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| | Americana UK Reviews - March 2004 |
 | | But it’s the title track that is the keynote to this album. | | | As I said this is an unforgiving album. | | | However this earlier album, released in 1966, is as much a part of his legacy as his later work. |
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http://www.americana-uk.com/html/march_2004.html
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| | El Oso - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia |
| | El Oso is generally agreed to be marked from their previous albums, Ruby Vroom and Irresistible Bliss, by a departure from jazz and continuation of the melodicism of Bliss in an overall darker mood. | | | El Oso, released in 1998 (see 1998 in music) is the third and final album by the New York City band Soul Coughing. |
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/El_Oso
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| | Soul Coughing Album Reviews |
| | Irresistible Bliss (Warner Brothers ‘96) Rating: A- After a debut album as original as Ruby Vroom, Irresistible Bliss was bound to seem less impressive to some people, but the songs here are of a similarly high quality, though again it takes some time to fully assimilate them. | | | I don't know why this album wasn't better received when it first appeared, for it's arguably the best of the band's albums, though all 3 are of a comparatively high quality. | | | After Irresistible Bliss, Mike Doughty recorded a solo album, Skittish, which wasn't released until 2000 and even then only through his Web site (www.superspecialquestions.com), though it was "officially" released attached to his subsequent EP, Rockity Roll, in 2004 (adding five bonus tracks). |
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http://www.geocities.com/sfloman/soulcoughing.html
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| | The Daily Northwestern {04.06.00} |
| | In the past the Arizona emotive rockers have been louder and faster, but this album is a tribute to the band's original slide guitarist, Rainer Ptacek, who died of a brain tumor in 1997. | | | The new album occasionally lapses into brief solos by members of the band, and it is in these glimpses of each member that the Pat McGee Band's reputation shows. | | | The album was originally released by Ow Om Recordings and is now being distributed nationally by Chicago's Thrill Jockey. |
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http://www.dailynorthwestern.com/daily/issues/2000/04/06/nyou/soundbites.shtml
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| | After listening to their _Forget_ album, I can imagine that they would produce a good live performance as the album itself is full of many surprises. | | | Having achieved such a status with consistently strong albums over 20 years, and being one of the best live bands on the planet, the expectations for a new album are naturally set very high. | | | Elephant Ride lacks the power and strength that Live conveys on their albums alone, but Woodworth's voice has the poignancy of the late Shannon Hoon's that reaches out to the listener and makes this album memorable. |
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http://www.westnet.com/consumable/1996/10.25/c102596.txt
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| | The Harvard Crimson Online :: Arts |
| | From the opening of the album, it is clear that the beats will be the most prominent and experimental aspect of the album. | | | What makes the lyrics of the album exceptional is the constant tension Doughty and Co. create between the words and the music. | | | Their trademark beat is something they descriptively term a "gangadank", or as Doughty describes it in the album's press release "a kind of guitar rhythm I invented in an attempt to recreate a hip-hop groove on an acoustic guitar--it goes gankadank, gank-duh-did-dank." |
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http://www.thecrimson.com/article.aspx?ref=132474
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| | Amazon.com: Music: Irresistible Bliss |
| | Almost every song on the album is catchy. | | | Irresistible Bliss features a broader range of styles and sounds; and, while not as groove-oriented, the songs seem to show the band coming into itself. | | | Although their decision to call it quits was unfortunate, they left behind three incredible albums, two of which are among the best albums of the 90s. |
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http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/B000002N56/ref
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| | El Oso |
| | "Pensacola" is the most unnerving song on the album. | | | Overall, the album seems a bit darker than their previous two, Ruby Vroom and Irresistible Bliss. | | | Finally, the album closer, "The Incumbent," is over 6 minutes long but doesn`t feel like it. |
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http://pages.prodigy.net/spiraling_shape/eloso.html
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| | Soul Coughing |
