Audio CD review:
Game Theory - Big Shot Chronicles

Game Theory - Big Shot Chronicles

Band: Game Theory Title: Big Shot Chronicles Rating: Release Date: 02 August, 1993 Media: Audio CD Tracks: 1: Here It Is Tomorrow 2: Where You Going Northern 3: I've Tried Subtley 4: Erica's Word 5: Make Any Vows 6: Regenisraen 7: Crash Into June 8: Book Of Millionaires 9: The Only Lesson Learned 10: Too Closely 11: Never Mind 12: Like A Girl Jesus 13: Girl w/ a Guitar 14: Come Home With Me 15: Seattle 16: Linus And Lucy 17: Faithless

Customer Reviews First half so great it leaves you gasping In the meantime, this one's the best to start with. Maybe if enough of us write reviews, GT records will be re-released for all of us/you who can't afford the high cost of their out-of-print albums. It's to "Revolver" as "Lolita Nation"'s to "The White Album. " The punch of the first seven songs, through "Crash into June," shows a ferocity mixed with tenderness that the band never equalled on record in any of its many line-ups. These songs are so well sequenced that the remainder's a bit of a letdown by comparison, although fine on its own merits next to the GT work on "Real Nighttime" or the best songs on "Two Steps. " It's just that the spirited array from the album's first half sounds as if it left the band winded, and the relative melancholy and mid-tempo, more obviously Big Star-influenced second half of the album (with the exception of the somewhate dated sound of "Never Mind"; not to mention one of the album's best cuts, a cover of "Like A Girl Jesus,") does not knock you out compared to what came before. The bonus cuts are in the same spirit as the original album; "Seattle" fits in nicely with the latter tracks, and the "Linus & Lucy Theme" is one of the group's catchiest numbers. It all sounds great, and the band outdoes, in my opinion, the vocals at times (the last bonus cut, "Faithless," sounds as if it's by a different singer!) as their sharp, new-wave/power-pop/slightly psychedelic at times melange goes down easy and leaves bits of tunes in your mind for days after days. incredible songs on display i marvel at the talent of these guys(and gals). such a wonderful product of the 80's is criminally overlooked. the harder sound gives them this rocking let's active, but the old let's active sound(cypress/afoot). guitar playing is great, rythm section bouncing around. i try to get the word out about obscure pop like this to my friends. When there was still hope for rock 'n roll..... Soon after that I went out and purchased this release (which wasn't easy to find). I first heard Game Theory when I purchased an old various artists LP called "the enigma variations". Once you hear this CD you'll get excited that you've found something very wonderful, then you might also find yourself feeling a bit sad. Sad because this incredible collection of songs fell on deaf ears when released, and also because it shines a light on the fact that most current pop/rock music isn't a tenth as inventive or original as the material released by Game Theory. There's really nothing I can say to make you understand what Game Theory is, I can only say that one day you'll probably own this CD and say to yourself "Wow, how did ANYONE ever miss this group?" -JM. . You can see a complete list of all Game Theory discography, or go back to the Game Theory tabs