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    Beautiful Escape: The Songs of the Posies Revisited

    05/20/2008 | Burning Skie Records 

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    All Music Guide Review

    What the…? A 45-song, triple-CD blowout devoted to a band only savvy rock fans have even heard of? Well, when it is for a group as good for as long as Seattle's Posies were, that sort of off-the-charts devotion draws admiration. This is what we call love, pure and simple. Not only from a small Pennsylvania label that must have spent more time planning, nursing, and executing this than Pickett and Lee did that state's Gettysburg charge, but also from 43 no-name, surprisingly crisp bands from over a dozen other countries that pulled off this jaw-dropper. Drop the laser down anywhere on this three-hour-plus blockbuster (the Gandhi of tribute LPs?) and you find a hungry group in thrall of the Hollies-meet-Big Star hooks of ace songwriters Ken Stringfellow and Jon Auer, from 1988's Failure right through to 2005's comeback Every Kind of Light. Thus, all are able to bring fresh energy to songs that, Rasputin-like, won't die. That the overall quality control would be comparable to that of the two tunesmiths' own work was far from given, considering that a cameo-ing Stringfellow (a devastating piano reduction of "Everybody Is a Fucking Liar") and Auer (a finger-picked "Daily Mutilation") are the only artists this writer knew already. (Two other ‘90s ex-members, bassist Joe Skyward and drummer Brian Young, also pop up, as do old producer Don Fleming, Skyward's daughter, and Stringfellow's wife.) But from the Nick Lowe-ish Smith Bros. to the Swervedriver-like Sugarrush, to piano ditties, light C&W, and meaty power-pop galore (Wellingtons), Beautiful Escape is the kind of "tribute" worthy of its underrated subject. ~ Jack Rabid, The Big Takeover, All Music Guide

    Beautiful Escape: The Songs of the Posies Revisited Track Listing

  • Track#
  • Title
  • Artist
  • time
  • lyrics
  • 1
  • Dream All Day
  • Meadows
  • 3:20
  • Sound Clip for Dream All Day from Beautiful Escape: The Songs of the Posies Revisited


  • 2
  • Flavor of the Month
  • Dunn, Maxi
  • 2:27
  • Sound Clip for Flavor of the Month from Beautiful Escape: The Songs of the Posies Revisited


  • 3
  • I May Hate You Sometimes
  • Drowners
  • 3:20
  • Sound Clip for I May Hate You Sometimes from Beautiful Escape: The Songs of the Posies Revisited


  • 4
  • Please Return It
  • Searcy, Peter
  • 3:25
  • Sound Clip for Please Return It from Beautiful Escape: The Songs of the Posies Revisited


  • 5
  • Sweethearts of Rodeo Drive
  • Junior League
  • 4:28
  • Sound Clip for Sweethearts of Rodeo Drive from Beautiful Escape: The Songs of the Posies Revisited


  • 6
  • Chainsmoking in the USA
  • Sugarrush
  • 6:03
  • Sound Clip for Chainsmoking in the USA from Beautiful Escape: The Songs of the Posies Revisited


  • 7
  • Throwaway
  • Throwback Suburbia
  • 3:34
  • Sound Clip for Throwaway from Beautiful Escape: The Songs of the Posies Revisited


  • 8
  • Burn and Shine
  • Wright-Mark, Steven
  • 5:17
  • Sound Clip for Burn and Shine from Beautiful Escape: The Songs of the Posies Revisited


  • 9
  • At Least for Now
  • Mabus, Don
  • 3:53
  • Sound Clip for At Least for Now from Beautiful Escape: The Songs of the Posies Revisited


  • 10
  • Song #1
  • Virtues [Sweden]
  • 4:39
  • Sound Clip for Song #1 from Beautiful Escape: The Songs of the Posies Revisited


  • 11
  • Start a Life
  • 5:09
  • Sound Clip for Start a Life from Beautiful Escape: The Songs of the Posies Revisited


  • 12
  • Blind Eyes Open
  • Panther Style
  • 4:41
  • Sound Clip for Blind Eyes Open from Beautiful Escape: The Songs of the Posies Revisited


  • 13
  • Ontario
  • CosmopolitANTS
  • 2:48
  • Sound Clip for Ontario from Beautiful Escape: The Songs of the Posies Revisited


