High Havoc [Import]

1. High Havoc

2. London England

3. The Corduroy Orgasm Club

4. The Frighteners

5. Youre A Great Way To Fly

6. Something In My Eye

7. Lovely Lonely And Loaded

8. Breakfast In Love

9. One Born Every Minute

10. Follow That Arab

11. Mobody Move

12. Very Yeah

13. Clearing Up Music

14. 10 28 From Shibuya (Bonus Track)

15. High Havoc (Bonus Track)(Live In Japan)

16. The Frighteners (Bonus Track)(Live In Japan)

17. Something In My Eye (Bonus Track)(Live In Japan)

18. London England (Bonus Track)(Live In Japan)

19. The Corduroy Orgasm Club (Bonus Track)(Live In Japan)

Editorial Reviews

Product Description
UK remastered reissue of their second Acid Jazz LP from 1993 was 'A Concept Album' on which 'Corduroy Create High Havoc' on a mock-soundtrack. Echoes of Our Man Flint mix with Here We Go Round The Mulberry Bush to create a more unified sound than their debut - which also embraced lush, jazzy vocal tracks like the club hit single, 'Something In My Eye' (with shades of Sergio Mendes creeping into the mix). Includes new liner-notes from the band, rare sleeves, photo's, memorabilia & six bonus tracks, '10.28 From Shibuya' & five recorded live in Japan, 'High Havoc', 'The Frighteners', 'Something In My Eye', 'London England' & 'The Corduroy Orgasm Club'. 2001 release.

Tracks:

High Havoc
London, England
Corduroy Orgasm Club
Frighteners
You're a Great Way to Fly
Something in My Eye
Lovely Lonely and Loaded
Breakfast in Love
One Born Every Minute
Follow That Arab
Nobody Move
Very Yeah
Clearing Up Music
10. 28 from Shibuya [*]
High Havoc [Live][*]
Frighteners [Live][*]
Something in My Eye [Live][*]
London, England [Live][*]
Curduroy Orgasm Club [Live][*]

Album Description

UK remastered reissue of their second Acid Jazz LP from 1993 was 'A Concept Album' on which 'Corduroy Create High Havoc' on a mock-soundtrack. Echoes of Our Man Flint mix with Here We Go Round The Mulberry Bush to create a more unified sound than their debut - which also embraced lush, jazzy vocal tracks like the club hit single, 'Something In My Eye' (with shades of Sergio Mendes creeping into the mix). Includes new liner-notes from the band, rare sleeves, photo's, memorabilia & six bonus tracks, '10.28 From Shibuya' & five recorded live in Japan, 'High Havoc', 'The Frighteners', 'Something In My Eye', 'London England' & 'The Corduroy Orgasm Club'. 2001 release.

Customer Reviews:

Corduroy at their best.......2003-10-30

What a fantastic CD! I love this. So mellow, so groovy and funky.

Fluff that chest hair!!.......2003-09-27

Although this album is billed as a concept album, "a soundtrack for an imaginary film," this listener finds it difficult to envision a cohesive imaginary movie that incorporates these songs in their chronological order. Since the admittedly quaint billing of "soundtrack for an imaginary film" is essentially irrelevant anyway regardless of how good one's imagination is, this is still a funky, feel good album worth a five star rating.

If you like acid jazz, funk, and just pure groove, then you should find appreciation for this album. The bass lines presented here are intricate enough to make you think that the bassist Richard Searle is actually speaking to you. Just the fact that musicians were interested in belting out groovy melodies with a concept in mind during the day of incessant masturbatory chord strumming and whiny vocals full of empty indecipherable lyrics (which is still the case today) is enough to impress.

"High Havoc," the second of their five full-length studio albums, was released in 1993, sharing a similarity in theme of 70's cop show/game show type funk complete with plenty of funky wah guitar and horns as with their first album "Dad Man Cat" released in 1992. Corduroy's last album, "Clik!" was released in 2000, and though the group has since disbanded, there's still plenty of good reason to throw this CD on, raise the volume along with your collars, fluff that chest hair, and don those poorly color coordinated polyester clothes again.

High Havoc
Average customer rating:
High Havoc
Corduroy
Manufacturer: Pony Canyon
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

Acid Jazz | Jazz | Styles | Music
ASIN: B0000562OV
Release Date: 1997-03-21