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    05/21/2002 | Raven (australia) 

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    All Music Guide Review

    While the post-punk music scene in the United Kingdom sold a lot more records and the indie rock movement in America had a great deal more influence, for sheer output of quality rock & roll it was hard to beat the Australians in the 1980s, whose commitment to lean, tough, high-attitude rock was second to none. Of course, Men at Work and INXS ended up moving a lot more units in the States than the Scientists, the Celibate Rifles, and the New Christs, but by the same token, Loverboy moved more merchandise than the Replacements, and who gets name-checked more? At any rate, almost two dozen great bands from down under get their props on Born out of Time: 1979-1988 -- The Australian Indie Sound, and if you want 76 minutes of proof that the Antipodes were a great place to be if you liked high-octane guitar-based rock, this will do just dandy. Radio Birdman kicks off the set with "Hanging On," an appropriate choice given the band's massive influence and the frequent reappearance of Deniz Tek and Rob Younger on the tracks that follow. Most of the best-known Aussie indie acts of the period are represented, including the Hoodoo Gurus, the Screaming Tribesmen, the Lime Spiders, and Died Pretty, but there are also plenty of fine bands who didn't get the attention they deserved outside the continent, including smart punks the Eastern Dark, tough pop songstress Angie Pepper (aka Deniz Tek), '60s obsessives the Stems, and the Psychotic Turnbuckles, who sound like down under's answer to Redd Kross. Twenty-two songs from 22 bands without a dud in the bunch, Born out of Time: 1979-1988 -- The Australian Indie Sound is a great overview of a scene many folks ignored at the time, and hopefully this will raise the profile of a few of the lesser-known groups on board (and prompt further reissues along these lines). ~ Mark Deming, All Music Guide

    Track Listing

  • Track#
  • Title
  • Artist
  • time
  • 1
  • Hanging On
  • Radio Birdman
  • 3:37
  • 2
  • Hindu Gods (Of Love)
  • Lipstick Killers
  • 3:20
  • 3
  • Chelsea Kids
  • Femme
  • 3:50
  • 4
  • Brother John
  • Visitors
  • 4:31
  • 5
  • I Don't Mind
  • Hitmen
  • 2:48
  • 6
  • Voodoo Slaves
  • 2:30
  • 7
  • Crying Sun
  • New Race
  • 3:05
  • 8
  • Swampland
  • Scientists
  • 4:11
  • 9
  • Igloo
  • Screaming Tribesmen
  • 3:59
  • 10
  • (Let's All) Turn On
  • Hoodoo Gurus
  • 3:00
  • 11
  • Drop Out
  • Beasts Of Bourbon
  • 3:04
  • 12
  • Frozen World
  • Pepper, Angie
  • 3:29
  • 13
  • Wild Desire
  • Celibate Rifles
  • 3:32
  • 14
  • Out of the Unknown
  • Died Pretty
  • 4:10
  • 15
  • Born out of Time
  • New Christs
  • 5:03
  • 16
  • Slave Girl
  • Lime Spiders
  • 2:51
  • 17
  • Julie Is a Junkie
  • Eastern Dark
  • 2:40
  • 18
  • Make You Mine
  • Stems
  • 4:46
  • 19
  • Girl in the Sweater
  • Hard-Ons
  • 2:45
  • 20
  • Albuquerque (Wild Scenes)
  • Psychotic Turnbuckles
  • 2:38
  • 21
  • Explosion in a Room
  • Lizard Train
  • 3:48
  • 22
  • Blaze of Glory
  • Exploding White Mice
  • 2:59

  • Credits

    • Deniz Tek
    • Guitar, Vocals, Producer, Harmony Vocals, Vocals (Background)
    • Ray Ahn
    • Bass, Vocals (Background)
    • Ian McFarlane
    • Liner Notes, Annotation, Track Notes, Project Coordinator, Compilation, Concept
    • Pip Hoyle
    • Organ, Piano, Vocals (Background)


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