| | While listening to the album, you realize your head is nodding up and down and your body is moving to and fro to the beat and rhythms. | | | Their new album, Irresistible Bliss, is a great piece of work. | | | Where that album explored territories that left it feeling a bit disjointed, "Irresistible Bliss" stays tight and focused. |
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http://www.penduluminc.com/MM/reviews/soul.html
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| | RockNet: Sheila's Backstage Talk - Korn / Slaughter / Kiss |
| | The album is full of some very well-written songs, with attitude enough for all who'll take a couple of minutes to listen... | | | The band is currently on a U.S. tour with Vince Neil and labelmates Warrant while writing material for their next album, which is scheduled for early '97. | | | Among the guest musicians on the album are Benmont Tench (Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers) on Mellotron, organ, piano and electric piano; and guitarists Mike McCready (Pearl Jam), Jeff Nolan and Chris Goss (Masters Of Reality) on background vocals. |
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http://www.rocknet.com/jul96/sheila09.html
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| | Rekkid Reviews |
| | Missing from this album are all those funky | | | and this is the album that should be remembered. | | | The album isn't all that different, soundwise, from 94's Live Through This. |
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http://www.yobeat.com/issue11/records.htm
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| | University Wire : "Irresistible Bliss," Soul Coughing @ HighBeam Research |
| | At first, the album may be hard to listen to compared to other rock albums. | | | Instead, it's a funky, groovy album that's best when listened to alone. | | | (The Marquette Tribune) (U-WIRE) MILWAUKEE, Wis. -- Irresistible Bliss, Soul Coughing's second album, is not for listening to on the open roads while driving cross-country. |
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http://static.elibrary.com/u/universitywire/february271998/irresistibleblisssoulcoughing/index.html
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| | Soul Coughing live at Universalbuzz.com!!! |
| | Doughty is working on a solo album and still writing in New York, while Gubay and Steinberg continue to record with Mitch Froom as UV Ray. | | | Displeased with the results, the band toured, but their hearts and mighty brains were simply not in it and they decided they had become just another rock band, something the four had never been interested in. | | | Their 1994 LP debut, Ruby Vroom was an study in pop culture and sublime wit, an acid trip stuck in an innocent looking sugarcube, just waiting for an unsuspecting tongue to slip under. |
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http://www.universalbuzz.com/catalogresults.asp?letter=&ArtistNumber=152
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| | Buffett, Iguanas, Soul Coughing come out with new albums |
| | If this was the first album by Jimmy Buffett you listened to, you'd probably never listen to him again. | | | Even so, the album is a nice change from more traditional christmas albums, and "Mele Kalikimaka" is particularly pleasant. | | | The title of the album, Irresistible Bliss, summarizes that fact. |
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http://www-tech.mit.edu/V116/N54/buffett.54a.html
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| | News |
| | Their final album, 'El Oso', was released in 1998, and their last UK performance was at the Cambridge Junction in November of that year. | | | Soul Coughing are most well known in the UK for their 1996 single 'Super Bon Bon' and accompanying album 'Irresistible Bliss'. | | | Doughty has already started work on his debut solo album after completing work on a single with American House outfit BT. |
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http://www.nme.com/news/2870.htm
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| | Their new album, Irresistible Bliss, has more hip-hop influenced rock and roll than you can shake your ass at. | | | Definitely to be added to your bed-time favorites, because it is a good album, but definitely not our idea of a rocking closing band. | | | On Thursday, November 21, The Godrays are playing their first Detroit date (at Zoot's, nonetheless) since the release of their debut album Songs for TV Stars which did and did not hit a store near you last spring. |
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http://www.umich.edu/~mrev/archives/1996/11-20-96/23.HTM
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| | Soul Coughing News: Soul Coughing Calls It Quits >> liveDaily |
| | Frontman and guitarist M. Doughty, a music critic for the NY Press, is working on a solo album, according to a press release issued this week to announce the band's demise. | | | Mark DeGliAntoni, who was responsible for the funky alt-rock band's sampling, is working an a new album and music for an IMAX film. | | | The band's last album, "El Oso," was its biggest chart success, climbing as high as No. 49 on the Billboard 200 album list on the strength of the single "Circles." |
