Posted by Mark on 06-27-2005 at19:41:
Doppelganger on the front page at HM Magazine website now
Doppelganger is on the front page of the HM Magazine website now. It is a review of the album.
www.hmmagazine.com
Here is the review:
Doppelganger by Daniel Amos
Moving into the age of leisure
Where east meets west in a maze of pleasure
And why do we feel we can live forever?
Cos' they've piped in music of religious nature...
How come you're sad, how come you cry
When golden arches 'cross your sky?
They're reminders of sweet bye and bye
This could be heaven when we die...
from Mall All Over the World written by Terry Taylor
The second installment in Terry Taylor's ambitious 4 album concept/story The Alarma Chronicles is also my favorite. It used to be volume one, Alarma, but as the years go by I find myself going back to Doppelganger more than the others. Released in 1983, this record was very much ahead of it's time. As cutting edge as anything out at that time and drawing from influences as varied as Cheap Trick and the Talking Heads to The Cars and XTC. This album is alternative music influenced heavily by new wave and power pop, yet it's amazingly fresh and original. There's nothing quite like it.
Terry Taylor is one of the best lyricists out there, so when I tell you that Doppelganger contains his best work lyrically, don't take it lightly. The verses quoted above from Mall All Over the World have stuck in my skull and I'm constantly thinking of them. This is good stuff. It's a poke at the evangelical Christian sub-culture. It's a look into the failings of the western Church in it's attempt to create it's own little world where everything gets labeled "Christian." This theme is carried on throughout the album and it really makes you think. Lyrics that challenge you and make you think. What a concept!
If you've never heard this record, do yourself a favor and get it now. Many critics list it in their top ten of all time. For credits, lyrics and more information on this record go to:
www.danielamos.com
Tony Shore
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