''Gizmo Mantra'' is the fifth
studio album released by Australian rock group
Boom Crash Opera. The album was released in November 1997.
Reception
Kelvin Hayes from
All Music
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said; "It takes a while to warm up to, and it is a patchy thing even then, but ''Gizmo'' is possibly their best work since ''
These Here Are Crazy Times'' in 1989. Peter Farnan is up to his usual oddball but inventive best on "Don't Forget to Breathe" and the excellent "Welcome to Tomorrow." Former writing partner
Richard Pleasance
Richard Arnold Pleasance is an Australian rock musician and producer. He was a founding member of Boom Crash Opera on guitar, bass guitar, vocals and as a songwriter in 1985; they released three albums before Pleasance left in 1992. Their hit ...
helps out on "Dreaming up a Fire' (a re-take of the earlier hit "
Dancing in the Storm"). The driving rock of "(So How Do I Turn You) On" is a brilliant endgame but for Farnan's musical acrobatics on the tail piece. The set is ruined by carelessness such as the '70s dirge "All". Plenty of Gizmo, little sign of a mantra."
Track listing
# "Wake Up Fine" – 4:09
# "Dirt" – 3:27
# "Don't Forget to Breathe" – 4:12
# "Welcome to Tomorrow" – 3:41
# "All" – 4:14
# "Walking Disaster" – 4:07
# "Funny" – 3:23
# "Bad Television" – 3:27
# "Ain't I Amazed" – 4:33
# "I'm Not Like You" – 3:51
# "Dreaming Up a Fire" – 3:46
# "(So How Do I Turn You) On" – 5:31
References
1997 albums
Boom Crash Opera albums
Bertelsmann Music Group albums
Gotham Records albums
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