Fireside Favorites

1. Pedestrian

2. State of the Nation

3. Salt Lake City Sunday

4. Coitus Interruptus

5. Fireside Favourite

6. Newsreel

7. Insecticide

8. Box

9. Arch of the Aorta

Fireside Favorites,Fad Gadget,Elektra / Wea,Electronic,Popular Music,Post-Punk,Rock,Synth Pop

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Average customer rating: Highly original early 80's Synth Fireside Craziness!

Fireside Favorites Fad Gadget Manufacturer: Elektra / Wea ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Hardcore & Punk | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music | Vinyl Records | American Punk | British Punk | Emo | Garage Punk | Hardcore | Post Hardcore | Proto Punk | Punk | Punk Revival | Punk-Pop | Riot Grrl | Ska Punk | Straight Edge Post-Punk | New Wave & Post-Punk | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music General | New Age | Styles | Music General | Pop | Styles | Music General | Rock | Styles | Music Electronica | Dance & DJ | Styles | Music Dance Pop | Compilations | Dance & DJ | Styles | Music Similar Items: Fad Gadget by Frank Tovey ASIN: B000008FGX Release Date: 1991-06-17

Tracks:

1. Pedestrian
2. State of the Nation
3. Salt Lake City Sunday
4. Coitus Interruptus
5. Fireside Favourite
6. Newsreel
7. Insecticide
8. Box
9. Arch of the Aorta

Customer Reviews:

Highly original early 80's Synth.......2006-04-14

Between punks fading light and the dawn of evolving New Wave Synth bands such as Human League, OMD & Ultravox et al came the impossible to describe `Fad Gadget'. After his 1st two brilliant singles `Back to Nature' & `Ricky's Hand' I was really looking forward to his debut album & it turns out to be a wholly unique affair. Simple Synth lines accompanying Frank Tovey's snarly nasty sarcastic vocals which serve his droll lyrics and view of the World very well.. Check out his wonderfully snide take on Nucleur oblivion on Fireside Favorites. However, my favorite track here would have to be Coitus Interruptus, just for the sheer gall of having a chorus line with the line coitus interruptus in it. For some reason, neither of his 1st two seminal DIY Synth records `Back to Nature' and `Ricky's Hand' were put on this album, which in a way is good to see - as anyone wanting to buy the album would have already had these. He is however an acquired taste and I can imagine people not really appreciating his talk-sing style. `Pedestrian Wait' has a lot of his trademark growls and grunts in it. All the while you get the feeling that he was trying to shock his audience and this is mostly effective. The music is simple and aggressive but pretty original for 1980. Usually overlooked as one of the innovators of the early early 80's synth style this unusual record is a one-off experience, being thoughtful, shocking and enthusiasticly nasty whenever it can. I'll give it a 4 out of 5.

Fireside Craziness!.......2003-04-04

The first artist to sign Mute Records was Fad Gadget. And here is his first album. He was a true pioneer on the synthesizer based music that shortly after appeared everywhere! There are many fantastic (and a bit crazy) songs on this album. Songs like "pedestrian", "fireside favourites" and "newsreel" are songs you will remember. When it comes to the tracks that you will ALWAYS return to, it had to be the sexual " coitus interruptus" and "Insecticide". When you play these songs you will laugh and shake your head and say: This dude is BRILLIANT CRAZY!....and then you play them again. :-) (you were one of my childhood heroes mr.tovey (aka fad gadget), you gave me many fine moments, and a start to explore electronic music.Thank you and Rest In Peace)

