69 EYES Savage Garden - 1995 album reissued on 2007 CD w/bonustracks
Format: CD Condition: New Year of Release: 2007 Cat. No.: 1697 Label: Cleopatra -- Navarre --
Circa 1995, most new rock bands still appeared mesmerized by the sounds that had originated from Seattle just a few years earlier. In other words, issuing an album that sounded influenced by the likes of the Cult and Motley Crue was about as far from expected as possible.
But it appears that no one ever told that to Helsinki's the 69 Eyes, who issued their third full-length overall in 1995, Savage Garden. Not quite as "in your face" as its predecessor a year earlier (1994's Motor City Resurrection), Savage Garden includes several tracks that would have sounded right at home in 1988, including the melodic "Velvet Lunch" (which is an obvious stab at crossover success), as well as more rough n' rocking fare, such as "Tang," "Mr. Pain," and "Motor City Resurrection."
With '80s-era rock suddenly back en vogue circa the early 21st century, bands like the 69 Eyes -- who were mining similar sonic territory years earlier -- suddenly appeared like trendsetters. The 2007 reissue of Savage Garden includes three extra tracks
~ Greg Prato, Rovi
TRACK LISTING:
1 1-800-SLEAZORAMA 2 Tang 3 Smashed 'N'trashed 4 Velvet Touch 5 Mr. Pain 6 Lady Luck 7 Motor City Ressurection 8 Ghettoway Car 9 Wild Talk 10 Get It Off 11 Always 12 Demolition Derby 13 Savage Garden 12 1-800-SLEAZORAMA 16 Motormouth 17 One-Shot Woman
