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Robyn Hitchcock & the Egyptians - Globe of Frogs Audio CD

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Title: Globe of Frogs
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Release Date: 1993-05-04
Media: Audio CD

Tracks: 1: Tropical Flesh Mandala 2: Vibrating 3: Balloon Man 4: Luminous Rose 5: Sleeping with Your Devil Mask 6: Unsettled 7: Chinese Bones 8: Globe of Frogs 9: Shapes Between Us Turn into Animals 10: Flesh Number One (Beatle Dennis)

Different than most Hitchcock
A scorchingly stressful job, a marriage on the rocks, and everything in total flux, I was grasping. Years ago, when I moved back to the US after twenty years, I had a real cultural identity crisis. Straws weren't even an option at that point. I remember a particularly bad day and the ride home. I popped in the newest RH missive, "Globe of Frogs" on the cassette(they existed once ya know) and laughed and laughed all the way home. I also smiled in wonder at the profundity in many of the songs that I laughed at and at some that I didn't.
In my universe, Hitchcock and the Soft Boys have always been near the top of our affections, and the common take has been that by the time this "album" was released, Hitch was already recycling himself. As to "Globe" and the Soft Boys reunion CD "Nextdoorland", I would heartily beg to differ.
With regard to the above journey home from work so many years ago, I always joke that "Globe" help save my life, or at least my sanity. There are times when I am not sure Joke is the most apt word. This is great stuff; Hitchcock is a treasure. .


... and it rained... like a slow divorce...
I spent most if not all of high school listening to this and getting lost completely in the lyrics and what they might mean - and the music is dynamite, as well (something rare for songs with very interesting lyrics). I remember getting this album on cassette from a friend when I was about 15. Hitchcock's lyrical imagination is unmatched today, in 2007, and I recommend newcomers to his work to buy this album, Queen Elvis, and Perspex Island along with the Soft Boy's Underwater Moonlight in order to get a good feel for the pantheon of images that populate the lyrical content. There are mummies, spacemen, birds of all kinds, devils, forms that change shape, and magical realism galore. A pure delight - and on this album as with several others, we're treated to some of Peter Buck's best non-R. E. M. guitar work. .


Just another great collection of should have been smash hits
That it didn't turn Hitchcock into a superstar is a real crime. How does one artist's mediocre song become a hit, but another, which has all the elements of a smash hit, doesn't?

At least this album made it to some college radio playlists in its day. Between this and "Invisible Hitchcock" and a couple of others (see my other reviews), he's been on the brink of hitting the big time a few times, but for one reason or another, didn't get there.

Maybe that's to his and his fans' advantage. . . . sometimes an artist's creativity gets stifled by fame. In Hitchcock's case, there sure hasn't been any wavering of the flood of creativity and seemingly endless output over the years. While he hasn't gained mainstream notoriety, other musicians have been paying attention. The Grateful Dead and Suzanne Vega even took on a cover of "Chinese Bones" (with limited success) at the Rain Forest Benefit in New York on September 24, 1988.

Long time friend Peter Buck of R. E. M. helps out on the 12 string electric. This record is a great starting point for the uninitiated, as it contains some of his most accessible music, but it's also one long time fans should have in their collection.

There isn't a bad song on this record.


Flesh Number One
E. He stole the show when he opened for R. M. , and I've been a fan ever since. This album epitomizes Robyn Hitchcock's style: jangly, funny, refreshing, and clever. This album has a sort of mystical air to it, broken only by visualizations of fat men, floating and and then exploding, leaving debris of skin and lunch leftovers on your sleeve. For me, highlights include the fun 'Tropical Flesh Mandala', 'Balloon Man' of course, and the nice little perfect pop number, 'Flesh Number One (Beatle Dennis)' which illustrates that when Robyn sets out to write something meaningful and a tad bit commercial, he can still do it without compromising. .


good stuff, but i like the electric version better
. . on the whole. mind you, some of the acoustic ones have beengrowing on me lately, so perhaps i'm in a transitional phase orsomething. anyway, while some of the other songs have better titles (luminous rose indeed!) or tunes, "sleeping with your devil mask" will always be my favorite song from this album. though perhaps a rerelease with the other version of GoF would change my tiny mind.


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