I'm sharing a record titled
It's a Wonderful Life, and it ain't even Christmas. This one did come out forty years ago however, and moreover it was a request that I'm happy to fulfill. Conducting a web query on
A Few was practically a fool's errand, but from what I'm able to glean they hailed from Minneapolis and have one other elusive record to their credit. This one starts off splendidly enough with a trio of keepers to please the halcyon-era collegiate rock crowd, bleeding hues of everyone from Aztec Camera to R.E.M. Further in, A Few's footing is less steady, with the rather aimless shouter "Hang Tough," and heck, and by the time they kick into "Gas is Gold," they may as well have mutated into a different band altogether. Luckily they recover on the jangly "Best Around," and close things out on a contemplative note by way of the decent enough ballad, "Wandering."
01. Every World is Hot
02. Ride Halley's Comet
03. Something Wonderful
04. Do You Remember
05. Things Change
06. Hang Tough
07. Gas is Gold
08. You and Me
09. Sail Up to the Moon
10. Best Around
11. My Own Mayhem
12. Wandering
1 comment:
Those first few songs are quite promising. Lovely production and guitar tones, especially the chiming aztec camera stuff , They certainly did themselves no favors with their chosen name though. I can't imagine myself telling a friend about a new band I've found called 'a few'. There were a couple of bands releasing around the time called The Few also one on K records.
That sharp right hand turn they make at track 6 is confusing. What were they thinking?
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