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Crazy Rhythms

The Feelies

1980 · Rock

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Crazy Rhythms by The Feelies

Crazy Rhythms is an Alt/Indie album by The Feelies, originally released in 1980. On Gatefold: 43 pressings tracked, owned by 22 collectors.

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This groundbreaking 1980 debut by New Jersey’s the Feelies ranks high among the “important” records from the collective post-punk oeuvre. Carefully and brilliantly remastered here, it will astound and delight discerning ears who are discovering — or perhaps rediscovering — a phenomenal recording that took the raw-nerve aesthetic of punk rock and tempered it with jangly, high-speed guitars and precise, heart-racing percussion. Clearly influenced by the Velvet Underground, these four nerdy-looking young men inspired a generation of indie-pop wannabes with tunes that were relentlessly catchy and sometimes darkly foreboding at the same time. From the first tentative woodblock notes on the jumpy “Boy With the Perpetual Nervousness” to the live-wire guitar strumming and warpath tom-toms of the title track (originally the last track of the set), <i>Crazy Rhythms</i> will live on for decades as a touchstone of a slow-moving musical revolution. The bonus tracks are stellar, one being a demo and the other a live take on an early Modern Lovers classic (another clear influence on the band).

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Tracklist

  1. 1The Boy with the Perpetual Nervousness5:11
  2. 2Fa Cé-La2:03
  3. 3Loveless Love5:05
  4. 4Forces at Work7:05
  5. 5Original Love2:55
  6. 6Everybody's Got Something to Hide (Except Me and My Monkey)4:06
  7. 7Moscow Nights4:24
  8. 8Raised Eyebrows2:59
  9. 9Crazy Rhythms6:10
  10. 10I Wanna Sleep In Your Arms (Live at the 9:30 Club, Washington DC, March 14, 2009)1:55
  11. 11The Boy with the Perpetual Nervousness (Carla Bley Demo Version)3:46

Sound DNA

  • Alt/Indie
  • Post-Punk
  • angular
  • restless
  • urban

Credits

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Performers

  • Andy FisherDRUMS , TOM TOM, BASS DRUM, SNARE, PIPE, COWBELL
  • Anton FierDRUMS DRUMS , PERCUSSION DRUMS, PERCUSSION
  • Bill MillionGUITAR GUITAR, VOCALS, PERCUSSION GUITAR, VOCALS, PERCUSSION, CLAVES, TIMBALES , ACOUSTIC GUITAR, RHYTHM GUITAR , GUITAR
  • Glenn MercerGUITAR GUITAR, VOCALS, PERCUSSION GUITAR, VOCALS, PERCUSSION, CLAVES, GUITAR , CASTANETS
  • Keith ClaytonBASS BASS, BACKING VOCALS, SNARE, TOM TOM, WOOD BLOCK, PIPE, BELLS BASS, PERCUSSION, VOCALS
  • Keith DeNunzioBASS, PERCUSSION, VOCALS BASS, VOCALS, PERCUSSION BASS
  • Brenda SauterBASS GUITAR, BACKING VOCALS
  • Dave WeckermanPERCUSSION
  • Stanley DemeskiDRUMS

22 collectors on Gatefold own this · 43 pressings tracked on Gatefold

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