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The Lemonheads - Car Button Cloth Audio CD

A fair review of the The Lemonheads "Car Button Cloth" Audio CD. Please note that the below review is the views of the authors, and authors only. You can get a complete list of all The Lemonheads reviews here, or go back to the The Lemonheads tabs.

The Lemonheads Band: The Lemonheads
Title: Car Button Cloth
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Release Date: 1996-10-15
Media: Audio CD

Tracks: 1: It's All True 2: If I Could Talk I'd Tell You 3: Break Me 4: Hospital 5: Outdoor Type 6: Losing Your Mind 7: Something's Missing 8: Knoxville Girl 9: 6ix 10: C'mon Daddy 11: One More Time 12: Tenderfoot 13: Secular Rockulidge

Perfectly mediocre
Between highly derivative, uninspired songwriting and the bland, dumbed-down eclecticism the album does not touch many raw nerves and just sort of coasts by in a time capsule of gen-X apathy. 2 1/2

Harking back to the days when alt-rock was still a buzz word, Dando never seemed destined to venture far beyond that dated aesthetic according to this '96 release. .


Great cover of Knoxville Girl
Knoxville Girl is a murder ballad. The Lemonheads do a great cover of the Traditional song Knoxville Girl. The lyrics are chilling! The Lemonheads version sounds like Grunge meets Country. It's great. I also like The Outdoor Type and If I Could Talk I'd Tell You.


the lemonheads rule
The songs are smart and have a twisted humor to them, whether it's Outdoor type (about a couch potato afraid of nature), or C'on Daddy (about Liv and Steven Tyler), you can't go wrong. Another stellar album from Evan Dando and company, Car, Button, Cloth, is a much darker album then previous efforts but it's the most diverse sounding musically and that is why it's the best in my opinion. The Lemonheads are probably one of the most underrated bands ever and Dando can write a catchy tune in his sleep, hopefully they will again release another album, but most likely this was their last effort.


Hidden meaning of C'mon Daddy
It has some real gems, especially The Outdoor Type, which I'd heard in the film The Tao of Steve. I only recently bought this CD. . . but the only reason I'm writing this review is because I only just realized what the song C'mon Daddy is about.

Here are some lyrics: "I feel like Steven is my father but I don't know why/But I realized it when I looked in his eyes. . . . Didn't know I was your baby until the age of nine/Didn't know I was your babe for such a long long time. . . "

The real giveaway: "Now we're back in the saddle. . . " I still can't believe I didn't get it the first time. It's a song about how Liv Tyler discovered that Steven Tyler of Aerosmith was her real father!

I'm sorry, but that is just so damned clever it kills me. And for that alone (plus much much more) you should buy this album. And what the hell, buy It's a Shame About Ray, too.


Possibly their best effort
I was wrong. After the two excellent albums that preceded it ("It's a Shame" and "Come on Feel"), I was sure that Evan Dando could not outdo himself again. Four years after its release, I still find myself listening to this CD quite often.

This is the most diverse album in the Lemonheads catalog -- it mixes pop, punk, country, folk & metal into one surprisingly cohesive disc. "Car Button Cloth" is full of strong songs from start to finish.


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