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Monday, August 23, 2010

Panic The Son Of Shock

Panic The Son Of Shock
The Creed Taylor Orchestra
Compositions By Kenyon Hopkins
ABC Paramount

Creed Taylor's follow up to his great album titled SHOCK.

From the back cover: One point first: if you think, upon first hearing it, that this album is simply a kind of Muzak for morticians, you may disqualify yourself right from the start. It's a free country.

Side one on this LP seems to lack the atmosphere I was expecting. It seems a bit too "Spike Jones" for me. That is, with the exception the 5th track titled Out Of This World. This song has a great 50s science fiction feel to it and end unexpectedly with dogs barking.

Side two plays for me much better. The tracks are titled Heartaches, Rain Alpine Honeymoon, A Shot In The Dark, The Fastest Gun and No Smoking. They are moody, atmospheric and quirky.

1 comment:

  1. OMG you found a Creed Taylor? HOW AMAZING! I have been looking for both this and Shock. DeSoto has them both. I think Sal does as well.

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