The Legendary Pink Dots / Plutonium Blonde
Artist The Legendary Pink Dots
Album Title: Plutonium Blonde
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Primary Genre Electronic
Format CD
Released 10/07/2008
Label ROIR (Reachout International Records)
Catalog No RUSCD 8305
Bar Code No 0 53436 83052 9
Packaging Jewelcase
Tracks
1. Torchsong (7:08)
2. Rainbows Too? (9:32)
3. A World With No Mirrors (5:18)
4. My First Zonee (3:59)
5. Faded Photograph (4:29)
6. An Arm And A Leg (6:42)
7. Mailman (2:23)
8. Oceans Blue (7:48)
9. Savannah Red (1:49)
10. Cubic Caesar (6:32)
Date Acquired 11/02/2013
Personal Rating
Acquired from Amazon
Purchase Price 12.98

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Notes

Recorded at Studio Lent and Studio Klaverland, 2007-2008.
Thanks to Lisette and Jon for maintaining our cyber connections.
Thanks also to Panorama for the original cover image, and to Astrid and Anna for customizing it.  Thanks to Lucas for your enduring support with this project.

Reviews
All Music Guide Review:

Review by Rick Anderson

The folks at ROIR say that this is Legendary Pink Dots' "most commercially appealing album to date," and the scary (and kind of cool) thing is that they may well be right. Think about that while you're listening to "Torchsong," with its stomping industrial beat, its mechanical-animals-in-agony sound effects, and its faintly menacing vocals. Or the mopey synth pop of "Rainbows Too?," the weirdly whimsical spoken word interlude "An Arm and a Leg," the fingerpicked banjo on "Mailman," or the decidedly creepy album closer "Cubic Caesar." There's a little bit of something for everyone on Plutonium Blonde, and while bands that work intentionally to provide that kind of pandering variety usually end up sounding desperate, the Legendary Pink Dots just sound like the kind of band that can make all kinds of weirdness sound pleasing in many different ways. Notice, for example, the wimp-folk opening to "A World Without Mirrors," on which an acoustic guitar and flute tempt you to turn off the stereo immediately; stick with it, though, and the song suddenly turns into an ambient electric meditation that is startlingly captivating. Notice also how the extended instrumental coda of "Rainbows Too?" actually manages to make layered backwards guitar sound interesting -- bet you never thought you'd hear interesting backward guitars again. They're just that kind of band.

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