Jellyfish - Spilt Milk (1993) (2 Viewers)

[pete]

3.07 star(s) Rating: 3.07/5 14 Votes

Title: Spilt Milk
Artist: Jellyfish
Released: 1993

Tracks:
1 - Hush - 2:11
2 - Joining a Fan Club - 4:03
3 - Sebrina, Paste and Plato - 2:23
4 - New Mistake - 4:02
5 - Glutton of Sympathy - 3:49
6 - The Ghost at Number One - 3:36
7 - Bye Bye Bye - 4:03
8 - All Is Forgiven - 4:09
9 - Russian Hill - 4:45
10 - He's My Best Friend - 3:44
11 - Too Much, Too Little, Too Late - 3:14
12 - Brighter Day - 6:12

 

[pete]

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[pete]

OK full disclosure: only one person actually nominated this (probably @Anthony), but if I had put in a list this would have been in the top 5. Honestly one of the best albums I've ever heard, so i'm pulling rank and it's up.

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[Denny Oubidoux]

Who the fuck are these guys?

 

[pete]

Who the fuck are these guys?

Variously -

Andy Sturmer
Roger Joseph Manning, Jr.
Jason Falkner
Eric Dover
Tim Smith
Chris Manning
Niko Wenner

 

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[Denny Oubidoux]

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Abnormal service should be the new normal - it's nice to get random stuff thrown out

 

[pete]

Who the fuck are these guys?

Formed around the talents of former Beatnik Beatch members singer/songwriter/drummer Andy Sturmer and keyboard player/multi-instrumentalist Roger Manning, as well as former Three O'Clock singer/songwriter/guitarist Jason Falkner, and with Manning's brother Chris joining the group on bass for live shows, Jellyfish came to fruition in 1990 with the release of Bellybutton. The debut album yielded the band's biggest hit, "Baby's Coming Back," as well as a string of solid singles ("The King Is Half-Undressed," "That Is Why," "I Wanna Stay Home," and "Now She Knows She's Wrong") that earned the group a devoted yet decidedly cult following. Both Falkner and Chris Manning left the fold after the Bellybutton tour, the latter blaming a distaste for life on the road and the former unhappy with his role as just a guitar player. Sturmer and Manning spent the next two years holed up in the studio with a rotating cast of musicians who included bassist Tim Smith and multi-instrumentalist/producer Jon Brion to record Jellyfish's sophomore effort, Spilt Milk. Released in 1993, Milk was a far more elaborate affair than its predecessor, echoing the studio mastery of the Beach Boys ("Hush," "Ghost at Number One"), the guitar-heavy onslaught of Kiss and Queen ("Joining a Fan Club," "All is Forgiven"), and the psychedelic pop of the Beatles ("Bye, Bye, Bye," "Brighter Day") with impressive acumen. The band endured a year of touring (with the help of Smith and guitarist/singer Eric Dover) before calling it quits at the end of 1994.

Jellyfish - Biography | Billboard

 

[the_jen]

Maybe there's TWO jellyfish. Is there two jellyfish?

 

[pete]

Maybe there's TWO jellyfish. Is there two jellyfish?

there is. ruined my day once when i got all excited seeing a new jellyfish album had appeared on spotify...

 

[the_jen]

Nope. "The debut album yielded the band's biggest hit, "Baby's Coming Back," " It's definitely the bad kind.

 

[GO]

Alright then.No idea what to expect here at all.

 

[pete]

Nope. "The debut album yielded the band's biggest hit, "Baby's Coming Back," " It's definitely the bad kind.

 

[GO]

AWW YEAH I AM HAVING THIS

 

[MacDara]

Variously -

Andy Sturmer
Roger Joseph Manning, Jr.
Jason Falkner
Eric Dover
Tim Smith
Chris Manning
Niko Wenner

I don't think Niko Wenner plays on this album, but he's one of the mighty Oxbow, who are a very different prospect but a fantastic band in their own right, so that's a mark of quality right there.

 

[Cornu Ammonis]

The cover art is familiar but other than that this is completely new to me. Will line it up in the morning.

 

[rettucs]

never heard of these at all. HERE GOES...!!!

 

[rettucs]

'idiosyncratic' is a word that springs to mind

genres mean nothing to these lads. Fair fucks to them

 

[David Kronenbourg]

Two songs in and loving this. I can hear Beach Boys and Queen all over these tracks.

 

[nooleen]

sounds to me like they listened to a lot of queen and a bit of mr bungle and just ripped them off wholesale