[2017-05-19] Buffalo Tom "Let Me Come Over (25th Anniversary Edition)" (Beggars Banquet)

Charlie · **Joined:** 23 Dec 2014 **Posts:** 14195

Description
Buffalo Tom formed at the University of Massachusetts at Amherst in 1984 - a breeding ground of post punk guitar bands like Dinosaur Jr. and the Pixies. They thrived on US college radio in the late 1980’s and toured extensively in Europe , the US, Australia and Japan . In 1992 the band recorded their third album Let Me Come Over with a varied group of songs they had been developing at home and on the road - mixing their live power trio sound with some more acoustic based guitar ballads. The album’s single Taillights Fade would become their signature song. “While Birdbrain was a marked improvement over Buffalo Tom’s self-titled debut album, Let Me Come Over was truly the great leap forward for the band, sounding richer, more imaginative, and more emotionally powerful than anything they’d attempted in the past. Guitarist Bill Janovitz, bassist Chris Colbourn, and drummer Tom Maginnis individually displayed a greater command of their respective instruments, and collectively their interplay was certainly more confident and intricate, having traded in the muddy clamor of their first recordings for a more layered sound (complete with overdubbed acoustic guitars) that was clean, vibrant, and compelling. (Producers Paul Kolderie and Sean Slade certainly helped, bringing a clearer and better focused sound to these sessions than J Mascis drew from the band.)

Tracklist
[CD1]
1. Staples
2. Taillights Fade
3. Mountains Of Your Head
4. Mineral
5. Darl
6. Larry
7. Velvet Roof
8. I'm Not There
9. Stymied
10. Porchlight
11. Frozen Lake
12. Saving Grace

[CD2]
1. Birdbrain (Live From London ULU 1992)
2. Staples (Live From London ULU 1992)
3. Taillights (Live From London ULU 1992)
4. Impossible (Live From London ULU 1992)
5. Enemy (Live From London ULU 1992)
6. Larry (Live From London ULU 1992)
7. Velvet Roof (Live From London ULU 1992)
8. Fortune Teler (Live From London ULU 1992)
9. Sally Brown (Live From London ULU 1992)
10. The Bus (Live From London ULU 1992)
11. The Crawl (Live From London ULU 1992)
12. Mineral (Live From London ULU 1992)
13. Sunflower Suit (Live From London ULU 1992)
14. I'm Not There (Live From London ULU 1992)
15. Bleeding Heart (Live From London ULU 1992)
16. Skeleton Key (Live From London ULU 1992)
17. Reason Why (Live From London ULU 1992)

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Ess Choir · **Joined:** 29 Sep 2006 **Posts:** 62

After 35 years of living in the Boston area, Buffalo Tom remains my favorite (well, in the top 2 or 3 at least) local band. If you've never heard them, you owe it to yourself to check them out. This album is a great place to start.

[2017-05-19] Buffalo Tom "Let Me Come Over (25th Anniversary Edition)" (Beggars Banquet)

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