Track Listing

1. All The Myths On Sunday
2. Here I Stand
3. Jackie's Still Sad
4. When The Hoodoo Comes
5. Fall To Love
6. Boy On Top Of The News
7. Bell Of Hope
8. I Want No Mystery
9. Fine Lily Fine
10. Girl With The Name
11. Like Princes Do
12. King Fluid
13. Let's Talk American
14. Heathen A Go Go
15. Above These Things
16. While The World Cries Decency

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #304641 in Music
• Released on: 1997-02-03
• Number of discs: 1
• Format: Import

Customer Reviews

Distinctly Average
Am I the only one who can see through the surface of this album? This offering from DPW is ok but I am not convinced it deserves the accolades dished out to it. With this album ,DPW transformed fully from a highly original outfit into a pithy act for whom image became far more important than content. The band are struggling to break the cycle of mediocrity they have found themselves in.I think bands can outlive their usefulness-the best bands glow very brightly for a short time U2, The Smiths, and The Clash are but a few who remain classics because they have learnt to move with the times and not get stuck in a timewarp.

The "best of" from the band who peaked just a tad too early
The term under-rated is frequently used and it describes music or any other creative art which fails to live up to its potential or to ignite the imagination of the listening public but which is a sublime example of the medium or the genre. This band is by this definition most definitely under-rated as is this album. It is a collection of the best tracks offered by the band whilst they were signed to Food records, the same label from whence sprang Jesus Jones and the slightly more well known Blur.

DPW and John Butler in particular whose song writing is thoughtful, emotional and touching are supreme exponents of their musical style. The music is delightfully multi layered and rich. The influence of The Byrds and Moby Grape are clear and if you close your eyes when listening to the band the sound of the West Coast of America floods in and engulfs you. This coupled with the great production and the simply sublime vocals of Mr.Butler make this "best of" a must have for the discerning music fan.

This album offers a good introduction to DPW as not only does it offer some of their more succesful numbers such as The Boy On Top Of The News, All The Myths On Sunday and Fall To Love it also offers a glimpse of the lesser known tracks, B-sides and experimental stuff off the album "Flipped"

Despite having two of the ingredients for success (talent and a great batch of music) the last remaining requirement:-luck, eluded the band. Whereas Jesus Jones went on to some success and Blur became a phenomenon, DPW failed to gain the recognition they deserved and it was simply because they came along about five years too soon. Had they first recorded the songs on this album from 1994-1998, the world would not be recalling the Oasis Vs Blur battle of the bands of the mid 90s, it would be recalling the Blur Vs Oasis Vs Diesel Park West battle of the bands and this would have made the outcome of the battle even more uncertain.