Track Listings (13) - Disc #1| All Artists: Sadies Title: Favourite Colours Members Wishing: 5 Total Copies: 0 Label: Yep Roc Records Release Date: 8/24/2004 Genres: Country, Alternative Rock, International Music, Pop, Rock Styles: Americana, North America, Adult Alternative, Country Rock Number of Discs: 1 SwapaCD Credits: 1 Other Editions: Favourite Colours UPCs: 634457206823, 623339900522 |
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At first glance, it may seem that Toronto's Sadies have merely stood pat with their trademark blend of psychedelic country and twangy surf rock. But theirs has been a sly evolution, and Favourite Colours, their fifth full-... more » |
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Amazon.com At first glance, it may seem that Toronto's Sadies have merely stood pat with their trademark blend of psychedelic country and twangy surf rock. But theirs has been a sly evolution, and Favourite Colours, their fifth full-length (not including various collaborations), finds them masterfully honing and building on their core sound. There's an emerging depth and pensiveness to their songwriting, a growing sense of spirituality and drama. The imagery is grand and vivid, seemingly drifting from utopian to apocalyptic. The heart of the album is a three-part suite (broken up by a dense, cinematic instrumental) that perfectly exemplifies the Sadies' deft balance of the ominous and the uplifting. The gentle steel and delicate acoustic strumming of "1000 Cities Falling (Part 1)" gives way to the trippy, atmospheric "Song of the Chief Musician (Part 2)" before culminating with the bright, sunny, 12-string-driven "Why Be So Curious? (Part 3)" with its refrain: "why be so curious when nobody knows the truth?" In this balance between tension and consolation one can hear echoes of '60s "cosmic cowboys" the Byrds, Buffalo Springfield, and Flying Burrito Brothers. Exclusive company indeed, but with their sharp, fluid playing and broadening lyrical and musical scope, the Sadies are fast earning these comparisons. --Marc Greilsamer Similar CDs
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CD ReviewsMore ALT than COUNTRY Don't Rock, Wobble | Franklin, TN United States | 08/30/2004 (5 out of 5 stars) "The Sadies have returned with their best album so far. Equal parts Byrds, Wilco, and Meat Puppets, the (incredibly tall) fellows from The Sadies are giants who stand on the shoulders of giants. If you get the chance to see The Sadies play live, you certainly should do it. I caught them in Nashville in 2003, where they very graciously played about a thousand songs over three incredibly solid sets -- and no two songs sounded alike. (If you happen to catch The Sadies performing as the backing band for Neko Case, please tell them to come back to Nashville and leave Neko at the Tennessee state line. She's wonderfully talented, but we're tired of her being so condescending every time she visits.)" Sadies Psychedelized L.B. | Kingston, Ontario Canada | 12/28/2004 (4 out of 5 stars) ""Favourite Colours" is a successful departure from The Sadies' brand of surfer country music, drawing on the delightful strangeness of the Good brothers, Dallas and Travis, to extend their reach into the realms of Pink Floyd and The Grateful Dead. More introspective and meandering this time, The Sadies take the psychedelic elements that have always been underpinning their hard-to-classify music and explore them at greater length. The result is more evidence that The Sadies are one of the most creative bands around today." Retro sixties style MajicRay | Florida | 02/15/2006 (4 out of 5 stars) "The Sadies are new to me;I found this cd in the library. I picked it up because of the picture on the cover--these guys look cool. But to get to the review--if you like the Byrds country period-- you will like this. I liked the instrumentals--contrary to some of the other reviewers. They have a country hippy rock mixed with a strange surf rock guitar at times. The vocals are sort of like the Greatfull Dead meet the Byrds. Great dream trance like feeling when listening to this cd. So if you like Hippy country --get this you won't be disapointed."
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