1994 album
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Publication |
January 9, 1994 (DE) |
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Title (number) |
14th |
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running time |
52 min 49 s |
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The 1994 album is the first album by the band Subway to Sally and is musically classified as folk rock . The group describes itself in the booklet as "Potsdam and Berlin based rock group", the style itself is indicated as "folkadelic".
content
The album is very folk-heavy and therefore differs from the group's later works. Many of the pieces are arrangements of English-language traditionals . Some titles were already included on the 1993 demo cassette. The texts do not come from the group itself; Roger W. Sheen, Vincent W. Thomas and Hathor are named as authors. Most of the songs are in English, but with “An der Zeit”, “Traum vom Tod” and “Die Braut” there are also three German-language titles.
While Eric Fish is the lead singer on the later albums , on this album this position changes between Eric Fish, Simon and Bodenski depending on the song.
The origin of the song “The Bride” is unclear: According to the information in the booklet, it was written by a certain Hathor, but what is certain is that it was sung by various folk bands as early as 1985 under the title “Fifty Ways to lose your Lover ”. It's about - as the title suggests - about ways to get rid of the unpleasant wife. According to Bodenski, this song is so chauvinistic and cruel that Simon refused to learn the lyrics. Today, however, the piece is - again - happily played live, but with a stanza in which the man is to be killed. This verse appeared on the following album MCMXCV as a 30-second track entitled "The Bridegroom".
For the last track on the album, "Where Is Lucky?", There was a first video clip from Subway to Sally. This is mostly in black and white Super 8 optics.
layout
The cover was drawn by Jörg Hafemeister and shows a yellow bull. The bull as a symbol can also be found on later publications by the group. The group photo of the musicians was taken by Gundula Friese.
Track list
- Ascending the Haughs O'Cromdale - 1:47
- Rainman - 5:09
- Queen of Argyll - 5:18
- John Barleycorn (The Reincarnation)
- Elvis Lives - 2:11
- Planxt-chen - 0:20
- At the time - 3:36
- Dream of Death - 4:14
- The Bride (The meat must be cold) - 2:39
- The Keach in the Creel - 3:04
- Bonnie Johnnie Lowrie - 4:52
- Down the Line - 4:41
- But we don't know - 4:18
- Where is Lucky? (A Foreign Face In A Foreign Land) - 5:14
The information on the title on the back of the CD differs in part from that in the booklet. The titles 1, 4, 9 and 14 are shortened there: "Cromdale", "Barleycorn", "The bride" and "Where Is Lucky?".
criticism
The Rock Hard verdict on this album at the time was: "The 1994 album has an absolute cult factor."
Gerrit Bartels wrote in the taz : “All in all, the“ Album 1994 ”is reminiscent of a good, sweet, dreamy happening, it is somehow beautiful, but musty; smells like seventies inwardness, eighties peace movement and nineties gloom, very focused on the search for the lost idyll. "
Trivia
- The album was published in the Costbar-Autogram-Studio.
- Originally the album was supposed to be called "Cromdale" like the opener contained on it, which was prohibited by the label of the band of the same name due to the naming rights.
- On the later album “ Foppt den Demon! "From 1996 there is a song with the title" Dream of Death II ".
- The second instrumental piece on the album, “Planxt-chen”, is the shortest song ever by the band at 20 seconds.
Web links
- Subway To Sally - Official Homepage
- Subway to Sally at Discogs (English)