Don't String Me Along

With about 200 albums to their name, 101 Strings are one of the most prolific album recording acts in history. They even had a #1 album in the UK. Most of their albums are sheer schmaltz/dross, but some are fairly cool exotica-influenced recordings. This one falls somewhere in the middle, as it's making a stab at hipness, but is afraid to take the full plunge. It's over-riding theme seems to be "We'll make the kids like classical music by putting a drum set underneath it." (Hmm, that reminds me...) I can't imagine that anyone in the target audience actually bought this disc, though.

If you're gonna have "back beat" in the name, you need to have the drums up in the mix.

I can't listen to the whole thing at one sitting - those glistening strings set off my tinnitus.

101 Strings - Back Beat Symphony

A1		Swingin' At Igors
A2		Backbeat Symphony
A3		Choppin' Chopin
A4		New World Rock
A5		Rigoletto Rock
B1		Romeo And Juliet
B2		Swingin' Little Martha
B3		Sherabop
B4		Twangy Serenade
B5		Strings At The Hop