Name: Nineteeneighties by Grant-lee Phillips
Brand: Grant-Lee Phillips
SKU: 888072102941
Price: 9.9 USD
Availability: OnlineOnly
Rating: 3.5 (77 reviews)

ALBUM

Or, "Grant Lee Phillips Sings All Your New Wave Favorites". The theme of this album is summed up simply enough in its title, on which Phillips covers 11 songs that should be immediately familiar to anyone who had their ear tuned to college radio or MTV's The Cutting Edge during the early to mid-'80s. The list of artists covered is certainly stellar enough -- the Smiths, the Cure, Pixies, R.E.M., Joy Division, Nick Cave, Robyn Hitchcock, the Psychedelic Furs, and more. However, rather than going for a spunky, electric sound here that might match the style of the originals, Phillips' arrangements are measured and atmospheric, dominated by acoustic instruments and a gentle approach that blends nicely with the smooth, bittersweet flow of his vocals. While this isn't the way you remember hearing these songs back in the day, Phillips reaches into the material with an obvious love and respect, and he finds a beautifully melancholy essence in these tunes that makes for a satisfying marriage of artist and material. (Oddly enough, the song that makes the transition least comfortably is also the first cut on the album -- "Wave of Mutilation" does not get Nineteeneighties off to a flying start, though "Age of Consent," which follows, is a major improvement.) Phillips produced the album and plays most of the instruments himself, and his feel for the material is all but faultless; while it's hard not to be overtaken with a sense of nostalgia while listening to this album if you knew these songs from back in the day, Phillips pulls them out of their original context and in the process reveals their strength is more timeless than one might have imagined. In short, you don't have to have a sideways haircut to like this. ~ Mark Deming

1. Wave Of Mutilation

by Grant-lee Phillips

Composer: Charles Thompson; Composer
Acoustic Guitar: Grant-lee Phillips; Performer
Baritone Guitar: Grant-lee Phillips; Performer
Electric Bass: Grant-lee Phillips; Performer
Electric Guitar: Grant-lee Phillips; Performer
Harmonica: Grant-lee Phillips; Performer
Harmonium: Grant-lee Phillips; Performer
Mandolin: Grant-lee Phillips; Performer
Lyricist: Charles Thompson; Composer
Guitar Loops: Grant-lee Phillips; Performer
Mellotron: Grant-lee Phillips; Performer
Organ: Grant-lee Phillips; Performer
Percussion: Grant-lee Phillips; Performer
Performer: Grant-lee Phillips
David Carpenter; Performer
Mastering Engineer: Dave Schultz; Production
Mixing: Grant-lee Phillips; Production
Piano: Grant-lee Phillips; Performer
Primary Artist: Grant-lee Phillips; Main Performer
Producer: Grant-lee Phillips; Production
Programming: Grant-lee Phillips; Production
Recording: Grant-lee Phillips; Production
Recording Producer: Grant-lee Phillips; Production
Double Bass: David Carpenter; Performer
Toy Piano: Grant-lee Phillips; Performer
Ukulele: Grant-lee Phillips; Performer
Vocals: Grant-lee Phillips; Performer
Studio Personnel: Grant-lee Phillips
Dave Schultz; Production
Composer Lyricist: Charles Thompson; Other
Digital Piano: Grant-lee Phillips; Other

