Track Listings (11) - Disc #1| All Artists: Guillemots Title: Red Members Wishing: 1 Total Copies: 0 Label: Universal Int'l Original Release Date: 1/1/2008 Re-Release Date: 6/10/2008 Album Type: Import Genres: Alternative Rock, Pop, Rock Style: Indie & Lo-Fi Number of Discs: 1 SwapaCD Credits: 1 UPCs: 602517625235, 602517625242, 0602517625242 |
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International pressing. 2008 sophomore album from this eclectic British outfit featuring the enhanced video for the album's first single 'Get Over It'. A masterclass in dynamic, exhilarating Pop music, the eleven-song Red... more » |
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Album Description International pressing. 2008 sophomore album from this eclectic British outfit featuring the enhanced video for the album's first single 'Get Over It'. A masterclass in dynamic, exhilarating Pop music, the eleven-song Red adds a distinct edge to their Mercury-nominated sound. Harder, fatter and more disciplined than their critically acclaimed debut LP but equally ambitious, Red sounds like nothing else. It's darker and angrier, but also more beautiful, and the band's knack for melody is matched this time round by an endless cavalcade of inspired beats, bass and loops. From the jagged string stabs that unleash mutant disco-glam opener `Kriss Kross', to the desolate late-night pulse of final track 'Take Me Home', it's a tour-de-force that marries Guillemots' natural melodic flair with a sense of dancefloor abandonment, not heard since Prince's `80s wild pop adventures. Polydor. Similar CDs
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CD ReviewsA new sound Nse Ette | Lagos, Nigeria | 06/12/2008 (4 out of 5 stars) "UK band The Guillemots won me over completely with their brilliant Mercury Prize nominated pseudo-Jazz Cinematic Rock debut "Through the windowpane" released in 2006. They return on their sophomore, "Red" with a harder, more electro sound with some R&B thrown in just for the fun of it. Unfortunately, lead off single "Get over it", and opening cut "Kriss kross", both stomping glam-rock songs, while not bad are not quite as melodic as songs from their debut. Fortunately, the R&B-ish "Big dog" (with heavy synths) is very good. "Red" is more upbeat than their debut with the fuzzy stomping "Last kiss" and the brilliant Disco-inflected "Cockateels" (with lush and dreamy sound effects) keeping the tempo raised. "Clarion" starts off as a gentle finger snapping ditty, with a buzzing riff and stomping beats coming in miidway, while the lovely "Standing on the last star" finds Fyfe Dangerfield singing in a high pitch in parts and singing kooky lyrics like "Somebody left the taps on in the sky" (lovely dreamy harmonies). Then we get their epic ballads; the acoustic "Falling out of reach" (with Gospel-style backing vocals), the harmonica/piano laced, Jazzy "Words", the superb "Don't look down" (with droning synths, lovely keyboard flourishes, dreamy harmonies, and a surprisingly crashing choir-like bridge after which it takes on a sort of drum & bass rhythm), and the lush "Take me home" (with skeletal beats, sombre organs/strings, and some wailing by Dangerfield) closing the album. While there isn't another "Trains to Brazil" or (my favourite) "Sao Paolo" here, Guillemots still manage to produce beautiful songs, unlike much of what is out there at the moment." MY NEW FAVORITE ALBUM!!!!!! My Two Cents,and some change... | Texas | 09/16/2009 (5 out of 5 stars) "OH MY GOSH!!!! I stumbled upon this group on U-Tube with the GET OVER IT video. I liked the song so much that I immediately ordered the album. Much to my surprise, the song I bought it for is now my LEAST favorite on the album! That is, I LOVE EVERYTHING ON THIS RECORDING! There isn't a clunker on it. Go out there and buy this, and while you are at it, get the others too. They are a wonderful listen to with the headphones on, sit back and prepare to be amazed!"
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