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Terrible, terrible band. Awful lyrics, terrible musicianship, ripped off chord progressions, crass commercialism at it's most glaring. Just heard one of these "songs" on the radio the other day. This band is no less contrived and un-listenable today than it was when they "hit the scene" over a decade ago.
Their sound was so unique. Hearing tunes on the radio like Comedown and Machinehead made me wonder why I don't listen to them more often. It's good to own this cd, again. Owned this cd when it first came out, on cassette. Wore it out during the 90's.
Back then, Bush was often criticized for being too Nivana-ish.but then again most alt rock bands of the mid-90's were ripped for that. "Machinehead", though a bit pre-fab in its riff, gets you driving quickly down the street, "Glycerine" is an excellently simple and quiet song ( I still remember listening to this just after being dumped by my girlfriend back then), and "Ex Girlfriend" is a fun if not short (under 1:00) song added on at the end.Other songs like "Bomb" and "Swim", while sounding a bit similar, are still worth the price of admission.
This one is a pretty complete album from start to finish, and while Bush didn't really produce much of anything else worthwhile (other than a couple tracks on "Razorblade Suitcase"), this one will have a few of these songs stuck in your head now and then. "Little Things" is my favorite song on the album, as I think the rather quiet melody which then gets combined with the smashing chours and last few seconds of the song is a great if not simple combination.Many albums I would say to download 2-3 songs and forget the rest.
Originally bought this back in early 1995 (it was released in 1994), and "6teen Stone" is still the best of the Bush CDs. While some of the tracks are probably familiar, such as "Comedown", "Little Things", and "Everything Zen", there are other standout tracks here as well.
If you are not really into that whole mid-90's Alt Rock thing, you might just go for "Little Things", "Glycerine", and "Everything Zen". Unlike "Razorblade Suitcase" (1996), "The Science of Things" (1999), and "Golden State" (2006) when Bush's sound became about as fresh as dial-up internet, "6Teen Stone" is a classic example of that mid-90's Alt Rock sound that gave us classic albums from other such bands as Live, Elastica, Smashing Pumpkins, early Foo Fights, and so on.
Be that as it may, this album hung on the charts for most of mid-95 and into 1996.
Zen , it was, as it enlightened the music scene forever. Two tracks that bookmark the entire cd and give you an "ears up" of what Bush is truly capable of without murky production and sophomoric lyrics that put a Vaseline haze on the cd's beginnings. Let's take a re-listen at Sixteen Stone and find out if it still holds its weight.If you can recall the feeling of how it was when you saw your first foreign film, you will understand Bush's "Sixteen Stone". Yet one is more than happy to grant Rossdale and group some breathing room post "Come Down" which is a post-modernism ode to relationships if there ever was one.A few of Pulsford's licks are a little too Nirvana-esque but then again the playground of 1994 only had a few musical monkey bars to swing from. And a legacy as one of the most famous British post-grunge bands that were more popular across the pond than in their own homeland. Bush. One word. Before that, in 1993, the band was signed by Rob Kahane, who had a distribution deal with Disney's Hollywood Records.
Thankfully Kahane, knew how to use his rolodex and got a copy of the cd in the hands of someone with some pull at the LA radio station KROQ-FM which added "Everything Zen" to its rotation. While the goal is to produce a tight cd overall that rarely happens when there's filler in the cabinet. Call it musical Truffaut. Wade through and then you get another inkling in "Machine Head"- all is good because suddenly you can follow the dialect, the story makes sense, and you're willing to buy a ticket for the next screening.4 Stars-Kim Thore All Access Magazine "Come Down" follows and there you have it. The band completed the recording of Sixteen Stone in early 1994. Thankfully it's "Little Things" and suddenly you don't need subtitles any more. Four cds.
The first 15 minutes or so have you lost as track one, two and three are murky, hard to understand and make you wonder what is going to happen next. Wells and limited vision on the part of some execs in Hollywood, almost put Sixteen Stone in the rgave before it had a chance to breathe. Formed in London in 1992 by singer/guitarist Gavin Rossdale and guitarist Nigel Pulsford, they debuted with Sixteen Stone (1994) which is largely considered their best release and what propelled them to sell well over 10 million records in the United States. However, the death of Disney executive Frank G.
I loved this album when it came out in 1994 and I love it even more now.
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