Name: Five Men In A Hut (A's, B's And Rarities: 1998 - 2004) by Gomez
Brand: Gomez
SKU: 094637206157
Price: 9.9 USD
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Rating: 3 (252 reviews)

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Volume 1

Volume 2

Five Men in a Hut is basically the final roundup for Gomez's Hut/Virgin years, but it's a positive boon for fans, especially in the U.S. In the U.K., each Gomez album had at least a few associated singles, but they never got the same treatment stateside. Since each album had a certain specific "sound" to it, one can see how some of these songs wouldn't have fit with the album they were recorded with, but the B-sides were hardly throwaways. In fact, the B-sides were often excellent and allowed the band to try different things and stretch out a bit. Abandoned Shopping Trolley Hotline gathered a few of these tracks, but more than half of Five Men in a Hut is comprised of B-sides (and two previously unreleased tunes) so ultimately all the A's and B's of many of these singles are now readily available. Each disc of this set is packed with music; it would have been difficult to include much more. Highlights include the country-ish "Tanglin'," "Best in Town," and the hilarious "Dire Tribe." There's a wonderful cover of Charley Patton's "Mississippi Boll Weevil Blues" and they put a horn section to good use on "Chicken Bones." "Air Hostess Song" borders on electronica, as does the vocodered "ZYX." Since each album was different from the others, it's really interesting to hear all the different Gomez sounds together on the same album. This would make an excellent introduction to the band, but it's at least as exciting for the longtime fan (if not more so) since more than half of this material has been difficult if not impossible to track down. Ultimately, excluding the alternate mixes of album tracks and live cuts that weren't included here, there are only seven remaining songs that exist only on singles. Songs like "Who's Gonna Go to the Bar," the epic, sprawling "Gomez in a Bucket," and the vinyl-only "Wham Bam" will apparently remain unavailable, but Abandoned Shopping Trolley Hotline and Five Men in a Hut together will satisfy all but the most rabid Gomez collector. Five Men in a Hut is a great summation of this fantastic band's early years. ~ Sean Westergaard

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Five Men In A Hut (A's, B's And Rarities: 1998 - 2004)

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Volume 1

Volume 2

Volume 1

1. Whippin' Piccadilly

2. Best In The Town

3. Catch Me Up

4. Ping One Down

5. Tanglin'

6. Bring It On

7. Champagne For Monkeys

8. ZYX

9. Step Inside

10. Blind

11. Pop Juice

12. 78 Stone Wobble

13. Royalty

14. Old School Shirt

15. Air-Hostess Song

16. Sweet Virginia

17. Mississippi Boweevil Blues

18. Old China

Volume 2

1. Rhythm And Blues Alibi

2. Silhouettes

3. Silence

4. Butterfly

5. Get Myself Arrested

6. Dire Tribe

7. We Haven't Turned Around

8. So

9. Shot Shot

10. Chicken Bones

11. Flight

12. Pick Up The Pieces

13. Big Man

14. Sound Of Sounds

15. Pussyfootin'

16. Coltrane

17. M57

18. Diskoloadout

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