Schizophonic!
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| Released | 1996 | |||
| Genre | Lounge | |||
| Label | Sub Pop | |||
| Producers | Combustible Edison, Brian Capouch | |||
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Schizophonic! is an album by the American lounge band Combustible Edison, released in 1996.[1][2]
Production
The album was produced by the band and Brian Capouch.[3] All five band members contributed to the songwriting.[4] "Morticia" is a cover of the Addams Family tune, composed by Vic Mizzy.[5] The recording of the album was delayed by more than a year in order for Combustible Edison to work on the soundtrack to Four Rooms.[6]
Critical reception
CMJ New Music Monthly deemed the album "a musical pastiche, but just as suave and easy to listen to as its precursors."[5] Trouser Press thought that "having painted itself into a stylistic corner, Combustible Edison seems content to simply stand around and watch that paint dry."[13] The Los Angeles Times opined that "perhaps the optimal (and only) way to appreciate it is with a luridly exotic drink in hand and a steady conversational buzz in the foreground."[9] The Waikato Times wrote that "Combustible Edison are more bizarre than banal."[12] The Orlando Sentinel declared that Schizophonic! "has a haunting quality reminiscent of Fellini film scores by the late Nino Rota"; the paper also picked it as one of the 10 best albums of 1996.[14][15]
AllMusic wrote that "there's some melancholia and weariness to the torch vocal-influenced numbers in particular, which betrays an ironic, modernist bent absent from first-generation cocktail/lounge."[7] (The New) Rolling Stone Album Guide called the album "entirely uninspired, and unnecessary in a world where Martin Denny records can be found at garage sales."[10]
Track listing
- Alright, Already
- Bluebeard
- The Checkered Flag
- One Eyed Monkey
- Solid State
- Les Yeux Sans Visage
- '52'
- Short Double Latté
- Mudhead
- Morticia
- Objet D'Amour
- The Corner Table
- Lonelyville
References
- ↑ "Combustible Edison Biography & History". AllMusic.
- ↑ "The Smooth Sounds of Combustible Edison". MTV News. Archived from the original on August 13, 2021.
- 1 2 MusicHound Rock: The Essential Album Guide. Visible Ink Press. 1999. p. 262.
- ↑ Jordan, Chris (March 29, 1996). "Music to Sip Martoonis to: Following in Dino's Footsteps". Lifestyle. The Record. p. 32.
- 1 2 MacDonald, Heidi (April 1996). "Reviews". CMJ New Music Monthly. No. 32. p. 30.
- ↑ Tyer, Brad (November 14, 1996). "Loungette – Combustible Edison makes the listening easy—with a straight face". Music. Houston Press.
- 1 2 "Schizophonic Combustible Edison". AllMusic.
- ↑ Larkin, Colin (2006). The Encyclopedia of Popular Music. Vol. 2. MUZE. p. 499.
- 1 2 Hochman, Steve (March 3, 1996). "In Brief". Calendar. Los Angeles Times. p. 67.
- 1 2 (The New) Rolling Stone Album Guide. Simon & Schuster. 2004. p. 186.
- ↑ Ross, Curtis (April 19, 1996). "Combustible Edison, Schizophonic". Friday Extra!. The Tampa Tribune. p. 23.
- 1 2 Anso, Martin (July 9, 1996). "Combustible Edison Schizophonic". Features. Waikato Times. p. 13.
- ↑ "Combustible Edison". Trouser Press. Retrieved August 13, 2021.
- ↑ Gettelman, Parry (November 15, 1996). "Combustible Edison Plays It Cool: Lounge Music Slinks Its Way into O-Town". Calendar. Orlando Sentinel. p. 7.
- ↑ Gettelman, Parry (December 29, 1996). "It's Hard to Pick Just 10 Best for '96". Orlando Sentinel. p. G9.