Aaron A. from VIRGINIA BCH, VA Reviewed on 4/5/2012...
This was my introduction to Mazzy Star. Dadda-style lyrics and contemplative, swelling music makes this the perfect album for a rainy day as your tears fall into your warm beverage of choice.
CD Reviews
This album will save you and keep you and destroy you...
Aron Hsiao | New York, New York | 12/21/2002
(5 out of 5 stars)
"This is one of the best discs I own.These songs are so incredibly sad and so full of longing... There's no other experience quite like sitting alone on the beach drinking to excess and listening to All Your Sisters the day a love affair ends. At moments like that, the song will bring you closer to death and closer to life than anything else you've ever heard.Try driving through the northwestern woods on a dreamy day while listening to I've Been Let Down or Take Everything or Look On Down From the Bridge. You'll cry. You'll remember. You'll feel. You'll find yourself asleep while you're awake, dreaming of lost loves and hazy afternoons in bed and intoxicated-- those moments that ended, even though you never wanted them to... those moments you'd long since forgotten.I love this music and this music loves me. I drink to this music, and sometimes I feel as though these songs raise a glass to me. Probably, you'll love this music, too. Welcome back to the era when music meant something."
Hope is beautiful
06/16/1998
(5 out of 5 stars)
"Mazzy Star's latest album, Among My Swan, is both an exceptional sound and experience. Perhaps there should be one qualification in that its not for everyone in the Techno Spice World of Top 40. The Velvet Underground, the Doors, blues and even country are commonly cited as influences on the album's various tracks. Hope Sandoval's ethereal vocals glide gracefully over the studied understatement of Dave Roback's guitar work and arrangements. The music turns rhythmically in subtle shades of tone and mood like sunlight through swaying branches on an eternal afternoon. Notable tracks include "Flowers in December" and "I've Been Let Down" which really let Hope's exquisite lyrics and voice shine. Shy and heartfelt, she can convey a sadness so profound that it is almost resignation. The music has been described as depressing, but in its own way, like an opera, it magically transforms that sadness into something beautiful, poignant and ultimately powerful. If you've noticed, it tends to inspire the group's fans to wax poetic, perhaps having been in touch with something extraordinary."
It's okay. You can cry now
SKOLVK | TUCSON | 04/30/2004
(5 out of 5 stars)
"One should be warned before listening to A Mazzy Star album that they make powerful music and if you're listening closely it may take you off guard. Mazzy Star makes some of the most beautiful and heartbreaking music I've ever had the joy of listening to. Every note is shrouded in longing and Hope's voice seems to dance along with them flawlessly. Mazzy Star has become folk heros for those of us who are lost and alone. Mazzy Star's music is there to let us know that we are not alone. together we sing our sorrows and talk with the ghosts of our pasts. Buy this album."
So very beautiful and dreamy
Al | Kansas City, MO | 09/26/1999
(5 out of 5 stars)
"This group and their music is so much more than just lyrics and instruments. It creates feelings and images in your mind, especially some of the songs on this album, they create a dream like state where things can become surreal, almost like a whisper. I have always enjoyed writing, but sometimes its hard to get into the needed mood. Often times music can only be a distraction, but this music creates images in the mind and creates scenes of imagination. Characters can begin speaking to you on a weird level, all because of a trance-like state that this soft music can cause. I am truly appreciative to Mazzy Star for their work, the beauty that they create. -Allen Darrah"
Oh My Gosh!! This is Wonderful!
Grozarks | St. Louis, Missouri United States | 07/16/2004
(5 out of 5 stars)
"Mazzy Star's Hope Sandavol is sort of like a female Johnny Cash on some strange trippy drug. It is strange and wonderful music. "Among My Swan" is Mazzy Star's best and very solid all the way through. Great Stuff!!"