Phillip Western* - Treatment

Label:

The Record Company

Catalog#:

RECD010

Format:

2 x CDr, Compilation, Gatefold Cardboard Sleeve

Country:

Released:

Feb 2009

Genre:

Electronic, Rock

Style:

Techno, House, Shoegaze, IDM, Ambient, Experimental

Tracklist

		cd.one (1:13:13)
1.01	Phil Western -	I'm Gonna Love You So Hard	3:49
1.02	Phil Western -	Hampi	5:50
1.03	Phil Western & Tim Hill -	DMT	4:58
1.04	Phil Western -	Dark Star	3:48
1.05	Phil Western -	The Sign	8:35
1.06	Phil Western & Tim Hill -	Embryo	5:40
1.07	Phil Western & Tim Hill -	Play The Fool	6:00
1.08	Phil Western -	San Julian	7:57
1.09	Phil Western -	Paranoid	5:38
1.10	Phil Western -	Pleasures Gained	5:28
1.11	Kone -	Shoehorn	5:50
1.12	Phil Western & Tim Hill -	Fight No More	4:08
1.13	Phil Western -	Where	5:32
		cd.two (1:14:33)
2.01	Phil Western & Tim Hill -	Bring That Home	4:08
2.02	Phil Western -	Easier	4:16
2.03	Kone -	I Roll The Nickles	6:52
2.04	Phil Western & Tim Hill -	We Don't Know	3:43
		Written-By - Tim Hill
2.05	Phil Western & Tim Hill -	He Never Showed Up	5:16
2.06	Phil Western -	No More You	7:07
2.07	Phil Western -	Thieves Suffer (Edit)	5:31
2.08	Phil Western & Tim Hill -	Therapy	5:22
2.09	Phil Western -	Land Based	4:37
2.10	Phil Western -	No Help	2:54
2.11	Phil Western -	Simpleton	4:18
2.12	Kone -	Tag	4:50
2.13	Phil Western -	The Truth	5:35
2.14	Phil Western -	Electric Death	4:29
2.15	Kone -	Ke Bop Bop	5:35

Credits

Other [Design By] - Simon Paul
Written-By - Phil Western

Notes

This release contains tracks from Phil's various solo releases, as well as 2 of his joint releases with Tim Hill, tracks from the first 2 releases under his alias Kone, and a previously unreleased track (1.01).

The tracks are culled from the following releases:
The Escapist: 1.02, 1.10, 2.10
Therapy EP: 2.04, 2.08
Dark Features: 1.03, 1.06, 1.07, 1.12, 2.01, 2.05
Worlds End: 1.04, 1.09, 2.06, 2.09, 2.11, 2.13
4am: 1.05, 1.08, 1.13, 2.07, 2.14
DAT Hell: 2.02
Kone - Cirrhotic Psychotic: 1.11, 2.12, 2.15
Kone - On Daddys Farm: 2.03

Errata and notables:
1.04 is titled DarkStar on it's original release.
1.05 is titled The Sign (Existing Out Of Body) on it's original release.
1.07 is titled Be The Fool on it's original release.
2.01 is titled Bring That Home, Buffalo on it's original release.
2.14 is about 30 seconds longer than what is found on it's original release, as the original mix of the song had the next track's beat started at the end of it.

All songs P+C The Record Company.
Written behind the yellow doors.

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Rated 5/5

Review by quoth09 Feb 24, 2009

Ah, Treatment. Phil's first release of 2009, and also to finance his label after him going away for a little while due to personal issues.

This is a solid compilation for anyone that needs an introduction to Phil. Some of my personal favorites aren't on here: Mourning, Bob, Kent The Fly, Shimmer, but that doesn't mean I like this release any less than any of his others, as it has plenty of my other favorites: Hampi, DMT, San Julian, Shoehorn, Where, I Roll The Nickles, The Truth, Ke Bop Bop - so I'm definitely not complaining.

The only track that hasn't been seen on any prior release so far is 'I'm Gonna Love You So Hard', but Phil has had that on his MySpace music player for a while, prior to this release. It's nice having it on a real release now though.

2 other notable tracks on here were previously only on vinyl (Therapy 10") get new life: 'Therapy' and 'We Don't Know'. However this release is missing the 3rd track off of the original release: 'Powell'. At least Phil tries to keep the collectors happy. 2 out of 3 isn't bad though, and it's definitely better than none at all.

It's also worth noting that Thieves Suffer and Electric Death from Phil's 4am release is different on this compilation, with the first being about 3 1/2 minutes shorter than the original on 4am, and the latter not being cut off on the end/overlapped by the next track.

Aside from Phil's normal electronic flare, we get a good amount of Phil's guitar-ambient / elctronic based tracks on here, and some of his more rock based ones as well.

Overall, if you can't track down the individual releases these tracks are on, this will definitely tide you over until then.