Track Listing
1. Untouchable
2. Lost in Space
3. Neptune
4. Hostage
5. Hot Shaved Asian Teens
6. Ray & Me
7. Reinventing the Wheel
8. Domestic Distortion
9. Genitalia of a Fool
10. Where I Can Be Your Friend
11. There For Her
12. One For the Road
| Details | | Producer: | Glenn Tilbrook | | Distributor: | Ryko Distribution | | Recording Type: | Studio | | Recording Mode: | Stereo | | SPAR Code: | n/a |
Album Notes
Personnel include: Glenn Tilbrook (vocals, guitar, keyboards, Moog synthesizer); Chris Braide (guitar, keyboards, background vocals); Mike Webb (piano, glockenspiel); Stephen Large (electric piano, organ); Lucy Shaw (double bass); BIll Lloyd (bass guitar); Kyle Melancon, Simon Hanson (drums); Ted Tilbrook (tambourine); Andrea Britton (background vocals).
Recording information: Toy Box Studio, East Nashville, Tennessee.
You may recognize Glenn Tilbrook as the man who spent most of his musical career as the voice and co-songwriter of Squeeze, whose uniquely British brand of quirky, sophisticated pop/rock helped make radio listenable in the 1980s. Something of a late bloomer in the solo arena, Tilbrook put out his first album under his own name in 2001. This 2004 follow-up is a seamless bit of popcraft that, unsurprisingly, bears more than a little in common with Tilbrook's former band. However, the herky-jerky New Wave feel of vintage Squeeze is replaced by a more relaxed approach that allows the elegantly constructed melodies to breathe a little.
While Tilbrook's sense of humor is amply demonstrated on such title-says-it-all send-ups as "Hot Shaved Asian Teens" and "Genitalia of a Fool," the aggressive cleverness of Squeeze is largely eschewed here in favor of more direct, emotional lyricism, as he reminisces about childhood friends ("Ray & Me") and seeks to breach interpersonal gaps ("Untouchable"). TRANSATLANTIC PING PONG (named for its bi-continental recording process) displays a more mature but no less inventive Glenn Tilbrook.
Editorial Reviews
3 stars out of 5 - Glenn Tilbrook is a classy purveyor of crafted '60s/'70s pop that straddles a narrow line between quirky individuality and pastiche.
Uncut
3 stars out of 5 - [With] shining-on brightly vocals and a pop-smart knack for finely detailed melodies-and-hooks embroidery.
Mojo
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