Name: Blastronaut
Brand: TOUCH & GO RECORDS
SKU: 117616680
Price: 21.99 GBP
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Blastronaut

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Album: Blastronaut
#	Song Title		Time
	Disc 1
1)	The Greatest Man Who Ever Walked the Face of the Earth	More Info...
2)	Surrender Earthlings	More Info...
3)	Rocket 69	More Info...
4)	Easy Amplification	More Info...
5)	Panic in Hanoi	More Info...
6)	Brontosaurus	More Info...
	Disc 2
1)	Morphodite	More Info...
2)	Green Like the Color of Blood	More Info...
3)	You Talk Sunshine..I Breathe Fire	More Info...
4)	The Scorpio Letter	More Info...
5)	Madeline Loves the Leeches	More Info...

Album: Blastronaut
#	Song Title		Time
	Disc 1
1)	The Greatest Man Who Ever Walked the Face of the Earth	More Info...
2)	Surrender Earthlings	More Info...
3)	Rocket 69	More Info...
4)	Easy Amplification	More Info...
5)	Panic in Hanoi	More Info...
6)	Brontosaurus	More Info...
	Disc 2
1)	Morphodite	More Info...
2)	Green Like the Color of Blood	More Info...
3)	You Talk Sunshine..I Breathe Fire	More Info...
4)	The Scorpio Letter	More Info...
5)	Madeline Loves the Leeches	More Info...

Performer Notes

Released into an apparent vacuum of critical and audience interest, Blastronaut proved to be the Lee Harvey Oswald Band's swan song. Once again Touch & Go was a step ahead of the industry in releasing the album -- a true glam rock & roll stomper -- at a particularly rock-hostile moment in time. Combining the fashion sense of the New York Dolls, the vocal style of alien-era David Bowie, and some grinding guitar work a la Johnny Thunders, Blastronaut rocks out from the opening notes until the final fade out. "Surrender Earthlings" could have been a track that got left off the Ziggy Stardust album for being too sludgy. And their cover of the Move's "Brontosaurus" is a welcome surprise. As a follow-up to the excellent yet slightly inconsistent Taste of Prison, Blastronaut is 36 minutes of triumphant rock & roll. ~ Alex Zorn

Professional Reviews

Alternative Press (10/96, p.92) - 4 (out of 5) - "...Oswald take the glam phenomenon to its illogical extreme, adding as much outright misanthropy...as decent pop will allow....one helluva Halloween party spin."

RIP (9/96, p.70) - 5 (out of 5) - "...throw the CD on your stereo, stop your thinkin' and get your bootie movin'....BLASTROUNAUT...is their best yet and, arguably, the record of the year..."