The Steppes - Green Velvet Electric: A Compendium 1983-1997 [2CD Set] (2013)
Artist: The Steppes
Title: Green Velvet Electric: A Compendium 1983-1997
Year Of Release: 2013
Label: Cherry Red [CDBRED595]
Genre: Psychedelic Rock, Garage Rock
Quality: 320 kbps / FLAC (tracks+cue, log, scans)
Total Time: :36:16
Total Size: 394 mb / 1.05 gb
WebSite: Album Preview
Title: Green Velvet Electric: A Compendium 1983-1997
Year Of Release: 2013
Label: Cherry Red [CDBRED595]
Genre: Psychedelic Rock, Garage Rock
Quality: 320 kbps / FLAC (tracks+cue, log, scans)
Total Time: :36:16
Total Size: 394 mb / 1.05 gb
WebSite: Album Preview
2013 collection from the U.S. Psych/Alt-Rock band. Born amidst the hype of the Paisley Underground in LA in the early 1980s The Steppes were always the real deal, yet received less attention than lesser contemporaries such as the Rain Parade and Long Ryders. In the main a vehicle for the songs of the Irish American Fallon brothers, The Steppes earliest recordings received praise in Melody Maker who made comparisons with the Beatles and the Jam. In 1986 this truly psychedelic quartet unleashed the timeless 'Drop of the Creature' an album described by the Times in 1997 as "one of the greatest debuts ever". The Steppes sound is as catchy as it is hallucinogenic and between 1983 and 1997 they recorded an astonishing body of work including the albums Drop of the Creature, Stewdio, Enquire Within, Harps And Hammers, and Gods Men And Ghosts. The best of this catalogue can be found on this two disc set. Both ahead of their time and outside of it The Steppes legacy is now in focus revealing just what an important band they really were.
TRACKLIST:
Disc One
1 Kathy Maguire
2 I Think I'll Go
3 No Names Yet For Henry
4 A Play On Wordsworth
5 Somebody Waits
6 Holding Up Well
7 Sky Is Falling
8 Make Us Bleed
9 Cut In Two
10 See You Around
11 Lazy Ol' Son
12 Bigger Than Life
13 Black Forest Friday
14 More Than This
15 The One Thing
16 Living So Dead
17 Whole World On Your Shoulder
18 Do You Think It's Right?
19 Tourists From Timenotyet
20 A Prayer For You
21 We Make Dreams Come True (The Muses Beckon)
Disc Two
1 Master James
2 The Brightest Lights
3 Time Goes By
4 Let Me Love You
5 The Land Of Hope
6 Scare You Off
7 Panic Attack
8 Hey Girl
9 Key To My Heart
10 Pretty Debris
11 Samhain
12 I Can't Trust You
13 Cornucopia
14 Reckless Fearless, Hopeless
15 Can't Come Back
16 Leave It All Behind
17 Alanna
18 Chicago Oratorio
19 Chances
20 Potter's Wheel