Shoes - Classic or Dud?

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Shoes -- Classic or Dud?

Are any of their albums in print?

― Matt Sab (Matt Sab), Thursday, 20 May 2004 13:02 (9 years ago) Permalink

Classic. I believe all the albums are available online directly from the band.

― mohair (jon kapper), Thursday, 20 May 2004 13:27 (9 years ago) Permalink

Love everything up to Silhouette. (The later Shoes albums may be great as well; haven't heard them.)

― mike a, Thursday, 20 May 2004 13:29 (9 years ago) Permalink

try here: http://www.blackvinyl.com/1main.htm

― mohair (jon kapper), Thursday, 20 May 2004 13:29 (9 years ago) Permalink

I remember them from the very early MTV days (I remember one song "Too Late")...didn't like them at all back then, but I'd be interested in hearing them now. I think they had like 3 different vocalists in the band...

― Joe (Joe), Thursday, 20 May 2004 13:30 (9 years ago) Permalink

Your Very Eyes: Classic

― harveyw (harveyw), Thursday, 20 May 2004 14:02 (9 years ago) Permalink

Relistened to the Elektra era stuff recently -- pretty grand, did an AMG review or two. I think they're better heard song for song than album for album, if that makes any sense.

― Ned Raggett (Ned), Thursday, 20 May 2004 14:55 (9 years ago) Permalink

I've only got the Present Tense / Tongue Twisters twofer, and it's consistently tuneful & mostly great, tho naturally slightly dated production-wise. (Remember, this was back when bands routinely put things like "This album contains no synthesizers!" in their liner notes.) Classic, but kinda redundant - I don't know if I really want or need any others. Still, I'll probably buy their '77 debut someday, just 'cause I have an eternal fascination with all self-released DIY records of that era.

― Myonga Von Bontee (Myonga Von Bontee), Thursday, 20 May 2004 16:06 (9 years ago) Permalink

If any of their great songs had come within a sniff of the top ten, they would be fondly remembered as a classic singles band, instead of rabidly loved by power-pop cultists. "Black Vinyl Shoes" does have an appealing DIY quality, but I'll take "Present Tense" for better songs & sound. Plus, my best friend had it on 8-track.

― briania (briania), Thursday, 20 May 2004 16:31 (9 years ago) Permalink

I prefer Sandals meself.

― noodle vague (noodle vague), Thursday, 20 May 2004 19:47 (9 years ago) Permalink

2 years pass...

So, this is not really useful, but what is on here?
anyway, any other people who think the song “a thing of the past” which appears on the album propeller from 1994 and the yellow pills vol. 2 compilation is a extremely great song?

and extra question, anybody know of any really good american power pop comps, i am familiar with the D.I.Y. ones.

― poopsloop (poopsloop), Wednesday, 31 January 2007 15:59 (6 years ago) Permalink

4 years pass...

Black Vinyl Shoes - why does ILM not talk about this album all the time???

― confidence mane (crüt), Monday, 15 August 2011 00:25 (1 year ago) Permalink

Dunno, it's brilliant. Present Tense is awesome as well.

― The Eyeball Of Hull (Colonel Poo), Monday, 15 August 2011 13:24 (1 year ago) Permalink

9 months pass...

Black Vinyl Shoes and One In Versailles are being reissued by Numero Group! Cool.

http://numerogroup.wordpress.com/2012/06/11/and-now-for-something-youll-really-enjoy-shoes-lp-reissues/

― polyphonic, Monday, 11 June 2012 19:59 (11 months ago) Permalink

4 months pass...

ignition is pretty good!

― congratulations (n/a), Friday, 19 October 2012 16:34 (7 months ago) Permalink

Thanks--didn't know a thing about this, just ordered it through Amazon (only $14 with shipping, less than I thought it'd be). Even the more recent albums of theirs always have a couple of songs I love.

― clemenza, Saturday, 20 October 2012 12:38 (7 months ago) Permalink

Love this song so much - from when the chorus kicks in after about a minute:

― Campari G&T, Saturday, 20 October 2012 22:43 (7 months ago) Permalink

3 weeks pass...

For the 17 people in the world who care (most of whom I bet are surnamed Murphy): a couple of times through, my favourite song on Ignition is the first, "Head vs. Heart." Which is kind of funny, because this is the last band I'd ever look to as having wrestled with that choice. Another thing that caught my ear was "I believe in hope and change" on "Where Will It End." Setting aside that they're four years late on that, it's a shock to hear a lyric by them that's even cognizant of the outside world.

― clemenza, Saturday, 10 November 2012 19:11 (6 months ago) Permalink

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