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 01. "Wind in the rain" 02. "Smoke" 03. "So sad" 04. "Run" 05. "Whisper" 06. "I can tell" 07. "Just my heart" 08. "Something remains" 09. "Down the drain" 10. "Countdown"
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 | | Description: | Richard Lloyd's trademark fusion of Garage Rock crunch, irresistible Power Pop hooks and metaphysical Soul is apparent from the opening riff of the albums inaugural rocker. The star from the '80s returns with force as Lloyd cranks it up for guitar rockers, demonstrating the excitement, groove and power of Lloyd's guitar mastery. Lloyd slows things down a bit for a trio of touching, tender Rock ballads before returning to raucous Rock'n'Roll and a comic guitar journey to end the album.
The keen sense of observation and self-awareness of the required elements for great rock’n’roll soon led to the formation of the groundbreaking band Television, and that same insight has been a hallmark of Lloyd’s musical career. It can be found in his incredibly influential guitar work with Television, his work supplying perfect power pop guitar leads for Matthew Sweet, and his stellar solo work from his 1979 solo debut, Alchemy, to the grooves of his new album, The Countdown.
Two of Lloyd's paintings were used as the visual foundation for the front and back covers of the packaging. - On The Countdown, Richard Lloyd creates an honest, natural expression with his stylized guitar sound and swagger. "I can only be me," he says. "I can't turn into somebody else. So every record I make is just a progression. I never felt the angst necessary to be a punk. I was too young to be a beatnik and too old to be a hippy. I like to say I'm an anthropologist from another planet who is observing human nature and expressing my observations through rock'n'roll." Renowned Nashville session players Dave Roe (bass) and Steve Ebe (drums) served as a solid rhythmic backbone in the studio, cutting the basic 11 tracks in two days, while keys by Joe Bidewell (who played with Lloyd in his band in 1980) were eventually added to the mix. The result is a real rocker's record, with Lloydallowing his trademark fusion of garage rock, thoughtful soul, and power pop hooks to marinate from opening cut "Wind In The Rain" to the soaring heights of the closing title track "The Countdown," in which he posits blasting off into space as he's "had enough of planet Earth," while his guitar and keys propel the listener with him into the stratosphere. | | | Manufacturer No.: |
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