the ones that Green himself invented. If you want to hear a completely independent artist, inquire here.



If not, go listen to anyone else. But if you want swinging tunes from another dimension that seems to think of The Rat Pack as The Beatles and that Glen Campbell is Buddy Holly, spin this puppy. Scratch that. Maybe it's like if Lou Reed were to write for Sinatra. I don't know how to describe what goes on on this disc, just that I like the music that dances around the utterly sick and rotten core of these tunes. Whatever it is, it puts a big dumb smile on my big dumb face."

A poet

alexander laurence | Los Angeles, CA | 11/28/2006

(4 out of 5 stars)

"Adam Green has been very prolific in the past three years. He was one half of the Moldy Peaches. The band broke up in 2002, but played a surprise show in Fall 2004. But the band is a thing of the past, and he is three albums into a pretty good solo career. That doesn't stop audiences from requesting "Who's Got The Crack" all the time. I witnessed the new sound last year. Green has sort of mined that period of Nick Cave, post-Birthday Party. At first Cave used to do ironic covers of songs by Leonard Cohen, Bob Dylan, and Elvis Presley. After a few albums of murder ballads, Cave got serious. Adam Green is more like Ray Stevens doing cover songs of Nick Cave and Lee Hazelwood. Green and company are talented folk. "Animal Dreams" has a string section. "Nat King Cole" has a Lou Reed vibe. There are some funny moments as in "Hey Dude" and "Drugs." There are some great moments like "Watching Old Movies" which has a classic feel. Green is almost like Spinal Tap on "White Women." This is real musical stuff. Adam Green has delivered the goods. He is serious about this music. He has created a body of work that is quite impressive. Adam Green has a soul of a poet, but can't resist making an ironic face."