2010 reissue in digipak with 6 bonus tracks

On 1988's The Love Songs, Howe Gelb and his ever evolving GiantSand had all but perfected his trademark brand of exciting,unpredictable, shambolic, fractured roots rock. The band wascomprised of Gelb on guitars, piano, organ, and vocals; then-wifePaula Jean Brown on bass; Chris Cacavas (fresh out of Green on Red)on organ, piano, acoustic guitar, and backing vocals; and JohnConvertino on drums. The strident rigidity of Valley of Rain andthe uneven if compelling and ambitious qualities of subsequentalbums Ballad of a Thin Line Man and Ramp were fully realized here."Wearing the Robes of Bible Black" extrapolates on the earliercountry-rock GS sound, but is more skeletal and apocalyptic; it'shyperkinetic and zig-zags through its careening, off-rail honkytonk/rockabilly rhythm that's underscored by Gelb's spitting vocal."One Man's Woman/No Man's Land" is the first time Gelb completelyindulged his love of Northern soul on record -- albeit in a rock& roll context. The bassline is straight out of "Heatwave"; thebacking vocals in the verses are pure Motown as well. Convertino'sdrums double time and Cacavas' organ colors the backdrop. It's inGelb's shaky voice and his screaming guitar playing that he letshis freak flag fly, before bringing it all down to testify inspoken word gospel fashion. "Mountain of Love" marries ElmoreJames' infamous slide blues riff to country boogie and staccatorock pyrotechnics before a lilting country melody is introduced.The skittering garage band approach to Bob Dylan's mid-'60srecordings and '70s funk are wed jaggedly but but inextricablytogether on "Love Like a Train." The cover of Jerry Leiber and MikeStoller's "Is That All There Is?" is an even more jaded-soundingtake on Brechtian cabaret than Peggy Lee's version (thoughadmittedly nowhere near as well sung). The jittery improv jazzinterlude on accordion, organ, and snare adds a surreal touch. Thefuzz-drenched reverb on the cover of "Get Ready" turns the song'sintentional camp factor into a nasty-ass rock & rollperformance. Cut for cut, The Love Songs is among the mostconsistent and best recordings in GS' formidable catalog. Itsrelatively stripped-down sound allows for the quirky gift in Gelb'ssongwriting to shine through the primordial rock & rollinstinct in the music.

Track list:
1. Wearing The Robes Of Bible Black
2. One Man's Woman / No Man's Land
3. Mad Dog A Man
4. Fingernail Moon, Barracuda And Me
5. Mountain Of Love
6. Almost The Politician's Wife
7. The Doors
8. Love Like A Train
9. Is That All There Is?
10. Clump
11. Get Ready
12. Murkey Dew Red
13. Major Glorious Ending Theme
14. Hammer Toe
15. Amost The Politicians Wife-outtake

Condition cover: mint / still sealed

Condition cd:mint

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