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Classics to Unwind: Relaxing favorites for the end of the day Manufacturer: Denon Records ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD All Works by Brahms | Brahms, Johannes | ( B ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music Chausson, Ernest | ( C ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music General | Fauré, Gabriel | ( F ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Holst | Holst, Gustav | ( H ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart | Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus | ( M ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Tchaikovsky | Tchaikovsky, Peter Ilyich | ( T ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Debussy | Debussy, Claude | ( D ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Rachmaninov | Rachmaninov, Sergei | ( R ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music Ballads | Forms & Genres | Classical | Styles | Music General | Concertos | Forms & Genres | Classical | Styles | Music Preludes | Forms & Genres | Classical | Styles | Music Divertimentos | Serenades & Divertimentos | Forms & Genres | Classical | Styles | Music Suites | Forms & Genres | Classical | Styles | Music Romantic | Symphonies | Forms & Genres | Classical | Styles | Music Intermezzos | Theatrical, Incidental & Program Music | Forms & Genres | Classical | Styles | Music General | Baroque (c.1600-1750) | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music Chamber Music | Forms & Genres | Classical (c.1770-1830) | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music General | Classical (c.1770-1830) | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music Chamber Music | Forms & Genres | Romantic (c.1820-1910) | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music General | Keyboard | Instruments | Classical | Styles | Music Flute | Reeds & Winds | Instruments | Classical | Styles | Music Violin | Strings | Instruments | Classical | Styles | Music General | Symphonies | Classical | Styles | Music General | Classical | Styles | Music General | Chamber Music | Classical | Styles | Music Compilations | Classical | Styles | Music ASIN: B0006SSPB2 Release Date: 2005-01-11

Tracks:

1. Holst: Venus from "The Planets"
2. Rachmaninoff: Vocalise
3. Chausson: Symphony in B-flat, II. Tres lent
4. Debussy / Ravel: Sarabande
5. Debussy: Ballade
6. Brahms: Intermezzo in B-minor
7. Mozart: Eine Kleine Nachtmusik, Andante
8. Frescobaldi: Toccata
9. Tchaikovsky: January "By the Fireside" from The Seasons
10. Faure: Berceuse
11. Debussy: The Girl with the Flaxen Hair

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A Fireside Christmas (Special Holiday Favorites) Manufacturer: Mistletoe Music ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Jazz | Styles | Music General | Soundtracks | Styles | Music ASIN: B000HIFGQ8

Product Description

1. Oh Christmas Tree 2. What Child is This 3. Home for the Holidays 4. Merry Christmas Darling 5. The Christmas Song 6. O'Holy Night 7. I Heard the Bells on Christmas Day 8. White Christmas 9. Silent Night 10. O' Come All Ye Faithful

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Reader's Digest Timeless Favorites: Youmans, Hayman & Young Heyman & Young Yopumans ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Singer-Songwriters | Pop | Styles | Music ASIN: B000U2BZD4

Product Description

Around the World, 2. Love Letters, 3. Halleljuh! (from The Hit Deck), 4. Tea For Two, 5. A Ghost of a Chance, 6. I Want To Be Happy, 7. When I Fall In Love, 8. Great Day, 9. You Oughta Be In Pictures, 10. Body and Soul, 11. Bluebird of Happiness, 12. My Foolish Heart, 13. Time on My Hands, 14. The Carioca, 15. Without A Song, 16. Stella by Starlight, 17. More Than You Know, 18. Through the Years.

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World's Most Beautiful Melodies Unchained Melody All-time Film Favorites ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Soundtracks | Styles | Music ASIN: B000R2PZNS

Product Description

Unchanined Melody, Some Enchanted Evening, In the Good Old Summertime, Play a Simple Melody, Buffalo Gals, Till the End of Time, Raindrops Keep Fallin' on my Head, Memories, Over the Rainbow, For Me & My Gal, I'm Always Chasing Rainbows, I Love a Piano, I've Grown Accustomed to Her Face, Long Ago, Hello, Dolly!, By the Light of The Silvery Moon, Auld Lang Syne

Meditation Music:

1. First Light: Piano Solos [Original recording remastered]
2. Full Moon
3. Full Moon
4. Gag
5. Grand Piano: Narada Anniversary Collection
6. Grand Union
7. Harmonic Ocean
8. Healing Waters
9. Heart is the Only Nation
10. Heaven and Earth

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An Introduction to Rossini's Tancredi

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After the Playboy Mansion

20 Super Sucessos [Import]

Against All Odds [Explicit Lyrics]

Al Dente [Import]

Alexandre Tansman: Mazurkas

A Spectrum of Infinite Scale

Africa Today: Best Of Contemporary African Folk Music

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The Great American Songbook: Live at Michael's Pub