Robyn Hitchcock & The Venus 3 Ole! Tarantula
Rolling Stone: 4 stars out of 5 -- "Hitchcock has a knockout gift for Beatlesesque melodicism, and the Venus 3 rev it up here with a beat-combo drive and star-shine twang..."
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CD Details
- Released: October 3, 2006
- Originally Released: 2006
- Label: Yep Roc Records
Entertainment Reviews:
Rolling Stone - p.120
4 stars out of 5 -- "Hitchcock has a knockout gift for Beatlesesque melodicism, and the Venus 3 rev it up here with a beat-combo drive and star-shine twang..."Spin - p.98
4 stars out of 5 -- "Hitchcock uses surreal wordplay and crispy melodies to tame reality, not escape it."Q - p.143
3 stars out of 5 -- "[H]is most conventionally rocking album in aeons, with 'Underground Sun', especially, a textbook example of big churning guitars and deep-pile harmonies."Magnet - p.99
"Hitchcock's best songs are always weighted with somber sentiments....'N.Y. Doll' is a stunning elegy for glam bassist Arthur Kane."CMJ - p.52
"OLE! trots out swirling sure things of colorful chords and harmonies."No Depression - p.100
"With Buck serving as Hitchcock's primary guitar foil, OLE! TARANTULA is as catchy and weird and oh-so-English as you've come to expect from Hitchcock."Mojo (Publisher) - p.106
3 stars out of 5 -- "[I]t's Hitchcock's adenoidal vocals and left-of-centre lyricism that are the highlight of his most satisfying album in a decade."Tracks:
- 1.Adventure Rocketship
- 2.Underground Sun
- 3.Museum Of Sex
- 4.Belltown Ramble
- 5.Ole! Tarantula
- 6.(A Man's Gotta Know His Limitations) Briggs
- 7.Red Locust Frenzy
- 8.'Cause It's Love (Saint Parallelogram)
- 9.The Authority Box
- 10.N.Y. Doll
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- UPC: 634457212923
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