Gene Clark – No Other (Vinyl)
Listening to the enveloping beauty of Gene Clark’s 1974 album “No Other” in a new surround mix one wound up thinking that the record does not sound 45 years old - and it does not sound like a failure.
The album, remastered and re-issued by 4AD, was expensively and meticulously crafted as singer-songwriter (and Byrds co-founder) Clark’s most ambitious and rarefied work. Yet it failed to secure radio play, strong reviews or, ultimately, retail sales, and within two years of its release it had disappeared from the marketplace completely.
It’s a quintessential cult record: one that enjoyed neither commercial success nor critical favor in its day, but found its true reward in the decades following its release. Usually such albums are highly personal affairs, often concerned with personal tumult and spiritual exploration. Other titles of similar vintage in the same vein — obscurities in their era that are recognized today as major achievements — include Big Star’s “Third,” Nick Drake’s “Pink Moon” and Dennis Wilson’s “Pacific Ocean Blue.”
Clark’s life and career never really regained their equilibrium after “No Other” and in 1991, four years after the release of his final album “So Rebellious a Lover,” Clark died at 46, felled by addiction-related illnesses.
In 2013 the album was toured live and performed note for note by a supergroup featuring Beach House, plus members of Fleet Foxes, Grizzly Bear, the Walkmen, and more.
Vinyl, LP, Album, Reissue
Tracklist:
A1 Life's Greatest Fool 4:44
A2 Silver Raven 4:53
A3 No Other 5:08
A4 Strength Of Strings 6:30
B1 From A Silver Phial 3:40
B2 Some Misunderstanding 8:10
B3 The True One 4:57
B4 Lady Of The North 6:04
Listening to the enveloping beauty of Gene Clark’s 1974 album “No Other” in a new surround mix one wound up thinking that the record does not sound 45 years old - and it does not sound like a failure.
The album, remastered and re-issued by 4AD, was expensively and meticulously crafted as singer-songwriter (and Byrds co-founder) Clark’s most ambitious and rarefied work. Yet it failed to secure radio play, strong reviews or, ultimately, retail sales, and within two years of its release it had disappeared from the marketplace completely.
It’s a quintessential cult record: one that enjoyed neither commercial success nor critical favor in its day, but found its true reward in the decades following its release. Usually such albums are highly personal affairs, often concerned with personal tumult and spiritual exploration. Other titles of similar vintage in the same vein — obscurities in their era that are recognized today as major achievements — include Big Star’s “Third,” Nick Drake’s “Pink Moon” and Dennis Wilson’s “Pacific Ocean Blue.”
Clark’s life and career never really regained their equilibrium after “No Other” and in 1991, four years after the release of his final album “So Rebellious a Lover,” Clark died at 46, felled by addiction-related illnesses.
In 2013 the album was toured live and performed note for note by a supergroup featuring Beach House, plus members of Fleet Foxes, Grizzly Bear, the Walkmen, and more.
Vinyl, LP, Album, Reissue
Tracklist:
A1 Life's Greatest Fool 4:44
A2 Silver Raven 4:53
A3 No Other 5:08
A4 Strength Of Strings 6:30
B1 From A Silver Phial 3:40
B2 Some Misunderstanding 8:10
B3 The True One 4:57
B4 Lady Of The North 6:04
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