| Beatsongs | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
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| Studio album by | ||||
| Released | 1991 | |||
| Recorded | February 1991 | |||
| Studio | Sunset Sound Recorders, Ocean Way Recording | |||
| Genre | Alternative rock, electric folk | |||
| Label | Ensign/Chrysalis [1] | |||
| Producer | Larry Hirsch | |||
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Beatsongs is an album by the English band the Blue Aeroplanes, released in 1991. [2] [3] Its B-sides were collected on Friendloverplane 2. [4]
The album peaked at No. 33 on the UK Albums Chart. [5]
Recorded at Sunset Sound Recorders and Ocean Way Recording in February 1991, the album was produced by Larry Hirsch. [6] [7] "The Boy in the Bubble" is a cover of the Paul Simon song. [8] Guitar player Rodney Allen sang lead vocal on two tracks. [9] Many guest musicians contributed to Beatsongs. [10]
| Review scores | |
|---|---|
| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |   [9] |
| Calgary Herald | B [11] |
| Chicago Tribune |  [12] |
| Record Collector | [6] |
The Boston Globe wrote: "Intense and dreamy, acoustic and electric, Beatsongs is yet another fine effort from a fringe 'alternative' band, one that deserves a major push and breakthrough"; the paper later listed Beatsongs as one of the best albums of 1991. [13] [14] The Chicago Tribune determined that "it's electric folk with a vaguely psychedelic underpinning—think of 'Eight Miles High'-era Byrds, early Fairport Convention or the Velvet Underground's third album." [12]
The Calgary Herald deemed the album "a trip ripe with poetic lyrics that whisper and implore, with glistening pop-rock jewels, brooding tunes that untie the knot of anxiety, acoustic/electric guitars that soar eight miles high, the sound of the '60s, of now, of forever." [11] The Times praised the "vivid melodic framework and ... wondrous tonal lustre" of the guitars. [15] The Daily Breeze considered Beatsongs to be the seventh best rock album of 1991. [16]
| No. | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Huh!" | |
| 2. | "Yr Own World" | |
| 3. | "Angelwords" | |
| 4. | "Fun" | |
| 5. | "Cardboard Box" | |
| 6. | "My Hurricane" | |
| 7. | "Aeroplane Blues" | |
| 8. | "Jack Leaves & Back Spring" | |
| 9. | "Colour Me" | |
| 10. | "Streamers" | |
| 11. | "The Boy in the Bubble" | |
| 12. | "Sixth Continent" |
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