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MUSIC FOR GIRLS
GEORGE ELLIOTT

1 -IRST Lyrics
2 IF I WERE ME Lyrics
3 SHINY BLACK DOOR Lyrics RealAudio/MP3
4 1234567 Lyrics
5 HOLIDAY (Gibbs) RealAudio/MP3
6 BOB THOUGHT & LUNATIC VULCAN
7 SHOP
8 A LOT OF YOU Lyrics RealAudio/MP3
9 PRETTIEST GIRL IN THE WORLD
10 MR TAMBOURINE MAN (Dylan)
11 LUV UNEXPRESSED Lyrics
12 BONGO BUDDY Lyrics
13 DELAPIDA DELOREA
14 AINY AY
15 TURQUOISE TANDEM CYCLE (T. Clark/T. Dobson)
16 RHAMPHORHYNCHUS
17 SUDDENLY THE ECSTASY Lyrics
18 WILLIE O' WINSBURY (trad.)
19 THE BECKONING TONGUE

Unremixed 4-track cassette home recordings.
All Parts, 'Production': G. ELLIOTT (the 1-Take Kid)

Mastering, CD prep: David Strahl
CANDY-EAR STUDIOS, NYC.
www.candyear.com

Elliott presented low-key, auteurish blends of folk-rock and psychedelic music on Music for Girls. As is so often for this kind of approach, the touchstone, or at least a convenient point of comparison, is the sort of folk and psychedelia typical of many British artists of the late '60s and early '70s. It's moody yet attractive and pleasant, with the sense that the performer is struggling with feelings of loneliness and alienation, yet determined to communicate with an audience. These tracks were done at home on four-track cassette, and as often occurs in that setup, the percussive tracks are the weakest link, with a mechanical feel at odds with the inherent warmness and wit of this musical genre. It's still attractively melodic and quirky, the combination of chirpiness and dislocated drifting sounding akin to Syd Barrett. That's another overused comparison for such post-1970s ventures, true, but unlike some others in the field, Elliott does not blatantly mimic Barrett or other role models. If you're looking for more indicators as to what might set Elliott aside from others gardening this patch, he sounds more folkily rustic than most of them, sometimes with a psychedelic minstrel feel, although it's hardly an unplugged album, utilizing a good many instruments and multi-tracked voices. And "Prettiest Girl in the World" is lewder than most of the songs you'll hear in this sort of music, too, with its opening line "prettiest girl in the world moved onto my block/I play my cards right, she might suck my cock."
-Richie Unterberger, AMG EXPERT REVIEW