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Artist:	EDWARDS, TERRY
Title:	Clichés
Label:	SARTORIAL (UK)
Format:	CD
Price:	$16.50
Catalog #:	FIT 050CD

"Twelve covers in homage to Alex Chilton, from John Peel's signature tune to 'Lulu's Back in Town' via Bach & an unhinged version of James Brown's 'I'll Go Crazy' Terry Edwards, left-field session musician to the great & the good (including Robyn Hitchcock, Jerry Dammers, Siouxsie, The Duke Spirit and Madness - about whom he has also had a book published), releases his first full album of solo material for 5 years. Although he's well-known for cover versions, having previously released Jesus & Mary Chain songs as trumpet-led instrumentals, The Fall in a ska style and Miles Davis tunes as speed-metal snapshots, Clichés is something of a departure. The album is respectfully dedicated to Alex Chilton who recorded a covers album with the same title in 1993. Using Chilton's release as a blueprint, Edwards selected songs that had a personal resonance (e.g. John Peel's signature tune, 'Pickin' the Blues'), wallowed in the beauty of heartache ('You Won't See Me,' 'The Very Thought of You') or simply gave him a lust for life (the Mary Chain's 'I Love Rock & Roll')."

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