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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
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Community: 2 Own
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TrackArtistTitleComposerRating
01L.E.O.OvertureMacLaine DiemerRate
02L.E.O.Goodbye InnocenceBleu, Andy SturmerRate
03L.E.O.Ya Had Me Goin'BleuRate
04L.E.O.DistractedBleu, Mike Viola, Alex ScutroRate
05L.E.O.Make MeBleu, Mike ViolaRate
06L.E.O.The Ol' College TryBleu, Tony GoddessRate
07L.E.O.Nothin' Will Ever ChangeBleu, Andy SturmerRate
08L.E.O.Don't Let It GoBleu, Alex Scutro, Ducky CarlisleRate
09L.E.O.Private LineT. Goddess, A. ScutroRate
10L.E.O.Sukaz Are Born Every MinuteBleu, Scott SimonsRate
11L.E.O.Don't Bring Me Down (Hidden Track)Jeff LynneRate


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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.

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JPGR&B SUBS
6th Feb 2020
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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.

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