1 | The Fireman is a collaborative project between former [[Music/TheBeatles Beatle]] Music/PaulMcCartney and music producer Youth. Their music mostly consists of ambient techno, but on later releases they've also dabbled in rock, psychedelic, folk and other genres. |
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3 | In 1993, they released ''Strawberries Oceans Ships Forest'', featuring light-hearted techno remixes of the ''Off the Ground'' sessions and two MinisculeRocking tracks from ''[[Music/{{Wings}} Back to the Egg]]'', to mixed reviews. Most critics and fans criticized the album for its tracks [[ItsTheSameNowItSucks sounding too much like each other]]. In 1998, they released the NewSoundAlbum ''Rushes'', featuring more of a rockish flavor and more variety to its sound. 2008 saw their comeback ''Music/ElectricArguments'', which was even more of a NewSoundAlbum than ''Rushes'', introducing a GenreRoulette sound and vocals from [=McCartney=]. The result earned critical acclaim and a fair amount of popularity. |
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5 | !!! The Fireman Discography |
6 | * ''Strawberries Oceans Ships Forest'' (1993) |
7 | * ''Rushes'' (1998) |
8 | * ''Music/ElectricArguments'' (2008) |
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10 | !!! Tropes related to The Fireman |
11 | * AnonymousBand: They sort of started out as one - ''Strawberries Oceans Ships Forest'' was released with little fanfare and no credits mentioning either member's names, and the record label had to confirm the rumors that Paul [=McCartney=] was involved. |
12 | * EpicRocking: All the songs on ''Strawberries Oceans Ships Forest'', "Palo Verde", "Auraveda", "Fluid", "Appletree Cinnabar Amber", "7 a.m.", "Don't Stop Running" (though this is thanks to a HiddenTrack). |
13 | * GenreRoulette: On ''Electric Arguments'', there's a lot of rock songs, as well as some ambient techno and some psychedelic songs. |
14 | * {{Instrumentals}}: A LOT of their songs. |
15 | * LeadBassist: Consisting only of two bassists, The Fireman qualifies by default. |
16 | * MagpiesAsPortents: "Two Magpies", which also states the title of the relevant nursery rhyme (''One for Sorrow, Two for Joy''). |
17 | * MinimalisticCoverArt: ''Strawberries Oceans Ships Forest'' is just a red background with "strawberr" at the top right corner. |
18 | * NewSoundAlbum: ''Strawberries Oceans Ships Forest'' was ambient techno, ''Rushes'' had some guitars, ''Electric Arguments'' had a lot of rock songs on it. |
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