Song variety proves to be strong
point of Bush’s ‘Sixteen Stone’
Chris Fox
Crayon Oatty firm* aid
Any band that has an actual
picture ot a hoppmg bush on its
album cover either has to have
some sort of gimmick or is actu
ally pretty good Sixteen Sion#.
the first album that I have lis
tened to by the band Bush, has a
hoppmg plant and is. for the
most part, pretty darn good
After listening to Sixteen
Stow, a few things pu/zied me
The first few songs really
seemed lo be bad. and I thought
this would be just another so-so
album But when I got to the
fourth song, 'Little Things.* I was
convinced that the first three
songs were |ust a warm up and
this was where the album began
Not that the first three songs
woffl bad. they just didn't have
the content the rest ol the album
had __
I espe
cially liked
the song
'Come
down ' St is
somewhat
slow, but it
seems very
radio
tnendty and
is really,
well, nice I
found
Sixteen Stone
fruit
myself rocking in my chair as I
listened to It With ;t'S slow rhyth
mic sound and lack ot extreme
vocals. I found that it was pleas
ant to listen to Interesting mes
sage
Another nifty tune was
‘Machinehoad.* which almost
sounds like a cameo from f ddie
Vedder in the intro, but I
Checked the jacket and he was
n't in the credits Good beat and
Quitar work make this song more
upbeat with increased energy
The best thing about this
album ■$ the variety ot songs
Some are slow, and some are
laster 1 really liked the tact that
all the songs did not sound alike
and that Bush mined it up a tittle,
trying different things
I would say that purchasing
this album is worth because it
good to listen to I wouldn't say it
is the best album I have over
heard, but l expect those guys
win be on the radio soon
NR MVORITIS
ALLISON HALL STOP 5 OF 1994
ICandlebox —
Candlebox: This
was actually
released in 1993. but
unfortunately it didnT
get the credit it
deserved until 1994,
when it went double
platinum. They have it
all on this album:
great vocals, tight,
lazzy riffs, catchy
lyrics. This is the best
album of both years.
2Queensryche —
Promised Land
We waited a long
time for this one to
come out, but it was
worth it. Promised
Land has an intro
spective, dark feeling
to it with songs about
dysfunctional families
and the Information
Superhighway.
3 Black Crowes —
amonca The
Crowes’ third and
heaviest release gets
better with each lis
ten.
4Magnapop — hot
boxing What an
excellent album
title. Another great
Georgia band,
Magnapop has a
commercial "altema
tive" sound Linda
Hopper's voice is dis
tinctive, unlike many
ol the female vocals
that have come out in
the past few years.
5
Phlsh — Horst
Definitely not
then best album.
but it's got some good
songs and traditional
Phish jams (and it's a
lot better than their
latest CD wttti the
Dude of Lite.)
HIDEKITOMEOKA STOP 5 OF 1994
4 Hole — Live
I Through This.
I Never mind the
photo of little
Courtney taken in
Springfield, loud and
lucid music drills
Love's voice and
emotions into the
hearts of all misfits
and thinkers
2 Heavenly — The
Decline and Fall
of Heavenly
Lovely, candy-munch
ing pop tunas with a
feminist whipped
cream topping. Why
this hand from Oxford,
England, is on the
Olympia, Wash , K
Records label should
be clear to all.
3 Delirium —
Semantic Voices.
The cyber-inter -
faced minds of Front
Line Assembly out
puts darV techn
odance with the voce
of Rose Chronicles
4 Frente! — Marvin
the Album This
Australian group
not only succeeded in
presenting the world
with "anti-grunge"
rock bu! also man
aged to prove that
cote isn’t necessarily
simple
5St. Etienne —
Tiger Bay Some
may question my
aural palette lor this
one. but these folk are
so scientific in recast
ing the innocent pop
genre of yesteryear
(Okay, a tie with
Veruca Salt?)
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