Catherine Wheel's 'Adam And Eve' is a pretty astounding record

also re: weird asides, including the "intro" and "outro," they sort of feel like raw notes for the album that are also an indelible part of the album.

not making sense, this record rules, louis otm all up in here.

"Delicious" is an excellent song, but I never got into the rest of the album.

did this band ever get back together? i sort of hated all the solo stuff i heard from the main dude.

Wonder why this one's not on Spotify? The other Mercury albums are.

Never reformed as far as I know, and no subsequent solo album from Rob D.

Their albums are great and they made a crap ton of b-sides beyond what was collected on the "Cats And Dogs" comp, almost all of which are worth hearing.

cats and dogs into adam and eve makes for a smoother trajectory than going from happy days.

"Happy Days" is half great. The other half isn't terrible but the metallic sound really doesn't suit their material.

this is the best album

important brad/imago intersection node

Top shelf indie rock - psych blend. The quiet-loud dynamic is wonderful. Last I heard, Rob was building race cars in SoCal.

Celebrating half my life with this album right about now, and it still overwhelms me.

i saw this tour in San Francisco when i lived there, it was the last time i saw them after seeing them around 10 times total. they had the cover people in the box move around like live art during the show. it was pretty distracting actually.

i just counted, i have 13 singles and the Cats and Dogs B-sides collection. loved their B-sides.

important brad/imago intersection node

have to admit i was taken aback by the reviver *not* being lj

good album tho, otm

"broken nose" and "satellite" = awesome..
despite being sort of heavy and rockin, "broken nose" is so warm and cozy sounding, especially when those soft guitar leads come in during the second version, it's like a blanket being gently placed on yr shoulders

i saw them in san francisco as well once, they were HEAVY as fuck and super tight. plus they played like every song i wanted to hear.

God, I love this album so much. Even after playing it recently and having a coworker ask during "Future Boy" if I was listening to Coldplay. Ouch

Your enthusiasm is justified.

Surprising that this band hasn't had a revival of any kind when plenty of lesser 90s bands have, probably due to a lack of even a best-of compilation.

Agreed. Weird that a band like Hum still gets hipster kisses from twentysomethings while Catherine Wheel is sorta forgotten. There were those RSD vinyl reissues a few years back, but I often see them in the 50% off bins.

I've actually never heard Ferment! Should I correct this if I love Adam & Eve, Happy Days and Chrome? A lot of my CW love is tied to nostalgia, so I wonder what I'd think of it now.

Sounds like they're going for a bit of a Spirit Of Eden thing on Future Boy. I still haven't really heard that album or indeed much after Black Metallic but loved those first few EPs

the Spirit Of Eden thing returns later in the album in quite a major way haha, having Talk Talk's organist on board will do that

their most SOE song is tbf on the previous album (incongruously titled Eat My Dust You Insensitive Fuck)

I still want someone, anyone else to acknowledge that For Dreaming is one of the all-time album climaxes

Since I consolidated mine and my other half's CD collection after a big house move, this CD is currently sitting in my out pile (which is as tall as me and half again) should I save it from the clutches of eBay or Music Magpie?

you've literally moved to the county CW are from! keep it

I literally only know (and like) 'Balloon'...

Okay, it is saved, it's a promo CD too, fancy!

yeah definitely give this a try, it's like Talk Talk crossed with a really good US alt-rock album

I shall do that, ta

Paul, definitely check out "Ferment"! It's part and parcel of the first round of shoegazers but with crunchier guitars.

Haven’t thought about this band in years but I was at the Bowery show from 2000 that’s on YouTube. Girlfriend at the time took me. I thought they sounded like Bush. I also heard Talk Talk for the first time this year so there you go.