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Josef Hassid: The 1940 Recordings; Ida Haendel: The 1940 Recordings
Moravec: French Keyboard Masterpieces, Franck/Ravel/Debussy
Album Review: A Different Kind of Love Song/ The Music's No Good Without You [CD-single]
Les Adventures de Simon Et Gunther...Stein [Import]
Ibert: Macbeth/Golgotha/Don Quichotte
Killa Valley: Moment Of Impakt [Explicit Lyrics]
Stravinsky: Petrushka; Rachmaninoff: Symphonic Dances, Op. 45 [Hybrid SACD]
Amazon.com
On The Coast Is Never Clear, the difficult third-album syndrome only affected San Franciscan pop dreamers Beulah in the studio, where the band came to blows over, say, the importance of a diminished seventh on a trumpet solo. From such a roughneck recording environment, however, comes perfection on their third album, where expansive, multi-instrumental, orchestral pop is underpinned by the sweetest tunes. This album could be precious--and in lesser hands it surely would be--but at the core of Beulah's ambitious vision a pure pop heart beats. Special mention must be made of "Silver Lining," a paean to songwriter Miles Kurosky's first love, punk rock. Introduced by a fanfare of horns, the track races along propelled by a fiery guitar riff and the beaten-up joy of being scarred by punk. A bittersweet, sumptuous, and utterly compulsive collection, all told. --Ben Clancy