GIANT SAND Center Of The Universe Orig Ger LP Howe Gelb

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GIANT SAND

Center Of The Universe

Original German LP released on Enemy Records in 1992. Includes printed innersleeve.

The band, now more or less officially Howe Gelb, Convertino, and bassist Joe Burns, assays another fascinating set of desert-fried rock & roll, serving up one winner after another on this excellent album.

 Gelb's knack for roping in talented guests again pays off -- Victoria Williams takes a bow, while Chris Cacavas on keyboards (kudos for his work on "Off Ramp Man") and the Psycho Sisters (of all people, Susan Cowsill and ex-Bangles member Vicki Peterson) crop up throughout.

As before, though, it's the core group's show, and they once again do the business. Gelb's singing and performing style remains relatively unchanged, but the focus of the songs generally is on a more specifically rock style, though certainly tinged by the country focus he's always had, most obviously on "Unwed and Well Sped."

 Still, it's not the twang and jangle on "Pathfinder" or "Live to Tell" which takes centre stage, it's the sprawling, howling feedback, again shaped by Gelb into just the way he wants it: warm rather than overpowering and suddenly stopping and starting when the need calls for it. Convertino and Burns, now two albums along into their own partnership that would eventually lead to Calexico, make for a great performing unit, able to serve up both straight-up rhythms and weird and wiggy bits in equal aplomb.

More heavy-duty zoneouts crop up thanks to the title track (with a hilarious introduction from Williams), the aggressive blast of "Sonic Drive In" (complete with goony high vocals), and the jaunty-but-loud joy "Thing Like That." Meanwhile, odd little fun can be had with the piano-only snippet "Thrust," and the sweetly strange "Milkshake Girl".

Tracks Are :-

Side One

Pathfinder

Center Of The Universe

Off Ramp Man

Year Of The Dog

Live To Tell

Thrust

Loretta And The Insect World

Side Two

Sonic Drive In

Milkshake Girl

Stuck

Thing Like That

Return To Fodder

Unwed And Well Sped

Soloman's Ride

Released on 'Enemy Records' in 1992

Catalogue No. OUT 109-1

Disc is in VG+ condition

Sleeve is in EX condition

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