New Releases ORB/Fritz/Berlin.Says programmerBernd (Hang Your Head). Glasgow is "their town," SINGLES Albrecht,"It makes us happy to transmit ALBUMS which never lets these people lose touch with songs which are both fun and good quality. what's going on in society. What ever you BIG COUNTRY We've put it on A rotation." JOHN CAMPBELL say, Peace & Jobs & Freedom are indeed Alone - Compulsion R/A/EHR Nowlin' Mercy -Elektra R/A political topics that really matter, especially PRODUCER: Big Country SHINEHEAD PRODUCER:Dennis Walker with such good music under it. This twin set-modem singles never go Jamaican InNew York -Elektra EHR/D Have mercy with us mere mortals, this is a alone-is vintage Big Country for the lead PRODUCER: Norman Cook blues album with the impact of doomsday. DIGABLE PLANETS track. Best bonus is Neil Young's Rockin' In The "Englishman"Stingis burning the can- Campbell is a true documentarist, teaching Reachin' (A NewRefutation Of Time And The Free World taken into the Highlands. A dle from both ends. If I Ever Lose My Faith us that Led Zeppelin's When The Levee Space) -Pendulum D/J/EHR fine addition to the new album The Buffalo In You is unexpectedly accompanied by one Breaks is nothing but an ingeniously recon- PRODUCER: Butterfly Skinners. of his old songs, now tackled by this ragga- structed Memphis Minnie tune from the Allthat acid jazz! Pulling from the jazz muffin' pioneer. Available with and without days when, standing at the crossroads, you stacks, Butterfly and his lot put a mellow rap BLIND MELON rap. could still sell your soul to the devil.Tom on top of it with very pleasing results. He's Townes OfHome - Capitol R/EHR Waits'sDown In The Hole is another song got swing, which is something other than PRODUCER: Rick Parashar/Blind Melon STONE TEMPLE PILOTS that gets his demonic attention. Horrifyingly being a slave to the beat. What counts is Don't get baffled. The name is wordplay on Creep -Atlantic R/A/EHR good! what this man does before and after a beat. Blind Lemon Jefferson, but it's not blues. PRODUCER: Brendan O'Brien And the single Rebirth Of Slick (Cool Like Producer Parashar is out of the Pearl Jam Judged by purely musical standards, this is DEACON BLUE Dat) is only the top of the iceberg. If you're camp, but is not grunge either. It's heavy and the best rock ballad since Metallica's Nothing in for interplanetary love, follow this red hot passionate, and this particular track is funky. Else Matters. A beauty that fits seamlessly posse. withradio'scurrent appreciationfor the THE HOOTERS "Loud & Proud" variant. DRIVIN- N-CRYI NG Twenty Five HoursA Day -MCA EHR/R Smoke - Island R/A PRODUCER: Joe Hardy/Eric Bazilian/Rob Hyman THERAPY? PRODUCER: Geoff Workman/Drivin-N-Crying The festive folky intermezzos-an invitation ShortsharpshockEP -A&M A/R Where there's smoke, there's fire. How true to a square dance-make this straightfor- PRODUCER:Chris Sheldon/Therapy? that is. Kevn Kinney is our man behind the ward pop song an instant earcatcher. To be On the razor's edge of alternative pop, "gui- steering wheel, and he's literally crying his played, well you know how many hours a terrorists" shoot off your ears, and the drum- heart out. Yes, this is the guy who gave us day... mer bombards the rest of your body. Since thebeautifulsemiacousticsolo album the melodies are actually quite good, it has MacDougal Blues three years ago. This is THE KINKS therapeutic value after all. somedifferentmusic fromadifferent kitchen. It's funny how much he sounds like RONNIE WOOD late AC/DC singer Bon Scott when he's got Somebody Else Might - Continuum R/A/EHR his Back Against The Wall. PRODUCER: Bernard Fowler/Ron Wood Whatever You Say, Say Nothing -Columbia EHR/A/D Always mistaken for "Mr. Bum Note," PRODUCER: Steve Osborne/Paul Oakenfold INFECTIOUS GROOVES Woody shows that there's more than just the Deacon Blue has got rid of the "thisside up; Sarsippius' Ark -Epic A/R Glimmer Twins. Slide On This is the most fragile" imprint, without affecting the quality PRODUCER:M.Dodson/P. Northfield/T. underrated Stonessolo album, andthis of the songwriting! Soundwise, the producer Fletcher/M. Muir/R. Trujillo funkytune with. contributions from duo Osborne/Oakenfold have taken the band This second album by Suicidal Tendencies Bernard Fowler and The Edge should con- into the new age, with some nicely dosed singer Mike Muir's funk/metal hobby project vince you. dance beats and stainless steel guitar strings can best be described as a humorous piece of work that makes Frank Zappa look like a silly boy. Muir has a "certain" view on fame NEW TALENT