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http://www.livedaily.com/news/news/1026.html
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| | Buy.com - Soul Coughing Irresistible Bliss CD |
| | The album's jazz-rock hybrid, a musical patchwork evoking tones from Morphine to Mojo Nixon, is full of lyrics dripping with satire. | | | IRRESISTIBLE BLISS is an intriguing, textured album that brings Soul Coughing's jazzy edge to the forefront. | | | Buy.com - Soul Coughing Irresistible Bliss CD Home > Music > |
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http://www.buy.com/prod/Irresistible_Bliss/q/loc/109/60143944.html
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| | San Diego CityBEAT |
| | On this second album, the band enlisted the services of renowned producer David Kahne, replacing Tchad Blake, who had produced Ruby Vroom and later returned for El Oso. | | | Their funk-driven drum beat, fluid bass, and (at the time) cutting-edge sampler/keyboard work melded with the raspy, nasal inflections of Doughty and his cryptic, poetic lyrics into an irresistible implosion of sound. | | | The introduction of producer Kahne was not the only source of contention for the band members during the taping of Irresistible Bliss -- they broke up for a short time during the development of the album. |
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http://www.sdcitybeat.com/articleslamm.php?id=734
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| | Irresistible by Jessica Simpson CD |
| | Jessica Simpson was just 17 when she made her successful debut album. | | | The song may be a bit stupid at times, but regardless her voice is amazing...especially on the duet with marc anthony. | | | simpson before, but seriously, this album is really good. |
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http://www.cduniverse.com/search/xx/music/pid/1872984/a/Irresistible.htm
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| | THE GRP ALBUM: Jazz CD Reviews- Jan 2001 MusicWeb(UK) |
| | The quality of everything on these two albums is superb, the musicians and singers are master craftsmen and the recordings first class, what it lacks is passion, soul and fire. | | | I like Dave Grusin's piano playing and I think the GRP Big Band was one of the outstanding large jazz outfits, I suppose I expected to hear them on this album. | | | If you are a fan of the new wave, this is for you, but if you are an old fashioned be-bopper like me, go for the Verve Album instead. |
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http://www.musicweb-international.com/jazz/2000/Dec00/GRP.htm
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| | Amazon.co.uk: Music: The Very Best of Chris Botti |
| | The album has very chilled moments like First Wish and the excellent finale with Irresistible Bliss, yet has cheeky and upbeat songs Drive Time and The Way Home, giving a splendid variety of flavour to the album. | | | Botti's crisp tone is what makes this album is polished and lovely to listen to, and can be played at the end of a stressful day to unwind your mind, or played quietly at a dinner party for a group pleasure. | | | The Blue Nile singing with Botti's trumpet is a divine song and I would purchase the album alone for this fine brandy of a song. |
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http://www.amazon.co.uk/exec/obidos/ASIN/B000069B6N
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| | Blogcritics.org: CD Review: Mike Doughty - Skittish/Rockity Roll |
| | I knew that it was an acoustic album, but I was unaware that it was a true solo album, I had figured that there would be other instruments involved. | | | Mike wanted to do acoustic music, but unfortunately that sound didn't really fit in with what Soul Coughing did, so in 1996, the same year that Irresistible Bliss was released, he recorded an acoustic album, Skittish. | | | Doughty has created a laid back, jazzy, funky album that has a very natural ebb and flow to it. |
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http://blogcritics.org/archives/2005/02/14/072529.php
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| | P O P Music Beat Band |
| | Despite its shortcomings, the new album ultimately lives up to its title. | | | Willie Nelson's new album is another highlight of his complex career. | | | Instead, in true Beat fashion, this album is driven by rhythm. |
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http://webmonkey.wired.com/music/96/29/soul.html
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| | A bad cough |
| | El Oso is particularly disappointing as the group's last effort, Irresistible Bliss, was a breakthrough album bridging the rock and electronic music worlds. | | | However, if the experimental sound is repeating the same lyrics over and over again, playing simplistic melodies with horribly out-of-tune guitars, then Soul Coughing succeeds. | | | To listeners, Soul Coughing's attempts at fusing drum n' bass with rock n' roll on El Oso will be somewhat obnoxious and tinny-sounding, almost as if the songs were demos never meant for release. |
