Track Listing

1. '88 AKA Come Down On Me
2. '68 AKA Only Time
3. '93 AKA Don't Stop Now
4. '95 AKA Make Things Right
5. '79 AKA The Shouty Track
6. '75 AKA Stay With You
7. '76 AKA The Slow Train
8. '90 AKA Man Like Me
9. '64 AKA Go

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #83413 in Music
• Released on: 2005-01-31
• Number of discs: 1
• Format: Limited Edition

Amazon.co.uk Review
The resurgence of rock in most aspects of popular music has certainly not gone un-noticed by Lemon Jelly's Fred Deakin and Nick Franglen as 64-95 is littered with epic guitars and explosive refrains nestling amongst the downbeat soul for which they are best known. Opener, "Come Down on Me", is tense, fiery and for the most part dominated by the partnership of crashing power-chords and a lead synth that, while not a big-beat tune, wouldn't sound out of place on an old Lo-fi's or Chemical Brothers album. However, for anyone missing the sugary sweetness of Lost Horizons, most of the album is business as usual—strict drum patterns and rolling, mesmeric loops of lush strings, acoustic guitars (that sound great if a little bit cheesy) and lovable bass hooks. "Make Things Right" sums up a great deal of the music with its summery melody and reserved mid-tempo groove, this track being particularly reminiscent of classic Nightmares on Wax. Among the deviations in formula are "The Shouty Song", which comes across as some sort of harsh, contemporary jig and "The Slow Train", which utilises a barber shop quartet to fantastic effect. From start to finish 64-95 is pretty much devoid of filler (the weaker tracks only being weak due to other songs being better) and it culminates in the wondrous epic "Go", with the beat poet talents of William Shatner building to a crescendo that'll send anyone home with a smile on their face. Another great collection that isn't too radical a departure but doesn't rest on past successes, pushing Lemon Jelly forward at their own pace. --David Trueman

CD Description
'1964-1995' is Lemon Jelly's follow up to their Mercury Prize nominated 'Lost Horizons' album. Once again, the North London duo combine chilled-out beats with light atmospheric arrangements. Includes the single 'Stay With You'.

Customer Reviews

An ecclectic music reworking.
Lemon Jelly said it themselves: "This is not like our other albums..."Lemon Jelly could have produced derivative versions on thier Lost Horizons theme for as long as they wanted, but they didn't. This is much better than that. Like many of their best previous tracks this album borrows heavily from other peoples work. That is the point of it in fact. Each track being a remix of a song from the year it is named after. This gives each track a different vibe from the others, and adds a great deal more diversity to this album than their previous efforts.

That said it is still Lemon Jelly, and their stylistic influence is ever present. It is still electronic, but it is also more than that. Their love of guitar riffs is emphasised with loops and beats accentuating the rockier moments of this album, and their sense of the epic story comes to a head at the end of the album with William Shatner narrating a fantasy parable that builds to a crashing, explosive, climax.

This may not be the album their hardcore fans were looking for, but it is certainly a great album, and it doesn't suffer for declining to pander to their previous work.

Standout Tracks: '64 (Go), '75 (Slow Train), '76 (Stay With You), and '88 (Come Down on Me).

Notable by its absence is "The Fruity Track" - a B-Side from the Stay With You single - a masterful remix of Peaches by The Presidents Of The USA.

Overall: Recommended for fans looking to broaden their tastes but especially for people who haven't heard much of Lemon Jelly. This is a great cross-genre introduction to their style and one of their best albums yet.

Well it's certainly different!!
Being a massive Jelly Head, I eagerly awaitied the new album.

I really liked KY...I loved Lost Horizons. I adored "Stay with You". So, I was really quite dissapointed with the first listen of '64 - '95.

The first two albums I fell in love with straight away. This one didn't do much for me at all. It just didn't seem Jelly like

Not to be outdone I listened to it again...and again...and again.

And I tell you what, it's REALLY REALLY growing on me!!

All because it's quite different to their other 2 outings.

With the exception of one track where some bint keeps saying, "Don't stop now" and believe me, she doesn't stop, to the extent that I really can't stand it anymore and have to skip to the next track, the other tunes are excellent. You just need to give it a few plays to adjust yourself to LJ's new style.

In my opinion, the best track is saved till last. Go, featuring William Shatner is just classic LJ!! Beatiful tune building to a superb metal guitar crescendo! On paper it sounds really naff, but it works. It really really works!!

It's heavier stuff from the two boys this time round.

Just give it time and you will love it!

Time for change
The only inevitabilities in life are death and taxes. Or so the saying goes. However i would like to add to this the certainty that a band making a slight change in direction will lead to accusation of them having 'lost the plot' or as one reviewer of this Lemon Jelly release wrote 'having gone sour'. It is suprising however that those who appreciate the music of a band such as Lemon Jelly would be so adverse to diversity and progression. It would have been easy to make an album that sounded very similar to their previous work, but they are not U2, they are not about regurgitation. Would a samey album have been any more pleasing? Anyway I'm babbling now, this album is truly fantastic, from the floaty near cheesiness of 'make things right' and 'stay with you', to the gravelly 'come down on me' and 'the shouty track' (which add energy to their live set). However the real gem is the closing track 'go' which with a combination of power chords and william shatner sounds on paper like a grave mistake, but to the ear it is a wonderful and exhilirating closer.