  • 14
  • You Avoid Parties
  • We Know Plato
  • 4:47
  • Sound Clip for You Avoid Parties from Beautiful Escape: The Songs of the Posies Revisited


  • 15
  • Coming Right Along
  • Megafauna
  • 7:36
  • Sound Clip for Coming Right Along from Beautiful Escape: The Songs of the Posies Revisited


  • 16 (2)
  • Golden Blunders
  • Smith Bros.
  • 3:51
  • Sound Clip for Golden Blunders from Beautiful Escape: The Songs of the Posies Revisited


  • 17 (2)
  • Every Bitter Drop
  • Royalz
  • 2:53
  • Sound Clip for Every Bitter Drop from Beautiful Escape: The Songs of the Posies Revisited


  • 18 (2)
  • Will You Ever Ease Your Mind?
  • Flip Your Wig
  • 4:13
  • Sound Clip for Will You Ever Ease Your Mind? from Beautiful Escape: The Songs of the Posies Revisited


  • 19 (2)
  • Somehow Everything
  • Genuine Fakes
  • 3:48
  • Sound Clip for Somehow Everything from Beautiful Escape: The Songs of the Posies Revisited


  • 20 (2)
  • Everybody Is a Fucking Liar
  • Stringfellow, Ken
  • 4:03
  • Sound Clip for Everybody Is a Fucking Liar from Beautiful Escape: The Songs of the Posies Revisited


  • 21 (2)
  • Suddenly Mary
  • Parry, John [Rock]
  • 3:47
  • Sound Clip for Suddenly Mary from Beautiful Escape: The Songs of the Posies Revisited


  • 22 (2)
  • Evyerone Moves Away
  • Well Wishers
  • 4:02
  • Sound Clip for Evyerone Moves Away from Beautiful Escape: The Songs of the Posies Revisited


  • 23 (2)
  • The Longest Line
  • Slinkyredfoot
  • 3:33
  • Sound Clip for The Longest Line from Beautiful Escape: The Songs of the Posies Revisited


  • 24 (2)
  • Going, Going, Gone
  • Super Ratones
  • 2:34
  • Sound Clip for Going, Going, Gone from Beautiful Escape: The Songs of the Posies Revisited


  • 25 (2)
  • The Certainty
  • Smee, Alex
  • 2:40
  • Sound Clip for The Certainty from Beautiful Escape: The Songs of the Posies Revisited


  • 26 (2)
  • Under Easy
  • Royster, Frank
  • 3:23
  • Sound Clip for Under Easy from Beautiful Escape: The Songs of the Posies Revisited


  • 27 (2)
  • No Consolation
  • Electroplex
  • 3:01
  • Sound Clip for No Consolation from Beautiful Escape: The Songs of the Posies Revisited


  • 28 (2)
  • 20 Questions
  • Cokeroque
  • 3:48
  • Sound Clip for 20 Questions from Beautiful Escape: The Songs of the Posies Revisited


  • 29 (2)
  • When Mute Tongues Can Speak
  • McGlynn, Ian
  • 3:48
  • Sound Clip for When Mute Tongues Can Speak from Beautiful Escape: The Songs of the Posies Revisited


  • 30 (2)
  • Flood of Sunshine
  • Dees, Mike
  • 7:27
  • Sound Clip for Flood of Sunshine from Beautiful Escape: The Songs of the Posies Revisited


  • 31 (3)
  • Conversations
  • Wellingtons [2]
  • 4:40
  • Sound Clip for Conversations from Beautiful Escape: The Songs of the Posies Revisited


  • 32 (3)
  • Definite Door
  • Deem, James
  • 3:44
  • Sound Clip for Definite Door from Beautiful Escape: The Songs of the Posies Revisited


  • 33 (3)
  • Solar Sister
  • Even [1]
  • 3:24
  • Sound Clip for Solar Sister from Beautiful Escape: The Songs of the Posies Revisited


  • 34 (3)
  • Daily Mutliation
  • Auer, Jon
  • 3:23
  • Sound Clip for Daily Mutliation from Beautiful Escape: The Songs of the Posies Revisited


  • 35 (3)
  • Terrorized
  • 4:09
  • Sound Clip for Terrorized from Beautiful Escape: The Songs of the Posies Revisited


