Sinister: Let the album title riots begin...

[Reid Dossinger]

> >the title of the album is "The Boy With The Arab Strap"
> 
> Not the best name for the album is it? Isn't it just going to make people
> associate B&S with Arab Strap more?  If they wanted to name it after a track
> title, "It Could Have Been A Brilliant Career" or "Simple Things" would have
> been a more fitting title.

Well said.  Either one of those would have made perfect album titles. 
Although, on second though, "Simple Things" might have been a little
obvious.  But "A Brilliant Career" would have been a great album title.

But I see through B&S's little album title scheme.  What's happened is
that they've completely sold out and this album title is just a cheap
attempt to lure the unsuspecting legions of Arab Strap fans into buying
the album, thereby guaranteeing a #1 debut on both sides of the
Atlantic.  Meanwhile, the Arab Strap fans will have been duped into
buying an album with (shudder) singing and melodies and precious few
mentions of drug binges, and will end up bawling into their heroin
spoons, diluting the mix and spoiling a perfectly good hit.  I hope
Stuarts and co. are happy with themselves!  

>Anyone here like Frente?
> N.Z band aren't they? 

Australian...Melbourne, I'm pretty sure.  I wasn't crazy about either
one of their albums, but The Labour of Love EP is fifteen minutes of
some of the most beautiful music ever.  I wish they had stayed on that
path...

I'm still reeling from the brilliance of those Sleep the Clock Around
lyrics.  I had pretty much every word wrong.  I have a date with my, um,
five-string when I get home.  

Trusted to this,
    Reid
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