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Your Favorite Record by Linus of Hollywood
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fave it California Pop | 60's Pop
12 tracks | 35 minutes
Released Jun 2000
on Franklin Castle Recordings
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- sample lyrics "DOWNLOAD" 02:38 Say Hello To Another Goodbye lyrics BUY MP3 02:38 Say Hello To Another Goodbye lyrics "GIFT MP3" 02:38 Say Hello To Another Goodbye
- sample lyrics "DOWNLOAD" 04:00 Heavenly lyrics BUY MP3 04:00 Heavenly lyrics "GIFT MP3" 04:00 Heavenly
- sample lyrics "DOWNLOAD" 02:46 Nice To Be Pretty lyrics BUY MP3 02:46 Nice To Be Pretty lyrics "GIFT MP3" 02:46 Nice To Be Pretty
- sample lyrics "DOWNLOAD" 01:48 The Man Who Tells the Crazy People What To Say lyrics BUY MP3 01:48 The Man Who Tells the Crazy People What To Say lyrics "GIFT MP3" 01:48 The Man Who Tells the Crazy People What To Say
- sample lyrics "DOWNLOAD" 03:37 Thankful / It's Over Now lyrics BUY MP3 03:37 Thankful / It's Over Now lyrics "GIFT MP3" 03:37 Thankful / It's Over Now
- sample lyrics "DOWNLOAD" 02:15 Sunday Morning lyrics BUY MP3 02:15 Sunday Morning lyrics "GIFT MP3" 02:15 Sunday Morning
- sample lyrics "DOWNLOAD" 03:43 When I Get To California lyrics BUY MP3 03:43 When I Get To California lyrics "GIFT MP3" 03:43 When I Get To California
- sample lyrics "DOWNLOAD" 03:11 Good Sounds lyrics BUY MP3 03:11 Good Sounds lyrics "GIFT MP3" 03:11 Good Sounds
- sample lyrics "DOWNLOAD" 03:17 Shine lyrics BUY MP3 03:17 Shine lyrics "GIFT MP3" 03:17 Shine
- sample lyrics "DOWNLOAD" 01:18 Everybody's Looking Down lyrics BUY MP3 01:18 Everybody's Looking Down lyrics "GIFT MP3" 01:18 Everybody's Looking Down
- sample lyrics "DOWNLOAD" 03:49 A Song lyrics BUY MP3 03:49 A Song lyrics "GIFT MP3" 03:49 A Song
- sample lyrics "DOWNLOAD" 03:03 Let's Take a Bath lyrics BUY MP3 03:03 Let's Take a Bath lyrics "GIFT MP3" 03:03 Let's Take a Bath
A fantastic CD of 60's flavored pop complete with happy melodies, thick harmonies, and magical arrangements.
Editorial review
Certain albums, as light-of-touch and precious as they are, hold an inexplicable grasp on the imagination, their melodies so delicately beautiful and their sentiments so guilelessly injected with emotion that they become the best parts of you. Many of these sorts of albums found their genesis in the 1960s: the Beach Boys' Pet Sounds and Millennium's Begin are two particular examples. Linus of Hollywood's debut solo album, Your Favorite Record, is yet another opus in line with those sacred pop music morsels, a record that grows closer and closer to your heart each time you listen to it. The influence of Brian Wilson and Paul McCartney hovers around the perimeter of these songs, so full of ebullient chamber pop melodies as they are, and the album has the same sense of joyous independence as the early-'70s solo albums from one-man-band Emitt Rhodes while also betraying the easy sway of Harry Nilsson and Randy Newman. Linus has one of those angelic voices, a clear and dreamy teen-idol croon, and he sings out his sour introspection with such sweet conviction that the music of Gilbert O'Sullivan comes to mind. The only real significance those comparisons point to, however, is the frequently heartrending music that each artist made. Your Favorite Record stands up to them in every way. It is an enchantingly crafted, romantic gem of a record full of tender, moody songs like "Say Hello to Another Goodbye" and the beautiful, hopeful good morning of "When I Get to California." The arrangements can be simple, as on the swift, XTC-like acoustic tune, "The Man Who Tells the Crazy People What to Say," but are generally magnificently involved. Linus has all the gifts: the songwriting vision, the gorgeous falsetto ("Heavenly"), and the ability to harmonically invoke innocent romance ("Let's Take a Bath"). He creates swaying, textured harmonies (via waves of overdubs) that cascade like updated versions of the Mamas & the Papas or Spanky & Our Gang. The album, in fact, contains a cover of the latter's 1968 hit, "Sunday Morning." Cult '60s soft pop songwriter Margo Guryan actually wrote that song, and she lends Linus an additional hand on piano on another of her songs, the luscious, pensive "Shine." Melodically the album certainly draws on 1960s California pop and the attention to sonic detail on the album stands next to the best recordings from the era, but you can call it retro or derivative only insofar as you can label a whole genre of music as such. That type of criticism stands little chance against music this accomplished. Your Favorite Record is one of those albums that marks a moment in your life. It is only pop music, yes, but it is packed with big-hearted sounds and sentiments, lush and affecting, with that inexpressible touch of magic. ~ Stanton Swihart, All Music Guide
Bio / Background
"Linus Of Hollywood's Your Favorite Record floats in and out of your brain like a beautiful dream.
Full of beautiful, sixties-like melodies and instrumentation, it is a record that could recall the most gorgeous of summer days, even in the dead of winter."
That's what Amplifier's John Holcomb wrote about Linus Of Hollywood's debut CD, which went on to land a spot in the well-respected magazine's "Top Pop Albums of 1999" alongside pop veterans XTC, Matthew Sweet, Guided By Voices, and Fountains of Wayne.
Happy melodies, lush harmonies, and magical arrangements are a few specialties of this one-man band known as Linus Of Hollywood.