From: rodneycc@brt.deakin.edu.au (Rodney Dorbolo, CFA (User Access), Burwood, Vic., Aust.)
Newsgroups: aus.music
Subject: Re: Hunters and Collectors New Album - Cut.
Date: 10 Oct 92 01:19:52 GMT
Organization: C&CS, Deakin University

In article <9228113.26236@mulga.cs.mu.OZ.AU>, andrewd@ecr.mu.oz.au (Andrew Disseldorp) writes:
> Hi All,
> 	I have bought Cut, and now listened to it in its entirity (sp?).
> If you do buy it, get it in Limited Edition box, that includes remixes
> of Head Above Water. Actually it includes the Head Above Water Cd Single.
> (Trying to manipulate the singles chart Jamie?). All for the same price
> as normal.
> 
> 	About the album. 11 songs, 3/4 of which the general public
> know of already - Where do you go? (*), Head Above Water, We The People,
> and Hear No Evil. There are some reasonable songs on the album, and one
> other (potentially) great song. The potentially great song is "True to tears
> of joy". I can see this taking over from Throw your arms around me as the
> H & C's anthem. It might not be as chantable/singable, but it really is a
> good song.
> 	(*) - Where do you go is a different version to the single realease.
> It is noticeably different, and unless I am very much mistaken it includes
> a sample (!) from a Frankie goes to Hollywood Song (Two Tribes 12" ??). The new
> version is more in the new Hunters mould, more dancy, less accessable. If this
> had been the single release, Where Do you Go? would not have been a
> "chart success" (c) Jamie 1992))
> 	Other reasonable songs from the album include Grindstone, Holy
> Grail, and Love that I long for. The other songs on the album I can't
> really remember, so I guess they couldn't be really good!
> 
> Comments Welcome
> 
> Andrew (andrewd@ecr.mu.oz.au)

I bought 'Cut' the other day and when I first played it I wasn't impressed
at all, actually I thought it was really crap with all these sampled bits
and bloody drum machine programmimg. But like a true fan I gave it one more
listen before I threw it in the very back of my cd box (where all the crap
cd's live - yes I have a few). I found if I cut a couple of the songs that
I thought was useless out of the cd using my delete feature of my cd player
it wasn't a bad CD after all (Aaah so thats why its called CUT!). 

Well the tracks that I were not wrapped in where funnily enough most of
the well know stuff like Head Above Water, We the People and that new
version of Where do you go. The new stuff that I did like were tracks
like True Tears of Joy (not sure about the comment above about it being
a future anthem, well not yet) and Grindstone really grows on you not bad
at all, Imaginery Girl, Hear no Evil and Holy Grail are o.k also.
Angel of Mercy and Love that I long for probably need a few more listens
as I am not sure about them yet.

At this early stage I think the music will grow on people if they let
it, like it did on me but I still like their older stuff more like
Human Frailty, Whats a few Men, Jaws of Life and Ghost Nation.

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