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Phish - Lawn Boy Audio CD

A fair review of the Phish "Lawn Boy" 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 Phish reviews here, or go back to the Phish tabs.

Phish Band: Phish
Title: Lawn Boy
Rating:
Release Date: 1992-06-30
Media: Audio CD

Tracks: 1: Squirming Coil 2: Reba 3: My Sweet One 4: Split Open and Melt 5: Oh Kee Pa Ceremony 6: Bathtub Gin 7: Run Like an Antelope 8: Lawn Boy 9: Bouncing Around the Room

Heavy writings
. One of the premier jam band's more adventurous studio offerings, with a fascinating set of exploratory dynamics, is not without its overreaching moments but should still retain its must-own status simply from how much compositional zest lies inside.


My favorite Phish album, no doubt about it!
This time, I'm keeping it simple. OK, I admit I tend to get wordy on some of my reviews. Phish is getting back together as I write this (January 2009) and touring, so a new crop of phans will get the joy of discovering this great 1990s jamband that took a break, came back for a year or two, then packed it in for a longer hiatus. Now, they're BACK!

If you're wondering where to start in Phish's extensive catalog I recommend this as their best studio album. It's solid from beginning to end. For a more introspective side to the band, I'd recommend A Picture of Nectar, and to get a taste of them in the beginning, the two-CD Junta. Finally, for kick-out-the-jams rock, there's Farmhouse.

OK, OK, I said I wouldn't go on. Get this for sure! But more than anything, GO SEE THEM! Like the Grateful Dead, the late, lamented String Cheese Incident, Strangefolk, and other great jambands, seeing them live is the best way to experience their music.

To all the new Phish phans who are coming back together, or who will emerge, WELCOME TO THE PHAMILY! .


Great tracks, though some of the live versions are better....
They are both featured on A Live One, with Coil coming it at twice the length as it does here. There are many great Phish songs here, but many of them are better in their live versions, specifically The Squirming Coil and Bouncing Around the Room. It has a beautiful piano solo at the end. Bouncing Around the Room sounds rather tired here, but the version on the live album really bounces (sorry about the pun) with the audience really getting into it. On the plus side, this album has one of my favorite Phish songs, Reba. Composed by Trey Anatassio, it's an epic song, running about 12 1/2 minutes. It has a great chorus (bag it, tag it, sell it to the butcher in the store), and great jamming in between the verses. The song Run like an Antelope is a classic Phish jam, and My Sweet One is Jon Fishman's contribution (which is really good). Trey dominated the songwriting in Phish. As good as he is, it's a bit of a pity as the others contributions from the rest of the band are very good. One wonders if that's what broke them up (or put them on hiatus). Oh, well, this is still one of their best studio albums. .


Excellent Phish album that is a must have.
The members of Phish were veterens by the time this album was released, but musically, they were just getting started. This is Phish's second official album but fourth unofficially.

It really does continue where Junta left off and contains more of their signature live staples recorded to perfection in the studio. While Junta is probably the better album, the fact that this is single disc makes this one much more accessable.

"The Squirming Coil" is a beautiful mini epic that rises to great heights and falls just as gracefully. Reba is one of their strangest and most entertaining songs and it showcases their ability to gradually drift away from the main theme of a song until it becomes unrecognizable, and then suddenly bring you back leaving you thinking "was that all one song?"

In many ways it is similar to "Run Like an Antelope" in that it shows their mastery of combining tonal and atonal instrumental music. Phish also explores some new musical styles on this album with the bluegrassy "My Sweet One" and the funky "Split Open and Melt". The album ends with the energetic "Bouncing Around the Room" a song that would later become a minor hit when it was released on "A Live One" in 1995.

While not their best album, this album comes very close to being their best and is certainly an essential album for anyone interested in Phish.


Joey Likes It
And he likes Bathtub Gin, though he'd re-name it Bathtub Whiskey, if given the chance. My friend Joey likes this album, especially the chorus to "Reba".

We went and saw them at TRAX in Charlottesville in `91, and Joey liked it. He was trippin' on shrooms, and had to go out to the car to get it together. I finally came out and talked him back into the show. We walked in and they were playing "Cracklin' Rosie" by Neil Diamond, and Joey felt better about things. He's from Jersey, Hungarian, and loves Neil Diamond. It's a Jersey/Hungarian thing. You wouldn't understand. . .

Anyhow, Joey is down with this. It's cool, since Trey is also from Jersey. You see what I'm sayin'?.


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