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http://www.usc.edu/student-affairs/dt/V135/N46/07-bad.46d.html
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| | SOUL COUGHING - El Oso |
| | The most solid track on the album has to be "St. Louis Is Listening". | | | On El Oso, (their third album) the band shows us a more subdued, atmospheric side to their sound. | | | Doughty's singing style and lyrics are still as powerful as a Beatnik poet on the pipe. |
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http://www.spinalcolumn.com/reviews/1298/soulcough.html
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| | Soulcoughing to Play On Spring Weekend |
| | The band also has a song on the new X-Files soundtrack album. | | | Soul Coughing has released one album so far, 1994's Ruby Vroom, Sarvis said. | | | According to Matt H. Gold, a Newbury Comics employee, Soul Coughing plans to release a second album, Irresistible Bliss, on May 14. |
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http://www-tech.mit.edu/V116/N19/soulcoughing.19n.html
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| | RollingStone.com: El Oso : Soul Coughing : Review |
| | The album's catchiest song is "Rolling," which sports some ill drum-and-bass rhythms; elsewhere, the band enlists U.K. producer Optical to help it keep up with the jungle Joneses. | | | RS recommends the best songs and albums from RealPlayer Music Store. | | | Play this album and thousands more for the price of one CD |
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http://www.rollingstone.com/reviews/album/_/id/235003/soulcoughing?pageid=rs.ArtistDiscography&pageregion=triple4
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| | Cathy Dennis: Irresistible |
| | Their biggest hit was 'Set Adrift On Memory Bliss' in 1991 which sampled the Spandau Ballet classic 'True', it went to No.1 in the Billboard Hot100 and No.3 in the UK Top40. | | | PM Dawn are a dance/rap duo of brothers - Attrell and Jarrett Cordes, nicknamed 'Prince Be' and 'DJ Minutemix' - from New Jersey. |
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http://www.irresistiblecathy.com/pmdawn.html
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| | White Girl Tab @ Ultimate Guitar Archive |
| | WHITE GIRL written/performed by soul coughing from the album "irresistible bliss" transcribed by james meakim (mistameaks@aol.com) sounds best on an upright or fretless. |
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http://www.ultimate-guitar.com/inc/print.php3?id=2676
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| | Rambles updates / archives |
| | Peter says this "is a stunning Beatles tribute album" in both English and Portugese. | | | "Overall, the album is a laid-back tropical groove that recalls beaches, rum punch and love born under the moonlight screened by palm fronds," Tom Schulte describes. | | | ethod Actor re-releases its 1988 self-titled album, a hard-to-find disc with the talented Eva Cassidy singing lead. |
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http://www.rambles.net/WNarchive18.html
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| | Irresistible Bliss Lyrics by Soul Coughing |
| | The following is a list of tracks from the Irresistible Bliss album by Soul Coughing. |
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http://www.musicindustrie.com/lyrics_tabs/soul_coughing/albums/irresistible_bliss.html
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| | Blending the intellectual and nonsensical |
| | The debut is a fairly difficult album to get into, but it's full of meat once you do. | | | And David Byrne's band never recorded anything that sounded half as street smart as the explosive "Super Bon Bon" from Soul Coughing's latest "Irresistible Bliss." Nope, it seems that Soul Coughing is exploring new territory. | | | If you didn't like the band's 1994 debut "Ruby Vroom," try "Irresistible Bliss." If you're not hip on 1996's "Irresistible Bliss," try the first album. |
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http://www.paloaltoonline.com/weekly/morgue/listings/1997_Feb_7.2NDART7.html
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| | EvenHand Post 12 |
| | I was blown away by the music and listened to it obsessively. | | | I'd never heard of the band, but as soon as I got back to New York I went out and bought the album, Irresistible Bliss. | | | As soon as I saw Jon I told him he had to check out this amazing band -- and coincidentally he, too, had just bought the CD and loved it. |
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http://www.evenhand.com/journal/Post/053102.html
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| | freedb.org |
| | Robert Neil & Oles Królikowski / The Bliss of Being | | | Bliss / Bliss, Sir Arthur, London Symphony Orchestra - Joyce, Eileen, Piano, Mathieson, Muir, National Symphony+ - Bliss Conducts Blis | | | Bliss - Piano Works / Bliss - Piano Works |
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http://www.freedb.org/freedb_search.php?words=BLISS&allfields=NO&fields=title&allcats=YES&grouping=none
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