Odes (The Flowers of Hell album) explained

Odes
Type:studio
Artist:The Flowers of Hell
Cover:Wiki_-_Flowers_Of_Hell_-_Odes_cover_art.jpg
Genre:Orchestral pop
Length:49:10
Label:Optical Sounds
Producer:Greg Jarvis, Peter J. Moore
Prev Title:“O”
Prev Year:2010

Released in late 2012, Odes is the fourth studio album from The Flowers of Hell. It is a covers record and the first release from the group to feature vocals and verse-chorus-verse song structures.[1] It was premiered by Lou Reed, who opened the twelfth and final episode of his New York Shuffle radio show praising the group and airing three songs in a row, "O Superheroin" (a marriage of Laurie Anderson's "O Superman" and Lou Reed's "Heroin"), "Mr. Tambourine Man" (re-imagined to sound like The Velvet Underground circa 1967),[2] and "Calling Occupants of Interplanetary Craft".[3]

The group collaborated with Czech dissident musician Ivo Pospíšil (DG 307, The Plastic People of the Universe, Půlnoc) on a reworking of the Prague underground classic "Muchomůrky Bílé", and with British Sea Power's Neil Wilkinson and Abi Fry (a founding member of The Flowers of Hell and two times Mercury Prize nominee) on Fleetwood Mac's "Over and Over".[4]

Track listing

  1. Avery Island / April 1 (Neutral Milk Hotel) - 1:23
  2. Atmosphere (Joy Division) - 4:38
  3. Muchomůrky Bílé (Destroying Angel) (Plastic People of The Universe) - 3:47
  4. Walk On The Wild Side (Lou Reed) - 3:30
  5. Run Run Run (The Velvet Underground) - 4:27
  6. The Last Beat of My Heart (Siouxsie and the Banshees) - 3:51
  7. Mr. Tambourine Man (Bob Dylan) - 4:02
  8. Super-Electric (Stereolab) - 3:56
  9. O Superheroin ("O Superman" by Laurie Anderson / "Heroin" by Lou Reed) - 4:36
  10. Over and Over (Fleetwood Mac) - 4:19
  11. Calling Occupants Of Interplanetary Craft (Klaatu) - 5:03
  12. On A Swirling Ship (Greg Jarvis) - 2:57

Bonus Tracks

  1. The Last Beat of My Heart (Orchestral Mix) (Siouxsie and the Banshees) - 3:44
  2. No Side To Fall In (The Raincoats) - 1:48[5]

Personnel

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Gormely . Ian . Flowers Of Hell - Odes . Exclaim! . May 30, 2014.
  2. News: Anon. . Flowers Of Hell To Release Orch Pop Covers Record . Noisography . September 8, 2012 . September 9, 2012.
  3. Web site: Lou Reed - Flowers Of Hell . May 30, 2014.
  4. Web site: Flowers Of Hell - O . Drowned In Sound . May 30, 2014 . September 23, 2013 . https://web.archive.org/web/20130923102646/http://drownedinsound.com/releases/17619/reviews/4146360 . dead .
  5. Web site: Adams. Gregory. September 7, 2012. Flowers Of Hell Reveal Odes Details. Exclaim!. September 9, 2012.

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