You really can’t find fault with the session musicians on this album, the guitarists have clearly learnt more than just a handful of chords and turn in exciting performances, while there are excellent drum tracks and even the occasional string accompaniment. There are surprises too, including an aggressive flamenco acoustic hook to ‘Mine all Mine’ – not something you’d normally encounter as part of a rock disc – and the ska elements of ‘Dödel Up’. Just like the aforementioned, the Guano Apes can also let their guard down and produce a song that has a gentler bent, ‘Living a Lie’ is an obvious example, as are the lyrics “I’m feeling like an angel, I’m feeling like a buttercup…”, but the tendency is also there in ‘Heaven’, a mixture of heavy and mainstream genres. As a result of Philips’ involvement, ‘Don’t Give Me Names’ is a hybrid title, Red-book 44.1kHz PCM Compact Disc-compatible material on one layer and two SACD tracks on the other, a stereo mix and a 3/2.1 surround presentation.įor this, their second studio album, the Guano Apes’ style is No Doubt meets Republica a mix of soft thrash metal with melodic overtones and lyrics that have merit, although there is a fair bit of the usual “Shut your mouth…” going on. This SACD, complete with one bonus track, comes to us via Super Sonic Records and was sponsored by Philips, whose European representative we’d like to thank for supplying a copy. They also write all their own material, in this case the only exception being a frantic version of Alphaville’s ‘Big in Japan’. The group has Croatian influences but their lyrics are written and sung in English, thereby affording a wider international appeal. Formed in 1994, the Guano Apes are Sandra Nasic (vocals), Stefan Ude (bass), Dennis Poschwatta (drums) and Henning Rьmenapp (guitar), a German rock band with a huge following in Europe, thanks largely to their breakthrough first single, ‘Open Your Eyes’.
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