Phil Manzanera - Listen Now!! (1977) [FLAC]

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Phil Manzanera/801 - Listen Now

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Artist...............: Phil Manzanera/801

Album................: Listen Now

Genre................: Rock

Source...............: CD

Year.................: 1977

Ripper...............: EAC (Secure mode) / LAME 3.92 & Asus CD-S520

Codec................: Free Lossless Audio Codec (FLAC)

Version..............: reference libFLAC 1.2.1 20070917

Quality..............: Lossless, (avg. compression: 58 %)

Channels.............: Stereo / 44100 HZ / 16 Bit

Tags.................: VorbisComment

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Ripped by............: Elric13 on 7/15/2009

Posted by............: Elric13 on 7/15/2009

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Included.............: NFO, LOG, CUE

Covers...............: Front Back CD



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Tracklisting

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1. (00:07:58) Phil Manzanera/801 - Listen Now

2. (00:05:34) Phil Manzanera/801 - Flight 19

3. (00:05:20) Phil Manzanera/801 - Island

4. (00:04:07) Phil Manzanera/801 - Law and Order

5. (00:01:19) Phil Manzanera/801 - ¿QUE?

6. (00:07:10) Phil Manzanera/801 - City of Light

7. (00:04:45) Phil Manzanera/801 - Initial Speed

8. (00:04:34) Phil Manzanera/801 - Postcard Love

9. (00:05:15) Phil Manzanera/801 - That Falling Feeling



Playing Time.........: 00:46:01

Total Size...........: 268.23 MB



NFO generated on.....: 7/15/2009 4:23:55 PM





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Phil Manzanera had no problem filling his mid-'70s downtime away from Roxy

Music. His guitar graced some 20 albums, like John Cale's Fear, Eno's Here

Come the Warm Jets, and Nico's The End. This outing from his all-star side

group is slicker than his 1976 live debut album, but no less worthwhile; some

16 musicians are credited. The sound is sleek and sophisticated; even lyrics

aren't exempt from creative twists, as shown on "Listen Now"'s glistening

jazz-pop -- which cleverly juxtaposes its title against a bouncy "now, now,

listen" chorus. The song also questions how people are living life in a

repressive society, even as "Law and Order" and "City of Lights" ponder its

breakdown. Other songs visit more personal turf. "Flight 19" details a young

man's angst-filled reaction to his lover's injuries, "Postcard Love" dismisses

the perils of on-road romances, and "That Falling Feeling" takes a more

wistful look at how people grow apart -- over a gliding Manzanera guitar part.

(Yet another sly twist shifts the chorus from "Can't you feel it moving in?" to

"You can feel it moving in.") Three totally different instrumentals round out

matters. The best one is the lilting "Island," anchored by a climbing Bill

McCormick bassline, as Manzanera unleashes his full array of guitar-altering

devices. "Initial Speed" and "Que?" take more of a jazz/fusion tack; they're

different snapshots of Manzanera's graceful, intelligent guitar style. This

album's one of the most absorbing entries of Manzanera's lengthy career. ~

Ralph Heibutzki, All Music Guide



Personnel



* Phil Manzanera - guitar, acoustic piano, Hammond organ

* Eno - guitar treatment, chorus piano, synthesizer

* Simon Ainley - lead vocals

* Bill MacCormick - bass, vocals

* Ian MacCormick - vocals

* Tim Finn - vocals

* Kevin Godley - vocals, percussion

* Lol Creme - vocals

* Billy Livsey - clarinet, Wurlitzer piano, Fender Rhodes

* Mel Collins - soprano saxophone

* John White - tuba

* Eddie Jobson - acoustic piano, Fender piano

* Eddie Rayner - acoustic piano

* Francis Monkman - Fender Rhodes, synthesizer

* Rhett Davies - Hammond organ

* Simon Phillips - drums, percussion

* Dave Mattacks - drums

* Alan Lee - background vocals









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