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Felix da Housecat Transmission Vol. 02 (Virgin) Claude Young to Ian Pooley, continuously mixed. Frantic, highly digitized four-on-the-floor mastery. Techy house with heart. 8 (MS) King Crimson Absent Lovers: Live in Montreal 1984 (Discipline) Prog-rock that genuinely progresses. That's why we love them... and vice versa. 8 (RB) London Punkharmonic Orchestra Symphony of Destruction (Music Club/Koch) 101 strings do the spirit of '77. Worth it for "Holiday in Cambodia" alone. 7 (RB) Lionel Richie Time (Polygram) Still full of himself, but this actually ain't bad. The man could always write a song. 7 (GD) Tranquility Bass Beep! EP "Hippy house" should have never happened. Remixing helps, though. Fatboy Slim's try rocks, natch. 7 (MS) Sister 7 This the Trip (Arista) "Patrice Pike is Tina Turner, Bessie Smith, Janis Joplin and Robert Plant all rolled into a tiny but explosive package." Can we blow it up now? 2.5 (CY) Various Armageddon: The Album (Columbia) They say a meteor killed the dinosaurs. If another one will take out Aerosmith, it's worth sacrificing the planet. 1 (CY)
Various Summer Dock Party (EMI) Who are these people you call "Canadians," with their Loverboy, their Kim Mitchell, their April Wine? 5 (RB)
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