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Various Postpunk Chronicles: Going Underground mp3, flac, wma DOWNLOAD LINKS (Clickable) Genre: Electronic / Rock Album: Postpunk Chronicles: Going Underground Country: US Released: 1999 Style: Alternative Rock, New Wave, Industrial MP3 version RAR size: 1127 mb FLAC version RAR size: 1378 mb WMA version RAR size: 1280 mb Rating: 4.6 Votes: 559 Other Formats: MP2 APE DTS TTA MPC ASF ADX Tracklist Hide Credits What Difference Does It Make? 1 –The Smiths 3:52 Producer – John Porter Passionate Friend 2 –The Teardrop Explodes 3:32 Producer – Clive Langer & Alan Winstanley A New England 3 –Billy Bragg 2:14 Producer – Oliver Hitch Cattle And Cane 4 –The Go-Betweens 4:01 Producer – John Brand Upside Down 5 –The Jesus And Mary Chain 3:00 Producer – The Jesus And Mary Chain Buried Alive 6 –Lyres 2:46 Producer – Richard W. Harte I Wanna Destroy You 7 –The Soft Boys 2:53 Producer – Pat Collier To Hell With Poverty 8 –Gang Of Four 3:28 Co-producer – Nick Launay Let's Build A Car 9 –Swell Maps 3:08 Producer – Swell Maps Adrenalin 10 –Throbbing Gristle 3:57 Producer – Brooks-Sinclair* Gravity Talks 11 –Green On Red 2:33 Producer – Chris D. I Look Around 12 –The Rain Parade* 3:06 Producer – David Roback, The Rain Parade* Jet Fighter 13 –The Three O'Clock 3:28 Producer – Earle Mankey Death Valley '69 14 –Sonic Youth 5:11 Featuring – Lydia LunchProducer – Sonic Youth Final Solution 15 –Pere Ubu 5:04 Co-producer – Ken HamannProducer – Pere Ubu Going Underground 16 –The Jam 2:55 Producer – Vic Coppersmith-Heaven Companies, etc. Phonographic Copyright (p) – Rhino Entertainment Company Copyright (c) – Rhino Entertainment Company Glass Mastered At – WEA Mfg. Olyphant – X6687 Credits Remastered By – Bill Inglot, Dave Schultz Barcode and Other Identifiers Barcode (Printed): 0 8122-75334-2 7 Barcode (Scanned): 081227533427 Mastering SID Code: ifpi L902 Mould SID Code: IFPI 2U7A Matrix / Runout: [WEA mfg Olyphant logo] X6687 3 R2 75334-2 01 M1S2 Comments about Postpunk Chronicles: Going Underground - Various Banal The saying “in with a bang, out with a whimper” is sadly all too applicable to the final volume of Postpunk Chronicles, Going Underground. Primarily centered on guitar-oriented postpunk, there isn’t as much stylistic diversity here as on Scared to Dance and Left of the Dial. This disc suffers from the inclusion of far too many acts that don’t fit the experimental, outré parameters of post- punk. Post-punk is a wide label, but the thought of classifying Billy Bragg, Lyres, or the Paisley Underground contingency (with the exception of Green on Red, and even then, only their first EP and some of their second EP qualify as post-punk) under this banner is questionable. Even the likes of The Smiths and The Jesus and Mary Chain is iffy, given how late to the party those bands showed up.As I mentioned in my Left of the Dial review, the Paisley Underground scene was self-consciously trying to revive ‘60s American psychedelic/folk/garage rock sounds. In a sense, groups like Rain Parade and Green on Red were little more than ‘60s equivalents to Sha-Na-Na or The Stray Cats. The power of much post-punk music is its ability to conceive a futurist sound by combining disparate influences and styles, something the Paisley Undergrounders never could achieve. The highly derivative I Look Around (a shameless Byrds-soundalike, 12-string jangle guitars and all) and Gravity Talks (by which time Green on Red frontman Dan Stuart convinced himself he was a faux-Southerner with a horrible twang, with an organ sounding like it was cribbed from 96 tears) merely pay homage to their reference points, rather than deconstruct or reinvent them. Yet, these songs are included on Going Underground, along with a selection from The Three O’Clock (the power poppish Jet Fighter, one of their less ‘60s-sounding tracks, yet still far removed from post-punk’s excitement and innovation). It only gets worse from there. Billy Bragg’s one-man-and-a-guitar schtick is as reductionist as you can get, but he’s here with the sour A New England. The Lyres pop up with Buried Alive, a garage rock revival cut that does nothing to expand upon the tremolo guitar/organ sound so typical of 60s garage rockers. Most despicable of all is the presence of Sonic Youth, a band this reviewer has long found horrible. The SY song heard here is their duet with Lydia Lunch, Death