Search - Felt :: Absolute Classic Masterpieces

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Jay Hagstrom | Chicago, IL USA | 09/13/2000

(5 out of 5 stars)

"Felt seems to have an unusual way of overlapping their offerings. This record is chock full of Felt non-hits. I say "non-hits" because saying "I will die, with my head in flames" is sort of... dramatic. The lyrics are somewhat tongue-in-cheek I would gather. But I always get a chuckle and the music always makes me tap my foot. There is so much music here. When I first bought a Felt release I thought "sheesh, this is sure expensive." But now I know that the hefty price is worth it... If you're into this sort of thing. If you like Belle & Sebastian... Just go buy it."

This is actually ABSOLUTE CLASSIC MASTERPIECES VOLUME TWO

leviticus85 | kalamazoo,MI | 03/21/2002

(4 out of 5 stars)

"if you've never heard felt before, think pretty, clean guitar pop, some organ, and midrange, slightly monotone vocals that sound a lot like lou reed. the difference between this and the cherry red period is that these tracks, originally released on the now defunct creation label, are poppier and more upbeat. not to say that poppy = bad, because these are very good jangle pop songs.
yes, this cd is very, very expensive. is it worth it? well, that depends on how much you like felt, and how much you want to hear some songs from their creation singles and albums. disc one covers the singles...one problem: disc one is only about 23 minutes long. they should have at least included ALL of the singles tracks. most of them are here but a few are missing. on disc two we get a "best of" package from the lps. i'm a bit dissapointed that "all the people i like are those that are dead" and "down but not yet out" weren't included. no matter, all of the songs here are good ones, with the exception of the instrumental tracks, which technically aren't really felt anyway. not that they are terrible, but they are far from necessary. oh, in case you didn't know, most of the booklet is in japanese. unfortunately, all of felt's creation material is out of print. so, if you want to hear it and don't feel like hunting down the original vinyl-which is bound to be expensive as hell-get this. i would definitely not recommend this to felt neophytes. save this one for last and buy the four in print cds first."

A compilation of Felt's Creation years

Arne Van Petegem | antwerpen, belgium | 12/17/2006

(5 out of 5 stars)

"Throughout their history Felt released ten albums and ten singles. The first couple of these were released on the Cherry Red label - a compilation compiled from these records is available on that label as "Absolute Classic Masterpieces" (volume 1 if you'd like). After that the band moved on to the legendary Creation Records label, replacing their guitar player Maurice Deebank with keyboard player Martin Duffy (now in Primal Scream) and continued to sophisticate their sound resulting in the release of a couple of utterly classic albums and singles.



This Japanese only compilation is compiled from their output on that label and is a great overview for anybody who'd like to get a good overview of Felt's creation years or anybody who has the albums but would like to get their hands on some of the now hard to find single tracks."