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Guest Room
Ivy
Guest Room
Genres: Alternative Rock, Pop
 
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Japanese edition of the stylish indie-pop act's 2002 covers album includes two bonus tracks, 'Let's Go To Bed' (Hawaii82 Remix) & 'Cruel'. Digipak. Minty Fresh.

     

CD Details

All Artists: Ivy
Title: Guest Room
Members Wishing: 3
Total Copies: 0
Label: Jvc Victor
Release Date: 10/23/2002
Album Type: Import
Genres: Alternative Rock, Pop
Style: Indie & Lo-Fi
Number of Discs: 1
SwapaCD Credits: 1

Synopsis

Album Description
Japanese edition of the stylish indie-pop act's 2002 covers album includes two bonus tracks, 'Let's Go To Bed' (Hawaii82 Remix) & 'Cruel'. Digipak. Minty Fresh.

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CD Reviews

Splendid!
Thomas Horan | Chapel Hill, NC | 12/23/2002
(5 out of 5 stars)

"This album of covers is an absolute joy, like ice cream on a summer day. The sound is spacey, melodic, and just a little twee, without leaving a saccharine taste in your mouth. Ivy do such a good job interpreting other people's songs that you'd think they were the band's own if you didn't know otherwise."
Lush??
Daniel Leithauser | Grand Junction, CO USA | 03/13/2003
(5 out of 5 stars)

"After briefly hearing "Undertow" (from Long Distance) on a SciFi Channel repeat of the series Roswell, I was instantly hooked. I did a search for "Roswell music" on google and was rewarded with a couple of sites that listed music in each episode. I noted that Ivy was present more than a couple of times. The reason I was hooked? It sounded like Lush. Being a Lush-head from the beginning of their career, and lamenting their demise, I was entranced by the similarity of Ivy to Lush.
I ended up purchasing all the Ivy I could find, and this is the first one to arrive at my door. I was not disappointed. If I was forced to compare this particular album to a Lush album I would say it is closest to Lovelife.... but it does have its differences, particularly since Guestroom is a bunch of cover songs of other groups. The first song, "Let's Go To Bed", a Cure song, hooked me right away. The rest reinforced the hooking, but including "I Don't Know Why I Love You" (Guy Chadwick), "Only a Fool Would Say That" (those Steely Dan guys!), "Be My Baby" (Phil Spector), and "I Guess I'm Just a Little Too Sensitive" (Edwyn Collins). I just cannot wait until the rest of these Ivy albums arrive! I have already listened to Guestroom 4 times in a row... bottomline--if you like Lush, you will find Ivy very pleasing."
The pop of Apartment Life + the electronica of Long Distance
JoAnn Whetsell | Seattle, WA | 12/28/2004
(5 out of 5 stars)

"Two years after its release, Guestroom is still one of my favorite albums. It's just a great blend of pop and ectronica and pure Ivy magic ranging from upbeat and bouncy to slow and dreamy and almost other-worldly. Maybe it's because I only know one of the originals, but these songs really feel like Ivy's. Half the songs come from previous, mostly rare now, recordings, and half are new. All are great."