This stellar 1996 acoustic set is a companion piece to the Jonathan Demme-directed concert film of the same name. (Hardcore fans should note the contents of the movie and CD...
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On Hitchcock's last U.S. tour, he played Hendrix's "The Wind Cries Mary" as well as "Are You Experienced," sometimes within the same set. It's the kind of act that defines...
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For his second solo album, Robyn Hitchcock decided to work with producer Steve Hillage, a former member of Gong. Under his guidance, Hitchcock made an album that smoothed...
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Hitchcock is an album-oriented artist with an extensive oeuvre, so this 20-track anthology of '80s material is best valued as a summary of selected career highlights for...
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Strange as it may seem to non-U.K. music lovers, John Peel isn't the only Brit DJ to have musical guests on a BBC radio show, thus origins of this collection of...
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Robyn Hitchcock's first album after leaving the Soft Boys isn't that far removed from the edgy, warped guitar pop of his former band, which isn't surprising, considering the...
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Element of Light, Hitchcock's second studio album with the Egyptians, remains one of his finest moments and offers a convincing argument for his talents as a pop craftsman....
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Disappointingly, the 1980s failed to recognize the genius of Robyn Hitchcock. As a member of the Soft Boys until they broke up in 1981, Hitchcock went on to write some...
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Wisely, Hitchcock chucked the band sound (though longtime associates Morris Windsor and Andy Metcalfe continue to lend their services on some tracks) and returned to the...
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Robyn Hitchcock recorded Eye, his fourth proper solo album, after the disappointing Queen Elvis. Eye marked a return to the acoustic-oriented folk-pop of I Often Dream of...
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Hitchcock at his absolute artistic zenith: featured tunes include "The Man With The Lightbulb Head," "My Wife And My Dead Wife," and "Heaven." Every songs sounds different;...
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After the stripped-back collection I Often Dream of Trains, Hitchcock slowly formed a backing band called the Egyptians with ex-Soft Boys Andy Metcalfe and Morris Windsor...
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Robyn Hitchcock's first foray into U.S. major-label territory disappointed some critics but helped expand his audience beyond the realm of college radio, thanks to the...
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Recorded at the Marquee in London shortly after the release of Fegmania!, the live Gotta Let This Hen Out! is a tense and exciting record, finding the raw energy that...
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Intended for hardcore Robyn Hitchcock fanatics, this CD of slightly dubious origin will probably appeal to people beyond the singer-guitarist-songwriter icon's biggest fans...
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A vital reissue of Hitchcock's second solo albums--that's right, albums. Dissatisfied with producer Steve Hillage's work on 1982's Groovy Decay, Hitchcock went back in the...
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Hitchcock's first real "solo" album--rather than he plus band--this features such cornerstones in his canon as "Sometimes I Wish I Was A Pretty Girl" and "Uncorrected...
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Hitchcock was so shaken by the entire Groovy Decay disaster that he retired from recording for two years. When he returned in 1984 with I Often Dream of Trains, it was clear...
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Two major highlights: "Oceanside" and "So You Think You're In Love," the latter of which sounds more like the Soft Boys than anything else Hitchcock had made in years....
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Two major highlights: "Oceanside" and "So You Think You're In Love," the latter of which sounds more like the Soft Boys than anything else Hitchcock had made in...
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Although a lot of longtime Robyn Hitchcock fans turned up their noses at 1991's Perspex Island, due to Paul Fox' slick production and the fact that it contains Hitchcock's...
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Hitchcock redeemed himself on this collection -- song for song more vital than Globe of Frogs. "Madonna of the Wasps" is a timeless pop song, but the record is mired in...
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A top-notch creative comeback for Hitchcock, this includes the rather catchy "Yip Song" as well as "The Arms Of Love" (covered by R.E.M.) and Hitchcock's nod to '60s group...
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Many of Robyn Hitchcock's fans were less than enchanted with his 1991 album Perspex Island, with the glossy production usually cited as its crippling flaw, but the disc's...
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Live at the Cambridge Folk Festival finds Robyn Hitchcock & the Egyptians at the height of their considerable powers as a trio, coming off as a more workaday version of the...
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Since his days with the Soft Boys in the early '80s, Robyn Hitchcock has been an irrepressible musical force, unleashing a stream of kinetic ideas that served as an antidote...
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The slight failure of Robyn Hitchcock's Jewels for Sophia is by no means the fault of his songs -- they are as tuneful and ridiculous as ever. But after his close to the...
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Sometime after the release of 2003's sparse and slightly chilly Luxor, Robyn Hitchcock attended his first Gillian Welch show. Impressed by the duo's rootsy adherence to the...
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Some of Robyn Hitchcock's best work in his career has been on his solo acoustic albums. It therefore comes as no surprise that Luxor is on par with both Eye and the classic...
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Robyn Hitchcock has covered a multitude of artists throughout his career, wowing concert audiences with his ability to spontaneously recall obscure songs and a penchant for...
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The unstoppable Robyn Hitchcock collected his outtakes from the Jewels for Sophia sessions as well as some odds and ends for this self-released 12-song collection. Thanks to...
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