  • 36 (3)
  • Fight It (If You Want)
  • Dinky Drums
  • 3:28
  • Sound Clip for Fight It (If You Want) from Beautiful Escape: The Songs of the Posies Revisited


  • 37 (3)
  • I Guess You're Right
  • Tiny Tendrils
  • 4:00
  • Sound Clip for I Guess You're Right from Beautiful Escape: The Songs of the Posies Revisited


  • 38 (3)
  • Precious Moments
  • Darling Cait
  • 3:40
  • Sound Clip for Precious Moments from Beautiful Escape: The Songs of the Posies Revisited


  • 39 (3)
  • Earlier Than Expected
  • Pozers
  • 3:07
  • Sound Clip for Earlier Than Expected from Beautiful Escape: The Songs of the Posies Revisited


  • 40 (3)
  • Apology
  • Strange Fruits
  • 5:14
  • Sound Clip for Apology from Beautiful Escape: The Songs of the Posies Revisited


  • 41 (3)
  • Help Yourself
  • Every Damn Day
  • 3:52
  • Sound Clip for Help Yourself from Beautiful Escape: The Songs of the Posies Revisited


  • 42 (3)
  • Paint Me
  • Calculus Affair
  • 3:38
  • Sound Clip for Paint Me from Beautiful Escape: The Songs of the Posies Revisited


  • 43 (3)
  • Who to Blame
  • Arena, Luis Francesco
  • 4:16
  • Sound Clip for Who to Blame from Beautiful Escape: The Songs of the Posies Revisited


  • 44 (3)
  • Open Every Window
  • Greenlawn Abbey
  • 3:05
  • Sound Clip for Open Every Window from Beautiful Escape: The Songs of the Posies Revisited


  • 45 (3)
  • You're the Beautiful One
  • Pylant, Brian
  • 6:40
  • Sound Clip for You're the Beautiful One from Beautiful Escape: The Songs of the Posies Revisited


  • 46 (3)
  • (Untitled)
  • 2:48
  • Sound Clip for (Untitled) from Beautiful Escape: The Songs of the Posies Revisited


    • Credits of Beautiful Escape: The Songs of the Posies Revisited

    • Don Mabus
    • Vocals, Mixing, Instrumentation, Producer
    • Jim Richey
    • Bass, Drums, Vocals, Guitar (12 String), Percussion
    • Osamu Satoyama
    • Guitar (Acoustic), Tambourine, Vocals (Background), Guitar (12 String), Vocals, Bass, Guitar (Electric)
    • Alex Smee
    • Organ, Piano, Vocals, Mixing, Engineer, Guitar
    • Joe Adragna
    • Guitar, Guitar (Bass), Engineer, Mixing, Keyboards, Percussion, Drums
    • Coke Belda
    • Guitar (Acoustic), Handclapping, Engineer, Mixing, Vocals, Guitar (Electric)
    • Roque Esteban
    • Piano, Vocals, Handclapping, Mixing, Engineer, Drums, Keyboards
    • Eric Galdes
    • Programming, Producer, Performer, DJ, Mixing, Engineer, Vocals
    • Herr Guhl
    • Drums, Engineer, Mixing, Sound Effects, Vocals
    • Dave Macarone
    • Ukulele, Finger Snapping, Mixing, Engineer, Double Bass
    • Paul Mariz
    • Bass, Drums, Vocals, Engineer, Mixing, Piano, Guitar
    • Brian Young
    • Percussion, Engineer, Guest Appearance, Rums, Drums, Producer
    • Joe Skyward
    • Bass, Producer, Guest Appearance, Arranger
    • Edd
    • Engineer, Mixing
    • Rich McCulley
    • Guitar (Acoustic), Guest Appearance, Engineer, Mixing
    • Eddie James
    • Guitar, Engineer, Mixing, Producer, Vocals
    • Volker Hinkel
    • Piano, Mixing, Guest Appearance, Sound Effects, Mellotron
    • JB
    • Bass, Guitar, Vocals
    • Ian McGlynn
    • Organ, Shaker, Toy Piano, Toy Drums, Finger Snapping, Producer, Piano, Vocals, Castanets
    • Jon Auer
    • Guitar, Piano, Drums, Vocals, Engineer, Mixing, Guest Appearance, Soloist, Author, Vocals (Background)
    • Lenny
    • Drums, Vocals (Background)


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