Roky Erickson & The Aliens - The Evil One (plus one)
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Artist: Roky Erickson & The AliensEdition: Music CD
Format: Original recording reissued
CD Release Date: 2002-04-16
Music Label: Sympathy 4 the R.I.
Soundtracks:
Music CD 1
- Two Headed Dog (Red Temple Prayer)
- I Think Of Demons
- Creature With The Atom Brain
- The Wind And More
- Don't Shake Me Lucifer
- Bloody Hammer
- Stand For The Fire Demon
- Click Your Fingers Applauding The Play
- If You Have Ghosts
- I Walked With A Zombie
- Night Of The Vampire
- It's A Cold Night For Alligators
- Mine Mine Mind
- Sputnik
- White Faces
- Click Your Fingers Applauding The Play
- Modern Humans Show
- It's A Cold Night For Alligators
- Modern Humans Show
- Creature With The Atom Brain
- Modern Humans Show
- The Night Of The Vampire
- Modern Humans Show
- White Faces
- Bloody Hammer
- Modern Humans Show
- Sputnik
- Two Headed Dog (Red Temple Prayer)
- Modern Humans Show
- Modern Humans Show
- Modern Humans Show
- Modern Humans Show
- Mine Mine Mind
- Modern Humans Show
- I Walked With A Zombie
Music reviews of The Evil One (plus one)
Music Review: Great, great, did I mention great?
Rating: 5 Stars
This album is absolutely fantastic. I don't know why this isn't more popular than it already is. Every song is memorable, even from the first listen. From the unnerving opening riff of "Two Headed Dog" to the loud pleas of "Mine Mine Mind", this disc never bores (with the possible exception of the slightly long "Stand for the Fire Demon"). The guitar playing and backing band are superb and fit the material like a glove. The lyrics cover everything from Satan to zombies and are delivered with the best vocal performance I've ever heard on a rock album. All of these elements gel to make an album somewhere between punk, metal, and novelty '50's songs. However, never do any of these songs come off as gimmicky because Roky sounds like he believes every word he sings. As great as this all is, it's not short either, finishing at over fifty minutes.
The first disc by itself is a must have, but the second disc is a great little bonus. It's a radio show from 1979. While it seems some parts of it may have been edited out, the material that's there is quite good. The show intersperses interview segments with early versions of songs from the record. The interview parts are interesting as Roky talks about the chilling inspirations for some of the songs, while weirdos call in and ask odd questions. Roky handles the calls with tact seeming to know exactly what to say to his audience.
The alternate versions of the songs follow a pattern in which the stronger songs from the album sound weaker and the weaker songs sound better. Plus, the sound quality is nearly as good as what was on the first disc. I'm tired of typing, so just buy this.
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Description of The Evil One (plus one)
There are many Roky Erickson albums, but The Evil One originally released by CBS Records in Europe in 1980 was the first of them and, many would say the best. This re-issue features 35 tracks including 20 on disc two from The Modern Humans Show August 20, 1979 KSJO Radio.Alternative Rock CDs
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