American Music Club
Fearless
Cape Canaveral
In the Shadow of the Valley
What Holds the World Together
I Broke My Promise
I ll Be Gone
California Dreamin [ ] - American Music Club, Phillips, John [1]
As the critically acclaimed San Franciscan quintet got tired of rave reviews and low album sales, they opted to turbo-charge their sound by emphasizing guitarist Vudi s distorted rave-ups at the expense of the subtler shad.
more »ings of Bruce Kaphan s pedal steel. As AMC s final album, it s a schizophrenic landmark. The striking quiet numbers ( Fearless, Cape Canaveral ), the Pepsi Generation power anthems ( It s Your Birthday, Wish the World Away ), the funky dance party groovers ( I ll Be Gone, Can You Help Me? ), and the oblique cuts ( In the Shadow of the Valley ) all meet butt up against one another to make for an exciting, eclectic collection that never quite comes together. But brilliant, nonetheless. EMI. 1994.