The Legendary Pink Dots "Poi Poka Mozhesh" Brudenia Ltd. BRU 1 1999 (73:41)

Casting the Runes (5:48)
Zero Zero (7:44)
Damien (6:22)
Pennies From Heaven (4:20)
Third Secret (4:30)
Lisa's Separation (5:43)
The Golden Age (2:02)
New Tomorrow (9:57)
The Lovers (Part 2) (7:01)
Supper at J's (version 1) (12:32)
Interflora Overdrive (part one) (3:47)
Interflora Overdrive (part two) (3:55)

"Poi Poka Mozhesh" is the second anthology release by LPD to use the "Sing While You May" title (the first being in Spanish, "Canta Mientras Puedas").  This time Russian is the theme as the title and most of the text is in Russian and the discs themselves were made in Russia.  The Cyrillic fonts and marine blue themed artwork make for a very interesting looking double pocketed digipack.  The cd collects 9 previously released album tracks from 1988 to 1995 (culled from The Lovers, The Crushed Velvet Apocalypse, The Maria Dimension, Shadow Weaver and From Here You'll Watch the World Go By) and 3 previously unreleased tracks at the end.  There's a wide range of LPD styles represented here:  string-based, keyboard-based, piano-based and guitar-based songs.  "Supper at J's (version 1)" isn't all that much different from the version found on Ka-Spels's 1998 album "The Blue Room".  "Interflora Overdrive" is a pretty groovy, early '70s Krautrock-ish type 2-part instrumental jam.  These 3 'bonus' tracks are nice, but don't really necessitate a purchase, unless of course you're a rabid collector type like myself.  "Poi.." is probably best for those who've yet to hear LPD, or maybe this particular era of LPD.  But, I would recommend "Canta.." over "Poi.." as I think the former does a superior job in track selection.  Sing while you may ...

The Legendary Pink Dots at Brainwashed

Where did I get this cd? - mail order via Riouxs Records.

back to main page