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| 1. Deer in the Forest, Pt. 1, The 2. Platform on the Ocean, The 3. You and Me Both 4. Calling Out of Context 5. Arm Around You 6. That's Us/Wild Combination 7. Make 1, 2 8. Hop on Down 9. Get Around to It 10. I Like You! 11. You Can Make Me Feel Bad 12. Calling All Kids | |
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| Contributing artists: | Jennifer Warnes, Peter Zummo |
| Producer: | Arthur Russell, Melissa Jones (Compilation), Steve Knutson (Compilation), Tom "Sisu" Lee (Compilation) |
| Distributor: | Revolver USA |
| Recording type: | Studio |
| Recording mode: | Stereo |
| SPAR Code: | n/a |
| Album notes | |
| Personnel: Arthur Russell (vocals, guitar, cello, keyboards, drum programming); Jennifer Warnes (vocals); Peter Zummo (trombone, synthesizer, programming); Musta Ahmed (drums, congas, percussion, programming); Steven Hall (electronic percussion). Recorded between 1984 & 1990. Personnel: Arthur Russell (vocals, guitar, cello, keyboards, percussion, drum programming); Jennifer Warnes (vocals); Peter Zummo (trombone, synthesizer); Mustafa Khaliq Ahmed (drums, congas, percussion, programming, drum programming); Steven Hall (electronic percussion). Audio Mixer: Arthur Russell. Audio Remixer: Walter Gibbons. Liner Note Author: Steve Knutson. Recording information: 1985-1990. Unknown Contributor Role: Arthur Russell. Like Another Thought, released ten years prior, Calling out of Context stitches together an hour's worth of songs left behind by the late, increasingly known -- and therefore unceasingly beloved -- Arthur Russell. According to liner notes from Audika's Steve Knutson, the content here pulls from a finished 1985 album that never made it past the test-pressing phase, along with an unfinished LP that was recorded and toyed with throughout the latter half of the '80s and the dawn of the '90s. Despite the multiple sources, the consistency of the tracks -- which all carry a hazy, memories-of-events-that-never-happened feel -- and the sympathetic sequencing make the disc seem more like a proper album than a vault-clearing compilation. If you're familiar with the sound that Russell and his accomplices made on singles like "Let's Go Swimming" and Indian Ocean's "School Bell/Treehouse," you'll be familiar with the sound here. On these recordings, Russell (who plays cello, guitar, keyboards, and percussion) is joined primarily by Mustafa Ahmed and Peter Zummo, and the three of them produce an abstract cross between pop and R&B, constructed with drum machines and more organic instrumentation on top. None of these songs woo a crowd of dancers as so many of Russell's short-lived aliases did before; instead, they're more rooted in song-based pop. This goes for the structure of the tracks, and it also goes for the subject matter of the lyrics. One of the greatest joys of listening to these songs is the regular presence of Russell's gentle, somewhat timid voice, which delivers one heartwarming line after another. If you're thinking this might possibly resemble a shoestring-budget, avant-garde version of Jam & Lewis, you're not too far off. With the many hats Russell wore, Calling out of Context should hammer home the fact that he was also a dynamite writer of heart-on-sleeve love songs -- not just a formidable cellist and innovative disco producer. ~ Andy Kellman | |
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