http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.1102&rws=%2Fthe-church%2Ftop-tracks.rssWith a catalog full of atmospheric, sublime songs, the Church are that ray of warm sunlight that sneaks its way through the pea soup enshrouding a deserted beach in late autumn. Embodying the ideal synthesis of Post-Punk urgency, swirling psychedelia, and cloaked pop melodies, the quartet has been riding out peaks and valleys since the early 1980s, while never betraying their initial MO of creating dreamy, yet meticulous guitar pop. Early high points include "The Unguarded Moment" (their first hit single at home in Australia) and the epic "Is This Where You Live?" But while some point to their mid-1980s work as their finest, it's difficult to top the band's commercial steak-and-potato days of <i>Starfish</i> (1988) and <i>Gold Afternoon Fix</i> (1990). If the lilting "Under the Milky Way" didn't convince radio and MTV audiences of the band's reserved greatness, then "Metropolis" certainly did -- the song's repeated five-note guitar line and hazy, mandolin-accented outro are the most gorgeous moments of '90s alternative rock. That said, the '90s weren't so kind to the Church, as Arista dropped the band (at that point down to a duo) following the bloated opus <i>Sometime Anywhere</i> in 1994. Still, they re-formed into a full quartet later in the decade, ultimately releasing a number of albums, from jam sessions to moderate self-produced recordings. In 2009, nearly three decades after forming, the Church released the beautifully spacey <i>Untitled #23</i>, arguably one of their greatest albums to date. - Charles HodgkinsNeo Psychedelicen720Sun, 27 Dec 2009 17:05:31 -0800 http://static.realone.com/rotw/images/logo_rhapsody_113x22.gif http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.1102&rws=%2Fthe-church%2Ftop-tracks.rss With a catalog full of atmospheric, sublime songs, the Church are that ray of warm sunlight that sneaks its way through the pea soup enshrouding a deserted beach in late autumn. Embodying the ideal synthesis of Post-Punk urgency, swirling psychedelia, and cloaked pop melodies, the quartet has been riding out peaks and valleys since the early 1980s, while never betraying their initial MO of creating dreamy, yet meticulous guitar pop. Early high points include "The Unguarded Moment" (their first hit single at home in Australia) and the epic "Is This Where You Live?" But while some point to their mid-1980s work as their finest, it's difficult to top the band's commercial steak-and-potato days of <i>Starfish</i> (1988) and <i>Gold Afternoon Fix</i> (1990). If the lilting "Under the Milky Way" didn't convince radio and MTV audiences of the band's reserved greatness, then "Metropolis" certainly did -- the song's repeated five-note guitar line and hazy, mandolin-accented outro are the most gorgeous moments of '90s alternative rock. That said, the '90s weren't so kind to the Church, as Arista dropped the band (at that point down to a duo) following the bloated opus <i>Sometime Anywhere</i> in 1994. Still, they re-formed into a full quartet later in the decade, ultimately releasing a number of albums, from jam sessions to moderate self-produced recordings. In 2009, nearly three decades after forming, the Church released the beautifully spacey <i>Untitled #23</i>, arguably one of their greatest albums to date. - Charles Hodgkins http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.2067572&variant=play&rws=%2Fthe-church%2Ftop-tracks.rss Neo Psychedelic Fri, 1 Jan 1988 00:00:00 -0800 Top Tracks by The Church on Rhapsody Online 2067572 tra.2067572 The Church art.1102 0.99 Starfish alb.119678 http://image.listen.com/img/170x170/1/8/9/1/1281981_170x170.jpg 1988-02-16 00:00:00.0 1988-01-01 00:00:00.0 true Under The Milky Way tra.2067572 297000 http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.2067572&variant=play&rws=%2Fthe-church%2Ftop-tracks.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.2067572&variant=data&rws=%2Fthe-church%2Ftop-tracks.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.2167873&variant=play&rws=%2Fthe-church%2Ftop-tracks.rss Neo Psychedelic Tue, 28 Sep 1999 00:00:00 -0700 Top Tracks by The Church on Rhapsody Online 2167873 tra.2167873 The Church art.1102 0.99 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http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.27653776&variant=play&rws=%2Fthe-church%2Ftop-tracks.rss Neo Psychedelic Tue, 12 May 2009 00:00:00 -0700 Top Tracks by The Church on Rhapsody Online 27653776 tra.27653776 The Church art.1102 0.0 Untitled #23 alb.27645778 http://image.listen.com/img/170x170/4/6/8/1/1621864_170x170.jpg 2009-05-12 00:00:00.0 2009-05-12 00:00:00.0 true Lunar tra.27653776 205000 http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.27653776&variant=play&rws=%2Fthe-church%2Ftop-tracks.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.27653776&variant=data&rws=%2Fthe-church%2Ftop-tracks.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.27653772&variant=play&rws=%2Fthe-church%2Ftop-tracks.rss Neo Psychedelic Tue, 12 May 2009 00:00:00 -0700 Top Tracks by The Church on Rhapsody Online 27653772 tra.27653772 The Church art.1102 0.0 Untitled #23 alb.27645778 http://image.listen.com/img/170x170/4/6/8/1/1621864_170x170.jpg 2009-05-12 00:00:00.0 2009-05-12 00:00:00.0 true Operetta tra.27653772 345000 http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.27653772&variant=play&rws=%2Fthe-church%2Ftop-tracks.