http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.3984&rws=%2Fthe-bolshoi%2Fdiscography.rssOnce the "New Wave" had run its course and receded to a safe distance, it was time to assess the damage. Sadly, the landscape was left covered by a weightless spindrift of insipid music, with but a few notable exceptions. The Bolshoi's 1985 debut EP <I>Giants</I> belongs alongside the Chameleons UK's <I>Strange Times</I> and Echo and the Bunnymen's <I>Ocean Rain</I> as one of the most effective weapons in the battle against the epidemic airhead-ism spread by acts like Thompson Twins and Cyndi Lauper. Songs like "Hail Mary" and the title track tunneled under the era's giddy facade with their cryptic lyrics and eerie, cavernous guitar effects. When MTV put "Away" into heavy rotation on <I>120 Minutes</I>, it earned the Bolshoi America's fleeting attention, but by then Trevor Tanner's dark lyricism had already begun to suffer from misguided attempts at artless social commentary. Few would have expected such a short-lived group (they disbanded in '87) to deserve a "greatest hits," but in 1999, nearly a decade after their demise, it happened. Loaded with alternate mixes, B-sides, and most of their best songs, it's worth having even if you weren't one of a handful of fans. - Chad DriscollNew Waveen720Tue, 8 Dec 2009 00:43:28 -0800 http://static.realone.com/rotw/images/logo_rhapsody_113x22.gif http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.3984&rws=%2Fthe-bolshoi%2Fdiscography.rss Once the "New Wave" had run its course and receded to a safe distance, it was time to assess the damage. Sadly, the landscape was left covered by a weightless spindrift of insipid music, with but a few notable exceptions. The Bolshoi's 1985 debut EP <I>Giants</I> belongs alongside the Chameleons UK's <I>Strange Times</I> and Echo and the Bunnymen's <I>Ocean Rain</I> as one of the most effective weapons in the battle against the epidemic airhead-ism spread by acts like Thompson Twins and Cyndi Lauper. Songs like "Hail Mary" and the title track tunneled under the era's giddy facade with their cryptic lyrics and eerie, cavernous guitar effects. When MTV put "Away" into heavy rotation on <I>120 Minutes</I>, it earned the Bolshoi America's fleeting attention, but by then Trevor Tanner's dark lyricism had already begun to suffer from misguided attempts at artless social commentary. Few would have expected such a short-lived group (they disbanded in '87) to deserve a "greatest hits," but in 1999, nearly a decade after their demise, it happened. Loaded with alternate mixes, B-sides, and most of their best songs, it's worth having even if you weren't one of a handful of fans. - Chad Driscoll http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=alb.280640&rws=%2Fthe-bolshoi%2Fdiscography.rss New Wave Tue, 16 Nov 1999 00:00:00 -0800 The Bolshoi Discography on Rhapsody Online alb.280640 alb.280640 The Bolshoi art.3984 0.0 Away...Best of the Bolshoi alb.280640 http://image.listen.com/img/170x170/9/7/9/8/118979_170x170.jpg 1999-11-16 00:00:00.0 1999-11-16 00:00:00.0 false false main-release http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=alb.280640&rws=%2Fthe-bolshoi%2Fdiscography.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=alb.280640&variant=data&rws=%2Fthe-bolshoi%2Fdiscography.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=alb.289473&rws=%2Fthe-bolshoi%2Fdiscography.rss New Wave Fri, 1 Sep 1989 00:00:00 -0700 The Bolshoi Discography on Rhapsody Online alb.289473 alb.289473 The Bolshoi art.3984 0.0 Lindy's Party alb.289473 1989-09-01 00:00:00.0 1989-09-01 00:00:00.0 false false main-release http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=alb.289473&rws=%2Fthe-bolshoi%2Fdiscography.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=alb.289473&variant=data&rws=%2Fthe-bolshoi%2Fdiscography.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=alb.289472&rws=%2Fthe-bolshoi%2Fdiscography.rss New Wave The Bolshoi Discography on Rhapsody Online alb.289472 alb.289472 The Bolshoi art.3984 0.0 Bigger Giants alb.289472 null null false false single http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=alb.289472&rws=%2Fthe-bolshoi%2Fdiscography.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=alb.289472&variant=data&rws=%2Fthe-bolshoi%2Fdiscography.rss