Английская Википедия:Forgery (album)
Шаблон:Infobox album Forgery is an album by the American alternative rock band Monks of Doom, released in 1992.[1][2] It was the band's first album to be distributed by a major label, and their second after the breakup of the members' former band, Camper Van Beethoven.[3][4]
Production
A loose concept album about fabrication and deception, Forgery was produced by Dan Fredman.[5][6][7] "Tanguedia" and its reprise are tributes to the Argentine musician Astor Piazzolla.[7]
Critical reception
Шаблон:Album ratings Trouser Press wrote that "it’s a tight and cleanly played record but, as with the Monks’ entire oeuvre, the literate songs and sounds come too often from the head and too rarely from the heart."[4] Guitar Player deemed the album "modern psychedelia for the smart drug generation."[8] The Province considered the album's songs to be "projections of a modern, unfussy but subtly complex expression of progressive-rock."[9] The Chicago Tribune concluded that Forgery "is something indulgent and bloodless, with bassist Victor Krummenacher delivering crypto-important metaphors that fail to touch any nerves."[10]
Stereo Review called it "pretentious undergrad rock reminiscent of Camper at its most terminally twee."[11] The Milwaukee Journal praised the album's first track, "Flint Jack", describing it as "a ska beat rumbling in slow motion under some spry, acrobatic guitar sprints."[12] The Philadelphia Daily News declared that "Forgery is one pop product that dares to be art and actually succeeds."[13] The St. Louis Post-Dispatch stated that Monks of Doom have "once again abandoned standard rock decorum to explore new music worlds via thrashing guitar leads, primitive synthesizers and acoustic guitars, and rippling syncopations."[14]
AllMusic wrote that it combines "the quirky, off-kilter elements of Camper with a more streamlined, straightforward rocking approach."[15]
Track listing
Personnel
- David Immerglück - guitars, backing vocals, organ, synthesizer, mandolin
- Greg Lisher - guitar, backing vocals, piano
- Victor Krummenacher - bass, lead vocals, organ, piano, guitar
- Chris Pedersen - drums, percussion, typewriter
References
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