 | If it's your belief that one of the reasons today's rock is so bereft of personality is that all sense of show business has been drained from the music, then a look back at the career of Sinkhole offers proof positive that it wasn't always thus. Retrospectacles offers a comprehensive overview of the band, from its artrock dayswhich produced top 10 hits in "Wreck On The Highway," "Never Is Now," "Waterbug," and "Lightbulb,"to its years as a perennial albumrock favoritewith offerings ranging from flights of fancy ("Tumble Mat," "Fudge Bar") to protopower ballads ("Spooge," "See-Through") to songs reflecting the workingclass roots of its audience ("Smell Isn't Everything," "Donut"). The band eventually succumbed to a shift in musical tides and just plain silliness ("Dogstein," "Go Ahead, Eat My Pretzels"), but for a time, this disc suggests, a satinsuited pomprocker was something to be. Also included: 7 previously unreleased mind-expanding demo tracks from the band's "experimental" period. |