On Fyre

On Fyre is the first studio album by American garage rock band Lyres.[5][6][7] It was released in 1984 by the label Ace of Hearts and reissued in 1998 by Matador Records.[8]

On Fyre
Studio album by
Released1984
RecordedNormandy Sound
GenreGarage rock
Length32:10
LabelAce of Hearts[1]
ProducerRichard W. Harte[1]
Lyres chronology
On Fyre
(1984)
Lyres Lyres
(1985)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[2]
Robert ChristgauB[3]
MusicHound Rock: The Essential Album Guide[4]

The album contains several quotes from songs from the 1960s: "Don't Give It Up Now" contains an excerpt of the guitar riff from "Lucifer Sam" by Pink Floyd, and "I'm Telling You Girl" contains an excerpt of the guitar riff from "You Really Got Me" by the Kinks.

The album includes covers of the Kinks' 1965 hit "Tired of Waiting for You" (the title is shortened to simply "Tired of Waiting"), the Kinks song "Love Me till the Sun Shines," and Pete Best Combo song "The Way I Feel About You."

Critical reception

AllMusic wrote that "while [Jeff] Conolly's Vox Continental organ keeps his 1960s obsessions up-front throughout, the rest of the band is capable of generating a hard-driving groove, and the performances capture what was exciting and soulful about 1960s punk without drowning in a sea of 'retro.'"[2] PopMatters wrote that "the stop-and-start rhythms of 'Soapy' will prove irresistible to just about anyone with a pulse."[9] Trouser Press called the album "simply the [garage-rock] genre’s apotheosis, an articulate explosion of colorful organ playing, surging guitars and precisely inexact singing."[10] The Washington Post wrote that "it's the passion of Connolly's organ-pumping, tambourine-bashing persona that makes The Lyres' variations on three chords sink deeper and ring truer than most rock acts, past or present."[11]

Track listing

  1. Don't Give It Up Now – 4:13
  2. Help You Ann – 2:29
  3. I Confess – 2:50
  4. I'm Tellin' You Girl – 1:40
  5. Love Me Till the Sun Shines – 3:56
  6. Tired of Waiting – 3:05
  7. Dolly – 4:17
  8. Soapy – 3:43
  9. The Way I Feel About You – 2:42
  10. Not Like The Other One – 3:18

Personnel

References

  1. "The Lyres to set Toast on fyre Aug. 20".
  2. "On Fyre - Lyres | Songs, Reviews, Credits | AllMusic" via www.allmusic.com.
  3. "Robert Christgau: Album: The Lyres: On Fyre". www.robertchristgau.com.
  4. MusicHound Rock: The Essential Album Guide. Visible Ink Press. 1999. pp. 701–702.
  5. "Lyres | Biography & History". AllMusic.
  6. Call, LEN RIGHI, The Morning. "THE MUSICAL TRUTH ABOUT BOSTON'S LYRES". mcall.com.
  7. Palmer, Robert (July 18, 1984). "THE POP LIFE; PETER WOLF AND LIFE AFTER J. GEILS (Published 1984)" via NYTimes.com.
  8. Margasak, Peter. "12 O'Clock Track: Lyres, "Help You Ann"". Chicago Reader.
  9. "Lyres: On Fyre / Lyres Lyres". PopMatters. January 21, 2013.
  10. "Lyres". Trouser Press. Retrieved 11 November 2020.
  11. SASFY, JOE (July 6, 1984). "Garage Rock: Gutsy Revivals" via www.washingtonpost.com.
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