Closed Captioned Radio | ||||
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Released | 1998 | |||
Genre | Alternative rock | |||
Label | Arista [1] | |||
Producer | Bill Laswell, Godfrey Diamond, The Bogmen | |||
The Bogmen chronology | ||||
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Closed Captioned Radio is the second album by the American alternative rock band the Bogmen, released in 1998. [2] [3] It sold around 10,000 copies. [4] The band broke up after its release, in part due to the effects of alcoholism. [5]
The album's first single was "Mexico". [6]
The album was produced by Bill Laswell, Godfrey Diamond, and the band. [7] [8] [6]
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The Baltimore Sun | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
The San Diego Union-Tribune | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
Billboard determined that the album projects "a decadent, dissonant vibe reminiscent of David Bowie's late-'70s and early-'80s work, as well as of the cabaret music of 1920s Berlin." [12] The Austin American-Statesman thought that "this band is not an easy listen because they're so stylistically all-over-the-place that you never fall into the comfort zone that good pop music provides." [13] The San Diego Union-Tribune declared: "One moment, the music is a seamless blend of flute-filled melodies contrasted with electronic rhythms and triumphant, echoing chants; the next, all too bizarre noises, pounding drumbeats and distorted instruments beckon one to turn this Radio off (or shoot it)." [11]
The Baltimore Sun stated that "the band's sound—mid-period David Bowie with a healthy dose of David Byrne—isn't quite like anything else out there." [10] Newsday concluded that "like a latter-day Wall of Voodoo, The Bogmen layer poetry about everyday madness over quirky rhythms." [14] The Columbus Dispatch deemed the album "a melodic form of heavy metal resonant with faintly sinister themes ... Bill Laswell's production puts an added emphasis on the sextet's rhythm section." [15]
AllMusic wrote: "Influenced by such diverse global sources as Middle Eastern rhythms and Far East textures, the group's alt-rock aesthetic takes on intriguing new dimensions." [9]
Closed Captioned Radio | ||||
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Studio album by | ||||
Released | 1998 | |||
Genre | Alternative rock | |||
Label | Arista [1] | |||
Producer | Bill Laswell, Godfrey Diamond, The Bogmen | |||
The Bogmen chronology | ||||
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Closed Captioned Radio is the second album by the American alternative rock band the Bogmen, released in 1998. [2] [3] It sold around 10,000 copies. [4] The band broke up after its release, in part due to the effects of alcoholism. [5]
The album's first single was "Mexico". [6]
The album was produced by Bill Laswell, Godfrey Diamond, and the band. [7] [8] [6]
Review scores | |
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Source | Rating |
AllMusic | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
The Baltimore Sun | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
The San Diego Union-Tribune | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
Billboard determined that the album projects "a decadent, dissonant vibe reminiscent of David Bowie's late-'70s and early-'80s work, as well as of the cabaret music of 1920s Berlin." [12] The Austin American-Statesman thought that "this band is not an easy listen because they're so stylistically all-over-the-place that you never fall into the comfort zone that good pop music provides." [13] The San Diego Union-Tribune declared: "One moment, the music is a seamless blend of flute-filled melodies contrasted with electronic rhythms and triumphant, echoing chants; the next, all too bizarre noises, pounding drumbeats and distorted instruments beckon one to turn this Radio off (or shoot it)." [11]
The Baltimore Sun stated that "the band's sound—mid-period David Bowie with a healthy dose of David Byrne—isn't quite like anything else out there." [10] Newsday concluded that "like a latter-day Wall of Voodoo, The Bogmen layer poetry about everyday madness over quirky rhythms." [14] The Columbus Dispatch deemed the album "a melodic form of heavy metal resonant with faintly sinister themes ... Bill Laswell's production puts an added emphasis on the sextet's rhythm section." [15]
AllMusic wrote: "Influenced by such diverse global sources as Middle Eastern rhythms and Far East textures, the group's alt-rock aesthetic takes on intriguing new dimensions." [9]