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Mystery Spot (2004) Deluxe Edition- featuring eight unreleased demos.

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1.	Is There Anybody Else? 02:20		buy track
2.	Your First Mistake 02:22		buy track
3.	By Your Side 02:21	info	buy track
4.	She Belongs To Me 02:59		buy track
5.	Everyday Girl 02:18		buy track
6.	So Dumb 04:04		buy track
7.	Gracefully 03:24		buy track
8.	Gone for Sure 02:38		buy track
9.	Draining 03:30		buy track
10.	Doesn't Sound Like You 03:26		buy track
11.	Come Clean 03:53		buy track
12.	Don't Forget About Love 03:12		buy track
13.	She's Just Falling Out Of love 03:20		buy track
14.	I'm No Better Than You (demo) 03:11	info	buy track
15.	Holy Jeans (demo) 03:50		buy track
16.	Is There Anybody Else? (demo) 02:25		buy track
17.	She Belongs To Me (demo) 03:05		buy track
18.	Gracefully (demo) 03:39		buy track
19.	Gone For Sure (demo) 02:42		buy track
20.	Your First Mistake (demo) 02:27		buy track
21.	Wedding Gown (demo) 02:25		buy track

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Chris Richards moves to the head of the modern-day power pop class with his first solo record, Mystery Spot. His work with the Phenomenal Cats and the Pantookas was solid and engaging pop, but this disc moves beyond that and should put him in the big leagues next to guys like Michael Penn, Matthew Sweet, and Velvet Crush. He has everything that those guys do. Hook-filled tunes you will be humming before they are half over, ringing guitars, soaring harmony vocals, heart-tugging lyrics about girls, girls, and more girls. Although the disc is on a microindie (or maybe because it is), the production is first-rate; Richards and Dave Feeny came up with a guitar-heavy sound that rocks, but has a light and poppy feel. Hmmm, power plus pop....That must be where they got "power pop" from back in the day. Tracks like the thudding "She Belongs to Me" and the chunky "Come Clean" are textbook examples of that sound. Elsewhere, Richards conjures the ghost of Marshall Crenshaw on "Everyday Girl," drops some sweet pedal steel into the mix on the pair of beautiful ballads "Draining" and "She's Just Falling Out of Love," sits behind the electric keys and brings it down a bit on the sweet "Gracefully," and rocks quite convincingly on the excellent opener "Is There Anybody Else?" The rest of the album is packed with great tracks, not a stinker in the bunch. If you dig Falkner, Sweet, Keene, or any of the other giants of the power pop continuum, you need to seek this record out.

All Music guide- 4 1/2 stars out of 5

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released April 20, 2004

Chris Richards- vocals and guitars
Todd Holmes- bass
Larry Grodsky- drums
Ken Quick- bass

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Chris Richards and the Subtractions Detroit, Michigan

Veterans of the mid-west power pop scene, Chris Richards and The Subtractions, are back with their new record “Peaks and Valleys”, the highly anticipated follow-up to 2012’s “Get Yer La La’s Out”. The new record is the first with newly added Subtraction Andy Reed, who also is in The Legal Matters with Chris Richards along with longtime rhythm section consisting of Todd Holmes and Larry Grodsky. ... more

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