The Swirling Eddies - Sacred Cows

Friday 1st August 1997
The Swirling Eddies - Sacred Cows
The Swirling Eddies - Sacred Cows

STYLE: Rock
RATING 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8
OUR PRODUCT CODE: 15069-
LABEL: StarSong 0124
FORMAT: CD Album
ITEMS: 1

Reviewed by Mike Rimmer

The sleeve notes say that the Swirling Eddies are attempting to cross over into mainstream CCM and so they've recorded their 10 favourite CCM tracks which have helped them! Ahem! Terry Taylor's alter ego band have a reputation for the tongue in check ever since the epic "Hide The Beer The Pastor's Here". Now it seems that they want to upset the entire Christian community by taking some of CCM's best loved and most successful tunes and sending them up in a way that only the Eddies could manage. This spoof could be highly offensive if you love Amy's "Baby Baby" which is here reduced to a sub Crash Test Dummies soundalike complete with a brilliant keyboard solo. The hero of Carman's spiritual warfare epic "Satan Bite The Dust" is reduced to a wimpy sounding lisper who delivers all the right lines but doesn't speak with quite the same authority of Carman. "I Luv Rap Music" becomes a hilarious piece of lounge jazz! Al Denson's "Alcatraz" loses its impact when performed using cheesy synth sounds with a variable tape speed. Audio Adrenaline's "Big House" is sung by "Spot" who suffers from Elmer Fudd's disease! I suspect that there is some intention of a deeper meaning from Taylor as an observation that a lot of successful Christian tunes are theological no brainers. Ok, ok, ok. it's just one huge pointless but highly entertaining laugh! Buy the album and help the band defend themselves when the cream of CCM join together and sue them down to their Y fronts! Some Sacred Cows deserve a trip to the abattoir!

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Reader Comments

Posted by Matt in Bridgend @ 14:11 on Mar 25 2011

This little comedic giant of an album cannot be forgotten. It is truly is just plain and simple fun. The Eddies always have been so plainly laughable and engaging. I just love the cartoon characters we get here throughout this ha ha ha album. If you have a sense of humour, then youll need to get your hands on this album, its truly a blast. The guys high and rediculous vocals on Convertibles are nappysoakingly raucous! And Spot's Droopy on Big House is almost as blikin' hilarious too. This is just light relief, so just chill!



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