Dry Wall - Work The Dumb Oracle
Studio Recordings
{Out of Print}
Stan Ridgeway, formerly with Wall of Voodoo. Joined in the studio by Pietra Wexstun and Ivan Knight, it has everything that a good album should contain; chaos/noise, pop melodies, strange storytelling, and atmosphere. It opens with twisted blues, "Back Towards Diamond Bar" about driving with "a trunk of sin..." and ends with the Brian Eno/David Byrne inspired groove about a "Big American Problem".
In between is a noir soundtrack about the bottom of society. Stan's mix of nursery rhymes gone bad in "Bel Air Blues", his twisted tale about criminal losers in "New Blue Mercedes" and his take on sing-a-song-of- six-pence in "My Exclusive Sex Club" - whose lyrics include "will bake a dog and put it in a pie/ when the pie was open/ the dog began to bark..." all add up to an amazing album. By the time "Mr. Smith" hit the laser it seemed like it was about 3 am and the party was still rolling strong> Play this one back-to-back with 900 Ft. Jesus' Welcome To My Dream.
In between is a noir soundtrack about the bottom of society. Stan's mix of nursery rhymes gone bad in "Bel Air Blues", his twisted tale about criminal losers in "New Blue Mercedes" and his take on sing-a-song-of- six-pence in "My Exclusive Sex Club" - whose lyrics include "will bake a dog and put it in a pie/ when the pie was open/ the dog began to bark..." all add up to an amazing album. By the time "Mr. Smith" hit the laser it seemed like it was about 3 am and the party was still rolling strong> Play this one back-to-back with 900 Ft. Jesus' Welcome To My Dream.
Track List:
1 Back Towards Diamond Bar
2 Police Call
3 New Blue Mercedes
4 Bel Air Blues
5 Hell In A Handbasket
6 Highway Song
7 Mr Smith
8 Time Wave Zero
9 Old Bent Coin
10 My Exclusive Sex Club
11 Triangle Head
12 Big American Problem
Drums, Percussion, Surfboard – Ivan Knight
Keyboards, Vocals, Ouija Board Data – Pietra Wexstun
Vocals, Guitar, Theater Organ, Panic Button – Stan Ridgway
"Drywall Is GOD!!"
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