MATTHEW SWEET 'Blue Sky On Mars' 1997 Power-Pop CD
Format: CD Condition: MINT (Promo punch-hole through barcode on back-insert of CD) Year of Release: 1997 Cat. No.: 61422-31130-2 Label: ZOO Country of Origin: U.S.A.
For his sixth album, Matthew Sweet jettisons longtime guitarists Robert Quine and Richard Lloyd and goes it largely alone, playing most of the instruments himself, with keyboard help from Pearl Jam producer Brendan O'Brien. But the song remains the same, even if the downtown guitar sound doesn't.
Short, sweet and to the point, 'BLUE SKY' contains 12 brilliant nuggets of crunchy power-pop that recall the golden age of Top 40 radio.
As much a fan as he is a rock and roller, Sweet trots out his reverence with "Back To You," which features a "Good Vibrations"-type intro and then waves of chiming, Byrdsy guitar. Sweet has a penchant, and a knack, for vintage sounds. Sprinkled throughout the album are swirling synths and delicious Mellotron ("Heaven And Earth," "Behind The Smile"), loads of fuzz guitar ("Over It," "Into Your Drug") and even a Casio drum machine ("Until You Break").
Track Listing:
1. Come to California 2. Back to You 3. Where You Get Love 4. Hollow 5. Behind the Smile 6. Until You Break 7. Over It 8. Heaven & Earth 9. All Over My Head 10. Into Your Drug 11. Make Believe 12. Missing Time
