What can I say? Asolutely brilliant! I can't get enough of listening to this album.
Do you hate getting up in the mornings? Me to. Listen to this and it'll cheer you up no end, but beware, you will be singing their songs all day - hey it could be worse you could be going around in a bad mood ... Read review
Henrietta Flathead Country Boys & City Girls Whistle For The Choir Chelsea Dagger For ... more
The Girl Doginabag Creepin Up The Backstairs Vince The Loveable Stoner Everybody Knows You Cried Last Night Baby Fratelli Got Ma Nuts From A Hippie Ole Black 'n' ...
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There's nothing terribly complicated about the Fratellis' debut album,Costello Music, but ... more
that's by no means a criticism. Rather than inject their songs with complex chords, or steep their lyrics with their political and social agendas, this Glasgow trio have instead focussed on writing 13 songs that are pure, unabashed entertainment. And it's a pace--and an attitude--that doesn't let up, from the jumpy opening bars of "Henrietta" to the groupie-reminiscing of "Ole Black'n'Blue Eyes". In many ways,Costello Musicsounds like a return to the hedonistic rush of early 1990's Britpop, with it's exhilarating guitar riffs and arrogant swagger--"Chelsea Dagger" somehow applies the attitude of early Oasis to the pop catchiness ofGreat Escape-era Blur. But the Fratellis also know their history: the ska-punk of "Cuntry Boys&City Girls" and "For the Girl" has the Fratellis sounding like the cheeky offspring of the Clash, or a less-irritating Madness. But all this analysis kind of misses the point ofCostello Music: this is music for dancing, not for contemplation. It's loud, fast and in-your-face, exactly what you'd expect from three young men with guitars.--Ted Kord
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Advantages: A fantastic CD that can be listened to from beginning to end! Disadvantages: None!
What can I say? Asolutely brilliant! I can't get enough of listening to this album.
Do you hate getting up in the mornings? Me to. Listen to this and it'll cheer you up no end, but beware, you will be singing their songs all day - hey it could be worse you could be going around in a bad mood all day!! I listen to it when I get ready for work and in the car on the way to work.
It's an album that can be listened to all the way through ... ...it!
If you're into pop, rock, alternative music, in fact listeners to most types of music would enjoy this album. I like it and i'm into stuff like The Killers, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Razorlight, Stereophonics. Even my 12 year old niece likes it ( who is into R&B!!!)
All I can say is that its a fantastic album and I would recommend it to anyone and everyone!! ... more
What can I say? Asolutely brilliant! I can't get enough of listening to this album. Do you hate getting up in the mornings? Me to. Listen to this and it'll cheer you up no end, but beware, you will be singing their songs all day - hey it could be worse you could be going around in a bad mood all day!! I listen to it when I get ready for work and in the car on the way to work. It's an album that can be listened to all the way through from beginning to end. There's not a bad track on it! If you're into pop, rock, alternative music, in fact listeners to most types of music would enjoy this album. I like it and i'm into stuff like The Killers, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Razorlight, Stereophonics. Even my 12 year old niece likes it ( who is into R&B!!!) All I can say is that its a fantastic album and I would recommend it to anyone and everyone!!
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One of the best albums released recently. There is not one track on the album which is not worth listening to and each track would merit release as a single. A must have album for anyones collection. ...
u01kjb3 19.06.2007
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Advantages: catchiest album I've heard in a long time Disadvantages: their sound isnt really anything new
First of all a warning, you will find yourself humming the tunes on this album for a long time to come.
1 Henrietta - heavy guitar based song, very catchy, you'll recognise it from the radio.
2. Flathead - a slightly repeptitive verse with an anthemic ba da ba ba da ba ba ba type chorus, slight ska influences on this one.
3. Cuntry Boys and City Girls (sic), sounds a bit libertine-esque, a real rocker
4. Whistle for the choir - the calm after ... ...feature in this album)
5. Chelsea Dagger - you've heard it, even if you don't know you've heard it you probably have, the big single from the album with another big singalong chorus
6. For the Girl, nice stone roses pun here, "she was into the Stones, when I was into the Roses" obviously namechecking some of their influences. There ends the first half of the album, the big singles and singalongs half.
