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    Splashed with Many a Speck

    01/01/1997

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    All Music Guide Review

    The Dewdrops label previously put out a compilation of covers of songs associated with the 4AD label, so it comes as little surprise that this double CD is very much in the 4AD mold. Ambient (not the techno kind of ambient) washes of sounds, high female vocals, layers of lush guitars, dronish melodies -- all are here, to the extent that it almost feels like a retro tribute album, even if the peak of 4AD's influence was a mere decade or so before the release of this anthology. Twenty-nine bands here, only one of which is well known, that being the Cocteau Twins, who were the chief progenitors of this whole genre. Scenic is about the only other act with even modest name recognition. Many of the selections were previously unreleased (though not, as it happens, the Cocteau Twins' contribution). The most ear-catching song is also the oddest: the FloatingHouse's "Train" features vocals by Naomi Weiss that come pretty damn close to sounding like British folk-rock great Sandy Denny, in both tone and delivery. ~ Richie Unterberger, All Music Guide

    Splashed with Many a Speck Track Listing

  • Track#
  • Title
  • Artist
  • time
  • lyrics
  • 1
  • Milieu (#)
  • Knife Felt Heart
  • 4:45
  • Sound Clip for Milieu (#) from Splashed with Many a Speck


  • 2
  • Slow as Smoke
  • Starblind
  • 3:25
  • Sound Clip for Slow as Smoke from Splashed with Many a Speck


  • 3
  • Swing/Evanston
  • Curtain Society
  • 4:34
  • Sound Clip for Swing/Evanston from Splashed with Many a Speck


  • 4
  • Touch upon Touch
  • Cocteau Twins
  • 5:05
  • Sound Clip for Touch upon Touch from Splashed with Many a Speck


  • 5
  • Passage
  • Lanterna
  • 4:09
  • Sound Clip for Passage from Splashed with Many a Speck


  • 6
  • Fortune His Sleep III (Live)(#)
  • Faith & Disease
  • 5:53
  • Sound Clip for Fortune His Sleep III (Live)(#) from Splashed with Many a Speck


  • 7
  • Painted Tongue
  • Orange
  • 5:50
  • Sound Clip for Painted Tongue from Splashed with Many a Speck


  • 8
  • Shellac
  • Chicklet
  • 5:10
  • Sound Clip for Shellac from Splashed with Many a Speck


  • 9
  • Garden of Stones
  • Luminous Orange
  • 2:37
  • Sound Clip for Garden of Stones from Splashed with Many a Speck


  • 10
  • Allison (#)
  • Venus Swirls
  • 3:24
  • Sound Clip for Allison (#) from Splashed with Many a Speck


  • 11
  • Serene and Smiling
  • Bethany Curve
  • 4:17
  • Sound Clip for Serene and Smiling from Splashed with Many a Speck


  • 12
  • Belle Chasse (#)
  • Sunflower Conspiracy
  • 6:52
  • Sound Clip for Belle Chasse (#) from Splashed with Many a Speck


  • 13
  • Timothy Cream's Crown of Wines
  • 11:07
  • Sound Clip for Timothy Cream's Crown of Wines from Splashed with Many a Speck


  • 14
  • Out in a Boat (#)
  • Von Trapps
  • 6:18
  • Sound Clip for Out in a Boat (#) from Splashed with Many a Speck


  • 15 (2)
  • Sleep (#)
  • Deardarkhead
  • 7:40
  • Sound Clip for Sleep (#) from Splashed with Many a Speck


  • 16 (2)
  • Sweet Briar (#)
  • Orange
  • 3:10
  • Sound Clip for Sweet Briar (#) from Splashed with Many a Speck


  • 17 (2)
  • Eyesick
  • Half String
  • 5:04
  • Sound Clip for Eyesick from Splashed with Many a Speck


  • 18 (2)
  • Delta
  • Love Spirals Downwards
  • 6:11
  • Sound Clip for Delta from Splashed with Many a Speck


  • 19 (2)
  • Me in Time
  • Super 31
  • 4:02
  • Sound Clip for Me in Time from Splashed with Many a Speck


  • 20 (2)
  • For Static (#)
  • Six String Malfunction
  • 4:17
  • Sound Clip for For Static (#) from Splashed with Many a Speck


  • 21 (2)
  • Ocean Liner (#)
  • Avenue
  • 4:38
  • Sound Clip for Ocean Liner (#) from Splashed with Many a Speck


  • 22 (2)
  • Lips to Kiss (#)
  • Lovesliescrushing
  • 1:46
  • Sound Clip for Lips to Kiss (#) from Splashed with Many a Speck


  • 23 (2)
  • Leech
  • Alison's Halo
  • 5:49
  • Sound Clip for Leech from Splashed with Many a Speck


  • 24 (2)
  • Thoughtforms
  • Heavenside
  • 3:20
  • Sound Clip for Thoughtforms from Splashed with Many a Speck


  • 25 (2)
  • When the Time Comes (#)
  • Scenic
  • 3:38
  • Sound Clip for When the Time Comes (#) from Splashed with Many a Speck


  • 26 (2)
  • The Early Hours (#)
  • Starlight Conspiracy
  • 4:29
  • Sound Clip for The Early Hours (#) from Splashed with Many a Speck


  • 27 (2)
  • Train (#)
  • Floating House
  • 4:35
  • Sound Clip for Train (#) from Splashed with Many a Speck


  • 28 (2)
  • Bumblebee
  • Closedown
  • 7:55
  • Sound Clip for Bumblebee from Splashed with Many a Speck


  • 29 (2)
  • Blue Girl
  • Sensualists
  • 7:18

    • Credits of Splashed with Many a Speck

    • Dan Higgins
    • Bass, Piano, ?, Tapes, Treatments, Mellotron, Percussion


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