THE BREETLES
01. I Don't Live Here - 4:19
02. My Sense of Wonder - 3:57
03. That's the Kind of Love - 3:48
04. Not the Only Girl - 4:16
05. Same as Me - 3:36
06. Invisible Man - 3:55
07. Conditional Romance - 3:24
08. (Out of the) Woods of Love - 4:10
09. Please Send Boat - 3:55
10. Punch & Judy - 4:14
11. Psychotic Season - 5:54
12. I Like All Kinds of Girls - 2:49
13. Good Karma (Bolger/Breetveld) - 3:12
14. Their Day - 4:41
15. Someone Near Me - 2:51
16. Horizontal (B. & R. Gibb) - 4:06
17. Hidden Track - 3:32
Total Time 66:48
stereo for all inputs
with Chris Butler, Tom Lucas, Bob Brainen, Dennis Diken, Chris Bolger, Lane Steinberg, Duf Davis, Eric Block, Blind Lemon Pledge, Jim Johnson, David Dessel, Chuck Manka, Glen Fittin, Howie Freud, Rich Larsen, Joe Hosey, Dave Amels, and R. Stevie Moore
Dedicated to Elyse who shares my New Jersey
igloo with me.
All my love, Norman
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–Jack Rabid, The Big Takeover |
Artist's notes:
Dr Tim's Lost Writerscramp Liner Notes
"...a lot of fun...Breetveld comes across as an American, more power-pop (Martin) Newell... immediately, drop-dead catchy..." - Jack Rabid, THE BIG TAKEOVER issue 46, May 2000
"...one record you'll never forget... wildly imaginative and decidedly quirky " - Ken Sharp, FRIDAY MORNING QUARTERBACK, May 2000 THE ROCK REPORT
"...an artist whose timeless influences he has equaled, if not surpassed." - Roy Abrams, The INSIDE CONNECTION, April 2000
"...a delightful record, full of benevolent eccentricities that you'll never tire of." - David Bash, DISCOVERIES
"...as solid and charming a full length recording as has been released thus far in 2000." - Rick Schadlebauer, AMPLIFIER #18
"...odd, witty, at times brilliant melodic punk/pop..." - Peter Spencer, The STAR-LEDGER 4/16/00
"...breezy melodies, billowy harmonies and extravagant orchestrations... one of the more robust and refreshing albums in recent memory." - Lee Zimmerman, GOLDMINE 4/21/00
"...a true pop music genius..." - Paul Anderson, ENTERTAINMENT TODAY & CONSUMABLE
"Easily one of the best pop CDs thus far released this year. This is a giant blast of sincere and pleasing melodies and superb arrangements." - bABYsUE Magazine
"a fantastic album that won't cramp your style." - K.Y., HITS
" 'Their Day' is still as perfect a song as I know: melody, harmony, mystery, pathos, dynamics, groove... for this song alone you should be immortal..." - Lane Steinberg (NOEL COWARD'S GHOST)
"...music that challenges definition at every turn... prepare yourself for a remarkable discovery." - Claudio Sossi, SHAKE IT UP!
AMG REVIEW: Want some '60s and power pop mania? Writerscramp opens with the bridge chords and guitar lead from the Move's "I Can Hear the Grass Grow" (someone send this to Roy Wood). The second song name-checks Bob Dylan, Donovan, the Who, Brian Wilson, the Beatles, the Monkees, XTC, Johnny Thunders, and the Records while retracing the George Harrison guitar solo from "My Sweet Love." The third song rips off the Beatles' Let It Be track "I Dig a Pony." Head Breetle Chris Breetveld probably loves the Rutles, the Dukes of Stratosphear (and XTC's Skylarking), Martin Newell, Todd Rundgren (especially Utopia's Deface the Music), and other records whose sole purpose is to return to rock & roll pop's golden age: 1964-1974. Hey, he even gets R. Stevie Moore to sit in on these sessions (and his label did us the favor of reissuing the obscure seventh Badfinger LP). Tell you what, like the above named, the Breetles are a lot of fun. Because Breetveld (who comes across as an American, more power pop Newell) has such a thorough knowledge of what he's re-creating. "Same as Me" is one of those songs that's as immediately drop-dead catchy as all his heroes, and there are others here like the XTC-ish "Please Send Boat" that brighten up a rainy afternoon. Sometimes nostalgia just isn't a bad thing. (14431 Ventura Blvd., PMB #311, Sherman Oaks CA 91423; pop@permanentpress.net)