Pink Fairies – Kings of Oblivion LP

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**Ltd Electric Blue 180 Gram Vinyl

The third and finalPink Fairiesstudio album,Kings of Oblivion, welcomed guitaristLarry Wallisto the brew, bringing with him some of the band’s most remarkable — and concise — material yet. The opening “City Kids,” famously recut byMotrheadduringWallis‘ sojourn with that band, is as dynamic an opener asthe Pink Fairiesever had, while the album’s two epics, “I Wish I Was a Girl” and “Street Urchin,” similarly catch the band as they made a sharp turn away from the rockin’ riff jam basics that scarred their second LP,What a Bunch of Sweeties, and moved instead into the affirmative guttercat stance that so effectively predicted the rudiments of punk rock. Indeed, if any album could be said to have been born ahead of its time,Kings of Oblivion, conceived in 1973 but sounding just like 1977, is it. In common with the rest of the remasteredPink Fairiesalbums,Kings of Obliviondivides its bonus tracks between unfamiliar versions of familiar material (most pressingly, an urgent alternate mix of “City Kids”) and non-album material. This includes two versions of the loping “Well Well Well” and the country rock-ish “Hold On” dating from 1972, and a single cut withWallis‘ short-lived predecessor,Mick Wayne, and it’s gratifying to have them on CD at last. Truly, though,Kings of Oblivioncould exist just as happily without the extras; greeted at the time asthe Pink Fairies‘ best album, it remains a tightly coiled, furiously adrenalined beast, the summation of everything thatthe Pink Fairiespromised and all that subsequent reunions have continued to deliver. -All Music Guide