{"product_id":"192641069321","title":"Roger Joseph Manning Jr. - Catnip Dynamite - Import CD","description":"\u003cp\u003eCredits:\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eRoger Joseph Manning Jr.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDescription:\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSaying that Roger Manning loves the '70s is at once an understatement -- there's a reason he first came to wider attention playing with Jellyfish -- and a perfect description of what he's doing on his second full solo album, Catnip Dynamite, though happily it's not a completely musty revivalist exercise. Instead, Manning knows how to make all his endless series of familiar signifiers feel more of the moment than most can manage; whether that's the example of his sometime employer Beck rubbing off or not, it ensures Catnip Dynamite hits from the start and doesn't let up. If anything, Manning's mix-and-match approach to perfect pop knows how to draw on multiple layers at once -- \"Love's Never Half as Good\" simultaneously recalls late-'60s Beach Boys and late-'80s XTC interpretations of that sound, while the brilliant \"Down in Front\" could be both a classic trash-glam hit from the mid-'70s U.K. and Denim's awesomely perfect reworking of that style from its own '90s releases. But for all the spot-the-reference games that one could very easily play, Catnip Dynamite is often at its best when a listener just lets it flow, from the groovy \"The Quickening\" to the spectacular \"Living in End Times,\" perhaps the sunniest pop\/rock song about the Apocalypse in some years. A secret highlight might be \"Survival Machine\" -- if the combination of hyperactive church organ and falsetto isn't a Sparks tribute by intent, it's still one in the end anyway. ~ Ned Raggett\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTracklisting:\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e1.The Quickening\u003cbr\u003e2.Love's Never Half As Good\u003cbr\u003e3.Down In Front\u003cbr\u003e4.My Girl\u003cbr\u003e5.Imaginary Friend\u003cbr\u003e6.Haunted Henry\u003cbr\u003e7.Tinsel Town\u003cbr\u003e8.The Turnstile At Heaven's Gate\u003cbr\u003e9.Survival Machine\u003cbr\u003e10.Living in End Times\u003cbr\u003e11.Drive Thru Girl\u003cbr\u003e12.American Affluenza\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Fontana North","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47516833743137,"sku":"192641069321","price":2290.0,"currency_code":"JPY","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0568\/8482\/2076\/files\/192641069321.jpg?v=1700797492","url":"https:\/\/cdsvinyljapan.com\/products\/192641069321","provider":"CDs Vinyl Japan Store","version":"1.0","type":"link"}