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Under The Milky Way: Best Of The Church (CD)

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The Church Artist Snapshot:

This long-running Australian band has enjoyed revered cult status and top-of-the-charts success in alternate measures, but never varies in the quality or passion of their music. They're crack purveyors of dreamy, lightly psychedelic pop with jangling guitars and enough strum-and-drone to prevent things from getting too pretty. The peak of their U.S. fame was the lovely mid-career single "Under the Milky Way," released in 1988. Like any good marriage, members of the Church have kept their union strong by having outside interests--leader Steve Kilby and guitarist Marty Willson-Piper have robust solo discographies and outside collaborations, and Kilby is a painter and published poet.

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DISC 1 for Under The Milky Way: Best Of The Church (CD) Album By The Church (Artist)
1   Unguarded Moment, The
2   Too Fast For You
3   Tear It All Away
4   Almost With You
5   When You Were Mine
6   Electric Lash
7   Month Of Sundays
8   Shadow Cabinet
9   Myrrh
10   Tantalized
11   Under The Milky Way
12   Reptile
13   Metropolis
14   You're Still Beautiful
15   Ripple
16   Feel
17   Two Places At Once
 

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Alternative Press (1/00, p.94) - "...well-crafted psychedelia has tickled the alt.rock underbelly for almost 2 decades....15 examples of the group's knack for grandiose yet understated pop that will not insult your intelligence or aggrivate your parents."

Title Note

The Church: Steve Kilbey (vocals, bass); Marty Wilson-Piper (guitar, background vocals); Peter Koppes (guitar, background vocals).

Additional personnel: Nick Ward, Richard Ploog, Jay Dee Daughterty, Tim Powell (drums).

Producers include: Chris Gilbey, Bob Clearmountain, The Church, John Bee, Waddy Wachtel.

Compilation producer: Mike Ragogna.

Includes liner notes by Jeremy Holiday.

Digitally remastered by Elliot Federman (SAJE Sound, New York, New York).

As with any "best of" collection, UNDER THE MILKY WAY is liable to spark debate among fans as to why their favorite track wasn't included (where IS "Texas Moon," by the way?); but since most of the time these kinds of collections are really looking to score some new fans, the real question should be: Is everything here up to snuff? In this case, the answer is a resounding "yes."

Arranged chronologically, UNDER THE MILKY WAY contains one truly great Church track after another. Starting with its first single "The Unguarded Moment," a gorgeous pop masterpiece from 1981, and ending with the lush "Two Places at Once" from 1994's SOMETIME ANYWHERE, this collection is the ideal introduction to the Church. In between the above-mentioned tracks, you get "Almost With You," a fabulously baroque work of pop genius, "Tantalized," which highlights the amazing guitar interplay between Marty Willson-Piper and Peter Koppes, and the glittering "Under the Milky Way," featuring a spectacular instrumental break incorporating bagpipes. Elsewhere, "Reptile" includes some stunning reverb-drenching guitar work, and "Metropolis," a smooth pop confection, is shot through with just the right amount of psychedelia.

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