7. Dog in a Bag, probably the filler track ...
banyard 25.03.2007
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Advantages: Great fun sign-along-but-still-look-cool music Disadvantages: Not much depth, short album
...12 year old then you should get Costello music. It has a lot of filler in there songs with a lot of "lalalala"s and "He said-she said-you said"s.
In short a very fun album, I love it but it is not the most thought provoking album out there. ...
horhito 28.08.2008
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got this cd and dvd and its brilliant. if you can get your hands on it and youve been to the concerts then the dvd is a great reminder of what they performed like. better value for money buying the dvd and cd, the dvd is live at the ABC in Glagsow and the cd is just there album not live. brilliant tunes and a brilliant group altogether. as the group have only really came on the scene in the past year this album is great tribute to the fans who have followed them from the start. it also has henrietta and creeping up the backstairs on the video that has been shown on the music channels.
would highly recommend this pack if you can get it, it is also a limited edition. i purchased this at £8.99 this was from HMV online. There first relase creepin up the backstairs is on it, with henrieatta and chelsea dagger, also with there new ...
Advantages: lively and loud, perfect to rock out to. Disadvantages: when not in the mood, can cause headaches.
'Here We Stand' is the second album from the glasgow based rock band 'TheFratellis'
This new album comes after the success of the debut album 'CostelloMusic' A hit with most teenagers around the country, with lots of shouting and lively tracks. The new album contains all of that found in its predecessor, with whittier lyrics and some calmer tracks. The likes of 'Mistress Mable' and 'shameless' will, like the old album, provoke drunken football fans to sing along.
Released around the same times as new albums from the kooks, the zutons and the feeling. All of which appeal to the same audience, i have all of them, and this new album from the Scottish trio comes a close second to the kooks, some good tracks, improving on the debut album. perfect for anyone to sing along and shout at the top of your voice. definitely worth my £9. ...
Advantages: An excellent debut album Disadvantages: Disadvantages?!
Born and bread in Scotland, The Fratellis are proving to the world that there?s reason to get excited about the world of rock n? roll at the moment with their debut outing ?CostelloMusic?
Personally, the Arctic Monkeys are the best ?new? band I?ve heard in the past eighteen months?theFratellis however must come a very respectable second. With my constant deploring on ?NME-esque? bands, the Fratellis offer up something different to the norm. Jumpy, exciting, addictive music.
After originally releasing it about a year ago, ?Chelsea Dagger? would be most people?s first taste of the band, and many would have been caught almost unaware of chanting the chorus in their head back and forth and tapping their feet to the rhythm for the rest of the day after having heard it on the TV or radio. That song set their benchmark and after ...
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Product details
Title
Costello Music
Performer
Fratellis (The)
Genre
Rock & Pop
Sub Genre
Alternative
Release Date
18/09/2006
Recomended Retail Price
16.99 GBP
Original Release Year
2006
Label / Distributor
Island / Universal Music
Engineer
Todd Burke; Tony Hoffer
Producer
Tony Hoffer
Pieces in Set
1
Studio / Live
Studio
Stereo
Stereo
Format
Performer
EAN
602517071933
Catalogue Number
1707193
Additional notes
Album Notes
On their energetic and assured full-length debut, COSTELLO MUSIC, the Fratellis offer up a charmingly mischievous set of guitar-driven Britpop. Like rowdier cousins of the Kooks, these Scottish lads clearly look for inspiration to 1970s glam icons such as Marc Bolan and David Bowie (see the hard-charging, T. Rex-like "Flathead" and the stomping "Chelsea Dagger"), but they also indulge in whimsical Beatlesque ditties (most notably the lighthearted "Vince the Lovable Stoner"), proving that they're not tethered to one particular approach. COSTELLO MUSIC is the perfect soundtrack for a night of pub-crawling.
Titles on disc 1
1.
Henrietta
2.
Flathead
3.
Cuntry Boys And City Girls
4.
Whistle For The Choir
5.
Chelsea Dagger
6.
For The Girl
7.
Doginabag
8.
Creepin' Up The Backstairs
9.
Vince The Loveable Stoner
10.
Everybody Knows You Cried Last Night
11.
Baby Fratelli
12.
Got Ma Nuts From A Hippy
13.
Ole Black 'n' Blue Eyes
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