The 90’s brought us a lot of different types of albums with some, for lack of a better term, avant-garde music. This week, we take a look at one album that garnered wide attention thanks to the appearance of a song on a Levis commercial in the UK. It may not be everyone’s cup of tea, but the debut album from Babylon Zoo is definitely worth checking out.
Below, you’ll find the link to Spotify for the full album. Give it a listen and let us know which songs would have made your list.
And, as promised, here is the Levis commercial that featured Spaceman.
2 responses to “Spin Shuffle Skip – Babylon Zoo – The Boy With The X-Ray Eyes”
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It’s refreshing to hear you never saw the Levi’s ad and bought the tape anyway. Same goes for Australia, and it still did really well. So, ‘Fire Guided Light’ is one of my faves on the album (it was actually planned as a single in 1994 but scraped). ‘Don’t feed the animals’ should be last. And sorry to say it, I never liked ‘The Boy with the X-Ray Eyes’ that much so that’s the one I’d skip. And funny you mention it sounds like a concept album, the artist would later describe Babylon Zoo as a concept band. Lots of inspiration from sci-fi and b-grade horror which is heard all throughout the album 🙂
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I’ll admit, in the 90’s, I couldn’t walk into a CD shop without buying something so I would always find new discoveries. Also, half the fun of the show is hearing comments like these from people rediscovering those older albums and hearing what songs spoke to them, so thank you for dropping a line. Here’s hoping we can stir up some more musical memories. 🙂
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