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Better Than Ezra

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Friction, Baby

 

Tracklist

(Vinyl)
A1   King Of New Orleans      
A2   Rewind      
A3   Long Lost      
A4   Normal Town      
A5   Scared, Are You?      
A6   Return Of The Post Moderns      
A7   Hung The Moon      
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Review


Somewhere, Neil Diamond and Barry Manilow are listening to the radio right now and surely feeling vindicated. Thanks to a growing number of sensitive young frontmen – Eddie Vedder, Darius Rucker, Live's Ed Kowalczyk, the Gin Blossoms' Robin Wilson – the unrestrained hyperemotive vocal style Diamond and Manilow brought to easy-listening pop is back with a vengeance, this time in the relatively macho guitar-rock arena. Singer and guitarist Kevin Griffin of Better Than Ezra also wants you to feel his pain, to hear his heart bleeding in every… Read More

trembling, held-out syllable. Even the title of Ezra's new album, Friction, Baby, has an air of cloying bombast about it – it sounds like a Vegas punk revue.

That isn't to say that Friction, Baby isn't worth checking out. Like Live, Better Than Ezra are essentially a hard-pop band. Griffin's guitar riffs may crash more often than they jangle, but the sweet, clean hooks he writes owe more to the Beatles and the Byrds (via R.E.M., in all likelihood) than to indie rock. That melodic buoyancy makes Griffin's penchant for melodrama palatable and makes his best songs irresistibly endearing. "Rewind" is a well-crafted, smartly executed guilty pleasure, with a shiny melody and an exhilarating arrangement. The darker "Hung the Moon" veers from lithe, dissonant verses to glorious, schmaltzy choruses.

On the quieter numbers and ballads, Griffin's overwrought vocal delivery is more irksome. "Speeding Up to Slow Down" is rich in moody ambivalence and would probably be quite affecting if interpreted by a more wry, thoughtful singer. But with Griffin gushing forth ... well, there ain't much friction, baby. Then again, I'll bet he could do a mean cover of "Sweet Caroline." (RS 743)


ELYSA GARDNER




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  Better Than Ezra   Friction, Baby
Elektra 7559-61944-2 De, 1996
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13-track Jewelcase Cd + Booklet, Hypesticker On Front Eu, Elektra, 7559-61944-2, 1996
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  BETTER THAN EZRA   Friction Baby
Year Released: 1996 13 Songs 1. King Of New Orleans 2. R3wind 3. Long Lost 4. Normal Town 5. Scared Are You? 6. Return Of The Post Moderns 7. Hun...
  CD   NEW Horizons
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  Better than Ezra   Friction, Baby (1996)
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1996 Elektra Entertainment
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Alt Rock ~ 1996 ~ Us Pressing ~ . Tracks: (please Email For Tracklist) 0 7559 61944 2 6 Elektra
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1sided A4 Promoprint D, Elektra, 1997
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