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Bim Skala Bim
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The One that Got Away
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MA
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Beatville Records
PO Box 42462, Washington, DC 20015
301-963-3001
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Contact: |
PO Box 441606, Somerville, MA 02144
bim@bimska.com
http://www.bimska.com/
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Okay, so this is the second rarities collection I've gotten in the past week. Unlike the Bad Manners CD i got, I enjoyed this one. The music actually sounds good. A lot of records that are collections of rarities, demos, and such are just a collection of crap that the band was correct in not choosing to put out. I want to give the band a good review, just based on the insert alone. I love how it opens into a turquoise picture what the ground looks like underwater. Then all thirteen songs have a brief explanation of what they mean and/or how they came to be. "Line to You" is my favorite track and comes from winter of '91-'92 session for the recording of "Bones". The lyrics of "Run Joe" are very entertaining, documenting a man "being caught in a compromising position with another man's wife". I also like the intro to "Burning Underground" with the percussion and all. Their cover of The Beatles' "Rain" is far better than the original, but that might be because I don't care for the original. "Edge of a Knife" and "Dub Mistake" are both quite reggae influenced. I'm wondering how a band can have so many good songs that never made it onto a CD. When i first listened, I was quite skeptical, but i really caught on quickly that this is actually good.
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Tracks: 1. Line to You 2. Set Me Up 3. Run Joe 4. In this House 5. Rain and Pour 6. Burning Underground 7. Sequoia 8. Rain 9. Edge of a Knife 10. Murky Water 11. Skaloop 12. Dub Mistake 13. Three Legged Dub
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