Name: Villa Elaine
Brand: Geffen
SKU: 777152
Price: 21.17 USD
Availability: InStock

Performer Notes

Remy Zero: Shelby Tate (vocals, various instruments); Cinjun Tate (vocals, guitar); Cedric LeMoyne (guitar, bass); Jeffrey Cain (guitar); Gregory Slay (drums).
Additional personnel: Tony Berg (guitar, tambora); Benmont Tench, David Botrill, Patrick Warren (keyboards).
Personnel: August Cinjun Tate (vocals, guitar); Rony Berg (guitar, tamboura); Jeff Cain, Cedric Lemoyne (guitar); David Bottrill, Patrick Warren, Benmont Tench (keyboards).
Audio Mixers: Clive Martin; David Bottrill; James Brown ; Alan Moulder.
Recording information: Grand Master; Hook; Sound City; Studio 9; Zeitgeist.
Photographers: Jeffrey Cain ; Corinne Day; Shelby Tate.
Unknown Contributor Roles: August Cinjun Tate; Cedric Lemoyne.
Birmingham, Alabama's Remy Zero--singer Cinjun Tate, guitarist Jeffrey Cain, keyboardist Shelby Tate, bassist Cedric LeMoyne and drummer Gregory Slay--play a timeless brand of mature, reflective pop music resistant to trends. While such a statement suggests that the band may never be fashionable, their strengths--including the Tate brothers' gifts for sturdy melodies, intelligent, low-key lyrics and the band's tasteful arrangements--are what makes VILLA ELAINE more satisfying and memorable than most pop records. Highlights include the moody, acoustic "Life In Rain," with its layers of disembodied harmony vocals, and the spiraling chorus of the opening "Hermes Bird." Fans of Crowded House, Wilco or Michael Penn will particularly find Remy Zero to their liking.

Professional Reviews

Q (7/99, p.122) - 4 stars (out of 5) - "...imagine Bends-era Radiohead...with the brevity and hooks of...The Cars....[VILLA ELAINE] is swamped by highlights....Unashamedly pretentious airs...even add to the fecund atmosphere."

Melody Maker (6/12/99, p.35) - 3 1/2 stars (out of 5) - "...vaguely reminiscent of Seventies pomp monsters ELO....it's hard not to be blown backwards by the invention and depth of these songs..."

Album: Villa Elaine
#	Song Title	Time
1)	Hermes Bird
2)	Prophecy
3)	Life in Rain
4)	Hollow
5)	Problem
6)	Whither Vulcan
7)	Gramarye
8)	Yellow Light
9)	Motorcycle
10)	Fair
11)	Goodbye Little World

Album: Villa Elaine
#	Song Title	Time
1)	Hermes Bird
2)	Prophecy
3)	Life in Rain
4)	Hollow
5)	Problem
6)	Whither Vulcan
7)	Gramarye
8)	Yellow Light
9)	Motorcycle
10)	Fair
11)	Goodbye Little World