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Artist:	L.E.O.
Title:	Alpacas Orgling
Label:	Cheap Lullaby
Country:	USA
Date:	17 Oct 2006
Catalogue:	CLR-013
Barcode:	875929001328
Format:	CD Album
Collection:	I Own It I Want It
Community:	2 Own
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Track	Artist	Title	Composer	Rating
01	L.E.O.	Overture	MacLaine Diemer	Rate
02	L.E.O.	Goodbye Innocence	Bleu, Andy Sturmer	Rate
03	L.E.O.	Ya Had Me Goin'	Bleu	Rate
04	L.E.O.	Distracted	Bleu, Mike Viola, Alex Scutro	Rate
05	L.E.O.	Make Me	Bleu, Mike Viola	Rate
06	L.E.O.	The Ol' College Try	Bleu, Tony Goddess	Rate
07	L.E.O.	Nothin' Will Ever Change	Bleu, Andy Sturmer	Rate
08	L.E.O.	Don't Let It Go	Bleu, Alex Scutro, Ducky Carlisle	Rate
09	L.E.O.	Private Line	T. Goddess, A. Scutro	Rate
10	L.E.O.	Sukaz Are Born Every Minute	Bleu, Scott Simons	Rate
11	L.E.O.	Don't Bring Me Down (Hidden Track)	Jeff Lynne	Rate

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Produced and engineered by L.E.O.

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JPGR&B SUBS 6th Feb 2020		Review From AllMusic: Review by Stewart Mason Alpacas Orgling is the sort of record that drives people who dislike the contemporary power pop underground scene absolutely out of their heads with rage. If those three letters look familiar, that's entirely by design: LEO is an unabashed re-creation of the sound of vintage late-'70s Electric Light Orchestra on an indie rock budget. The album's mastermind is Boston-based power popper Bleu McAuley, with key contributions from Mike Viola (formerly of the Candy Butchers), Papas Fritas' Tony Goddess, Andy Sturmer of Jellyfish and members of Hanson, Chicago (!!) and Self. The ELO lifts are subtle but unmistakable, with direct nods to tunes like Telephone Line and Mr. Blue Sky mixed in with bits that cleverly nod to Jeff Lynne's creamy pure pop goodness without actively ripping him off. It could possibly be the most clever album-length evocation of an established band's sound since the Rutles. "But that's all it is, right?" sneer the non-believers. "It's nothing but a baldfaced ripoff of the sainted Jeff Lynne, and with a silly album title besides!" Well, there's little defending the goofy album title other than the fact that it's fun to say, but here's the thing: Alpacas Orgling knocks McAuley's polite, pedestrian solo albums into a cocked hat. In fact, with the possible exception of Papas Fritas' unjustly overlooked second album, Helioself, a lost indie pop treasure of the late '90s, Alpacas Orgling is the single best album any of its major participants have ever taken part in. And yes, that includes the hugely overrated Jellyfish, a band much more interesting in concept than in practice. Given the self-limiting task of channeling their own pop sensibilities through those of an earlier generation of craftsmen causes all concerned to step up their game: the songs are gorgeously arranged, with instantly memorable melodies and lyrics generally far less pretentious than the sort of claptrap Jeff Lynne himself often came up with. Of course, the most logical next step is for McAuley, Viola and company to take the lessons learned from this project back to their primary careers, but as long as one is clear on the album's artistic intentions and is willing to approach this kind of wholesale imitation on its own playful level, this is an album any true lover of '70s AM radio pop fluff should treasure. ✔︎ Helpful Review?



JPGR&B SUBS 6th Feb 2020		Review Extract from PowerPopAholic: 4 October 2006 L.E.O. (Bleu) "Alpacas Orgling" This is basically a Jeff Lynne lovefest by a huge group of accomplished Power Pop artists, like Andy Sturmer (Jellyfish) and Mike Viola (The Candy Butchers). This entire recording was a labor of love by Bleu McAuley (Bleu), who did most of the heavy lifting here. I swear you will hear every single Electric Light Orchestra production technique crammed into these songs. Distracted is the big single and my favorite tune. ✔︎ Helpful Review?



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