2. Age Of Consent

by Grant-lee Phillips

Acoustic Guitar: Grant-lee Phillips; Performer
Lyricist: Gillian Gilbert
Peter Hook
Stephen Paul David Morris
Bernard Sumner; Composer
Baritone Guitar: Grant-lee Phillips; Performer
Double Bass: David Carpenter; Performer
Drums: Kevin Jarvis; Performer
Electric Bass: Grant-lee Phillips; Performer
Electric Guitar: Grant-lee Phillips; Performer
Guitar Loops: Grant-lee Phillips; Performer
Digital Piano: Grant-lee Phillips; Other
Harmonica: Grant-lee Phillips; Performer
Harmonium: Grant-lee Phillips; Performer
Mandolin: Grant-lee Phillips; Performer
Composer: Gillian Gilbert
Peter Hook
Stephen Paul David Morris
Bernard Sumner; Composer
Mastering Engineer: Dave Schultz; Production
Mellotron: Grant-lee Phillips; Performer
Organ: Grant-lee Phillips; Performer
Percussion: Grant-lee Phillips; Performer
Performer: David Carpenter
Grant-lee Phillips
Kevin Jarvis; Performer
Mixing: Grant-lee Phillips; Production
Piano: Grant-lee Phillips; Performer
Programming: Grant-lee Phillips; Production
Toy Piano: Grant-lee Phillips; Performer
Recording: Grant-lee Phillips; Production
Ukulele: Grant-lee Phillips; Performer
Vocals: Grant-lee Phillips; Performer
Recording Producer: Grant-lee Phillips; Production
Studio Personnel: Dave Schultz
Grant-lee Phillips; Production
Composer Lyricist: Gillian Gilbert
Stephen Paul David Morris
Bernard Sumner
Peter Hook; Other
Primary Artist: Grant-lee Phillips; Main Performer
Producer: Grant-lee Phillips; Production

3. The Eternal

by Grant-lee Phillips

Acoustic Guitar: Grant-lee Phillips; Performer
Baritone Guitar: Grant-lee Phillips; Performer
Electric Bass: Grant-lee Phillips; Performer
Electric Guitar: Grant-lee Phillips; Performer
Guitar Loops: Grant-lee Phillips; Performer
Lyricist: Peter Hook
Bernard Sumner
Stephen Paul David Morris
Ian Curtis; Composer
Digital Piano: Grant-lee Phillips; Other
Harmonica: Grant-lee Phillips; Performer
Harmonium: Grant-lee Phillips; Performer
Mandolin: Grant-lee Phillips; Performer
Composer: Bernard Sumner
Peter Hook
Stephen Paul David Morris
Ian Curtis; Composer
Mastering Engineer: Dave Schultz; Production
Mellotron: Grant-lee Phillips; Performer
Organ: Grant-lee Phillips; Performer
Percussion: Grant-lee Phillips; Performer
Performer: Grant-lee Phillips; Performer
Mixing: Grant-lee Phillips; Production
Piano: Grant-lee Phillips; Performer
Programming: Grant-lee Phillips; Production
Toy Piano: Grant-lee Phillips; Performer
Recording: Grant-lee Phillips; Production
Ukulele: Grant-lee Phillips; Performer
Vocals: Grant-lee Phillips; Performer
Recording Producer: Grant-lee Phillips; Production
Studio Personnel: Dave Schultz
Grant-lee Phillips; Production
Composer Lyricist: Stephen Paul David Morris
Bernard Sumner
Ian Curtis
Peter Hook; Other
Primary Artist: Grant-lee Phillips; Main Performer
Producer: Grant-lee Phillips; Production

4. I Often Dream Of Trains

by Grant-lee Phillips

Composer: Robyn Hitchcock; Composer
Acoustic Guitar: Grant-lee Phillips; Performer
Baritone Guitar: Grant-lee Phillips; Performer
Electric Bass: Grant-lee Phillips; Performer
Electric Guitar: Grant-lee Phillips; Performer
Harmonica: Grant-lee Phillips; Performer
Harmonium: Grant-lee Phillips; Performer
Mandolin: Grant-lee Phillips; Performer
Lyricist: Robyn Hitchcock; Composer
Guitar Loops: Grant-lee Phillips; Performer
Mellotron: Grant-lee Phillips; Performer
Organ: Grant-lee Phillips; Performer
Percussion: Grant-lee Phillips; Performer
Performer: Grant-lee Phillips
David Carpenter; Performer
Mastering Engineer: Dave Schultz; Production
Mixing: Grant-lee Phillips; Production
Piano: Grant-lee Phillips; Performer
Primary Artist: Grant-lee Phillips; Main Performer
Producer: Grant-lee Phillips; Production
Programming: Grant-lee Phillips; Production
Recording: Grant-lee Phillips; Production
Recording Producer: Grant-lee Phillips; Production
Double Bass: David Carpenter; Performer
Toy Piano: Grant-lee Phillips; Performer
Ukulele: Grant-lee Phillips; Performer
Vocals: Grant-lee Phillips; Performer
Studio Personnel: Grant-lee Phillips
Dave Schultz; Production
Composer Lyricist: Robyn Hitchcock; Other
Digital Piano: Grant-lee Phillips; Other

