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Posted by tgl on 2007-09-24 14:06:11 +0000

Chrome Immersion #2 -- "Half Machine Lip Moves" (1979)

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Posted by tgl on 2007-10-02 02:03:00 +0000
Pretty much a Hit Parade:

<ol>
<li>A rollicking start with <i>TV As Eyes</i>.
<li>Chug-a-lug and blistering guitar on <i>Zombie Warfare (Can't Let You Down)</i>.
<li><i>March of the Chrome Police (A Cold Clammy Bombing)</i>: acid-rock as soul. (OK, that's a stretch). No... it's a blueprint for Nation of Ulysses. Yes.
<li><i>You've Been Duplicated</i>, the funky one.
<li>Clanky industrial never sounded as good as <i>Mondo Anthem</i>.
<li><i>Half Machine Lip Moves</i> basically predicts all of Big Black.
<li><i>Abstract Nympho</i> picks up where the first track left off.
<li><i>Turned Around</i> is a mess, I'll grant you that.
<li>What time is now? <i>Zero Time</i>.
<li>Synthesizers never sounded so good as on <i>Creature Eternal</i>. OK, this one's a mess too.
<li><i>Critical Mass</i> or Super Sludge?
</ol>

Tracks 8-11 disappoint, but not that much: 9.34 stars.

Posted by MF DU on 2007-10-02 17:19:17 +0000
Good stuff here, TGL.

thanks for taking the time :)


Posted by tgl on 2007-10-02 17:51:44 +0000
I'm not fishing for comments _at_ _all_.

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