Pop Crimes
| Pop Crimes | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
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| Studio album by | ||||
| Released | 16 October 2009 | |||
| Recorded | Summer 2008 – Winter 2009 | |||
| Studio | Birdland Studios, Melbourne | |||
| Length | 38:19 | |||
| Label | Liberation (Australia) Fat Possum (US) | |||
| Producer | Lindsay Gravina | |||
| Rowland S. Howard chronology | ||||
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| Review scores | |
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| Source | Rating |
| PopMatters | 9/10[1] |
| AllMusic |   [2] |
| NME | [3] |
| Record Collector | [4] |
Pop Crimes is the second solo album by Australian musician Rowland S. Howard, released on 16 October 2009. The album was released ten years after Howard's previous solo album Teenage Snuff Film, and 2+1⁄2 months before his death from liver cancer on 30 December.[5][6] Pop Crimes was released in the United States by Fat Possum Records in August 2014.[7] Remastered versions of both Howard's solo albums were released by Mute Records in Europe, Fat Possum in America and Bloodlines in Australia on 27 March 2020.[8]
Track listing
[edit]All tracks are written by Rowland S. Howard, except where noted.
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "(I Know) A Girl Called Jonny" |
| 3:51 |
| 2. | "Shut Me Down" | 4:20 | |
| 3. | "Life's What You Make It" | 6:42 | |
| 4. | "Pop Crimes" |
| 7:23 |
| 5. | "Nothin" | 3:51 | |
| 6. | "Wayward Man" | 3:42 | |
| 7. | "Ave Maria" | 4:01 | |
| 8. | "The Golden Age of Bloodshed" | 4:29 | |
| Total length: | 38:23 | ||
Personnel
[edit]- Rowland S. Howard – vocals and guitar
- Mick Harvey – drums and organ
- J.P. Shilo – guitar, violin, "general strangeness" and bass guitar (except track 1, 5, 8)
with:
- Brian Hooper – bass guitar (6,8)
- Sean Stewart – bass guitar (1)
- Jonnine Standish – vocals (1)
- Technical
- Ken Taylor – artwork, design
- Karl Scullin – cover photography
References
[edit]- ^ Schurr, Maria (21 October 2014). "Rowland S Howard: Pop Crimes". PopMatters. Retrieved 19 September 2021.
- ^ Jureck, Thom (2010). "Pop Crimes – Rowland S. Howard". AllMusic. Retrieved 19 September 2021.
- ^ Mackay, Emily (11 June 2010). "Album Review: Rowland S Howard – 'Pop Crimes' (Infectious)". NME. Retrieved 19 September 2021.
- ^ Needs, Kris (30 May 2010). "Pop Crimes – Rowland S Howard". Record Collector. Retrieved 19 September 2021.
- ^ Rowland S Howard: Pop Crimes, Mess+Noise, 16 October 2012.
- ^ Rowland S Howard, TimeOut Sydney, October 2009.
- ^ New Release: Rowland S. Howard "Pop Crimes", Fat Possum Records, 5 August 2014.
- ^ Rowland S. Howard – Remastered reissues of Teenage Snuff Film and Pop Crimes, Mute Records.
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