Schizophonic!
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| Released | 1996 | |||
| Genre | Lounge | |||
| Label | Sub Pop | |||
| Producer | Combustible Edison, Brian Capouch | |||
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Schizophonic! is an album by the American lounge band Combustible Edison, released in 1996.[8][9]
Production
[edit]The album was produced by the band and Brian Capouch.[4] All five band members contributed to the songwriting.[10] "Morticia" is a cover of the Addams Family tune, composed by Vic Mizzy.[11] The recording of the album was delayed by more than a year in order for Combustible Edison to work on the soundtrack to Four Rooms.[12]
Critical reception
[edit]CMJ New Music Monthly deemed the album "a musical pastiche, but just as suave and easy to listen to as its precursors."[11] Trouser Press thought that "having painted itself into a stylistic corner, Combustible Edison seems content to simply stand around and watch that paint dry."[13] The Los Angeles Times opined that "perhaps the optimal (and only) way to appreciate it is with a luridly exotic drink in hand and a steady conversational buzz in the foreground."[3] The Waikato Times wrote that "Combustible Edison are more bizarre than banal."[7] The Orlando Sentinel declared that Schizophonic! "has a haunting quality reminiscent of Fellini film scores by the late Nino Rota"; the paper also picked it as one of the 10 best albums of 1996.[14][15]
AllMusic wrote that "there's some melancholia and weariness to the torch vocal-influenced numbers in particular, which betrays an ironic, modernist bent absent from first-generation cocktail/lounge."[1] (The New) Rolling Stone Album Guide called the album "entirely uninspired, and unnecessary in a world where Martin Denny records can be found at garage sales."[5]
Track listing
[edit]- Alright, Already
- Bluebeard
- The Checkered Flag
- One Eyed Monkey
- Solid State
- Les Yeux Sans Visage
- '52'
- Short Double Latté
- Mudhead
- Morticia
- Objet D'Amour
- The Corner Table
- Lonelyville
References
[edit]- ^ a b "Schizophonic - Combustible Edison | Songs, Reviews, Credits | AllMusic" – via www.allmusic.com.
- ^ Larkin, Colin (2006). The Encyclopedia of Popular Music. Vol. 2. MUZE. p. 499.
- ^ a b Hochman, Steve (3 Mar 1996). "In Brief". Los Angeles Times. Calendar. p. 67.
- ^ a b MusicHound Rock: The Essential Album Guide. Visible Ink Press. 1999. p. 262.
- ^ a b (The New) Rolling Stone Album Guide. Simon & Schuster. 2004. p. 186.
- ^ Ross, Curtis (April 19, 1996). "COMBUSTIBLE EDISON, Schizophonic (Sub Pop)". The Tampa Tribune. Friday Extra!. p. 23.
- ^ a b Anso, Martin (9 July 1996). "COMBUSTIBLE EDISON Schizophonic". Waikato Times. Features. p. 13.
- ^ "Combustible Edison | Biography & History". AllMusic.
- ^ "The Smooth Sounds of Combustible Edison". MTV News. Archived from the original on August 13, 2021.
- ^ Jordan, Chris (29 Mar 1996). "MUSIC TO SIP MARTOONIS TO: FOLLOWING IN DINO'S FOOTSTEPS". The Record. Lifestyle. p. 32.
- ^ a b MacDonald, Heidi (Apr 1996). "Reviews". CMJ New Music Monthly (32): 30.
- ^ Tyer, Brad (November 14, 1996). "Loungette - Combustible Edison makes the listening easy -- with a straight face". Houston Press. Music.
- ^ "Combustible Edison". Trouser Press. Retrieved 13 August 2021.
- ^ Gettelman, Parry (15 Nov 1996). "COMBUSTIBLE EDISON PLAYS IT COOL: LOUNGE MUSIC SLINKS ITS WAY INTO O-TOWN". Orlando Sentinel. Calendar. p. 7.
- ^ Gettelman, Parry (29 Dec 1996). "IT'S HARD TO PICK JUST 10 BEST FOR '96". Orlando Sentinel. p. G9.
