El Subliminoso (1996)

About this title: Dada's inaugural Puzzle (1992) was a highly promising release from a young, creative band -- pop without pandering, musicianship without pretense or formula. The group's 1994 follow-up American Highway Flower played to several favorable reviews, but I can only think these came from scribes who had completely missed out on Puzzle. Other than more incisive production, the group had a disconcerting tendency to sound like the Police on this one, with comparatively few engaging songs. While there's little particularly subliminal or dada-esque about dada's muscular yet adventurous El Subliminoso, ... read more

Tracks:

1. Time Is Your Friend [Dada]
2. Sick in Santorini [Dada]
3. Bob the Drummer [Dada]
4. I Get High [Dada]
5. The Spirit of 2009 [Dada]
6. Star You Are [Dada]
7. A Trip With My Dad [Dada]
8. You Won't Know Me [Dada]
9. Rise [Dada]
10. No One [Dada]
11. The Fleecing of America [Dada]
12. Hollow Man [Dada]

Note: This is a general synopsis. Each listing is further described below.