Album
The Greatest Living Englishman
1993 · Rock, Pop
Rare pressing on Gatefold
The Greatest Living Englishman is a Rock album by Martin Newell, originally released in 1993. On Gatefold: 11 pressings tracked.
About
Martin Newell spent the '80s being compared to Robyn Hitchcock, XTC, and other lesser-known '60s-influenced pop maestros, so it was poetic that XTC's Andy Partridge would produce this Newell solo album. The result isn't a stretch from Martin's days as The Cleaners from Venus or The Brotherhood of Lizards. The production is cleaner than on Newell's home recordings, but the songs are as melodic and adventurous as ever. If one's naturally attracted to the charms of "We'll Build a House" (which sounds like what Guided by Voices' Robert Pollard has spent his career emulating), then there's <i>plenty</i> more from where this came from. Newell is devoutly English, writing his songs much in the way Ray Davies sculpted his observations of British life, past and present, with The Kinks. There's a Davies-like shuffle to "Tribute to the Greatest Living Englishman," a barrage of guitars to "She Rings the Changes," and an "all the lonely people" feel to "A Street Called Prospect" and "The Green-Gold Girl of Summer." The only drawback to being seduced by Mr. Newell? It's a full-time job to get up to speed!
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Tracklist
- 1Goodbye Dreaming Fields3:56
- 2Before the Hurricane3:03
- 3We'll Build a House2:34
- 4Tribute To the Greatest Living Englishman4:32
- 5She Rings the Changes3:58
- 6Home Counties Boy3:17
- 7A Street Called Prospect3:30
- 8Christmas In Surburbia3:30
- 9Straight To You Boy4:47
- 10The Jangling Man5:13
- 11The Green-Gold Girl of Summer5:58
- 12An Englishmans Home2:06
Sound DNA
- Rock
- Art Rock
- jangly
- whimsical
- bohemian
Credits
The people behind it.
Performers
- Andy PartridgeKEYBOARDS KEYBOARDS , COMPUTER ARRANGED BY
- Martin NewellBASS, GUITAR, MANDOLIN, VOCALS, KEYBOARDS, LYRICS BY , MUSIC BY BASS, GUITAR, MANDOLIN, VOCALS, KEYBOARDS, WRITTEN-BY GUITAR, BASS
- Captain SensibleGUITAR LEAD GUITAR SOLOIST, GUITAR
- Lawrence ElliottDRUMS, PERCUSSION DRUMS, PERCUSSION, OTHER
Rare pressing on Gatefold · 11 pressings tracked on Gatefold
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