5. The Killing Moon

by Grant-lee Phillips

Composer: Leslie Thomas Pattinson
Ian Stephen Mcculloch
Peter Louis Vincent De Freitas; Composer
Acoustic Guitar: Grant-lee Phillips; Performer
Baritone Guitar: Grant-lee Phillips; Performer
Drums: Kevin Jarvis; Performer
Electric Bass: Grant-lee Phillips; Performer
Guitar Loops: Grant-lee Phillips; Performer
Harmonica: Grant-lee Phillips; Performer
Harmonium: Grant-lee Phillips; Performer
Mandolin: Grant-lee Phillips; Performer
Lyricist: Leslie Thomas Pattinson
Ian Stephen Mcculloch
Peter Louis Vincent De Freitas; Composer
Electric Guitar: Grant-lee Phillips; Performer
Mellotron: Grant-lee Phillips; Performer
Organ: Grant-lee Phillips; Performer
Mastering Engineer: Dave Schultz; Production
Percussion: Grant-lee Phillips; Performer
Performer: Kevin Jarvis
Grant-lee Phillips; Performer
Piano: Grant-lee Phillips; Performer
Mixing: Grant-lee Phillips; Production
Producer: Grant-lee Phillips; Production
Programming: Grant-lee Phillips; Production
Primary Artist: Grant-lee Phillips; Main Performer
Recording: Grant-lee Phillips; Production
Digital Piano: Grant-lee Phillips; Other
Toy Piano: Grant-lee Phillips; Performer
Ukulele: Grant-lee Phillips; Performer
Vocals: Grant-lee Phillips; Performer
Recording Producer: Grant-lee Phillips; Production
Studio Personnel: Dave Schultz
Grant-lee Phillips; Production
Composer Lyricist: Ian Stephen Mcculloch
Leslie Thomas Pattinson
Peter Louis Vincent De Freitas; Other

6. Love My Way

by Grant-lee Phillips

Acoustic Guitar: Grant-lee Phillips; Performer
Baritone Guitar: Grant-lee Phillips; Performer
Lyricist: Richard Lofthouse Butler
John Ashton
Vincent Ely
Timothy George Butler; Composer
Drums: Kevin Jarvis; Performer
Electric Bass: Grant-lee Phillips; Performer
Electric Guitar: Grant-lee Phillips; Performer
Guitar Loops: Grant-lee Phillips; Performer
Harmonica: Grant-lee Phillips; Performer
Harmonium: Grant-lee Phillips; Performer
Mandolin: Grant-lee Phillips; Performer
Mellotron: Grant-lee Phillips; Performer
Composer: Richard Lofthouse Butler
John Ashton
Vincent Ely
Timothy George Butler; Composer
Organ: Grant-lee Phillips; Performer
Percussion: Grant-lee Phillips; Performer
Performer: David Carpenter
Grant-lee Phillips
Eric Gorfain
Kevin Jarvis; Performer
Mastering Engineer: Dave Schultz; Production
Mixing: Mark Linnet; Production
Piano: Grant-lee Phillips; Performer
Primary Artist: Grant-lee Phillips; Main Performer
Producer: Grant-lee Phillips; Production
Digital Piano: Grant-lee Phillips; Other
Programming: Grant-lee Phillips; Production
Double Bass: David Carpenter; Performer
Ukulele: Grant-lee Phillips; Performer
Violin: Eric Gorfain; Performer
Vocals: Grant-lee Phillips; Performer
Recording: Mark Linnet; Production
Toy Piano: Grant-lee Phillips; Performer
Recording Producer: Grant-lee Phillips; Production
Studio Personnel: Mark Linnet
Dave Schultz; Production
Composer Lyricist: John Ashton
Richard Lofthouse Butler
Timothy George Butler
Vincent Ely; Other