Still in Hollywood Concrete Blonde

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  • Release Date: 11/01/1994
  • Sales Rank: 30,262
  • Label: CAPITOL
  • UPC: 724382912828

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Still in Hollywood

1LISTENIt'll Chew You up and Spit You Out 4:34
2LISTENEverybody Knows 4:44
3LISTENFree 3:12
4LISTENGod Is a Bullet 4:21
5LISTENProbably Will 2:51
6LISTENMandocello 4:23
7LISTENThe Ship Song 4:20
8LISTENJoey Acoustic 4:08
9LISTENLittle Wing 4:14
10LISTENRoses Grow 3:08
11LISTENThe Sky Is a Poisonous Garden 4:06
12LISTENBloodletting (The Vampire Song) 7:07
13LISTENSimple Twist of Fate 5:44
14LISTENSide of the Road 4:38
15LISTEN100 Games of Solitaire 3:37
16LISTENTomorrow, Wendy 4:28

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With their brief moment of commercial success having long since faded, Concrete Blonde had essentially split by the time this collection was released. For fans, it's a well-conceived treat, gathering together many of the band's non-album tracks (although most had been available as B-sides). There's really not a track that won't be a delight to the band's devoted following. There are a handful of well-chosen cover songs. Leonard Cohen's "Everybody Knows" is given a suitably ominous treatment and there is a beautiful, heartfelt take on the Cheap Trick ballad "Mandocello." Early college radio hit "God Is a Bullet" appears as a brutal live version (with some searing guitar work from James Mankey). The band's punk roots show on another live track, "The Sky Is a Poisonous Garden," and the chilling "Tomorrow, Wendy" retains its potency in a sparse, stripped-down version, showing off Johnette Napalitano's compelling vocal abilities. The B-side originals are consistently good, with the swaggering, loner lyrics and Mankey's spidery, twang guitar making "100 Games of Solitaire" especially noteworthy. The liner notes are concise, but informative, and Still in Hollywood is a well-done packaging of work that reinforces Concrete Blonde as a very talented creative unit. Tom Demalon, All Music Guide

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February 17, 2001: This is a must have for fans of Concrete Blonde. Containing live versions of God is a Bullet and The Sky is a Poisonous Garden... neither of these tracks capture the raw emotion Johnette's voice is capable of quite like hearing Tomorrow, Wendy live which outdoes all studio versions. For anyone not familiar with Concrete Blonde just think back about ten years to a song called Joey, the only Concrete Blonde song to really receive any radio play. More than anything though, Johnette Napolitano's vocals are beautiful as well as amazing. With a voice reminiscent of Janis Joplin but much more pleasing to the ears, Johnette has a range that can go from Joan Jett to Chrissie Hynde to Natalie Merchant and quite often can do all this in the same song. Also featured on Still in Hollywood are an acoustic version of Joey, the ever popular cover of Everybody Knows, and a bunch of songs which had previously been available only as B-sides. In all a great album for any collection and a good place to start if you haven't ever listened to Concrete before.