Currently Unavailable Artist: James Iha
Genre: Rock
Release Date: 09/18/2012
Label: End Records
Catalog Number: 2881
Recording: Studio
Sound: Stereo
Length: 40:39
Format: Vinyl LP
Credits
Dig-Deeper
Artist Releases
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Speed Of Love
James Iha
Look To The Sky (CD)
James Iha
Look To The Sky (LP)
James Iha
Let It Come Down (CD)
James Iha -
Let It Come Down (CD)
James Iha
Label Releases
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11:11 (CD)
American Sharks
Caustic Attack (LP)
Terrorizer
Caustic Attack (CD)
Terrorizer
New Gods (LP)
Cauldron -
What In The World (CD)
The Professionals
In The Eyes Of God (LP)
Today Is The Day
In The Eyes Of God [Deluxe Edition] (CD)
Today Is The Day
Nuclear Soul (LP)
Lionize -
Nuclear Soul (CD)
Lionize
The Reign (CD)
Hinder
The Spectrum (CD)
Daley
Potential (CD)
King Washington
Look To The Sky (LP)
James Iha
Amoeba Review
Anyone who’s been a big Smashing Pumpkins fan knows the pleasures the Pumpkins’ “George Harrison” could bring with his subtle guitarwork and gorgeous songs like “Go,” “Blew Away” and “Take Me Down.” Fourteen years after his first solo album released while still in the Pumpkins, Iha is back with a fuller sound that capitalizes both on his folky Neil Young-inspired leanings and his ability to create spectral space rock soundscapes. Both qualities are in full flair on the beautiful “To Who Knows Where,” which features a typically beautiful Iha chorus and an awesome space-folk breakdown in the middle. Classic Pumpkins fans can find plenty to sink their teeth into in songs like “Gemini,” which moves from eerie folk to swoony big-chord rock. Elsewhere, he breaks from his past more decisively, as on the ’60s by way of ’80s pop “Till Next Tuesday” and the addled blues of “Appetite,” moments that show Iha has more tricks up his sleep than at first appears. Some of his folkier tracks veer toward sappy, but Iha’s smart production, learned from the interim years of producing for acts like Cat Power and Isobel Campbell as well as various remixes, usually saves things with orchestral flourishes and surprises like the twinkling synths that pop up at the end of the Karen O duet “Waves.” It’s an assured work that speaks to the talents of Iha as a guitarist, producer and songwriter who knows how to paint wonders from a modest palette.
Track Listing
Side A Titles |
Artist |
Length |
|---|---|---|
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1.
Make Believe
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James Iha | 02:43 |
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2.
To Who Knows Where
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James Iha | 04:19 |
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3.
Gemini
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James Iha | 03:52 |
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4.
Speed of Love
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James Iha | 03:18 |
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5.
Till Next Tuesday
|
James Iha | 03:49 |
Side B Titles |
Artist |
Length |
|---|---|---|
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1.
Summer Days
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James Iha | 03:35 |
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2.
Appetite
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James Iha | 04:10 |
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3.
Dream Tonight
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James Iha | 03:13 |
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4.
New Year's Day
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James Iha | 03:45 |
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5.
Waves
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James Iha | 03:36 |
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6.
A String of Words
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James Iha | 04:19 |
