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THE REVIEW
It can be enlightening, but the only real thing it illuminates is the wavering nature of Hitchcock's muse: a collection of songs that "didn't fit in with what I was doing at the time [=the first three albums] and do fit in with each other now"; how successful this combination actually is remains debatable.
Mostly it consists of traditional blues (sometimes not even imaginatively titled: Blues in A), bordering on pure goofing off; few tracks salvageable at the idea level (the opener All I Wanna Do Is Fall in Love).
Invisible Hits by the Soft Boys was a whole album released late, Invisible Hitchcock is a collection of leftovers, and Robyn Hitchcock's leftovers are predictably embarrassingly poor in quality.
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This review critiques Robyn Hitchcock's 'Invisible Hitchcock' as a collection of leftover songs that lack cohesion and quality. It largely consists of traditional blues tracks, many of which come off as uninspired. While the album offers some insight into Hitchcock's evolving muse, the overall success of this compilation remains questionable.Tracklist Lyrics
01 All I Wanna Do Is Fall In Love (03:49)
02 Give Me a Spanner, Ralph (02:39)
03 A Skull, a Suitcase, and a Long Red Bottle of Wine (05:00)
04 It's a Mystic Trip (02:57)
06 Falling Leaves (04:24)
07 Eaten by Her Own Dinner (04:28)
08 The Pit of Souls (country version) (05:58)
09 Trash (02:52)
10 Mr. Deadly (04:16)
11 Star of Hairs (03:19)
12 Messages of Dark (03:52)
14 I Got a Message for You (03:06)
15 Point It At Gran (02:02)
16 The Abandoned Brain (02:55)
17 Let There Be More Darkness (02:57)
18 Blues in A (03:25)
Robyn Hitchcock
Robyn Hitchcock is a British singer-songwriter and guitarist, former frontman of the Soft Boys, and a key figure in neo-psychedelia. His solo work—often with the Egyptians—blends surreal, witty lyrics with folk, pop, and jangly psychedelia. He was the subject of Jonathan Demme’s concert film Storefront Hitchcock.08 Reviews
