MATTHEW SWEET "Altered Beast" Original HQ-180 Audiophile 1996 UK Import LP MINT

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Matthew Sweet / Altered Beast - BMG/Zoo Entertainment Records 72445-11050-1 (US)(1993) ...This auction is for a factory Sealed, original issue Audiophile Record on (US) vinyl. This is a first and only American pressing on the highest quality (HQ-180) virgin vinyl that was limited and quickly out of print.

  Matthew Sweet has a great ability in being able to take a weighty list of influences and ingredients and make a good-quality blend of highly charged guitar-based pop. Anybody unfamiliar with his work, with a strong penchant for the electric Neil Young, the Raspberries, Gene Clark, Flamin' Groovies or Todd Rundgren will find this album utterly indispensable.

   Track listings and reviews listed below...

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Detailed item info

Album Features UPC: (no barcode)
Artist: Matthew Sweet Format: LP
Release Year: 1993 Record Label: Zoo/Volcano Records Genre: Alternative, Rock & Pop
Track Listing
(Side One)
1. Dinosaur Act
2. Devil With the Green Eyes
3. Ugly Truth, The
4. Time Capsule
5. Someone to Pull the Trigger
6. Knowing People
7. Life Without You

(Side Two)
1. Intro
2. Ugly Truth Rock
3. Do It Again
4. In Too Deep
5. Reaching Out
6. Falling
7. What Do You Know?
8. Evergreen

Details Contributing Artists: Richard Lloyd, Robert Quine, Fred Maher, Mick Fleetwood, Nicky Hopkins, Pete Thomas, Jody Stephens, Ric Menck Producer: Matthew Sweet, Richard Dashut Distributor: BMG (distributor) Recording Type: Studio Recording Mode: Stereo SPAR Code: n/a
Album Notes
Personnel: Matthew Sweet (vocals, guitar, 6- & 12-string basses); Ivan Julian (guitar); Greg Leisz (guitar, pedal steel guitar); Byron Berline (fiddle); Ron Pangborn (drums).
Recorded at Sunset Sound Factory, Hollywood, California in January and February, 1993.

 Altered Beast is all over the place, both emotionally and musically. Ranging from piercing guitar rave-ups ("Dinosaur Act") to gorgeous country-rock ("Time Capsule"), the album not only covers all sides of Matthew Sweet's musical personality, but pastes them together like only he could. It takes a bit of time for the album to make sense, but after a few listens, it falls together, and its best moments equal anything he's done to date.
Session men include guitarist Richard Lloyd, the brilliant fiddle player Byron Berline and the late Nicky Hopkins on piano. Sweet's work may be exclusively derivative but in the absence of the aforementioned artists, who else is there to carry the torch?

Editorial Reviews
9 - Excellent Plus - ...Glorious in its castigating, howling-in-the-wilderness ardour, BEAST is alive with purgative venom: the sort of record the likes of Dinosaur Jr might be capable of, but couldn't really be bothered to make....
NME

...grudgefulness is a triumphant thing... [ALTERED BEAST] reeks of Neil Young in its subtle vengefulness...It's deft, pretty and melodic....I don't know what Matthew Sweet's got against the world, but I like it...
Melody Maker (19930724)

...ALTERED BEAST is the honeymoon suite which...has learned a lot of tricks since [GIRLFRIEND]....[Matthew Sweet's] writing great songs, without ever being a great songwriter...
Alternative Press (19930801)

3 Stars - Good - ...Impressive, if only semi- original...
Q (19930901)

...The star of this crafty album is Television guitarist Richard Lloyd, who squeals and screeches while Sweet plays the put-upon cad... Rating: A-
Entertainment Weekly (19930806)

Recommended - ...a wimp with a will to power....Like everyone's self-proclaimed Roman god, he presents himself as both romantic tyrant and misunderstood innocent....The impeccable tunes are still there for the most part, and so are those scene-stealing guitars...
Spin (19930701)

3 Stars - Good - ...In the lyrics he's the same old Sweet....ALTERED BEAST has its inspiring moments...
Rolling Stone (19930916)