Johan - Johan [1996 11 04]
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01 Everybody Knows - Johan.flac (Size: 345.57 MB) (Files: 16)
01 Everybody Knows - Johan.flac
02 Not Funny Anymore (It's) - Johan.flac
03 Back in School - Johan.flac
04 Payment - Johan.flac
05 5 O'Clock (It's) - Johan.flac
06 Easy (It's) - Johan.flac
07 Suffer Baby - Johan.flac
08 Life on Mars - Johan.flac
09 December - Johan.flac
10 Porneaux - Johan.flac
11 Swing - Johan.flac
12 He's Not There - Johan.flac
13 Brown Mice - Johan.flac
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Review by Stewart Mason
The first album by the Dutch pop quartet Johan didnt make a lot of noise outside the Netherlands, which is a shame because its mix of indie-guitar nervousness, power pop hooks, and retro-pop sophistication is absolutely terrific. Singer-guitarist Jacco de Greeuw sings the instantly catchy tunes in flawless unaccented English, in accordance with the grand Europop tradition, and lead guitarist Remco Krull fills the songs with just-so one-note solos and Wedding Present-style strummy riffs. The songs, all originals with the odd and unexpectedly perfect exception of a suitably psychedelic cover of Aphrodites Childs Its Five OClock, are uniformly solid, and the simple, straightforward production keeps things relatively unadorned, with the exception of a moody cello on Swing and layered, breathy overdubbed harmonies on the trippy Life on Mars (not the Bowie song). An unpretentious debut with few weaknesses. (4.5/5)
