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Combustible Edison Schizophonic Release Date: 1996 02 27 Running Time: 38:28 Label: Bungalow There's not much to distinguish Combustible Edison's second album from their debut. It's another menu of cocktail-nation pop, both vocal and instrumental, with nods to exotica, '60s European soundtracks, bossa nova, the goofy kinds of sounds heard on early stereo demonstration records, and such. Because the genres they're aping were so superficial to begin with, there's not much point in dismissing this as revivalism. It's no more or less authentic than the original records of the '50s and '60s, so fans of these forms are about as well off with Combustible Edison as the vintage stuff. It's not wholly a re-creation, though; there's some melancholia and weariness to the torch vocal-influenced numbers in particular, which betrays an ironic, modernist bent absent from first-generation cocktail/lounge. Richie Unterberger, All Music Guide Tracks: Title Composer Time 1 Alright, Already Cudahy, Cudahy 2:51 2 Bluebeard Banquette 2:29 3 Checkered Flag Cudahy, Cudahy 2:08 4 One Eyed Monkey Oppenheimer, Oppenheimer 3:12 5 Solid State Dixon, Dixon 2:56 6 Yeux Sans Visage Jarre 4:25 7 52 Banquette 3:13 8 Short Double Latté Dixon, Dixon 2:18 9 Mudhead Cudahy 3:34 10 Morticia Mizzy 2:14 11 Objet d'Amour Cudahy 3:40 12 Corner Table Oppenheimer, Oppenheimer 2:15 13 Lonelyville Hackaday, Marks 3:06 Releases: Year Type Label 1996 CD Bungalow 1996 CD Sub Pop Records 2006 CD Sub Pop Records 1996 LP Bungalow

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