Lit - Place in the Sun
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Artist: LitEdition: Music CD
Audio: English (Original Language)
CD Release Date: 1999-02-23
Music Label: RCA
Soundtracks:
- Four
- My Own Worst Enemy
- Down
- Miserable
- No Big Thing
- Zip-Lock
- Lovely Day
- Perfect One
- Quicksand
- Happy
- The Best Is Yet To Come Undone
- A Place In The Sun
Music reviews of Place in the Sun
Music Review: The band get some attention finally
Rating: 4 Stars
Following their EP and "Tripping the Light Fantastic", Lit later decided to sign on to RCA and record their third album "A Place in the Sun". Even though they chose an awful producer in Don Gilmore, his sound did not overpower the excellence of the record. It's actually one of his okay productions and I don't mind the polished sound at all. In fact, I don't really mind what he did here, but sometimes he makes a great record turn into mainstream fluff of the most generic kind.
I remember this album in my youth in that it was probably my favorite album when it was out, and Lit were my favorite band. While I've changed some since I was 12/13, I still thoroughly enjoy the record. It's been six years later and I don't mind popping this album in once in a while, even if I've had a shift in music tastes towards more "experimental" stuff. A good record always sounds good no matter what you're acquired to.
You'd be surprised to know the variety and creativity that Lit actually has. This one has "My Own Worst Enemy" and that one should be known for its great riffage and anthem of rather silly times. It was power pop at its best. It's known above their other material and probably will be known through time because it's one of those songs that you don't forget after you hear it.
There are quite interesting songs. It's obvious here that they had a variety of influences. There's "Down" which has an old rock sound sort of, with A. Jay singing in a rather different way than usual. The bridge is also really great. I also enjoy the line, "f**ked up my G-whites parking parallel". Then there's tracks like the ska-rock "Happy", which are lots of fun to hear. It's great, because even when not happy, he wants to be happy. Can't you relate to that?
The songs in between what I mentioned are interestingly also worth a mention. There's "Four" which starts the album in a great way and has a nice guitar solo. There's "Lovely Day" that has a hook-y melody that you'll like if you're expecting another "MOWE". I think if you get over your elitist thoughts of Lit that you'll realize that the criticism is pretty much stupidity. Saying Lit aren't punk is not that far off though; they play all kinds of rock. "Quicksand" has interesting guitar and bass lines in it, the nice theme riff gives it a somewhat different feel for the album. Not to mention, the catchy opening of "When I bring it up/you shut me out/so I keep on writing letters to myself". Also, you may have heard the heavy-but-slow "Perfect One", which is good, although not spectacular. The variety in the disc is what makes it so great. Then there's dark guitars on "The Best Is Yet to Come Undone" and then you get to the So-Cal pop-punk of "A Place in the Sun", and the screaming towards the end sounds like they were happy making the track. The lyrics, once again, are clever.
I'll admit that sometimes it's better to listen to this album in parts rather than the whole, but if you think you don't like this album I think you are lying to yourself. Clever lyrics and talent rule this album and that's a good thing, because more bands like that will be remembered. Contrary to the ridiculous belief, it never really sounded too much like blink-182, just people who decided to lump bands together for no good reason said it did. While maybe not a classic, you are likely going to enjoy it. It's about girls and cars mostly but has actual substence and is clever. Also buy "Tripping the Light Fantastic" and "Lit". Even better albums.
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Includes Japanese Exclusive Bonus Track .Power pop is a catch-all term used to describe the music made by any band that knows a minimum of three chords and plays them loudly through electric guitars. Because of this, power pop is often frustratingly dim. Lit are the exception. On A Place in the Sun, Lit sound like Nirvana minus the angst, replacing it with Cheap Trick's melodic sensibility. Their slice-of-Gen-X-life lyrics are comprehensible, wryly personal musings of love, lust, alcohol, and the abuses of each. "My car is in the front yard / And I'm sleeping with my clothes on / Came in through the window last night / And you're gone," frontman A. Jay Popoff relates in "My Own Worst Enemy." Popoff sings in a from-the-gut, pure rock & roll voice that never needs to scream to be powerful or emotional. The hooks, played by brother Jeremy Popoff, are bigger than a cruise-ship anchor. There is absolutely nothing unfamiliar about any of these songs, but A Place in the Sun is one of the meatiest albums of its ilk, leaving its counterparts in the dark. --Beth Massa
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