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marshall crenshaw miracle of science

1/25/2020

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Marshall Crenshaw (from the album Miracle of Science available on MRI)
Marshall Crenshaw may be the musical equivalent to the bottomless cup of coffee. Good coffee. Some critics may snark at his overall output with less than a dozen full length albums to his credit in a career that dates back to 1982, beginning the release cycle with his stellar self-titled debut. Dig into the material within the Marshall Crenshaw discography and you will struggle to find a bad cut in the entire bunch; the good songs just keep getting poured into your coffee cup. After six album releases, Marshall Crenshaw moved from a major label to the indie Razor and Tie with the release of Miracle of Science, an album seeing a proper reissue. Almost a quarter century old and its as fresh as next week.
“What Do You Dream Of” kicks off Miracle of Science in classic Marshall Crenshaw fashion, the narrator contemplating the mysteries of the gal catching his eye. “Who Stole That Train” and its slide guitar hint at country and “Theme from Flaregun” is a surf-rock instrumental with game-show theme music undertones. Marshall Crenshaw takes a why-the-hell-not-because-I-can liberties by preceding the catchy work lament “Seven Miles An Hour” with a reverse spelling ‘rour na selim neves’ as a hidden messages in the song while listeners may wonder why “What The Hell I Got” wasn’t on this record the first time around, its string section fills and power-pop glory make the cut an anchor to the reissue.  Listeners can also dig into what Crenshaw digs, obscure covers including Husker Du’s Grant Hart’s “Twenty-Five Forty-One,” “A Wondrous Place” which was a hit for Billy Fury, and a hand clap, horn section laden version of Dobie Gray’s “The In Crowd.”
 
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