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Martin Newell
Spirit Cage
Genres: Alternative Rock, Special Interest, Pop, Rock

Track Listings (12) - Disc #1
1. Wake up and Smell the Offy
2. You Slay Me
3. Sugarcane
4. My Old School
5. New Europeans
6. The Boys of September
7. A Smashing Bird Like Brenda
8. The High Clouds of Summer
9. Your Winter Garden
10. Days Like These
11. My Funeral
12. Lily's Lullaby

First album of new material in years from the acclaimed English songwriter/poet/eccentric who's worked with Andy Partridge and Captain Sensible in addition to being compared to Ray Davies and Nick Drake. 12 tracks includin... more »

CD Details

All Artists: Martin Newell
Title: Spirit Cage
Members Wishing: 3
Total Copies: 0
Label: Cherry Red UK
Release Date: 10/23/2000
Album Type: Import
Genres: Alternative Rock, Special Interest, Pop, Rock
Styles: Indie & Lo-Fi, British Alternative, Poetry, Spoken Word & Interviews
Number of Discs: 1
SwapaCD Credits: 1
UPCs: 5013929117624, 766486441620

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CD Reviews

Somebody adopt this man already!

D. Hartley | Seattle, WA USA | 05/23/2001

(4 out of 5 stars)

"Martin Newell is one of those artists who creates selfish fans. He's so good, you seethe against the ignorant masses that continue to ignore him. Perversely, however, your "inner music snob" secretly delights in the fact that the ignorant masses haven't yet despoiled your "personal" discovery. After about 20 years and about as many lo-fi albums, however, you start to feel guilty...doesn't this poor guy at least deserve a decent producer?! A studio with at least 16 tracks for once? Newell's latest release, "The Spirit Cage", full of his usual wonderful tunesmithing but sonically flat, cries out for a filthy rich patron. (Paul Allen, are you listening? Have a heart!) Be the first on your block to have a jangly Beatles/Ray Davies influenced genius in your back yard! (Completely house trained, only requires to be fed tea and biscuits three times a day.) In the meantime, pick up a copy of "Spirit Cage". In fact...buy two-hand one to a stranger! Cheers!"