OysterheadThe Grand Pecking Order
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Alright. This album might be stale news for some people (yes, it came out 8 years ago, yet, 2001 still seems like it was yesterday, what with el niño, same sex marriage becoming legal in the Netherlands, and the twin towers crumbling (coincidence?)) and it does get blogged a lot, but it has the rich sounds of 3 musicians at the top of their game. And who can turn their back to that? Les Claypool (Primus) Trey Anastasio (Phish) and Stewart Copeland (The Police) each contributed pinches of their spice here and there on this album and what resulted was a flavour explosion, the likes of which I've yet to hear again. The album is pretty Claypool heavy (fans of Primus will know what this means) but you really get the feeling that none of the musicians are holding anything back, and it's just this really great one-off musical mesh - sometimes times heavy and driving, sometimes full of magic and whimsy. And while the songs oscillate between Claypool-style and Anastasio-style, Stewart Copeland kicks ass throughout this album. His musical ability and discretion are absolutely flawless from beginning to end. People who suck Sting's dick for being "the only important member of The Police" can go to hell. Stewart Copeland has been doing kickass radical shit for almost three decades and Sting is doing washed-up jazz covers of his own songs. I mean, can you imagine Sting pairing up with two alt-rock/funkers to do a one off colab? Nah B. Not enough money in that.
Fuck Sting. Copeland is where it's at.
-D.ave
(clickin' the head will take you to the download link)
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