Genre: Rock
Original Release: 4/5/2005
1. Everybody Knows
3:23
2. Not Funny Anymore (It's)
2:37
3. Back In School
2:19
4. Payment
3:15
5. 5 O'Clock (It's)
4:35
6. Easy (It's)
3:09
7. Suffer Baby
3:14
8. Life On Mars
3:10
9. December
3:02
10. Porneaux
3:49
11. Swing
4:05
12. He's Not There
3:41
13. Brown Mice
7:24
The first album by the Dutch pop quartet Johan didn't make a lot of noise outside the Netherlands, which is a shame because its mix of indie-guitar nervousness, power pop hooks, and retro-pop sophistication is absolutely terrific. Singer-guitarist Jacco de Greeuw sings the instantly catchy tunes in flawless unaccented English, in accordance with the grand Europop tradition, and lead guitarist Remco Krull fills the songs with just-so one-note solos and Wedding Present-style strummy riffs. The songs, all originals with the odd and unexpectedly perfect exception of a suitably psychedelic cover of Aphrodite's Child Read More
