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Smokey
- Record Label: Chapter Music
- Release Date: Jun 23, 2015
- Summary: A collection of recordings from the 1970s-80s Los Angeles band led John "Smokey" Condon and E.J. Emmons.
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- Record Label: Chapter Music
- Genre(s): Pop/Rock, Rock & Roll, Dance-Rock, Proto-Punk, Disco, Glam Rock
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MagnetJul 10, 2015The stylistic range is surprisingly broad and definitely campy. [No. 122, p.61]
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Jul 21, 2015How Far Will You Go? is generally closer to The Rocky Horror Picture Show... and is accordingly tremendous fun.
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Jul 10, 2015Transferred and restored from S&M Recordings’ original LPs and tapes by Emmons himself, How Far Will You Go?'s 16 tracks are threaded together by deft production details and a forthright sense of humor that posits the duo as unsung heroes of those glam, pre-punk years, which, in essence, they were.
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Jul 10, 2015If How Far Will You Go is hit-and-miss as music, it's a remarkable document of a forgotten musical detour on the way to the sexual revolution, utterly fearless and not much like anything else of its era.
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Jul 10, 2015By no means essential, Smokey prove themselves an interesting footnote in the annals of pop music, one full of ideas but lacking the necessary talent to execute effectively.