Author: SLOAN

Release Date: 10-08-1994

Details: Amazon.ca Voted the best Canadian album of all time by the readers of Chart magazine, Sloan's 1994 sophomore offering Twice Removed is also the record that scuttled the Halifax group's shot at U.S. pop stardom. The disc finds the foursome moving away from the grunge-pop of their Smeared debut and beginning to dabble in the Beatles-esque power pop that has characterized their successive albums. Hoping for a Smeared 2, Sloan's label DGC ignored Twice Removed and ultimately dropped the band, with Sloan breaking up (temporarily) shortly thereafter. Compared to later albums like One Chord to Another and Navy Blues, the production and songwriting on Twice Removed sounds primitive and occasionally underwhelming. That said, Twice Removed does contain some of Sloan's best songs, including drummer Andrew Scott's sweetly strummed "People of the Sky," the California pop of Jay Ferguson's "Snowsuit Sound" and Chris Murphy's anthemic "Coax Me," loaded with the now-classic line "It's not the band I hate, it's their fans." Sloan has a remarkable knack for distilling a pop song down to its barest elements, and tunes like the Lennon rip-off "I Hate My Generation" and the soft-rocking "Loosen" are the sound of a group pushing forward and redefining itself. For a band that was initially pigeonholed as the "Canadian Nirvana," it's a major achievement. --Matt Galloway Product description Breakthrough 1994 album! Whip-smart power pop 'n' slamming rock from the clever Canadians. Includes "Coax Me" and "People Of The Sky".

UPC: 777488001125

EAN: 0777488001125

Languages: English

Binding: audioCD

Item Condition: UsedVeryGood