Guru Guru – Shake Well (1993)
Guru Guru – Shake Well (1993)
Guru Guru - Shake Well (1993)
One of the more obscure Guru Guru albums from the early 1990’s lineup. Better than late 80’s stuff that was truly horrendous. From the very beginning this sounds nothing like Guru Guru. Production on this one is somewhat thin and squeaky clean, not in a good way.
Instrumentals are good, but songs with a lot of vocals are annoying, at times extremely annoying. Some songs sound like attempt at new wave, modern R&R and pop rock, horrific stuff that does not work at all. Teddy Bear covers is fucking ridiculous, yeah it’s a cover and not a usual Guru Guru parody.
It does have a lot of good moments, like Fräulein Doktor, Space Baby, Monkees Dance, Time, What Time?, Mimpi Manis and even Desire are very good; Desire has killer guitar solo. Bonus track Ooga Booga-Special [Live] has an awesome freak-out Mani and Archetti moment. Next album Wah Wah is a huge improvement. Moshi Moshi is also a great crazy album that is an improvement on this new 1990’s Guru Guru style.
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