MM Vol 1 - 075 - Breeders

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Number 075

The Breeders

"Cannonball"

(1993)

Genre:Indie Rock

Back in 1969 George Harrison and Ringo Starr formed a band called "Gran's Remedy" due to their frustration of being the two "quieter" members of The Beatles, they only released one single called "My Feet Stink Like Yellow Tootsies & My Sweet Toes". OK, that's a fib. I can see the historians searching the archives. The Breeders is exactly like this scenario (just not as with such greatness) Take 1 member from The Pixies and 1 member from Throwing Muses, should be pretty good band huh? It was. Cannonball is my personal favourite track from this band.

Thanks to good timing and some great singles, the Breeders' second album, Last Splash, turned them into the alternative rock stars that Kim Deal's former band, the Pixies, always seemed on the verge of becoming. Building on Safari's driving, polished sound, Last Splash is half-brilliant singles and half-unfinished, uninspired ideas. When it's good, it's very, very good: "Cannonball"'s instantly catchy collage of bouncy bass, rhythmic stops and starts, and singsong vocals; the sweetly sexy "Divine Hammer"; and swaggering "Saints" are among the Breeders' finest moments, and deserved all of the airplay they received. And the charming country-pop of "Drivin' on 9," "I Just Wanna Get Along"'s spiky punk-pop, and the bittersweet "Invisible Man" proved Last Splash had a bit of depth. But underdeveloped snippets such as "Roi" and "No Aloha" drag down the album's momentum; likewise, the band tries to stretch their range on the rambling, cryptic "Mad Lucas" and "Hag," but neither quite comes together as a full-fledged song. Though instrumentals such as "S.O.S." and "Flipside" showcase the Breeders' chops and some nifty production tricks, they feel like filler; worst of all, Last Splash features an inferior, plodding new version of Safari's soaring "Do You Love Me Now" that emphasizes the album's unevenness. One of the definitive alternative rock albums of the '90s, Last Splash is equally inspired and infuriating; that it was the Breeders' last album of that decade makes it even more frustrating. ~ Heather Phares

For The Beatles see "The Definitive 1000 Songs Of All Time" Number 947 & 894

For George Harrison see "The Definitive 1000 Songs Of All Time" Number 806

For Ringo Starr see "The Definitive 1000 Songs Of All Time" Number 901

For Grans Remedy see "The Definitive 1000 Songs Of All Time" Number 659

This song has a crowbarred rating of 60.7 out of 108

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