Bewitched

Rating

Album: Bewitched
#	Song Title	Time
1)	California (All the Way)
2)	Tiger Lily
3)	Friendly Advice
4)	Bewitched
5)	This Time Around
6)	Great Jones Street
7)	Going Home
8)	Into the Fold
9)	I Know You Tried
10)	Sleeping Pill

Performer Notes

Luna: Dean Wareham (vocals, guitar); Sean Eden (guitar); Justin Harwood (Hammond organ, vibraphone, bass); Stanley Demeski (vibraphone, drums, percussion).
Additional personnel: Sterling Morrison (guitar); Grasshopper (clarinet); Frank London (trumpet); John Baumgartner (Hammond organ).
Recorded at Right Track and RPM Studios, New York, New York.
Personnel: Luna (background vocals); Dean Wareham (vocals, guitar, background vocals); Justin Harwood (vocals, vibraphone, background vocals); Sean Eden (guitar, background vocals); Sterling Morrison (electric guitar); Grasshopper (clarinet); Frank London (trumpet); Stanley Demeski (vibraphone, drums, percussion, background vocals).
Audio Mixer: Victor Van Vugt.
Recording information: Right Track, RPM Studios; New York.
Photographer: Michael Lavine.
Whereas Luna's debut, LUNAPARK, took its cue from the swirling sound of Dean Wareham's first band, Galaxie 500, BEWITCHED boasts a much cleaner and distinctive approach, emphasizing straightforward production over effects-drenched soundscapes. With the instruments in sharp relief, Luna delivers a batch of well-crafted songs that--while still bearing the influence of Velvet Underground-style minimalism--sounds somewhat less left of center. This is not a bad thing, especially given the quality of Wareham's songwriting, which is both more earnest and melodic on this outing.
However, Luna is still largely about creating dreamy vistas and charmingly surreal musical passages, as on the title track, a floating love song, and the winsome "Into the Fold." The addition of guitarist Sean Eden expands Luna's instrumental vocabulary, and the lines he adds to Wareham's playing heighten the sonic texture and interplay of the entire group. The record's highlights include the VU-esque "Friendly Advice" (which features, appropriately enough, a guest appearance by former VU member Sterling Morrison), and the opener, "California (All the Way)," one of Wareham's most directly affecting story-songs. All told, BEWITCHED is one of Luna's best (and best-defined) efforts.

Professional Reviews

Musician (4/94, p.90) - "...Luna masterfully deconstructs the Velvets sound to its main components: Cale's avant-garde rhythms, Tucker's tribal stomp, Morrison's twisted roots sensibility and Reed's pop songwriting ambitions..."

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