Philosophy of the World The Shaggs Artist

Supplanting the {|Rounder|} single disc that combined the group's original album with later sides, this brings the package back to its original form. It features the original mixes (the {|Rounder|} reissue used remixes), sequencing, cover, and liner ... Read more

Supplanting the {|Rounder|} single disc that combined the group's original album with later sides, this brings the package back to its original form. It features the original mixes (the {|Rounder|} reissue used remixes), sequencing, cover, and liner notes along with updated historical notes from producer {|Irwin Chusid|}. While a 12-song reissue that replaces a fuller and longer collection would seem like a beat for the money, this puts the {|Wiggins|} sisters' primitive attempt to make original rock & roll in its proper context. The guilelessness that permeates these performances is simply amazing, making a virtue out of artlessness. There's an innocence to these songs and their performances that's both charming and unsettling. Hacked-at drumbeats, whacked-around chords, songs that seem to have little or no meter to them ({|My Pal Foot Foot,|} {|Who Are Parents,|} {|That Little Sports Car,|} {|I'm So Happy When You're Near|} are must-hears) being played on out-of-tune, pawn-shop-quality guitars all converge, creating dissonance and beauty, chaos and tranquility, causing any listener coming to this music to rearrange any pre-existing notions about the relationships between talent, originality, and ability. There is no album you might own that sounds remotely like this one. ~ Cub Koda Less