Teardrop [CD-single]

Presented in best-ever sound, here are 14 of their finest sides for the Memphis-based Home Of The Blues label - including the highly collectable Northern Soul and `Beach Music' favourite that is the title track. Many will want to buy this CD on the strength of this one track alone.

Also included are the complete Federal recordings of their lead guitarist and chief songwriter Lowman "El" Pauling and their pianist Royal "The Royalton" Abbit - all making their CD debut - plus three solo Pauling sides that were recorded for (but not issued by) HOTB.

Superbly soulful harmonies and stupendous guitar work make these tracks as vital now as they were when first released 45+ years ago.

It's often said that 60s soul groups would not have sounded the way they did without the 5 Royales to point the way. Here's the proof of that statement.

Album Description

Following in the footsteps of Ace's earlier retrospective of the 5 Royales' best 1950's King recordings comes this equally essential collection that chronicles their activities in the early 1960's. Presented in best-ever sound, here are 14 of their finest sides for the Memphis-based Home Of The Blues label. Also included are the complete Federal recordings of their lead guitarist and chief songwriter Lowman El Pauling and their pianist Royal ''The Royalton'' Abbit - all making their CD debut.

Customer Reviews:

Five Royale fans & early Soul fanatics - Pick this one up!!.......2007-06-28

WOW! That was my initial reaction! I've loved The Five Royales for years, but was only familiar with their 1950's R&B material. I never knew they cut these great early soul tracks! From the opening notes of 'Show Me', my jaw dropped!

It seems clear that at this point in their career they were in competition with the early work of Wilson Pickett and Otis Redding. Hearing Johhny Tanner sing in a more gospelly manner was a revelation!

All I can say is that if you like early 60's soul (Pickett, Burke, James Brown), and are in awe of the magic the Five Royales produced in the 50's, this CD is the missing link of R&B to Soul!

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Call It Grace

Manufacturer: Crystal Teardrop
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B000ENV2BO
Release Date: 2006-01-24

Tracks:

It's Amazing
Fool's Paradise
Jesus is the Answer
His Way
Jesus is the Rock
I Gotta Try
Fresh Surrender
Little Flowers
Call it Grace
Broken Wings
Your Love is Still Here

Product Description

Music is contemporary pop/rock - featuring stellar musical performances from some of the world's most tasteful players and singers including: Michael Omartian, Bill Champlin, Carmen Grillo and Chris Rodriguez. Fresh remakes of four classic Archers tunes round out seven brand new songs - bringing a classic, seasoned, Grammy award winning voice back into the forefront of the adult contemporary and inspirational listener's ears.

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Beautiful
Superb though Strange
The British Psychedelia Revival's Best Band!
Excellent Album
A True Great.

Wilder
The Teardrop Explodes
Manufacturer: Ume Imports
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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Kilimanjaro

ASIN: B000050XIO
Release Date: 2001-01-16

Tracks:

Bent Out Of Shape
Colours Fly Away
Seven Views Of Jerusalem
Pure Joy
Falling Down Around Me
The Culture Bunker
Passionate Friend
Tiny Children
Like Leila Khaled Said
...And The Fighting Takes Over
The Great Dominions
Window Shopping For A New Crown Of Thorns
East Of The Equator
Rachael Built A Steamboat
You Disappear From View
Suffocate
Ouch Monkeys
Soft Enough For You
The In-Psychlopedia

Album Description

24 bit HDCD remastered reissue of the post-punk new wave act's 1981 second and final album. Reproduction of the original UK version with original artwork. Includes bonus tracks taken from the vinyl album 'Buff Manilla' that was originally released to coincide with their final tour as a very limited release and included their final UK EP. Bonus tracks TBA.

Album Details

Wilder Reflected an Ever Growing Defiance and Depth to Julian Cope's Writing and Performance. the Whole Affair was Capped off with the Breathtaking 'The Great Dominions', which is Still One of the Finest Moments Ever in Rock. Digitally Remastered and Better Than Ever, Expect Wonderful Things on this Disc. Includes 'Like Leila Khaled Said', 'Passionate Friend', 'Tiny Children' and More. Tracks 12-19 Are Bonus Tracks that Did Not Appear on the Original LP.

Customer Reviews:

Beautiful.......2005-11-12

This is such a beautiful album I don't even know where to begin. "Colours Fly Away" and "Culture Bunker" are two of my favorite songs. Echo And The Bunnymen and Teardrop Explodes were contemporaries of each other in the Liverpool scene of the early eighties, but I think Teardrop Explodes had the advantage with Julian Cope's powerful vocals and excellent song craftsmanship. Where Echo is more gloomy dirgelike garage rock, Teardrop is more cheerfully psychedelic with more advanced musical composition (I don't mean like prog rock; they're just more colorful and less simple than Echo). Anyway, the point is if you like Echo, you'll probably like this.

