Search - Tav Falco & Panther Burns :: World We Knew

Out of print...and out of this world

M. Bromberg | Atlanta, GA United States | 05/13/2004

(5 out of 5 stars)

"This is Tav's most consistent collaboration with Alex Chilton, a wonderful collection of pop hits and rockabilly obscurities. More than an exercise in nostalgia, this album captures the mysterious and spooky roots of fifties' rock'n'roll: "Do the Robot," "Dateless Night," "She's My Witch," "Pass the Hatchet." The liner notes and accompanying photos are really a lesson in Southern culture and a time gone by. This is sadly, inexplicably out of print, and needs to be reissued, if only to hear Tav bopping his way through "Mona Lisa." Tav and his bandmates in Panther Burns have travelled down this road ever since, but seldom have they sounded this good."

Rnr for real hipsters

M. Bromberg | 09/02/1998

(5 out of 5 stars)

"i bought the french-new-rose-release (with lots of bonus trax) exactly 10 yrs ago (it was in fact the 1st cd I ever bought - due to the bonus tracks). It's not the catchiest album but if you really are interested in different kinds of popular music this is for you. Listening to the "world we knew" to me is like reading a greil marcus book, there are a lots of stories and it did indeed force me to learn more about the us-countryside, the old south and today marks the point where i switched from alternative music to folk, country & jazz and everything in between. with "the world we knew" i learned that there is a tradition worth to study."

The moment of truth

George Reinecke | 04/21/2009

(5 out of 5 stars)

"WOW,THE 1ST RECORD I EVER PLAYED ON,AND I DON'T EVEN HAVE A COPY--

I GUESS ILL BUY ONE FOR MY DAUGHTER(14)

GEORGE REINECKE

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