Track Listing 1. Women 2. M*********** 3. Standing Outside a Broken Phone Booth With Money in My Hand 4. Who Say 5. Rise and Fall of OOO Mau, The 6. Where the Monkey Meets the Man 7. Are You Happy 8. Chain Reaction 9. Skin Turns Blue 10. Rocket
| Details | | Producer: | Chris O'Connor | | Distributor: | Sony Music Distribution ( | | Recording Type: | Studio | | Recording Mode: | Stereo | | SPAR Code: | n/a |
Album Notes Primitive Radio Gods: Chris O'Connor. Additional personnel: Mary Kay Fishell (vocals); Jeff Sparks (guitar); David Vaught (bass); Tim Lauterio (drums). Recorded at Camp David, Thousand Oaks, California. Primitive Radio Gods is a pseudonym for singer/songwriter/multi-instrumentalist Chris O'Connor. ROCKET is a heady trip through the trials and tribulations of postmodern life with O'Connor as your bitter, poetic tour guide. Distorted guitars slash across atmospheric synthesizer backdrops and syncopated drum-machine patterns to create a moody, surreal feel. The running theme is urban alienation. O'Connor navigates the troubled waters of drugs, love, violence and money with a sardonic, cynical wit. The lyrics on ROCKET are imagistic in the extreme, often using non sequiturs to create a druggy, collage feel. This dark, hazy ambiance is enhanced by O'Connor's production. On a semi-rap tune called "Standing Outside A Broken Phone Booth With Money In My Hand," he uses a sample of B.B. King's voice to add just a touch of pathos. This record is designed to unnerve you, to make you twitch and shudder.
Editorial Reviews 3 Stars (out of 5) - ...ROCKET was recorded for a paltry $1,000, yet has a million dollars' worth of influences. Led Zeppelin intertwines with twee power pop choruses, tinkling pianos meet tape-looped phone-ins and the result...has immediacy and a fair degree of hummability... Q (02/01/1997)
3 Stars (out of 5) - ...ROCKET was recorded for a paltry $1,000, yet has a million dollars' worth of influences. Led Zeppelin intertwines with twee power pop choruses, tinkling pianos meet tape-looped phone-ins and the result...has immediacy and a fair degree of hummability... Q (02/01/1997)
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