Faded Glamour: The Best of Animals That Swim

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Faded Glamour: The Best of Animals That Swim
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Compilation album by
Animals That Swim
Released2004
Genre Alternative
Label Snowstorm

Faded Glamour: The Best of Animals That Swim is a 2004 compilation best-of album by British alternative rock band Animals That Swim, released in 2004 via Snowstorm.

Contents

Critical reception

Kitty Empire in The Guardian rued Animals That Swim relative lack of success compared to some peers "Too dignified to chase fame, too rueful for the Britpop bandwagon and plagued by terrible luck" but that this "compilation of their touchstones sorely deserves a fanfare." Title song "Faded Glamour" is a "criminally unheard of gem of its era... the 14 tracks take in their happiest song 'Madame Yevonde', the elegant 'East St O'Neill' and the fabulously sodden 'King Beer': songs too good to be left exclusively to the recollections of sentimental music journalists." [1] Uncut said this "judiciously selected collection highlights their ennui-soaked glory perfectly." They highlight the "yearning, hyper-literate twilight pop (Leonard Cohen romanticism multiplied by The Teardrop Explodes)" and their "intelligent barfly persona, particularly the bizarre imaginary tale of Roy Orbison on 'Roy' and the doleful 'King Beer', made them a haven from gormless grunge." [2]

Track listing

  1. Faded Glamour
  2. Pink Carnations
  3. Longest Road
  4. Roy
  5. All Your Stars Are Out
  6. Dirt
  7. Smooth Steps
  8. Moon and the Mothership
  9. East St O'Neill
  10. Madame Yevonde
  11. 50 Dresses
  12. Mackie's Wake
  13. King Beer
  14. 7 Days
  15. Learning To Fly
  16. Chapel Market
  17. Kandy Kars
  18. May
  19. An Unbeaten Horse (Demo)
  20. Log City Road
  21. The Greenhouse (Single Version)
  22. Theme From Driving Home
  23. Oregon State Fair
  24. Me And Harry Dean
  25. Mexico (Demo)
  26. New Boots
  27. Happiness From A Distant Star (Version)
  28. Weary Mind

Personnel

Animals That Swim

References

  1. ↑ Empire, Kitty (17 July 2004). "Animals That Swim, Faded Glamour | Music". The Guardian. Retrieved 12 May 2021.
  2. ↑ "Animals That Swim – Faded Glamour". uncut.co.uk. 31 August 2004. Retrieved 24 August 2022.
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