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Flowermouth
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Track Listing
- Angel Gets Caught In The Beauty Trap
- You Grow More Beautiful
- Animal Ghost
- Soft Shoulders
- Shell Of A Fighter
- Teardrop Fall
- Watching Over Me
- Simple
- Things Change
Product Details
- Amazon Sales Rank: #13210 in Music
- Released on: 1994-06-27
- Number of discs: 1
Customer Reviews
Didn't age well?
After having been completely fascinated by reviews of this CD on music pages elsewhere, I decided that it was time to buy myself a copy. I haven't really found myself being blown away as yet but have to say that the music is well arranged even if somehow a little on the light side, which is surprising when you notice the likes of Robert Fripp, Ian Carr, Steve Jansen etc make guest appearances on this CD. Also the lyrics are a little weak in general apart from the first track which does have a really interesting storyline. There are no rough edges to the music and at times the 'reverb' on the voice and the keyboard-piano sound makes you wonder if the production hasn't aged too well! I might come back to re-review this article but at the moment I would say that I would probably recommend this to people who enjoy pop music such as Dead Can Dance & (early) Talk Talk, but not to those more interested by experimental pop/prog-rock.
A truly masterpiece of art-pop
Flowermouth represents No-Man best achievement of their initial music career. The attempt to propose an experimental art-pop, under the influence of David Sylvian and Nick Drake, culminated in the creation of this sublime work. Tim Bowness voice is at his best and polyvalent musician Steve Wilson (not yet fully involved in the Porcupine Tree project) contributes to the musical vision that appoint this album as the most complete of their entire career. Genial contribution from Robert Fripp gives to the listener the sensation of crossing the long-waited bridge amongst the 70s experimental rock, the 80s electronic pop and the 90s technology. This leads to the realisation of the unique idea of music as progression and continuum, that very few groups have achieved up to now.
