What Are You Listening To?

[Music Head]

Band Members for this release

Mark Sandman – 2-string slide bass, vocals, organ, tritar (3-string slide guitar), guitar, piano
Dana Colley – baritone sax, tenor sax, double sax, triangle
Billy Conway – drums, percussion



Recording History

studio albums - 5
live albums - 1
compilation albums - 3
ep's - 3
singles - 8

from my library (cd)



Producers: Paul Q. Kolderie, Mark Sandman

3rd studio album - #101 US, #62 AUS
Singles - Super Sex
.............Honey White

Strange brew here with mostly sax, bass and drums. Some is even hard pressed for me to call music. Sounds, I guess. Wait, somebody here likes
sounds. Massachusetts band formed in 1989. Disbanded in 1999 when lead man Mark Sandman died of a heart attack. Made it through 5 albums but
never got much exposure here. Music was too avante-garde for anything other than public radio. Did slightly better in Australia but them blokes
are strange down there, being upside down all the time. Not a terrible album but not my kind of weird today, and I have another one to get
through.

I DO NOT LIKE THIS ALBUM

Worst Track - Sharks
Best Track - Scratch

[video=youtube;3GnHI60T6cA]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3GnHI60T6cA[/video]

Track Listing

1. Honey White **
live - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fXnGxASoXn0
2. Scratch **
audio - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3GnHI60T6cA
3. Radar **
audio - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BAGPTAT5YBw
4. Whisper **
live - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3UbSECloCYA
5. Yes *
audio - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AeNwflet2hA
6. All Your Way **
audio - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zgvHGT76kbU
7. Super Sex *
audio - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iUHZ8oRC4k8
8. I Had My Chance *
audio - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aAp56-oNbgE
9. The Jury *
10. Sharks *
audio - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PUaWBjxlc5Q
11. Free Love **
audio - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=braSmjuSAYQ
12. Gone for Good **
audio - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4Rb-tTiCtPc

3's - 0
2's - 7
1's - 5

grade - 1.6 of 3.0
allmusic - 4.5 of 5.0

[SteveO]

"Wait, somebody here likes sounds." mile:

[SteveO]

The sax tends to over ride the tracks...otherwise very good band ...if they didn't use the loud sax all the time!!!!!

Band Members for this release

Mark Sandman – 2-string slide bass, vocals, organ, tritar (3-string slide guitar), guitar, piano
Dana Colley – baritone sax, tenor sax, double sax, triangle
Billy Conway – drums, percussion



Recording History

studio albums - 5
live albums - 1
compilation albums - 3
ep's - 3
singles - 8

from my library (cd)



Producers: Paul Q. Kolderie, Mark Sandman

3rd studio album - #101 US, #62 AUS
Singles - Super Sex
.............Honey White

Strange brew here with mostly sax, bass and drums. Some is even hard pressed for me to call music. Sounds, I guess. Wait, somebody here likes
sounds. Massachusetts band formed in 1989. Disbanded in 1999 when lead man Mark Sandman died of a heart attack. Made it through 5 albums but
never got much exposure here. Music was too avante-garde for anything other than public radio. Did slightly better in Australia but them blokes
are strange down there, being upside down all the time. Not a terrible album but not my kind of weird today, and I have another one to get
through.

I DO NOT LIKE THIS ALBUM

Worst Track - Sharks
Best Track - Scratch

[video=youtube;3GnHI60T6cA]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3GnHI60T6cA[/video]

Track Listing

1. Honey White **
live - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fXnGxASoXn0
2. Scratch **
audio - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3GnHI60T6cA
3. Radar **
audio - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BAGPTAT5YBw
4. Whisper **
live - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3UbSECloCYA
5. Yes *
audio - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AeNwflet2hA
6. All Your Way **
audio - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zgvHGT76kbU
7. Super Sex *
audio - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iUHZ8oRC4k8
8. I Had My Chance *
audio - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aAp56-oNbgE
9. The Jury *
10. Sharks *
audio - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PUaWBjxlc5Q
11. Free Love **
audio - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=braSmjuSAYQ
12. Gone for Good **
audio - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4Rb-tTiCtPc

3's - 0
2's - 7
1's - 5

grade - 1.6 of 3.0
allmusic - 4.5 of 5.0

[CRAZY-HORSE]

Morphine....
cant recall ever hearing anything by htose guys, which can only mean one of two things....
either i havent heard anything or i have but it was so bad i blotted it out of my mind!

[Ruby]

Mark Sandman was a clever, inherently musical guy – creative. Their stuff is calculatedly stripped down and the resultant sounds are a lot less simple than you’d expect from a two string bass, sax and drums! The band was really defined by the bass, Sandman’s great baritone voice and the baritone sax. Something off the beaten track in a world of same old same old IMO, but an acquired taste, and for me now, only a very rare listen.

[Music Head]

Mark Sandman was a clever, inherently musical guy – creative. Their stuff is calculatedly stripped down and the resultant sounds are a lot less simple than you’d expect from a two string bass, sax and drums! The band was really defined by the bass, Sandman’s great baritone voice and the baritone sax. Something off the beaten track in a world of same old same old IMO, but an acquired taste, and for me now, only a very rare listen.

nice analysis of the band
you should do album reviews

[Music Head]

Band Members for this release

Mark Sandman – 2-string slide bass, vocals, organ, tritar (3-string slide guitar), guitar, piano
Dana Colley – baritone sax, tenor sax, double sax, triangle
Billy Conway – drums, percussion



Recording History

studio albums - 5
live albums - 1
compilation albums - 3
singles - 8

from my library (cd)



Producers: Paul Q. Kolderie, Mark Sandman

4th studio album - #67 US, #81 AUS
Singles - Early To Bed
.............Murder For The Money
.............Eleven O'clock

That's what I feared, worse than the last one. Can't believe I've got a follow up album. Apparently I liked these guys 20 years ago. Mark's
vocals sure are interesting, it's the bare bones music that does nothing for me. I only got 4 like tracks out of it. First major label release
but no sound change from the previous album. The group only had 1 release after this album which charted worse than this one. Tragic ending to
their story when Sandman collapsed on stage at a festival in Italy. Pronounced dead of a heart attack the group disbanded.

I DO NOT LIKE THIS ALBUM

Worst Track - Eleven O'Clock
Best Track - Empty Box

[video=youtube;CLtc803QSAw]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CLtc803QSAw[/video]

Track Listing

1. Lilah
2. Potion *
audio - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nXPdnes8hSM
3. I Know You, Pt. 3 **
audio - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PaI_BMtm3jc
4. Early to Bed **
audio - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ykh9bu5MuFQ
5. Wishing Well *
audio - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wVgrZoyja2o
6. Like Swimming *
audio - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tCfKI-yCQa0
7. Murder for the Money *
audio - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wA1Tf_dpuxE
8. French Fries With Pepper *
audio - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wclLxDENiB8
9. Empty Box **
audio - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CLtc803QSAw
10. Eleven O'Clock *
audio - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DoZRbkr2IeM
11. Hanging on a Curtain **
audio - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qDZ7SsQqyHI
12. Swing It Low *
audio - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ntV2yfKQCzs


3's - 0
2's - 4
1's - 7

grade - 1.4 of 3.0
allmusic - 3.0 of 5.0

[Joshpop]

Ekkah - 7am

[video=youtube;024oRtMntDw]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=024oRtMntDw[/video]

[Ruby]

nice analysis of the band
you should do album reviews

Thanks!
Will try one out when time allows.

[SteveO]

I love this...currently listening to them.....




[video=youtube;XvxY9YgL994]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XvxY9YgL994&feature=player_detailpage[/video]