Robyn Hitchcock "Obliteration Pie" 2006
Obliteration Pie is an expensive, hard-to-find CD that was released in 2005 only in Japan......There are two songs here ("My Wife and My Dead Wife" and "Chinese Bones") that were recorded live at the Bottom Line, New York, in 2003. Hitchcock's introduction to "My Wife and My Dead Wife" called appropriately enough, "Frank Sinatra Intro to 'Wife'" is just delightful. He claims "the song was originally written for Frank Sinatra's Duets album." The re-recordings of "Arms of Love," "Madonna of the Wasps," and "Queen Elvis" are all top-notch. "A Man's Gotta Know His Limitations, Briggs" is a fine studio recording of a live favorite but it doesn't better the version on Olé! Tarantula. Hitchcock's spirited, completely over-the-top take on the chart-topping disco hit "Funkytown" by Lipps Inc. is quite amusing. However, the two unquestionable highlights for me personally are "City of Women," (previously available on Wig In A Box: Songs from & Inspired by Hedwig and the Angry Inch), and "I Fall Into Your Eyes." Keep in mind, Obliteration Pie is an odds and sods record, and frankly it doesn't flow particularly well from one track to the next. Finally, the enhanced CD also includes the video clips for "I Often Dream of Trains" and "Man With the Lightbulb Head." For diehard Robyn Hitchcock fans only. - George Zandona
tracklist
01 Madonna of the Wasps
02 City of Women
03 I Fall into Your Eyes
04 Arms of Love
05 Man's Gotta Know His Limitations, Briggs
06 Madelaine
07 Let the Sun Begin
08 My Dreams Are Scars
09 Frank Sinatra Intro to "Wife"
10 My Wife and My Dead Wife
11 Chinese Bones
12 Funkytown
13 Butterfly
14 Queen Elvis
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