Superb though Strange.......2003-11-17

Classified by many as the Love album that never was, the Teardrops second coming was indeed as ferociously unbalanced and deviant from the canon as anything Arthur Lee has yet produced.Still,it was rock solidly anchored in brilliance.Julian Cope's shape shifting song structures left no stone unturned in his quest for diversity.The album's mind boggling scope(which goes from punk to psychedelia and back) makes it a difficult listen,with Cope's cryptic writings only making it harder to really comprehend the music.Still,when you do "get" the songs you'll probably love them forever."Colours Fly Away","Passionate Friend","The Great Dominions" or "Like Leila Khaled Said" are all unbelievably beautiful ,colourful songs and of what true genius is really made of."Wilder" may not have "Kilimanjaro's" imediacy and punkish edge but it does have a larger growth capacity on the listener.And above all it presents us a more refined,exquisite Julian Cope's tunesmithery.

The British Psychedelia Revival's Best Band!.......2001-11-25

The Teardrop Explodes appeared at the end of the 70's, led by Julian Cope. They combined a post punk British sensibility with the psychedelic revival that was going on there at the time, and were very sucessful in Britain. This is their second album and arguably their best. Sadly, Cope couldn't hold the band together just as they were begining to get some exposure and touring in the US. He began to drift into an LSD induced fog for a few years. His solo work since then has been very erratic and not very successful. The breakup of TTE left only one other band of any stature in this movement to carry the torch: Echo And The Bunnymen, who went on to make a fairly big name for themselves in the US as well as Britain. Prior to TTE and Echo, Cope and future Bunnyman, Ian McCullogh were in a band together. One can only speculate what might have come from that had they stayed together.
In my opinion, TTE was a better all around band than Echo.
Cope's vocals were far more expresive and his arrangements far more complex. He wrote songs that were often easy to sing along with, but laced with quirky lyrics. He still retains that talent to this day, though his recording quality is often shabby.
"Wilder" makes a great introduction to Julian Cope. It was mine way back in 81. It's certainly some of his most focused work.
Other works by Cope I recomend are: "Saint Julian" (1986) and "Peggy Suicide" (1991)

Excellent Album.......2001-01-28

I'm not quite sure what to say about this album to those uninitiated into lead singer Julian Cope's weird world. First, I should say that its a great album that I've found endlessly listenable. The production is clearly of the British neo-psychedelic school of the early '80's, but it never sounds in the slightest dated - its crisp and clean, beautifully varied in texture (never over-chorused or -flanged or synth-heavy) and it accordingly sounds like it could have been made last week or 25 years ago. The instrumentation is similarly perfect - the rhythm section is great, and Cope and his mates use horns (!) brilliantly - for an example, check out "Passionate Friend." All this inspired craftsmanship is married to Julian Cope's magnificent songwriting and singing, which elevates this to five-star, favorite album territory. Cope's songwriting is just great - melodic as all get-out, destroying conventional structures, but always in the service of the song and not just for effect. Sometimes, as a song is ending, he's still wringing new melodies from the song - again, check out "Passionate Friend" (which sounds equally informed by the Turtles and the Buzzcocks). Its almost all upbeat, exuberant pop, yet nevertheless imbued with an abiding sense of mystery and loss. The lyrics are opaque but still dazzling and revealing, the singing passionate. Every song is great, and after 3 years of listening to this frequently, like all great art, something new is always revealed or reflected, yet I know I'll never get to the great mysteries at the heart of this record. (As you can see, after I slow start, I can't say enough about this record!) In conclusion, this is a unique record you won't regret purchasing if you're a fan of slightly twisted power pop or psycheldelia, and especially if you are a fan of the Chameleons UK, the Church, XTC, Echo, or Robyn Hitchcock. As high a recommendation as I can make!

A True Great........2000-08-26

This is music the way Julian Cope wanted to make music, unlike there first Album "Kilimanjaro" which was more "popie" (which would be to get a record contrack, but still good). One of the Best Albums to come out of the 80's. A must for ever good Record collection.

The String Quartet Tribute to Massive Attack

Average customer rating:

A Mess
Nice, although it's not Massive's way...

The String Quartet Tribute to Massive Attack

Manufacturer: Vitamin Records
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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BlowBack

ASIN: B0006HBZJM
Release Date: 2005-01-04

Tracks:

Angel
Hymn Of The Big Wheel
Risng Son
Better Things
Safe From Harm
Inertia Creeps
Sly
Teardrop
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Product Description

1. Angel
2. Hymn Of The Big Wheel
3. Rising Son
4. Better Things
5. Safe From Harm
6. Inertia Creeps
7. Sly
8. Teardrop
9. Three
10. Weather Storm
11. Unfinished Symphony
12. Oto (Original Composition)

Format: CD

Customer Reviews:

A Mess.......2006-08-25

There was huge potential in this project, but it's really not been realised.

They dogmatically attempt to reproduce notes and harmonies from the songs 'as is' rather than rework creatively to achieve an overall flow. Songs are also over-complicated rather than seeking a purity of sound and harmony. This really jars, as this is where Massive Attack excel. It also feels over-produced (trying to make up for poor composition?).

I was hoping for something intelligently re-worked to fit the instruments used, such as Christopher O'Riley did superbly with Radiohead. Instead, this seems to be cashing in on the name rather than getting to the heart of the music.

Nice, although it's not Massive's way..........2005-10-09