1. Meat Shortage (10:40) 5 Aug RSM:dms,gtr/BA:org,bs/RF:clar,fx/PS:perc
2. Garage Sale (13:53) 3 Aug RSM:leslie gtrs,org,vcl/BA:dms,bs,org,pno
3. Look In The Toilet (10:34) 3 Oct RSM:gtrs,pno/BA:dms,bs
4. Wideload (13:05) July RSM:dms,pno,v/BA:dms,bs,synth,v/PS:perc,vcl
5. Look In The Toilet #1 (7:32) July RSM:orig Linden demo
6. Ham Boogy (4:20) Aug RSM:pno/BA:org
7. Moon August (5:14) RSM:bs,pno/BA:dms x 2/Unk:gtr
8. Fuel Shortage (3:01) Nov RSM:gtr od/BA:dms,pno,bs,perc/Unk:flute
9. Sidelines (5:47) May RSM:pno,gtr/BA:bs/DG:vcl/JL:vcl
RSM with Billy Anderson, Roger Ferguson, Pete Spero
(Deanna Green and Johna Lynn on 9)
Recorded at BA's trailer, Goodlettsville TN, exc. 5 Mastered July 2002 Bloomfield NJ
AMG REVIEW: One can only assume that R. Stevie Moore had been listening heavily to Hot Rats-era Frank Zappa when he wrote and recorded the 1973 album Innuendos (which the wordplay-loving Moore usually refers to as "NUN2"; N-U-N-dos," geddit?), a largely instrumental collection of long, expansive jams. Recorded in his buddy Billy Anderson's trailer in Goodlettsville, Tennessee, just outside of Nashville, the nine lengthy tracks are powerful, occasionally jazz-tinged rockers (the opening "Meat Shortage" features a squealing free jazz clarinet solo by Roger Ferguson) that are more structured and focused than the aimless noodling of so many similar efforts. While the clear highlight is the appetizingly-named rocker "Look in the Toilet," here both in a fully fleshed-out version and Moore's original one-man-band demo, tracks like the piano/organ duet "Ham Boogy" and the easygoing shuffle "Moon August" are nearly as appealing. Innuendoes is more accessible than many releases from the era before Moore turned full-time to the creation of the engagingly quirky pop songs that made his name, and is a good starting point for fans of Moore's more commercial material who want to venture into his more experimental side.
AMG REVIEW: One can only assume that R. Stevie Moore had been listening heavily to Hot Rats-era Frank Zappa when he wrote and recorded the 1973 album Innuendos (which the wordplay-loving Moore usually refers to as "NUN2"; N-U-N-dos," geddit?), a largely instrumental collection of long, expansive jams. Recorded in his buddy Billy Anderson's trailer in Goodlettsville, Tennessee, just outside of Nashville, the nine lengthy tracks are powerful, occasionally jazz-tinged rockers (the opening "Meat Shortage" features a squealing free jazz clarinet solo by Roger Ferguson) that are more structured and focused than the aimless noodling of so many similar efforts. While the clear highlight is the appetizingly-named rocker "Look in the Toilet," here both in a fully fleshed-out version and Moore's original one-man-band demo, tracks like the piano/organ duet "Ham Boogy" and the easygoing shuffle "Moon August" are nearly as appealing. Innuendoes is more accessible than many releases from the era before Moore turned full-time to the creation of the engagingly quirky pop songs that made his name, and is a good starting point for fans of Moore's more commercial material who want to venture into his more experimental side.
