Caught In A Trap And I Can't Back Out 'Cause I Love You Too Much, Baby_音乐专辑
Caught In A Trap And I Can't Back Out 'Cause I Love You Too Much, Baby
表演者: Mark Eitzel
介质: Audio CD
发行时间: January 20, 1998
唱片数: 1
出版者: Matador Records
条形码: 0744861017929
专辑简介
Neither as polished and loose as West nor as studiously serene as 60 Watt Silver Lining, Caught in a Trap and I Can't Back Out 'Cause I Love You Too Much, Baby is the liveliest record Mark Eitzel has recorded since the demise of American Music Club. Eitzel's songs always flourish when stripped down and delivered directly, and the stark production of Caught emphasizes his wry lyricism and wrenching emotions. Much of the music on the album was written before West, his collaboration with Peter Buck, and the songs do sound like a bridge between that record and 60 Watt. In many ways, it's his finest solo record yet, because the largely acoustic setting is quite affecting, and the handful of electric tracks -- recorded with Sonic Youth drummer Steve Shelley and Yo La Tengo bassist James McNew -- have a nervy power reminiscent of the best AMC tracks.
--Stephen Thomas Erlewine
Rock critics have wondered why neither Mark Eitzel nor his late, great band American Music Club never became household names. Surely his ability to write affecting songs and insightful lyrics would get him at least some commercial success. But music critics, traditionally the most out of touch people in the world, seem to have forgotten the "Unibrow Rule of Rock"-- that being, no unibrowed performer will ever be a commercial success.
Which for Eitzel fans, is just fine. The One- Browed one is too smart and cool to ever be popular. Mark's latest effort, shows him indulging in what he does best: writing great songs. Most of the first side features nothing but Eitzel's voice and his appropriate plucking on an acoustic guitar. The second side has him recruiting Yo La Tengo's James McNew, Sonic Youth's Steve Shelley, and somebody named Kid Congo Powers for as backup band. While the all-star lineup rocks in proper fashion, it's when Eitzel hogs the stage that the album really shines. "If I Had A Gun" has him lamenting a lost love with gorgeous feedback bubbling underneath. The album's closer "Sun Smog Seahorse" is one of the prettiest songs he's ever done.
But the real treat of the album are Eitzel's incisive, bitter lyrics. When, on "White Rosary," he sings, "Rest a cold hand on your forehead/ A comfort instead of a cure," you realize the man knows you better than you know yourself.
--Samir Khan
曲目
1. Are You The Trash
2. Xmas Lights Spin
3. Auctioneer's Song
4. White Rosary
5. If I Had A Gun
6. Goodbye
7. Queen Of No One
8. Cold Light Of Day
9. Go Away
10. Atico 18
11. Sun Smog Seahorse
