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Anthology (CD)

By: The Clean (Artist)

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The Clean Artist Snapshot:

A successful pop group, relatively speaking, in their home country and a beloved cult band throughout the rest of the world, particularly in the United States and the U.K., the Clean were one of the first New Zealand-based bands to catch the punk wave in the late 1970s. The band's joyfully simple, keyboard-driven anthems ignited the kiwi-rock scene based around the Flying Nun label that flourished in the subsequent decades. The Clean went on a lengthy hiatus during the '80s, with members (including founding brothers David and Hamish Kilgour) setting off for new locales and becoming involved in various other projects; however as their legend grew overseas, the Clean reunited and began recording and touring again in earnest in the early 1990s, continuing to do so into the 2000s.

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DISC 1 for Anthology (CD) Album By The Clean (Artist)
1   Tally Ho
2   Platypus
3   Billy Two
4   Thumbs Off
5   Anything Could Happen
6   Sad Eyed Lady
7   Point That Thing Somewhere Else
8   Fish
9   Flowers
10   Side On
11   Slug Song
12   Beatnik
13   End Of My Dream
14   On Again/Off Again
15   At The Bottom
16   Getting Older
17   Scrap Music
18   Whatever I Do Its Right
19   Two Fat Sisters - (live)
20   Oddity
21   Quickstep - (live)
22   At The Bottom - (alternate take, live)
 
DISC 2 for Anthology (CD) Album By The Clean (Artist)
1   Drawing To A Whole
2   I Wait Around
3   Blue, The
4   Someone
5   Big Soft Punch
6   Diamond Shine
7   Big Cat
8   Outside The Cage
9   Safe In The Rain
10   Secret Place
11   Do Your Thing
12   Linger Longer
13   Too Much Violence
14   Trapped In Amber
15   Psychadelic Ranger
16   Late Last Night
17   Ludwig
18   Wipe Me I'm Lucky
19   Franz Kafka At the Zoo
20   Clutch
21   Balkans
22   Indigo Blue
23   Chumpy
24   Twist Top
 

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Review

Spin (3/03, p.120) - 8 out of 10 - "...New Zealand's the Clean played surf rock like it was a winter sport, expanding jangle pop into boundless exotica..."
Entertainment Weekly (1/24/03, p.101) - "...The arc of their initial development is breathtaking....Disc 2, from their later years, testifies to remarkable staying power..." - Rating: A
Magnet (4/03, p.112) - "...This two-disc set cherrypicks the best from the band's two-decade career..."
Mojo (Publisher) (3/03, p.124) - "...There's a wonderful charm to their simplicity..."

Title Note

The Clean includes: David Kilgour, Hamish Kilgour, Robert Scott, Peter Gutteridge.

Flying Nun Records' first band, and certainly one of the most important to come out of New Zealand during the post-punk era, The Clean's oeuvre has been one of lasting influence and genuine depth. From their early, gritty, no-fi 7-inches and EPs to their later re-formed output of the early '90s, their inimitable amalgam of punk, garage, and '60s Byrds-tinged psychedelia highlights an effortless knack for emotional, highly melodic songwriting that successfully balances the line of sincerity and good-natured humor for which so many bands strive and fail.

Disc one of this indispensable set has all the early, classic songs: the silly organ-soaked frenzy of "Tally Ho," the scrappy sing-along "Beatnik," the Pavement-covered "Oddity," and the gorgeous lament, "Getting Older." Disc two compiles the best songs from The Clean's reformation during which they made 1990's VEHICLE, '94's MODERN ROCK and '96's UNKNOWN COUNTRY. Most often operating as a trio, the core of The Clean were the brothers Kilgour, David and Hamish, with bassist and Bats frontman Robert Scott. While The Clean remain a cult band, their fanbase is loyal and obsessive; and while they've influenced countless bands over the years, if not the entire subgenre known as indie-pop, it's rare that any of their followers hold a candle to their charm, poeticism, and remarkable skill at making the simplest chord structures seem unequivocally rich and full of meaning.

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