Just picked up Lindsey's Under the Skin album

[McTrouble]

Originally Posted by Silver Springs

Quite harsh on Under The Skin, there! I don't believe that Lindsey has ever released a bad "album". Maybe he's tried different approaches and they havn't gelled as well as he thought, or the songs were so similar in vibe that they melded together to form a sickening mass, yet alone they stand up amongst the bed (See R.E.M.s Reveal). With UtS I believe he was trying to get back to the raw, naked sound of the guitar and "street performer" sound he has been known to advocate, yet in a time when we've grown used to his ethereal and overly produced sound it didn't quite live up to our expectations. Most artists get pidgeon holed into a sound, and when they try and break away from it it doesn't quite catch on as much. For example, Bob Dylan's Saved Album. We were used to his nasally, dive bar drunk persona. But then he comes out of seemingly nowhere (His shifts in religion are legendary, but necassarily covered in his earlier works) with this "look at me! I'm a Christian and I'm going to shove it down your throat" narration of his faith. I was actually warned off buying this album when I went to my local independent record store a while ago by an avid Dylan fan, who told me I had to be exceptionally brave to listen to it. I bought it anyway, and I can see where he was coming from. Instead of listening to a Dylan album, I felt as though I was listening to a stereotypical performance of an American Church scene (or should I say Choich?).



Not necassarily. It's a great song and way up there but not the number one best song. That spot's still taken by D.W.Suite

Not harsh really - just said it was my least favourite, I still know it off by heart, back to front, inside out, blah blah blah....

However, I do have to say that I hate "It Was You" - that probably comes from the Bass Performance DVD as when he performs that track it makes me cringe and I think it is so "fingers down the back of your throat"!!! Love the rest of the gig though.

I usually like all Bucky's documentaries but, again, the docu on the Bass Performance DVD is so sickly - not very rock 'n roll at all!

It's not that I don't like sloppy stuff either, I LOVE "Did You Miss Me" and "Say Goodbye" and mush like that.

Anyhow, can't wait for the forthcoming CD!