The La's - The La's (Deluxe Edition) [2CD] (1990 Pop) [Flac 16-44]



Artist...............: The La's
Album................: The La's (Deluxe Edition) [2CD]
Genre................: Pop
Source...............: WEBQ
Year.................: 1990
Ripper...............:  &
Codec................: Free Lossless Audio Codec (FLAC)
Version..............: reference libFLAC 1.4.2 20221022
Quality..............: Lossless, (avg. compression: 67 %)
Channels.............: Stereo / 44100 HZ / 16 Bit
Tags.................: Il britpop in 10 album 1/10
Information..........: UMC (Universal Music Catalogue)


Some albums exist outside of time or place, gently floating on their own style and sensibility.
Of those, the La's lone album may be the most beguiling, a record that consciously calls upon the
hooks and harmonies of 1964 without seeming fussily retro, a trick that anticipated the cheerful
classicism of the Brit-pop '90s.
But where their sons Oasis and Blur were all too eager to carry the torch of the past, Lee Mavers
and the La's exist outside of time, suggesting the '60s in their simple, tuneful, acoustic-driven
arrangements but seeming modern in their open, spacy approach, sometimes as ethereal as anything
coming out of the 4AD stable but brought down to earth by their lean, no-nonsense attack, almost
as sinewy as any unaffected British Invasion band. But where so many guitar pop bands seem inhibited
by tradition, the La's were liberated by it, using basic elements to construct their own identity,
one that's propulsive and tuneful, or sweetly seductive, as it is on the band's best-known song,
"There She Goes."
That song is indicative of the La's material in its melodic pull; the rest of the album has a bit
more muscle, whether the group is bashing out a modern-day Merseybeat on "Liberty Ship" and bouncing
two-step "Doledrum," or alluding to Morrissey's elliptical phrasing on "Timeless Melody."
This force gives the La's some distinction, separating them from nostalgic revivalists even as their
dedication to unadorned acoustic arrangements separates them from their contemporaries, but it's this
wildly willful sensibility -- so respectful of the past it can't imagine not following its own path --
that turns The La's into its own unique entity, indebted to the past and pointing toward the future,
yet not belonging to either.

© Stephen Thomas Erlewine /TiVo

Tracklist:

  1. The La's - Son Of A Gun                                    
  2. The La's - I Can't Sleep                                    
  3. The La's - Timeless Melody                                  
  4. The La's - Liberty Ship                                    
  5. The La's - There She Goes                                  
  6. The La's - Doledrum                                        
  7. The La's - Feelin'                                          
  8. The La's - Way Out                                          
  9. The La's - I.O.U.                                          
 10. The La's - Freedom Song                                    
 11. The La's - Failure                                          
 12. The La's - Looking Glass                                    
 13. The La's - Son Of A Gun (Gary Crowley, GLR Session Dec '88)
 14. The La's - Doledrum (Gary Crowley, GLR Session Dec '88)    
 15. The La's - I Can't Sleep (Gary Crowley, GLR Session Dec '88)
 16. The La's - Way Out (Key 103, Jan '89)                      
 17. The La's - I Am The Key (Key 103, Jan '89)                  
 18. The La's - That'll Be The Day (BBC2 'The Late Show' 2/2/89)
 19. The La's - I.O.U. (Mike Hedges Version)                    
 20. The La's - I Can't Sleep (Mike Hedges Version)              
 21. The La's - Knock Me Down (Mike Hedges Version)              
 22. The La's - Way Out (Mike Hedges Version)                    
 23. The La's - Doledrum (Mike Hedges Version)                  
 24. The La's - There She Goes (Mike Hedges Version)            
 25. The La's - Feelin' (Mike Hedges Producer)                  
 26. The La's - Timeless Melody (Mike Hedges Version)            
 27. The La's - Son Of A Gun (Mike Hedges Version)              
 28. The La's - Clean Prophet (Mike Hedges Version)              
 29. The La's - Come In Come Out (Mike Hedges Version)          
 30. The La's - Failure (Mike Hedges Version)                    
 31. The La's - Looking Glass (Mike Hedges Version)              
 32. The La's - Doledrum (John Porter Mix Version)              
 33. The La's - Way Out (Andy MacDonald Version)                
 34. The La's - There She Goes (John Leckie Version)            
 35. The La's - Man I'm Only Human (John Leckie Version)        
 36. The La's - Feelin' (Bob Andrews Version)                    
 37. The La's - Clean Prophet (Bob Andrews Version)              
 38. The La's - I Can't Sleep (Jeremy Allom Version)            


Playing Time.........: 01:48:19
Total Size...........: 726,57 MB