Mission of Burma: The Obliterati
CML call number: CD ROCK Mission
Personnel: Peter Prescott, Roger Miller, Clint Conley, Bob Weston; with assisting musicians.
Contents: 2wice -- Spider's web -- Donna Sumeria -- Let yourself go -- 1001 pleasant dreams -- Good, not great -- 13 -- Man in decline -- Careening with conviction -- Birthday -- The mute speaks out -- Is this where? -- Period -- Nancy Reagan's head. Bonus DVD: Live at Tsongas Arena December 2, 2004.
Greg Kot placed this album at #3 in his Chicago Tribune best of 2006 list, and wrote: "The best second act in rock history continues. During their first lifetime (1979-83), Clint Conley, Roger Miller and Peter Prescott helped define post-punk. Now they're back, and their third album is a near-perfect marriage of big noise and even bigger melodies waging a thrilling turf battle."
Other albums on Greg Kot's list: #1, TV on the Radio, Return to Cookie Mountain; #4, Jenny Lewis and the Watson Twins, Rabbit Fur Coat; #7, Art Brut, Bang Bang Rock & Roll; #17, Gnarls Barkley, St. Elsewhere.
Personnel: Peter Prescott, Roger Miller, Clint Conley, Bob Weston; with assisting musicians.
Contents: 2wice -- Spider's web -- Donna Sumeria -- Let yourself go -- 1001 pleasant dreams -- Good, not great -- 13 -- Man in decline -- Careening with conviction -- Birthday -- The mute speaks out -- Is this where? -- Period -- Nancy Reagan's head. Bonus DVD: Live at Tsongas Arena December 2, 2004.
Greg Kot placed this album at #3 in his Chicago Tribune best of 2006 list, and wrote: "The best second act in rock history continues. During their first lifetime (1979-83), Clint Conley, Roger Miller and Peter Prescott helped define post-punk. Now they're back, and their third album is a near-perfect marriage of big noise and even bigger melodies waging a thrilling turf battle."
Other albums on Greg Kot's list: #1, TV on the Radio, Return to Cookie Mountain; #4, Jenny Lewis and the Watson Twins, Rabbit Fur Coat; #7, Art Brut, Bang Bang Rock & Roll; #17, Gnarls Barkley, St. Elsewhere.
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