Search - The Baseball Project :: Volume 1: Frozen Ropes and Dying Quails

Volume 1: Frozen Ropes and Dying Quails
The Baseball Project
Volume 1: Frozen Ropes and Dying Quails
Genres: Alternative Rock, Folk, Pop, Rock
 
  •  Track Listings (13) - Disc #1

Rock n' roll vets Scott McCaughey (The Minus 5, R.E.M., Young Fresh Fellows) and Steve Wynn (The Dream Syndicate, Gutterball, Danny & Dusty, Miracle 3) have an unhealthy love for music undermined only by an even more u...  more »

     
3

Larger Image

CD Details

All Artists: The Baseball Project
Title: Volume 1: Frozen Ropes and Dying Quails
Members Wishing: 4
Total Copies: 0
Label: Yep Roc Records
Original Release Date: 1/1/2008
Re-Release Date: 7/8/2008
Genres: Alternative Rock, Folk, Pop, Rock
Style: Indie & Lo-Fi
Number of Discs: 1
SwapaCD Credits: 1
UPCs: 634457217829, 4028466324511

Synopsis

Product Description
Rock n' roll vets Scott McCaughey (The Minus 5, R.E.M., Young Fresh Fellows) and Steve Wynn (The Dream Syndicate, Gutterball, Danny & Dusty, Miracle 3) have an unhealthy love for music undermined only by an even more unhealthy love of baseball. The compatriots blend their two passions with The Baseball Project -- Volume 1: Frozen Ropes and Dying Quails, an album of buzzing guitars and baseball back stories. The heroes and villains of America's (in)famous pastime are explored with cutting wit and fanboy detail in songs that satisfy both the summer's need for rock anthems and sweltering afternoon double-headers. Drummer Linda Pitmon (Miracle 3, Golden Smog) and R.E.M.'s Peter Buck round out the squad, as they spin tales of ill-fated drinking binges ('The Yankee Flipper', 'The Death of Big Ed Delahanty'), near mythical icons ('Ted Fucking Williams'), folk heroes ('Fernando', 'Satchel Paige Said') and, on 'Gratitude (For Curt Flood)', the overlooked man who changed the game. A passionately funny and sarcastically reverent commentary on the state of the sport, The Baseball Project provides a hip soundtrack to the backstage party at America's game.

Similar CDs


Similarly Requested CDs

 

Member CD Reviews

Bruce T. (PowerPop98105) from SEATTLE, WA
Reviewed on 12/22/2009...
A glorious addition to the canon of baseball songs -- a long-overdue rock and roll answer to Jim Bouton's Ball Four. I keep singing the, ahem, Ted Williams song at inappropriate times.
1 of 1 member(s) found this review helpful.

CD Reviews

A Stand-up Triple
P. Goode | 07/18/2008
(4 out of 5 stars)

"The brainchild of Seattle musicians Steve Wynn and Scott McCaughey (with assistance for REM's Peter Buck and drummer Linda Pitmon), this CD is way more than a cute exercise in nostalgia. In turns ribald ("Ted F---ing Williams"), bitter ("Gratitude [for Curt Flood]), nostalgic ("Sometimes I Dream Of Willie Mays"), and rueful ("Long Before My Time"), Frozen Ropes successfully and accessibly makes the case that baseball isn't that much different from everyday life, reminding us in "Harvey Haddix" that "We're drawn to tragic stories/The ones that suit us best." Incidentally, the title refers to baseball slang for line drives and pop flies."
Please let there be a Volume II
Susan Petrone | Cleveland | 12/03/2008
(5 out of 5 stars)

"What is it about baseball that would make a group of otherwise successful musicians form a side band that's basically a baseball research project? No other sport has inspired so many books, songs, and films, and The Baseball Project's Frozen Ropes and Dying Quails is a worthy addition to the lineup. The music is great--let's get that out of the way first. They're good tunes. But the lyrics are what lift this from just another side project to something greater. The lyrics are alternately witty, poignant, funny, and dirty (sometimes all at the same time). On what other CD can you actually learn a bit of baseball history? Want to learn the origins of free agency and the players who benefited from the courage of Curt Flood? Ever wonder how Big Ed Delahanty died? Want to learn the names of every pitcher who's ever pitched a perfect game in the majors (including one who should be included in that list)? Ever wonder if Ted Williams had an ego problem? It's all here. This may be my favorite album of 2008."