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99TH DREAM
SWERVEDRIVER
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Thanks for looking! All items listed on this site are new and either in
stock or special orders. *Default release country is USA, ask if
unsure!*
If the debacles surrounding the release
of 1995's magical Ejector Seat Reservation weren't enough, the process
of getting this fine follow-up to the public likely gave Swervedriver
enough headaches to outnumber their effects pedals. 99th Dream was set
to be launched on Geffen in early '97, with advance copies sent to
press and radio. Not to be outdone by A&M and Creation the two labels
to previously junk the Oxford band like a fungus-ridden shower shoe the
label fired the band's A&R representative and unceremoniously dropped
the band, leaving the record in unreleased limbo. Along came New York
independent Zero Hour to save the day, who bought the rights to the
record and released it nearly a year later.
Though the
weakest of Swervedriver's four long-players of the '90s, 99th Dream
still shimmers and sizzles like the work of shamefully few bands of the
time. Another trademark opening one-two punch is offered in "99th
Dream" and "Up from the Sea," showing a continuation of the band
falling prey to their pop instincts. Slowly but surely, Swervedriver
have morphed from a runaway locomotive informed by the Stooges and
Dinosaur Jr. to a classic sports car fueled by Love and the Beatles,
without losing their ferocious purr along the way.
99th Dream has its less than superb moments; "Electric '77" and
"Stellar Caprice" lumber along enough to challenge the attention of the
diehard, and "In My Time" would have gathered dust on the cutting room
floor had it been committed during Mezcal Head or Ejector. Also, the
version of "These Times" that appears on the Zero Hour version is
inferior to the one found on the Geffen advance. The latter version
plods along, marring the sprightly pace of the original; oddly enough,
the original sounds a hell of a lot like Oasis. Adam Franklin even
attains the nasal whine of Liam Gallagher without grating. One could
wager a shoebox of Beatles 45s that it was for these reasons that a
tamer version appears here.
Full of rich harmonies and
graceful instrumental passages, 99th Dream closes with "Maybe the
People Would Be the Times..." "Behind the Scenes of the Sounds and the
Times," that is! Though reading like a song off Love's Forever Changes,
"Behind the Scenes" is a dynamic seven-minute trip of charging,
psychedelic ebb and flow. [A Japanese version of 99th Dream adds the
b-sides from the Wrong Treats EP.]
Tracks
include:
99th dream
Up from the
sea
She weaves a tender trap
These times
Electric 77
Stellar caprice
Wrong
treats
You've sealed my fate
In my time
Expressway
Behind the scenes of the sound & the
times
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| | Price: | | $9.03 | |
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| | Category: | | SHOEGAZE | |
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| | Media: | | CD | |
| | Records in set: | | 1 | |
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| | Label: | | ZERO HOUR | |
| | Release Number: | | ZER CD 123 | |
| | Manufactured: | | US | USA |
| | Release Date: | | 1/1/96 | |
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| | Condition: | | NEW | (not used) |
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| | Availability: | | 7 IN STOCK | |
| | Last Updated: | | 4/1/09 | |
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| | Seller Item Ref #: | | SWERV99THZEROZERCD123CD | |
| | GEMM Reference #: | | GML1419470344 | |
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