Loozanteen:Barnes & Barnes

Artist: Barnes & Barnes

Date Released: 1991

Label: Rhino

Produced By: Barnes & Barnes

Tracklisting:
 * 1) Loozanteen
 * 2) Fire In The Hole
 * 3) The Invisible Maniac
 * 4) What's It Like To Be You
 * 5) Why Don't You Kill Me Now
 * 6) Talk Line
 * 7) Love Is So Noisy
 * 8) Lovely In Loveland
 * 9) Half
 * 10) Homophobic Dream #23
 * 11) Background Boy
 * 12) Drinking With The Devil
 * 13) Peg Leg Sue Got Married
 * 14) Touch Yourself
 * 15) Spanking Thru My Hard Times
 * 16) Wax Your Carrot/The Boogie Man And Dan
 * 17) I Love To Ride The Bus
 * 18) I Feel Depressed

Review: This is, to date, the last proper Barnes & Barnes album, and the only one that hasn't been reissued yet. It's out of print, but I'll still see it in used bins occasionally. It's probably the weakest Barnes & Barnes album, but it's still very good. Like Amazing Adult Fantasy, it's a mix between comedy songs and serious pop songs, and there are some real gems. "Background Boy" (the only song on here that's not an original Barnes & Barnes composition) has a really, really great groove to it, and "Touch Yourself" (the original flip to the "Background Boy" single) is a bouncy-funny/dirty singalong. This sounds almost as if it was intended to be the last Barnes & Barnes record, as it references stuff from earlier in their career -- "Homophobic Dream #23" is a sequel (of sorts) to "Homophobic Dream #22, "Peg Leg Sue Got Married" references the main character in "Boogie Woogie Amputee", "The Boogie Man And Dan" might be a reference to the (then-unreleased) "The Boogie Man", "I Love To Ride The Bus" uses a line from "Gumby Jaws Lament" as a springboard, and "I Feel Depressed" ends with "Fish Heads", their biggest hit, played backwards. Barnes & Barnes are still recording, so hopefully this won't actually be the last album of theirs. Even though it is their weakest, it's still a very good album (particularly the more serious tracks), and it's definitely good enough to show that they haven't Lost The Pep. - Rev. Syung Myung Me