Lido (Th' Faith Healers album)

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Lido
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Studio album by
th' Faith Healers
Released1992
Genre Alternative rock
Label Too Pure
Elektra [1]
Producer Ott & Robs
Th' Faith Healers chronology
In Love EP
(1991)		Lido
(1992)		L
(1993)

Lido is the debut album by the English band th' Faith Healers, released in 1992. [2] [3] The band promoted the album in the United States by touring with the Dentists. [4]

Contents

Production

Recorded in London, the album was produced by Ott & Robs and mixed by the band. [5] [6] The American release includes two additional tracks, "Reptile Smile" and "Moona-ina-Joona". [7] "Mother Sky" is a cover of the Can song. [8] Although often lumped with "shoegaze" bands of the early 1990s, th' Faith Healers paid particular attention to the groove and rhythm of Lido's songs. [9]

Critical reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [10]
Chicago Tribune Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [11]
Robert Christgau A− [12]
Los Angeles Times Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar half.svg [13]
MusicHound Rock: The Essential Album Guide Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [6]

Trouser Press wrote that the band cranks "out hypnotic drone rock that crests with cathartic power and recedes." [7] Spin praised the "intense, well-structured blurts of melodic noise." [14] Robert Christgau considered Lido "sheer power-drone, never fully controlled and often breaking into something quite frantic and exciting." [12] The Chicago Tribune stated that "funky bass hooks and lobster-rock riffs on the speedy highlight 'Hippy Hole' spew the punky garage band's attitude." [11]

The New York Times thought that the band "find frenzy, primal release and euphoria in repetition." [15] The New Yorker noted the "swift, jagged guitar work" and "trippy, minimalist vocals." [16] The Washington Post determined that they "recall the edgy intensity of Too Pure labelmate P. J. Harvey, but with a gift for rusty-can grooves approaching the Fall's... It's a potent, and galvanizingly cacophonous, combination." [4] The Los Angeles Times deemed the album "hypnotic and sensual, with Roxanne Stephens' airy vocals serving as the eye of a shifting, swirling storm." [13]

AllMusic wrote that "songs often spring from simple, hypnotic riffs and rhythms which inevitably swerve out of control, screeching with peals of feedback and shooting off sparks—'Hippy Hole' is a white-noise roller coaster, while the taut 'Don't Jones Me' slowly builds from a loping drum beat and a muted guitar line to arrive at a crashing climax." [10]

Track listing

No.TitleLength
1."This Time" 
2."A Word of Advice" 
3."Hippy Hole" 
4."Don't Jones Me" 
5."Love Song" 
6."Mother Sky" 
7."It's Easy Being You" 
8."Spin 1/2" 

References

  1. ↑ DeRogatis, Jim (January 1, 2003). Turn on Your Mind: Four Decades of Great Psychedelic Rock. Hal Leonard Corporation.
  2. ↑ "Th' Faith Healers Biography, Songs, & Albums". AllMusic.
  3. ↑ Lester, Paul (May 30, 1992). "NW1-Derful Lido by th' Faith Healers". Melody Maker. Vol. 68, no. 22. p. 32.
  4. 1 2 "NYC Migration's Alternative Pit Stop". The Washington Post. Retrieved 19 January 2022.
  5. ↑ Punter, Jennie (4 Feb 1993). "Happy accidents help Healers keep faith in do-it-yourself style". Toronto Star. p. G6.
  6. 1 2 MusicHound Rock: The Essential Album Guide. Visible Ink Press. 1999. p. 408.
  7. 1 2 "Th Faith Healers (UK)". Trouser Press. Retrieved 19 January 2022.
  8. ↑ Snider, Eric (November 13, 1992). "Sound Bites". Weekend. St. Petersburg Times. p. 15.
  9. ↑ Reinert, Jed (9 Apr 1999). "Faith Healers are worth second listen". Happenings. Intelligencer Journal. p. 2.
  10. 1 2 "Lido". AllMusic.
  11. 1 2 Webber, Brad (28 Jan 1993). "Recordings". Tempo. Chicago Tribune. p. 7.
  12. 1 2 "Th Faith Healers". Robert Christgau.
  13. 1 2 Hochman, Steve (10 Jan 1993). "Th Faith Healers, 'Lido'". Calendar. Los Angeles Times. p. 56.
  14. ↑ Greer, Jim (Dec 1992). "Spins". Spin. Vol. 8, no. 9. pp. 94–95.
  15. ↑ Pareles, Jon (November 2, 1992). "Pop and Jazz in Review". The New York Times.
  16. ↑ "Night Life". The New Yorker. Vol. 68. February 3, 1993. p. 12.
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