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- Date Released: July 12, 1994
- Genre: Alternative/Punk
- Style: Indie Rock, Alternative
- Label: Alias / IODA
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Named after a key line in Arthur Lee's "The Red Telephone" (itself a steal from the then-fashionable play Marat/Sade, also parodied by the Bonzo Dog Band in their freakout classic "We Are Normal"), the extremely uneven Love tribute We're All Normal and We Want Our Freedom at least sidesteps the common tribute band malady of songs that sound like the original versions, only not quite as good. Nearly all 21 bands on the compilation interpret Lee's songs in their own styles, a good thing since a band probably couldn't sound like Love's unique blend of hard rock and easy listening if they tried. The question is, can Lee's songs make the transition comfortably, or more to the point, whether these are bands who should be attempting Lee's songs in the first place. Unfortunately, the answer in about a third of these tracks is, "no, they shouldn't," with Love Battery's "No Matter What You Do" and Gobblehoof's plain, wretched "Alone Again Or" the most obvious culprits. However, the tracks by Teenage Fanclub, the Television Personalities, Eggs, and especially David Kilgour and Martin Phillips' sublime reading of "A Message to Pretty" are all excellent. They're not a patch on the originals, of course, but they show what can happen when a good band and an interesting cover come together.
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| 01. |  |
Emotions |
2:57 |  |
| 02. | |
Willow Willow
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3:22 | |
| 03. | |
Robert Montgomery
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3:15 | |
| 04. | |
Message To Pretty
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3:01 | |
| 05. | |
Dream
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3:00 | |
| 06. | |
Alone Again Or
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4:22 | |
| 07. | |
Which Witch Is Witch
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2:33 | |
| 08. | |
¡Que Vida!
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3:04 | |
| 09. | |
Keep On Shine In
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3:39 | |
| 10. | |
Softly To Me
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4:29 | |
| 11. | |
She Comes In Colors
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2:35 | |
| 12. | |
No Matter What You Do
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3:19 | |
| 13. | |
Don't Turn Your - Car Lights On In The Daytime Blues
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1:41 | |
| 14. | |
My Flash On You
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2:20 | |
| 15. | |
Signed D.C.
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2:06 | |
| 16. | |
Bummer In The Summer
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2:12 | |
| 17. | |
I'm Down
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2:38 | |
| 18. | |
Stand Out
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3:29 | |
| 19. | |
Between Clarck And Hilldale
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3:49 | |
| 20. | |
Can't Explain
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2:30 | |
| 21. | |
You Are Something
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2:06 | |
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Credits
- Das Damen - Performer // Hypnolovewheel - Performer // Teenage Fanclub - Performer // Teenage Fanclub - Performer // Television Personalities - Performer // Gobblehoof - Performer // H.P. Zinker - Performer // Love Battery - Performer // Urge Overkill - Performer // Sloan - Producer // Sloan - Engineer // Eggs - Performer // Uncle Wiggly - Performer // Smack Dab - Performer // John Beekman - Bass // John Beekman - Bells // John Beekman - Box // George Berz - Drums // Dan Cuddy - Bass // Brian Deck - Mixing // Bruce Fairweather - Bass // Kurt Fedora - Bass // Jason Finn - Drums // Jowe Head - Bass // Jowe Head - Voice Box // Rich Hinklin - Engineer // Stephen Hunking - Guitar // Stephen Hunking - Vocals // Sean Keefe - Guitar // Sean Keefe - Drums // Sean Keefe - Vocals // Sean Keefe - Producer // Stephen Kilroy - Engineer // Arthur Lee - Vocals // Gerard Love - Bass // Glenn Luttman - Cymbals // Glenn Luttman - Drums // Glenn Luttman - Engineer // Raymond McGinley - Guitar // David Motamed - Bass // Ron Nine - Guitar // Ron Nine - Vocals // Brendan O'Hare - Drums // Martin Phillipps - Guitar (Acoustic) // Martin Phillipps - Keyboards // Martin Phillipps - Tambourine // Martin Phillipps - Vocals // Peter Principle - Multi Instruments // Peter Principle - Producer // Peter Principle - Engineer // Dave Ramirez - Guitar // Jake Smith - Guitar // Jake Smith - Guitar (Bass) // Jake Smith - Snake // Jim Walters - Guitar // Kevin Whitworth - Guitar // Brad Wood - Engineer // Brad Wood - Mixing // Jim Waters - Producer // Jim Waters - Engineer // David Kilgour - Guitar (Acoustic) // David Kilgour - Harmonica // David Kilgour - Guitar (Electric) // David Kilgour - Maracas // David Kilgour - Vocals // Hamish Kilgour - Percussion // Hamish Kilgour - Vocals // Lisa Siegel - Organ // Lisa Siegel - Guitar // Dan Treacy - Guitar // Dan Treacy - Piano // Dan Treacy - Vocals // J.Z. Barrell - Guitar // J.Z. Barrell - Vocals // J.Z. Barrell - Producer // J.Z. Barrell - Engineer // Mad Scene - Performer // Fly Ashtray - Performer // Norman Blake - Guitar // Mike Anzalone - Bass // Lyle Hysen - Drums // James Kavoussi - Guitar // James Kavoussi - Drums // James Kavoussi - Vocals // James Kavoussi - Vocals (Background) // James Kavoussi - Engineer // James Kavoussi - Static Vocals // Hans Platzgumer - Guitar // Hans Platzgumer - Vocals // Alex Totino - Vocals // Rob Christiansen - Trombone // Rob Christiansen - Engineer // Andrew Beaujon - Guitar // Andrew Beaujon - Vocals // The Gamma Rays - Performer // Brian Fellows - Engineer // Waz - Drums // William Berger - Bass // William Berger - Guitar // William Berger - Drums // William Berger - Vocals // Jeffrey Bloom - Drums // Peter Walsh - Tambourine // Peter Walsh - Vocals // Peter Walsh - Producer // Peter Walsh - Engineer // Ursula Wiskoski - Bass // Ursula Wiskoski - Triangle // Ursula Wiskoski - Vocals // Ursula Wiskoski - Bells // Ursula Wiskoski - Producer // Paul McNamara - Assistant Engineer // Chris Thomas - Guitar // Chris Thomas - Vocals // Tim Aaron - Guitar // Tim Aaron - Producer
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Performers
Love Battery // Jetty // Teenage Fanclub // Urge Overkill // The Mad Scene // Eggs // Johnson // H.P. Zinker // Smack Dab // David Kilgour/Martin Phillipps // Gobblehoof // Hypnolovewheel // Uncle Wiggly // Diesel Meat // The Gamma Rays // Fly Ashtray // The Deer Team // Das Damen // Trycycle
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