RED HOUSE PAINTERS Red House Painters (aka The Bridge) LP 4AD 1993 UK orig+inner
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RED HOUSE PAINTERS
Red House Painters was primarily the vehicle of singer/songwriter Mark Kozelek, an evocative,
compelling performer of rare emotional intensity. Like Mark Eitzel of American Music Club,
to whose work the Painters were invariably compared and to whom their early success owed a tremendous debt,
Kozelek laid his soul bare on record, conjuring harrowingly acute tales of pain, despair, and loss;
unlike Eitzel, Nick Drake, and other poets of decay, Kozelek's autobiographical songs walked
their tightrope without a net -- forsaking the safety offered by metaphor and allegory,
he faced his demons in the first person, creating a singularly haunting body of work
unparalleled in its vulnerability and honesty
"RED HOUSE PAINTERS"
<2nd self-titled release also known as the "Bridge" album (because of the cover photograph)
or as "Red House Painters II">
Produced by: Mark Kozelek
1993 LP 4AD RECORDS CAD 3016
MADE IN ENGLAND ORIGINAL COPY FIRST PRESSING
This version: Made in England (on spine and label, Side B)
WITH INNER SLEEVE
Barcode and Other Identifiers
Barcode: 5 014436 301612 >
LABEL: 4AD - WHITE TEXT
Catalog on cover: cad 3016
Catalog on labels: cad 3016 (Side B only)
Matrix / Runout (Side A, Etched): CAD 3016 A¹ COPYMASTERS MRS MPO
Matrix / Runout (Side B, Etched): CAD 3016 B¹ MPO
On labels: (on Side B): All songs written and produced by Mark Kozelek, God-Forbid Publishing,
except "I Am A Rock" by Paul Simon, ?1965 Pattern Music Ltd.
"Helicopter" by Mark Kozelek & Jerry Vessel, God-Forbid Publishing.
"Star Spangled Banner" Smith & Key, arr. Mark Kozelek, God-Forbid Publishing.
? & © 1993 4AD, Made in England
image by Simon Larbalestier
from my records collection
tracklisting
Side A: EVIL - BUBBLE - I AM A ROCK - HELICOPTER
Side B: NEW JERSEY - UNCLE JOE - BLINDFOLD - STAR SPANGLED BANNER
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RECORD VG+ but (please, read above description)
SLEEVE VG+ but (please, see pictures and read above description)
The second of two self-titled 1993 efforts, this Red House Painters collects the remaining tracks from the
remarkably fruitful sessions which also launched the first album. Far more experimental in nature,
it opens with "Evil," an almost painfully slow and withdrawn song which acutely sets the album's haunting,
dark tone. While not everything works -- the electric version of "New Jersey" pales in comparison
to the previous set's acoustic rendition, while the cover of Simon and Garfunkel's "I Am a Rock" is overripe -- both
the unrequited love song "Bubble" and the dysfunctional "Uncle Joe" rank among Mark Kozelek's most perfectly
realized compositions, and the closer, a marvelously downbeat reading of "The Star Spangled Banner,"
allows the group's often unsung black humor to seep to the surface...(AllMusic)
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