which he makes very clear now. This record, mainly very heavy, includes two eight -track P. BURNS & THE NEWZ MARTIN TAYLOR demo songs and one live recording. It also Scattered - Columbia EHR/ACE These Boots... - Abigwan (Belgium) Artistry- Linn Records (CD) (UK) contains interesting cover versions of Led PRODUCER: Ray Davies PRODUCER: A.M. PRODUCER: Steve Howe Zeppelin'sImmigrant Song andDavid The intro may recall Lola, but what follows P. stands for Patty, whose voice truly burns a The pristine production of Howe(Yes)per- Bowie'sFame. Please, take notice of the best is something our modern country stars would hole in your mind. The lead track of this EP fectlycomplimentsTaylor'sadventurous crossover example, Slo-Motion Slam. wishtheyhadwritten.EnthusesCity is the old Nancy Sinatra hit. Trust Me is a jazzy guitar. The repertoire ranges from Luiz Radio/GothenburgmusicdirectorLars funky rocker out of the band's own pen. Bonfa's Gentle Rain and Hoagy Carmi- VAN HALEN Bodin, "In one wordit's a brilliant song. For Contact Main Mathieu at tel: (+32) 2.640 chael's Georgia On My Mind to the Beatles's Live - Warner Brothers A/R me this means going back to the Kinks 3490; fax: 2.640 3497. HereThere And Everywhere and Day PRODUCER:Van Halen/Andy Johns sound of around 1970. The fact that they're Tripper. Contact Philip Hobbs at tel: (+44) Things would turn out very strange if a live back alone is enough reason to add them." THE CANDY DATES 41.644 5111; fax: 41.644 4262. album released by a mega act such as VH Yep! - Twang! (CD) (Germany) were not nice to listen to. All 24 songs on MADONNA PRODUCER: AndiJezussek !UNITY! this double CD are perfectly produced and Bad Girl -Warner Brothers EHR/ACE Echoes from the '60s-the Kinks and the Imagine - Slam!Dance (Germany) give a complete reflection of the band's his- PRODUCER: Madonna/Shep Pettibone Small Faces-but who cares if it is done PRODUCER: Luden B./J.C. Fetsch/T. Melling tory. Although noDavidLee Roth, Sammy Again, La Cicconne preaches la perversita, with such enthusiasm and a "Buzzcocks" Coveritis is spreading and has caught the Hagar gives a whole new dimension to the bringing us in the right "fin de siecle" mood. voice. Honey could have been an original antique John Lennon song, updating it to fit old songs. Will Jump become a hit again? And she knows the tricks of the trade. Being song from the golden era of pop. Contact the dance floor. To figure out what that bad on a sugary melody, isn't that the best Axel Keuneke at tel/fax: (+49) 30.771 9732. sounds like, use your imagination or contact TOWNES VAN ZANDT way to penetrate radio? tel: (+49) 6331.12387; fax: 6331.94324. Road Songs - Chlodwig/BMG A/R LOUISIANA RADIO PRODUCER: Townes Van Zandt PEACOCK PALACE Playwolf - MW (CD) (Holland) WHISTLER COURBOIS WHISTLER What's the world coming to when even the Heatwave -Columbia EHR PRODUCER: Hans de Vries Privilege -W.C.W. (CD) (Holland) best songwriters Dylan and Van Zandt make PRODUCER: Nhoah People coming from the reclaimed land in PRODUCER: W.C.W. cover albums? No big deal, recorded in Kennedy's "Ich bin eM Berliner" one-liner HollandunderstandAmerican"swamp" Don't try to play air guitar, because you're joints all over the US, this set represents all expressed in the '90s would make you part of music like no one else. The zydeco party doomed to break all your fingers, when imi- those songs Townes wished he had written Petra Jansen's troup, who sing a cheerful songs and the Tex Mex tearjerker From tating this instrumental melodic rock trio himself. The compliment goes to the Stones folky pop song not to be confused with the Nothing To A Heart should be heard on all whose music is firmly rooted in '70s sym- for writing Dead Flowers, Bruce Martha & The Vandellasclassic.It's stations outside of Louisiana. Contact tel/fax: phonic- and jazz rock. Contact Maria tel: Springsteen for Racing In The Streetsand to already on the playlist of new EHR station (+31) 30.318 631. (+31) 85.439 876; fax: 30.332 797. Joe Ely for Indian Cowboy. Singles and albums featured in New Releases are listed alphabetically. Eachrecordis recommended for format or programme suitability. Abbreviations used include: EHR, ACE, R (Rock), D (Dance),C(Country),I(Jazz), EZ (Easy Listening),NAC(New Adult Contemporary), A (Alternative), W (World Music) and M (Metal). Records mentioned in New Talent are by acts signed to independent labels for which license and/or publishing rights are available, exceptasnoted. Please send your samples to Robbert Tilli/Machgiel Bakker, PO Box 9027, 1006 AA Amsterdam, Holland. MUSIC & MEDIAMARCH 13, 1993 13.