Nothing Extra, Nothing More - Day Three - Ocean Blue - The Ocean Blue - 1989
I feel like I'm halfway cheating you guys on this post, almost feel like I'm cheating myself. A fellow blogger posted this album several weeks ago, and now I am. This is one of those albums that I had specifically saved for this week, though.
It is a stellar album, awesome songwriting and production, and one that takes me back to my High School days, right before graduation. I bought this one during the winter months of early 1990. I was planning for going into the Air Force, yet still wanting to be a hip Post Punker and classy at the same time. This album helped me fill that role.
It's amazing that as British as this album sounds, they are from Pennsylvania. Cool. I didn't think Americans, especially at that time, could even sound so sheik. My favorite songs are, in order of appearance, Between Something and Nothing, Vanity Fair, Ask Me Jon and Myron. Myron is probably my favorite.
I know that somewhere, out there, there is a demo of this album, along with the Laugh Tour EP, which may or may not have material on it that might be pertinent to this album. I cannot find the Demo album, nor the EP. All I have, and can find, is this album. Hence, there is Nothing Extra, Nothing More.
You probably already have this, but I'll post a link anyway....
Thanks for this. I have always seen this as a perfect album. For all the points you brought up. Just awesome.
ReplyDeleteI agree with Maxxwell, this is a perfect album. The first song of theirs I ever heard was "Drifting, Falling," when I saw the video on MTV, and I was completely and utterly hooked on their music from then on. That song is still one of my favorites of theirs. Like I said on Ricky's blog, there's something about it that evokes the feeling of a crisp autumn day, when all the leaves are changing color and there's a scent of wood smoke in the air.
ReplyDeleteFor me, this has always been a very "autumn" album, "Cerulean" is a winter one, and "Beneath the Rhythm and Sound" is a "summer" record. Don't ask me why, I don't have an explanation! It's just the feeling I get when I listen to each of those albums.
this cassette got jammed in my buddy's car back in 1990. for weeks this is all we listened to. i know this album well.
ReplyDeleteI guess it could have been worse, right?
Delete"I didn't think Americans, especially at that time, could even sound so sheik."
ReplyDeleteWhat does sheik mean here? Thanks
Think that may be a typo. Should be "chic" or "chique" meaning: "Something that is fancy or special and not ordinary. Smart elegance and sophistication especially of dress or manner"
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