Valley ’69 (courtesy their 1985 LP Bad Moon Rising). As if Thurston Moore’s guitar noodling isn’t grating enough, Lunch’s vocals add little more than orgasmic moaning that any prostitute could have easily provided. An early single from the Jesus and Mary Chain further pours on the obnoxious guitar noise (Upside Down, a dreary drone that meanders for three minutes).By this point, you may be wondering if I found anything of enjoyment in this disc. The answer, thankfully, is a resounding yes! I must commend Jim Neill and his crew for including a single from the criminally overlooked Teardrop Explodes. The sampled track here is the single Passionate Friend, a gorgeous blend of ‘60s style trumpets and sitars, postpunk bass and drumwork, subtle keyboards, and Julian Cope’s soaring vocals. Now this is how a neopsychedelic song should sound! Equally satisfying is the presence of Throbbing Gristle (via one of their more, ahem, commercial-sounding singles, the paranoid Moroder- esque drive of Adrenalin), Pere Ubu (courtesy the ahead-of-its-time Final Solution, which came out just as punk was exploding in the U.S.), and The Jam (by way of the classic single Going Underground, which definitely fits the post-punk mold with its jagged guitar lines and pulsing bass). The Smiths turn in a fine early single with What Difference Does It Make?, which is a bit late to the post-punk party but still very good. John Peel favorites Swell Maps prove that noise rock can be done effectively with their final single, Let’s Build A Car (the sudden piano break by Epic Soundtracks always manages to jolt me). Then we come to a pair of band who certainly fit the post-punk tag, but are represented by ill-fitting songs. The Soft Boys’ I Wanna Destroy You is a rousing, fun number, but it really sounds more like harder-edged power pop than post-punk. Their 1980 album Underwater Moonlight features more appropriate choices (the violin-supported Insanely Jealous and instrumental You’ll Have to Go Sideways being the best contenders). The Go-Betweens’ Cattle and Cane is a lovely ballad, but stylistically it fits the jangle pop mold more than post-punk. Before Hollywood, the album from which Cattle and Cane comes, features some stellar Talking Heads-style cuts worthy of the post-punk label (The title track, A Bad Debt Follows You, Two Steps Step Out, and As Long As That being the worthiest of inclusion here).Another factor that reduces the rating for this disc is the schizophrenic track sequencing. Perhaps this might work for some, but there are some awkward as hell transitions here. Putting the noisy, screeching Upside Down after the plaintive Cattle and Cane must have been someone's idea of a practical joke. Equally jarring is the placement of Death Valley '69 following Jet Fighter(Hearing Lydia Lunch's orgasmic whining after dealing with Michael Quercio's fey vocals provides a strong case of whiplash).It's a pity such a promising series had to end on a mediocre note. Had poor sales not killed Postpunk Chronicles, there's a chance the series could have continued for at least another 5-6 CDs, and allowed more true representatives of post-punk to be sampled. As it stands, the trilogy provides a classic example of the law of diminishing returns. A flawless debut beget a mostly strong sequel and a disappointing finale. 1. The Smiths - What Difference Does It Make? - ****2. The Teardrop Explodes - Passionate Friend - *****3. Billy Bragg - A New England - BOMB4. The Go-Betweens - Cattle And Cane - ***5. The Jesus And Mary Chain - Upside Down - BOMB6. Lyres - Buried Alive - *7. The Soft Boys - I Wanna Destroy You - ***8. Gang Of Four - To Hell With Poverty - ****9. Swell Maps - Let's Build A Car - ***10. Throbbing Gristle - Adrenalin - *****11. Green On Red - Gravity Talks - BOMB12. The Rain Parade - I Look Around - BOMB13. The Three O'Clock - Jet Fighter - ***14. Sonic Youth - Death Valley '69 - BOMB15. Pere Ubu - Final Solution - ****16. The Jam - Going Underground - **** Related Music albums to Postpunk Chronicles: Going Underground by Various The Jesus And Mary Chain - In Concert The Jesus And Mary Chain - Head On The Jesus And Mary Chain - The Jesus And Mary Chain Hate Rock 'N' Roll The Jesus And Mary Chain - Cracking Up The Jesus And Mary Chain - Providence R.I. 09.03.90 The Jesus And Mary Chain - Psychocandy The Jesus & Mary Chain - The Peel Sessions The Jesus And Mary Chain - Damage And Joy.