Be Careful What You Wish For (Ramleh album)

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Be Careful What You Wish For
Ramleh - Be Careful cover.jpeg
Studio album by
Released20 November 1995 (1995-11-20)
Genre Noise rock, experimental rock, psychedelic rock
Length73:24
Label Sympathy for the Record Industry
Ramleh chronology
Adieu, All You Judges
(1995)
Be Careful What You Wish For
(1995)
Works III
(1996)

Be Careful What You Wish For is the ninth studio album by British experimental music group Ramleh. [1] It was released on 20 November 1995 through American independent record label Sympathy for the Record Industry.

Contents

Akin to their other releases in 1990s, Be Careful What You Wish For experiments with traditional rock music structures, in contrast to their early 1980s recordings in power electronics genre. It is a concept album [2] and is widely regarded as the band's "highest-profile release." [3]

Critical reception

Professional ratings
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Stewart Mason of AllMusic described the album as "a remarkable slice of abstract drones by guitarist Gary Mundy, occasionally colored by Philip Best's barely audible, mantra-like vocals and Stuart Dennison's extremely minimal (often beat-free) drumming." He also stated that "Those who think Nine Inch Nails are the ultimate sonic terrorists will be scared silly." [4] Everett Jang Perdue of Trouser Press criticized the album for "leaning too hard in a rock direction" and described it as "the band's blandest." [3]

Track listing

  1. "The New York Conning Tower" - 7:17
  2. "Chicago Balloon Riders" - 9:00
  3. "Boston Concept" - 5:46
  4. "Philadelphia Mountain Lion" - 1:45
  5. "Seattle Nun Trailer" - 7:51
  6. "Buffalo Comeback" - 7:03
  7. "Alice in the Cities" - 7:49
  8. "Ohio Impromptu" - 4:12
  9. "Houston Water Angel" - 10:20
  10. "Maryland Sheriff Factory" - 3:16
  11. "Michigan Showgirl" - 6:17
  12. "Blues for Herb Mullin" - 2:48

Personnel

Ramleh

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References

  1. Mason, Stewart. "Ramleh". Allmusic . Retrieved 1 April 2014.
  2. Burnett, Joseph (1 February 2012). "Destroying Structure: An Interview With Ramleh". The Quietus . Retrieved 9 April 2014.
  3. 1 2 Perdue, Everett Jang. "Ramleh". Trouser Press . Retrieved 1 April 2014.
  4. 1 2 Mason, Stewart. "Ramleh - Be Careful What You Wish For". AllMusic . Retrieved 9 April 2014.