Pop Crimes
| Pop Crimes | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
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| Studio album by | ||||
| Released | 16 October 2009 | |||
| Recorded | Summer 2008 – Winter 2009 | |||
| Studio | Birdland Studios, Melbourne | |||
| Length | 38:19 | |||
| Label | Liberation (Australia) Fat Possum (US) | |||
| Producer | Lindsay Gravina | |||
| Rowland S. Howard chronology | ||||
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| Review scores | |
|---|---|
| Source | Rating |
| PopMatters | 9/10[1] |
| AllMusic |   [2] |
| NME | [3] |
| Record Collector | [4] |
Pop Crimes is a 2009 solo album by Australian musician Rowland S. Howard. The album was released on 16 October 2009, ten years after Howard's previous solo album Teenage Snuff Film,[5] and 2+1⁄2 months before his death from liver cancer on 30 December.[6] The album was released in the United States by Fat Possum Records in August 2014.[7] Remastered versions of both Howard's solo albums were released by Mute Records in Europe, Fat Possum in America and Bloodlines in Australia on 27 March 2020.[8]
Track listing[edit]
All songs composed by Rowland S. Howard; except where indicated
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "(I Know) A Girl Called Jonny" |
| 3:51 |
| 2. | "Shut Me Down" | 4:20 | |
| 3. | "Life's What You Make It" | 6:42 | |
| 4. | "Pop Crimes" |
| 7:23 |
| 5. | "Nothin" | 3:51 | |
| 6. | "Wayward Man" | 3:42 | |
| 7. | "Ave Maria" | 4:01 | |
| 8. | "The Golden Age of Bloodshed" | 4:29 | |
| Total length: | 38:23 | ||
Personnel[edit]
- Rowland S. Howard – vocals and guitar
- Mick Harvey – drums and organ
- J.P. Shilo – guitar, violin, "general strangeness" and bass guitar (except 1,5,8)
with:
- Brian Hooper – bass guitar (6,8)
- Sean Stewart – bass guitar (1)
- Jonnine Standish – vocals (1)
- Technical
- Ken Taylor - artwork, design
- Karl Scullin - cover photography
References[edit]
- ^ Schurr, Maria (21 October 2014). "Rowland S Howard: Pop Crimes". PopMatters. Retrieved 19 September 2021.
- ^ Jureck, Thom (2010). "Pop Crimes – Rowland S. Howard". AllMusic. Retrieved 19 September 2021.
- ^ Mackay, Emily (11 June 2010). "Album Review: Rowland S Howard – 'Pop Crimes' (Infectious)". NME. Retrieved 19 September 2021.
- ^ Needs, Kris (30 May 2010). "Pop Crimes – Rowland S Howard". Record Collector. Retrieved 19 September 2021.
- ^ Rowland S Howard: Pop Crimes, Mess+Noise, 16 October 2012.
- ^ Rowland S Howard, TimeOut Sydney, October 2009.
- ^ New Release: Rowland S. Howard "Pop Crimes", Fat Possum Records, 5 August 2014.
- ^ Rowland S. Howard – Remastered reissues of Teenage Snuff Film and Pop Crimes, Mute Records.
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