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Kevin Coyne

Blame It on the Night [Remastered]

Blame It on the Night [Remastered]

UPC: 5013929370531

Format: CD (2 disc)

Release Date: Jul 29, 2013

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At times it sounds like Coyne, or other forces, are attempting to make his music more commercial here, with the full, generic mid-'70s arrangements and occasional horns. That's a proposition as fruitless as selling snow to the Eskimos. Coyne is never going to be a mainstream artist; it seems more sensible to let him rip and be eccentric, playing in acoustic, stripped-down, bluesy contexts. Fortunately, that's what he does on about half the album, sounding his borderline lunatic self on "Don't Delude Me," and opting for an eerie, cryptic mood on "Blame It on the Night," and "Witch," with its flamenco guitars and undercurrent of suspicious paranoia. How not to gain commercial airplay, lesson 14: write lyrics such as "I cannot stand her friends anymore, I will wipe them across the floor" (from "Witch"). ~ Richie Unterberger

Tracks:

Disc 1:
1 - River of Sin
2 - Sign of the Times
3 - I Believe In Love
4 - Don't Delude Me
5 - Wanting You is Not Easy
6 - Take a Train
7 - Blame It On the Night
8 - Poor Swine
9 - Light Up Your Little Light
10 - Choose
11 - Witch
12 - Right on Her Side
13 - Queenie Queenie Caroline
14 - Poor Swine [Alternative Version]
15 - Poor Swine [Live at Hyde Park, June 29 1974]
16 - Marjory Razorblade Suite [Live at Hyde Park, June 29 1974]
Disc 2:
1 - River of Sin
2 - Sign of the Times
3 - I Believe In Love
4 - Don't Delude Me
5 - Wanting You is Not Easy
6 - Take a Train
7 - Blame It On the Night
8 - Poor Swine [Alternate Version]
9 - Light Up Your Little Light
10 - Choose
11 - Witch
12 - Right On Her Side
13 - One More Drink
14 - Heart and Soul
15 - Stoke Your Oven and Let It Boil