From Melody Maker, June 26, 1993

Rebellious Jukebox

Mark Eitzel of American Music Club on the records that changed his life

  1. THE REPLACEMENTS: "Here Comes A Regular"
  2. SHIRLEY HORN: "Here's To Life"
  3. IGGY POP: "Turn Blue"
  4. FATS WALLER: "Smoke Dreams Of You"
  5. THE SMITHS: "There's A Light That Never Goes Out"
  6. THE CHI-LITES: "Have You Seen Her?"
  7. THE BLUE NILE: "On A Late Night Train"
  8. NICK DRAKE: "Day Is Done"
  9. ICE-T: "Race War"
  10. TALK TALK: "New Grass"


Mark Eitzel on Talk Talk - New Grass:

"From 'Laughing Stock', which is not really a songwriter's album, but it's definitely cool, I love it. It must have taken a lot of guts to make. I mean, to me, this was a healing album, but who was going to buy it? I listened to this song a million times after I got the album - it's a religious song, basically, a desperate plea for something good. By the end, it's almost like he's had a religious revelation - I'm not saying he did, maybe he just would like to have, but that's enough."



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