Les Claypool - Of Whales and Woe
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Artist: Les ClaypoolBrand: Dig
Edition: Music CD
CD Release Date: 2006-05-30
Music Label: Prawn Song
Soundtracks:
- Back off Turkey
- One Better
- Lust Stings
- Of Whales and Woe
- Vernon the Company Man
- Phantom Patroit
- Iowan Gal
- Nothin' Ventured
- Rumble of the Diesel
- Robot Chicken
- Filipino Ray
- Off-White Guilt
Music reviews of Of Whales and Woe
Music Review: Must have for fans, great solo album.
Rating: 5 Stars
I have been listening to Primus and then to Les Claypool for several years now and this is a great effort. This album has a very bright sound compared to other Claypool works. It is still funky and bass heavy like you are use to. The lyrics are interesting and fresh, I have read some reviews that don't agree but I have no idea what they are talking about. The lyrics appear simplistic on the surface but there are greater interpretations that can be gained from them.
Funny thing is that I got buyers remorse when I first bought this and gave it a quick listen but each time since I gave the album a whirl I gained a greater appreciation for it. Now it is one of my favorite and most listen to albums. It really is a must buy if you are a Les Claypool fan. His best work so far outside of Primus. If you do not like it at first, give it a chance and you will enjoy it.
Description of Of Whales and Woe
Primus bassman/mainstay Les Claypool uses the occasion of his fifth strictly solo outing to strip his musical instincts almost to the bone; guitars are almost non-existent, with Skerik's sax and the sitar/theremin work of Gabby La La providing the punctuation. Pushing his aggressive, wickedly fluid bass work even farther into the spotlight will no doubt please Claypool's most ardent fans, but the gambit also yields an album whose hypnotic rhythms and spare but potent seasonings are often intriguing. The dozen tracks may be driven by Claypool's feverish, often willfully obtuse creative muse--imagine a smackdown between Zappa and Bootsy with Zorn as referee--yet often constrained by a sense of shrewd pop economics that are rare in similar, instrumental virtuoso-driven excursions. "Vernon the Company Man" and "Phantom Patriot" are texturally compelling, if limited by a lyrical approach that's but re-heated Frank Z. "One Better" and "Rumble of the Diesel" offer sizzling funk workouts, while "Iowan Gal" and "Robot Chicken" evoke whacked-out metallic hoedowns for cyborgs of all ages. --Jerry McCulleyGeneral CDs
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