SPINART Various Artists 1998

 

Discogs

  

Alt rock comp on spinART record label - Blogatrix

 

Tracklist

1	The Apples In Stereo–	What's The Number
2	The Apples In Stereo–	Shine
3	Johan (5)–	Everybody Knows
4	Johan (5)–	He's Not There
5	Lotion–	Mrs. Mouth
6	Lotion–	Marijuana Vietnam
7	Poole–	Glumb
8	Poole–	No Matter What
9	Holiday–	All I Want
10	Holiday–	Hot Carl
11	The Revelers–	Silver Ship
12	The Revelers–	Hey, Hey, Hey
13	Squatweiler–	Visionary
14	Squatweiler–	Hot for Teacher
15	Lilys–	Hermit Crab
16	Throw That Beat In The Garbagecan!–	Cool
17	Sneetches*–	...and I'm Thinking
18	Suddenly, Tammy!–	Lamp
19	Dambuilders*–	Louisiana
20	Small Factory–	Come Back Down
21	Marbles (2)–	Go Marilee

 

JOHAN self titled 1996

thanks to Jim

Discogs 

AllMusic Review by Stewart Mason

The first album by the Dutch pop quartet Johan didn't make a lot of noise outside the Netherlands, which is a shame because its mix of indie-guitar nervousness, power pop hooks, and retro-pop sophistication is absolutely terrific. Singer-guitarist Jacco de Greeuw sings the instantly catchy tunes in flawless unaccented English, in accordance with the grand Europop tradition, and lead guitarist Remco Krull fills the songs with just-so one-note solos and Wedding Present-style strummy riffs. The songs, all originals with the odd and unexpectedly perfect exception of a suitably psychedelic cover of Aphrodite's Child's "It's Five O'Clock," are uniformly solid, and the simple, straightforward production keeps things relatively unadorned, with the exception of a moody cello on "Swing" and layered, breathy overdubbed harmonies on the trippy "Life on Mars" (not the Bowie song). An unpretentious debut with few weaknesses.

Tracklist  

1	Everybody Knows	3:23
2	Not Funny Anymore (It's)	2:37
3	Back In School	2:19
4	Payment	3:15
5	5 O'Clock (It's)	4:35
6	Easy (It's)	3:09
7	Suffer Baby	3:14
8	Life On Mars	3:10
9	December	3:02
10	Porneaux	3:49
11	Swing	4:05
12	He's Not There	3:41
13	Brown Mice	7:24