Moore, R. Stevie - What's The Point?!!
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Cordelia 0064
"THE VERY FIRST CUNEIFORM RECORDS ALBUM, launching the legendary label,
YET FOREVER SHUNNED FOR CD REISSUE!"-R. Stevie Moore himself at rsteviemoore.com
This was, indeed, Cuneiform's very first release and if you want some idea of what working with creative types is like, well, courtesy of the very first creative type we worked with, now you know.
Stevie is a unique talent, but, imo, he's served best when someone is around to help him figure out what his best material is. In the early 80s, that someone was me and I put this compilation of the best of his many, many cassette releases together and I still think it stands as one of his very best releases. Here's to a rare and eccentric talent. Conditionally highly recommended.
"The general mode is new wave, but this is stylistically as varied as a mid-late 70s Todd Rundgren album, and I wouldn't be surprised if Rundgren were one of R. Stevie Moore's many influences. There are a lot of contradictions here: the sound quality definitely bespeaks the fact that it's "homemade", complete with plenty of tape "flutter" and other conventional imperfections, but the lo-fi characteristics enhance the aesthetics. The songwriting and arrangements can be rough and they can be sublime, often at the same time. The best songs, like "Part of the Problem" and "Going Down the Way", have a quirky ingenuity that easily transcends any limitations, and even the more questionable songs still have a lot of charm. Moore's voice often comes across as "singing because I'm the only singer available", but it also tends to fit the material well."-rateyourmusic.com