I really, really enjoy listening to this album! Some of my favorites are hearing that old, old material from Kiss of Life and Shaded Pain. This album certainly doesn't live up to its title, but it does pull from at least 9 albums' worth of material. Missing are hits like, "Tether To Tassel" and "Not A Cuss Word," as well as nothing from The Grape Prophet, Cash in Chaos, and Screaming Brittle Siren, but we still get a pleasant listen from track to track. Some of the gems that did find its way on here include: "The Bomb," "Rocket & A Bomb" (the solo version, of course, not the vulgar one from Aunt Bettys), "Shaded Pain," and "Bye, Bye, Colour." While it's easy to shoot at a compilation album's choices, it sure is nice to have a collection of Michael Knott material that spans so many albums. Hearing tunes like "Cool," "Deaf And Dumb," and "Double" remind me how cool albums like Fluid, Browbeats (I), and Grace Shaker are. Someone went to some trouble to collect these tracks, and I for one am grateful.
Other coverage for this album
The Lighthouse Unsorted 1999Reviewed by James Yusef StewartFor years, Mike Knott has been known as something of a maverick, and some would even call him a genius. With his band of Lifesavers (under any of their names) or solo, he's recorded many classic, alternative Christian albums. His current release, is a "best of" collection, which covers a broad range, from the almost gothic synthesizer-touched work of the mid-'80s of albums like Shaded Pain, to…The Phantom Tollbooth 1999Reviewed by James StewartMaverick genius of this parish, Mike Knott has been making records for a good few years now, and courting controversy for nearly as long. I've lost track of how many rumours about him I've run across over the years; it seems that a lot of people can never quite appreciate his unusual take on life and art. As Knott begins work on a new mainstream project, it seems an apt time to focus on this…Similar sounding releases
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