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Yellow Pills: Prefill Numero 004
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Binding: Audio CD
EAN: 0656605905020
Label: Numero
Manufacturer: Numero
MPN: 4
Number Of Discs: 2
Publisher: Numero
Release Date: April 19, 2005
Studio: Numero
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Editorial Review:
Imagine a friend with stacks of vinyl albums and 45s made by the most obscurely talented power pop artists of the late-`70s and early-`80s offering to grab-bag his 33 favorites from that library for you onto one double-CD collection. Meet your friend, Jordan Oakes, and your newly uncovered anthology of power pop riches. The ex-publisher of Yellow Pills, an early-`90s fanzine that gave props to a remote style of music ignited by Big Star, the Raspberries and Badfinger, Oakes compiled this treasure chest (along with 28 pages of accompanying liners notes) of Beatles-influenced catchiness, Who-like vigor and Clash-filled passion. The Shoes of Zion, Ill., may be the most recognizable artist here (ringing in with the unreleased "Like I Told You"), but long-past-due introductions are noted for New Zealand melody makers The Bats, the Tom Marolda solo project The Toms, New York rockers The Colors and the sunshine sounds of Randy Winburn. This is a highly coveted item for fans of the genre that would comfortably share coveted shelf space in Nuggets-like fashion. --Scott Holter
Jordan Oakes began publishing his seminal power pop 'zine, Yellow Pills in the summer of 1990 out of pure teenage puppy love for riffing, jangly guitars, fake British accents and harmonizing voices that ache with pimply adolescent yearning.
In 1993 Jordan curated his initial Yellow Pills release, the first of a series collecting power pop essentials from 20/20, Dwight Twilley, The Rubinoos, The Plimsouls, and five dozen others. The series rapidly became the sonic rosetta stone for a newer generation of poppers who, sans the skinny ties, held true to the power pop manifesto of harmony, melody and ringing, rocking 6 and 12 string guitars. The archaeological artifacts of power pop soon found a home in living museums of the genre from Teenage Fan Club to Green Day.
The 33 tracks assembled here represent the least-heard, best examples of an era that felt nostalgic even the first time around. But heard in the context of today's 'pop' music industry as it lip syncs itself into history's cut-out bin, these 'hopefuls' sound as startling and menthol-fresh as the word 'Liverpool' drifting from Jane Asher's lips.
Customer Reviews
Average Rating: 
Rating: - Pass the Syrup Please.
Okay, let me just state the obvious: I love Power Pop. I worship at the alter of Big Star, the Flamin' Groovies and Cheap Trick. I don't, however, have the encylopedic knowledge of the genre that Jordan Oakes has, nor do I have nearly as formidable a collection of Power Poppers as does Mr. Oakes. I have heard most of the heavy hitters, and I have quite a few compilations of the more obscure artists (The Shivvers, anyone?). So this collection is right up my alley. After scanning the tracklisting, ... Read More
Rating:  - Great Pop
Great CD, would highly recommend. Nice to see the Trend still available. (Ole Miss/eighties/u werent there/u missed it!)
Excellent music I personally use on the way to work in the morning AND on the way home!
Rating:  - Many Gems, But Slightly Less Wonderful Than Earlier Volumes
Plenty of great (if inessential) power pop gems here. Sadly, the first three volumes of Yellow Pills are currently out of print and hard to track down, as I find those to have a bit more bang for the buck. Not that this is dissatisfying, but it does lean a bit more towards the more jagged and angular end of the power pop spectrum, with less of that super-melodic, chock full o' harmonies pop found elsewhere. Incidentally, contrary to what's stated in the official Amazon.com editorial review, the Bats ... Read More
Rating: - I Need That Record, I Want It Now!!!
You may have heard of Shoes, but unless you're compiler Jordan Oakes, chances are you've never heard of Luxury, The Speedies, The Toms, The Trend, or any of the rest of these bands. It doesn't matter--after one listen to this brilliant compilation you'll be humming along to all these bands. Oakes, who published Yellow Pills magazine a few years back, has called power pop "the great lost genre of rock and roll". This is power pop at it's greatest level, by long forgotten bands from the seventies and eighties ... Read More
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