Before I ever became a member of Music Banter I would recs from articles from guitar rags I find here and there. I've read about Television, Nick Drake and Sonic Youth before I ever heard one note by them. I always have a special attachment to recs that come from guitar players. In those interviews I found out who influenced Steve Howe: Les Paul, Chet Atkins and Wes Montgomery. I thought since they were his influence I had to checked them out. They became my favorites as well. So long story short, I've seen this band mentioned by Peter Buck and the Edge. I thought well if they mentioned them I have to checked them out. I was thinking here Peter Buck from Georgia and Edge from Ireland and they both mentioned The Church? Who are they? I gotta hear this band. So I did and I was hooked.
I've also read that The Church mentioned The Beatles, the Stones and Pink Floyd as an influece. I hear other similarity between other bands though I am not certain. When I hear Marty Willson-Piper play the twelve string I think more of Roger McGuinn that anything else. I don't think of every other Jangle pop band. In fact if anything The Church were more ahead of the curve for neo-Psychedelia and ethereal sounds. It's more likely they were influential to other 80s bands.
My main interest are guitar bands. I think The Church especially in their early days are one of the best. However another one thing I think that really set them apart from other bands is the singing and the lyrics. I love Steve Kilby's voice, I think it is one of the best in Rock. When I hear him sing I am always trying to figure out who sounds like, and in my opinion I think it comes down to this: Steve Kilby is blend of Ian Hunter, Marc Bolan and Peter Perrett. Not so much the exact vocal style but the sound of his voice. Steve Kilby is also one of my favorite lyricist. His lyrics are very imaginative and can paint an incredible story with a few words. Fields of Mars and A Fire Burns are good examples. Both are tied as my favorite songs on the album. All the other are tied for second. There isn't a bad song on the album.
Blurred Crusade came out in '82, the same year as Shabooh Shoobah. I never met anyone who knew of The Church, plenty who knew INXS. I always thought that The Church had an individual sound that got under my skin, and the songs are dear to my heart. They truly are a band of skin and hearts.
Since this was my first go I wanted to pick an album that would work for everyone - or more realisticly something that would't offend the majority. I was thinking of Dystopia but I thought well Nadia Oh! didn't go over so well, so I forego that album. I also thought of Gash but thought it would be too divisive for the club cause it is so left field. I thought The Only Ones would be too raucous of a Rock album so I ditch that idea too. The album I finally settles on was Release Me by The Like, but strangely enough rubber soul picked that album. I am still calculating that odds, of all of the million of albums that were ever release we were thinking of the same album.
I am not familiar with the crowd so I have no idea how to gauge my pick. Sorry if anyone found this to be too disappointing pick to participate it. I thought a good pick would help the Album Club - the better the album the better the Album Club, imo.
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Actually, I like you a lot, Nea. That's why I treat you like ****. It's the MB way.
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