The first being a comp. by Davey, the second being an album by Martina Topley-Bird. These are just a mess of comments that I sent to Davey, and since it's me raving about recordings, he thought maybe we could discuss it on the board. Hmmm...talk about music on a music board, what a novel idea. Yeah, alright:

First of all, I'm really enjoying the comp. Thanks, Davey! Haven't (consciously) listened to the whole thing yet, but some initial comments:

- Nice to see another Frank Black + the Catholics fan. I still need to get Black Letter Days & Devil's Workshop, but I've even already picked up Show Me Your Tears. I think (other than those exceptions), I have everything he's/they've done.

- I really like the early part of the disk. The word "perfect" comes to mind. It shifts gears sometime around the Zazou and Kreidler tracks (perhaps earlier), but that early part just plain rawks. Don't get me wrong, I like the Zazou track (I can see what you mean by Eno-esque, now), it's just that I really enjoy the more rocking numbers.

- Is it me, or are tracks 2 and 5 the same riff? Will listen to again, and verify which tracks I think are the same. After reviewing the tracklist, it might be 2 and 4.

On Quixotic -- I'm loving this album. Will have to play it for my sister, she'll love it. Kind of reminds me of a bluesier Beth Gibbons. Even the vocal cracks are the same, but the production style and choice of songs and writing are all very similar. Don't get me wrong, it's not that one is a "poor man's" version of the other, I don't even know which came first. But if they were movies, they would make for a nice double-feature.