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The Black Swan, by The Triffids (CD on Domino)

Cover art for The Black Swan by The Triffids Description: 2CD on Domino, REWIGCD27
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‘The Black Swan’ as it intended to be: a sprawling double CD masterpiece with influences ranging from tango to hip hop, and including long lost demo gems.
The completion of ‘The Black Swan’ is the result of David McComb’s explicit wish regarding the band’s back catalogue. It was meant to be The Triffids ‘White Album’ - unfeasibly eclectic, in keeping with the songwriter’s mood at the time - he was stretching out like there was no tomorrow and be it hip hop, Greek music, tango, country rock or even his own early songs, no style of music was safe from plunder. The double album Dave had hoped to unleash was pared back to a more commercially sensible single album by Island Records, though it was still wonderfully diverse, especially by the standards of the times. Produced by Stephen Street, Dave and the band’s extensive period of demoing his swag of songs with the assistance of collaborators such as James Paterson, Adam Peters, Victor Van Vugt and Stephen Street himself bore some remarkable fruit.
This new edition is the double CD sprawling messy masterpiece as envisaged by David McComb, featuring a bonus disc containing demo versions of 14 songs from the main album and 3 exclusive demos. It’s a testimony to the variety of music which influenced the music of The Triffids.
CD1
Too Hot To Move, Too Hot To Think
American Sailors
Falling Over You
Goodbye Little Boy
Bottle Of Love
Go Home Eddie
The Spinning Top Song
Butterflies Into Worms
Can’t Help Falling In Love
New Years Greetings
Good Fortune Rose
Shell Of The Man
One Mechanic Town
Jack’s Hole
Black-eyed Susan
You Minus Me
The Clown Prince
Fairytale Love
How Could I Help But Love You    CD2
Too Hot To Move, Too Hot To Think
American Sailors
Why Don’t You Leave For Good This Time
Bottle Of Love
The Spinning Top Song
Butterflies Into Worms
New Years Greetings
Good Fortune Rose
One Mechanic Town
Jack’s Hole
Blackeyed Susan
You Minus Me
The Clown Prince
Fairytale Love
(You’ve Got) A Funny Way Of Showing You Love Me
No More After You
In The Dark


 

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About the humble CD:

The CD is essentially a small portable face mirror which has an extra feature of being able to play music (through a thing known as a CD player). These CD's are a modern invention hence them being all shiny and digital. They can hold about 80 minutes of music and apparently are indestructible as you can smear jam on them and they still play (not as nourishing as toast mind you but when you're hungry.....). They sound crystal clear and are tiny convenient things. They lack the charm and warmth of their old analogue counterparts but their portability, convenience and ease of being duplicated make them a perfect thing of a thing for most folks. Jewel cases are the worst thing ever though and they really need to stop.

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