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Waiting for the Redbird
1989 studio album by Easterhouse From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Waiting for the Redbird is the second and final album by the English band Easterhouse, released in 1989.[1][2] "Come Out Fighting" peaked at No. 7 on Billboard's Modern Rock Tracks chart and was heard on several American sports television shows.[3][4] The album peaked at No. 18 on the UK Independent Albums Chart.[5]
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Production
The album was produced by Steve Power and Steve Lovell.[6] Frontman Andy Perry was the only returning bandmember, forcing him to use studio musicians, including Neil Taylor.[7][8] "Stay with Me (Death on the Dole)" is about two teenagers who kill themselves rather than continue their dole-supported lives.[9]
Critical reception
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The Toronto Star said that Perry "delivers an evermore slick, stodgy affair that combines mildly engaging melodies, sophomoric instrumentation and a lush lead vocal contrasted severely with 50-lb sledgehammer lyrics."[7] The Ottawa Citizen noted that Perry "has adopted the modus operandi of many Christian musicians: keep the crusade intact—the form of the music carrying it out is incidental."[14] The Los Angeles Times opined that while his "art 'n' soul is thematically in the right, Left-of-centre place, the entire vainglorious project collapses under the irony-poor bloody weight of all the musical and lyrical cliches."[13]
The Chicago Tribune stated that "the sleek production (atmospheric synthesizers and danceable bass lines) gives the weighty political messages a buoyant urgency."[11] The Hartford Courant likened the album's music to Simple Minds, the Psychedelic Furs, and Tears for Fears.[6] The Independent said that Perry "suffers from severe Bonoid delusions... this is real moaning-minnie music, the kind which allows no imaginative input whatsoever on the part of the listener."[17] The Santa Cruz Sentinel called the songs "models of rock composition."[18]
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