| Rough Music | ||||
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| Studio album by | ||||
| Released | 1995 | |||
| Label | Beggars Banquet [1] | |||
| Producer | Gerard Langley | |||
| The Blue Aeroplanes chronology | ||||
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Rough Music is an album by the English band the Blue Aeroplanes, released in 1995. [2] [3]
| Rough Music | ||||
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| Studio album by | ||||
| Released | 1995 | |||
| Label | Beggars Banquet [1] | |||
| Producer | Gerard Langley | |||
| The Blue Aeroplanes chronology | ||||
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Rough Music is an album by the English band the Blue Aeroplanes, released in 1995. [2] [3]
The album was produced by frontman Gerard Langley. [4] Andy Sheppard played saxophone on "Secret Destination". [5] Around 25 musicians are credited on Rough Music, not including the band's dancer, Wojtek Dmochowski. [6]
| Review scores | |
|---|---|
| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |   [7] |
| Calgary Herald | B+ [8] |
| Daily Breeze | [9] |
| The Encyclopedia of Popular Music | [10] |
| MusicHound Rock: The Essential Album Guide | [11] |
The Independent wrote that "Langley still writes songs as if transposing mid-century English poetry to the rock milieu for the benefit of girls he wants to impress." [4] The Guardian noted that "the Bristol band are so skilled at classy blurred-guitar pop that they can probably turn it out in their sleep (and moody vocalist Gerard Langley sounds as if he did) ... With a few exceptions, like the sarcastic 'A Map Below', the thing flows smoothly past without trace." [12] The Daily Breeze concluded that "the band rocks out more effectively than it has since 1990's Swagger album, storming through 'Scared' and 'Dark' with impressive force." [9]
The Gazette determined that Langley "has a Celtic earnestness in 'Scared', a roll call of relationship fears that works because it's true, but otherwise his urgency sets off alarms all over pretension police HQ." [13] The Vancouver Sun thought that "Blue Aeroplanes play truly psychedelic music ranging from free-jazz sax skwonkings to shimmering guitars like spider-webbing made from sugar-water and dulcimer/psaltery Old World picking." [14]
AllMusic wrote that "the mix of relaxed, easy-going vibes and electric rush otherwise generally carries the album, with strong examples of both tendencies easily evident." [7]
| No. | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Detective Song" | |
| 2. | "Sugared Almond" | |
| 3. | "Scared" | |
| 4. | "Worry Beads" | |
| 5. | "Contact High!" | |
| 6. | "A Map Below" | |
| 7. | "James" | |
| 8. | "Whatever Happened to Our Golden Birds?" | |
| 9. | "Wond'ring Wild" | |
| 10. | "Saint Me and the Devil" | |
| 11. | "Dark" | |
| 12. | "Secret Destination" | |
| 13. | "Dear, Though the Night Is Gone" |
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