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.27653772&variant=data&rws=%2Fthe-church%2Ftop-tracks.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.27653774&variant=play&rws=%2Fthe-church%2Ftop-tracks.rss Neo Psychedelic Tue, 12 May 2009 00:00:00 -0700 Top Tracks by The Church on Rhapsody Online 27653774 tra.27653774 The Church art.1102 0.0 Untitled #23 alb.27645778 http://image.listen.com/img/170x170/4/6/8/1/1621864_170x170.jpg 2009-05-12 00:00:00.0 2009-05-12 00:00:00.0 true Sunken Sun tra.27653774 348000 http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.27653774&variant=play&rws=%2Fthe-church%2Ftop-tracks.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.27653774&variant=data&rws=%2Fthe-church%2Ftop-tracks.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.27653768&variant=play&rws=%2Fthe-church%2Ftop-tracks.rss Neo Psychedelic Tue, 12 May 2009 00:00:00 -0700 Top Tracks by The Church on Rhapsody Online 27653768 tra.27653768 The 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http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.2168130&variant=play&rws=%2Fthe-church%2Ftop-tracks.rss Neo Psychedelic Tue, 28 Sep 1999 00:00:00 -0700 Top Tracks by The Church on Rhapsody Online 2168130 tra.2168130 The Church art.1102 0.99 Under The Milky Way: The Best Of The Church alb.223041 http://image.listen.com/img/170x170/5/0/4/7/1267405_170x170.jpg 1999-09-28 00:00:00.0 1999-09-28 00:00:00.0 true Feel tra.2168130 235000 http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.2168130&variant=play&rws=%2Fthe-church%2Ftop-tracks.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.2168130&variant=data&rws=%2Fthe-church%2Ftop-tracks.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.9970931&variant=play&rws=%2Fthe-church%2Ftop-tracks.rss Neo Psychedelic Tue, 18 Apr 2006 00:00:00 -0700 Top Tracks by The Church on Rhapsody Online 9970931 tra.9970931 The Church art.1102 0.99 Uninvited, Like the Clouds alb.9965255 http://image.listen.com/img/170x170/7/8/6/2/872687_170x170.jpg 2006-04-17 00:00:00.0 2006-04-18 00:00:00.0 true Space Needle tra.9970931 246000 http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.9970931&variant=play&rws=%2Fthe-church%2Ftop-tracks.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.9970931&variant=data&rws=%2Fthe-church%2Ftop-tracks.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.2167875&variant=play&rws=%2Fthe-church%2Ftop-tracks.rss Neo Psychedelic Tue, 28 Sep 1999 00:00:00 -0700 Top Tracks by The Church on Rhapsody Online 2167875 tra.2167875 The Church art.1102 0.99 Under The Milky Way: The Best Of The Church alb.223041 http://image.listen.com/img/170x170/5/0/4/7/1267405_170x170.jpg 1999-09-28 00:00:00.0 1999-09-28 00:00:00.0 true Metropolis tra.2167875 286000 http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.2167875&variant=play&rws=%2Fthe-church%2Ftop-tracks.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.2167875&variant=data&rws=%2Fthe-church%2Ftop-tracks.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.1903972&variant=play&rws=%2Fthe-church%2Ftop-tracks.rss Neo Psychedelic Wed, 1 Jan 1992 00:00:00 -0800 Top Tracks by The Church on 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http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.2067571&variant=play&rws=%2Fthe-church%2Ftop-tracks.rss Neo Psychedelic Fri, 1 Jan 1988 00:00:00 -0800 Top Tracks by The Church on Rhapsody Online 2067571 tra.2067571 The Church art.1102 0.99 Starfish alb.119678 http://image.listen.com/img/170x170/1/8/9/1/1281981_170x170.jpg 1988-02-16 00:00:00.0 1988-01-01 00:00:00.0 true Destination tra.2067571 354000 http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.2067571&variant=play&rws=%2Fthe-church%2Ftop-tracks.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.2067571&variant=data&rws=%2Fthe-church%2Ftop-tracks.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.507949&variant=play&rws=%2Fthe-church%2Ftop-tracks.rss Neo Psychedelic Tue, 24 May 1994 00:00:00 -0700 Top Tracks by The Church on Rhapsody Online 507949 tra.507949 The Church art.1102 0.99 Sometime Anywhere alb.167008 http://image.listen.com/img/170x170/9/2/4/6/1376429_170x170.jpg 1994-05-24 00:00:00.0 1994-05-24 00:00:00.0 true Loveblind tra.507949 383000 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http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.9970934&variant=play&rws=%2Fthe-church%2Ftop-tracks.rss Neo Psychedelic Tue, 18 Apr 2006 00:00:00 -0700 Top Tracks by The Church on Rhapsody Online 9970934 tra.9970934 The Church art.1102 0.99 Uninvited, Like the Clouds alb.9965255 http://image.listen.com/img/170x170/7/8/6/2/872687_170x170.jpg 2006-04-17 00:00:00.0 2006-04-18 00:00:00.0 true She'll Come Back For You Tomorrow tra.9970934 272000 http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.9970934&variant=play&rws=%2Fthe-church%2Ftop-tracks.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.9970934&variant=data&rws=%2Fthe-church%2Ftop-tracks.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.17896351&variant=play&rws=%2Fthe-church%2Ftop-tracks.rss Neo Psychedelic Wed, 1 Jan 2003 00:00:00 -0800 Top Tracks by The Church on Rhapsody Online 17896351 tra.17896351 The Church art.1102 0.99 Forget Yourself alb.17891826 http://image.listen.com/img/170x170/8/0/7/2/1172708_170x170.jpg 2003-01-01 00:00:00.0 2003-01-01 00:00:00.0 true 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