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Voor Ian Matthews verzamelaars. Een obscure CD met liedjes van Jules Shear.
Heel anders dan dat we van Ian gewend zijn/waren.


t had been eight years since his last album. Five since his label refused to even release the previous LP he submitted. Trying everything from folk to power pop, Ian Matthews threw his hands up in disgust and decided, after leaving his label, to record an album of somebody else’s songs… Jules Shear’s. Oddly enough, Shear was having his own record company problems after the two solo albums under his own name (and a few more as Jules And The Polar Bears) failed to ignite the public’s consciousness. Give Matthews credit for relying on Shear’s compositions for this album’s power. The mostly simple musical focus (acoustics punctuated with synths) puts the emphasis on Matthews’ vocals and Shear’s word-rich melodies. Matthews even adopts the flighty, stream-of-consciousness quality of Shear’s own delivery, making it a crowd pleaser for Jules fans. Just as it originally was for Matthews’ own fans, wondering, by 1988, if he’d ever return. Long of out print Windham Hill CD

Dream Sequence (1:58)
Standing Still (6:02)
Except For A Tear (4:46)
Following Every Finger (3:53)
Alive Alone (5:15)
Smell Of Home (3:32)
On Squirrel Hill (3:17)
Shadows Break (6:20)
This Fabrication (4:39)
Lovers By Rote (3:32)
Only A Motion (3:23)
Why Fight (3:13)