Trick To Life, The [ECD] - Hoosiers (The)

...of their debut album, "The Trick To Life". The band cite some of their main influences as being the likes of The Cure and The Flaming Lips, and delving into the musical mayhemic melodies of the album, it is apparent in some tracks. Stylistically, the band have incorporated a cartoon humourism to their identity, with outfits reminiscent of 70's colour and Scooby Doo films (check out the video to "Worried About Ray"). Prior to the release of this, ...
...making the anticipation of "The Trick To Life" even greater. "The Trick To Life": 1. Worried About Ray": Aptly the debut, and arguably best release of the two from the Hoosiers so far, "Worried About Ray" has enjoyed a 3-month long stint in the charts. The infectious chorus-line, combined with the edgy (slightly rock) guitar intro, and Supertramp style beat, gives a song notably about paranoia, a humourous, cartoon-pop style which will have you ...

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...Track 10 - The Trick to Life ------------------------------------ Rather Jeff Buckley/Nik Kershaw inspired at the beginning but it soon kicks into a more powerful beat and the instrumental in the background is lot stronger. This track has a very strong 'Indie' feel to it and again Irwin's vocals are great and unlike the high pitched vocals are pleasant to listen to rather than chandelier shattering… a good track. Track 11 - Money to be Made -------------------------------------- ...
...has the Hoosiers - The Trick to Life with some rather spooky eyes underneath, its basic but effective and draws you in. If inserted into a computer it comes up with a title page where you can play the CD or view hidden features. The hidden feature includes a Bonus Track - The feeling you get when…which is a very peculiar track leaving you slightly bemused. The track is interesting though but I can see why they hid it :-p There is also the ability ...

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...released their debut album "The Trick to life" this very CD I'm reviewing quite recently and yet despite having had their first single released originally just through the net ("Worried about Ray") reaching #15 on downloads alone (peaking at #5 when the single was released on CD). We'd all heard the song and it'd got into all our heads despite many of us asking who they were. Well The Hoosiers are a british-seweedish band (members are from Exeter, ...
...could become. 10/10 "The trick to life", sadly this song started in a way that threw Busted straight into my head (=/ damn), before the percussion kicks in (Charlie Simpson isn't fit to hold Alfonos's Jock strap, to parapharse the great Larry Holmes) as the song swiftly leads into fun indie rather than "punk-pop-crap" with a catchy and semi humourous lyrical hook. Despite this it isn't upto the standards of many of the albums tracks. 7/10 "Money ...

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...9. "Killer" 10. "The Trick to Life" 11. "Money to Be Made" 12. "The Feeling You Get When" (Hidden track) === The Songs === "Goodbye Mr A" and "Worried About Ray" were their first two most successful singles. I find them to be fun, fast and upbeat,but musically a little too similar to each other. When I first heard "Goodbye Mr A", I wanted to hear I again, but didn't really understand it. The superhero video points towards comic book hero Mr. A., ...
..."Worst Case Scenario" and "The Trick to Life" are all still fast paced tracks with good beats, they are also catchy, but a bit harsher and more mainstream. "The Trick to Life" is more serious and well worth listening to, but my favourite of these is "Worst Case Scenario", as I think the lyrics are clever. As with most of the Hoosiers songs, the topics are more interesting than the usual 'boy/girl relationship' or 'night out' written about in most ...

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The album 'The Trick To Life' was The Hoosiers first album which was released on 22nd October 2007 in the UK. The album was a No.1 hit in the UK and this album managed to get to number 30 in the UK end of year album chart selling just under 400,000 copies last year. The song called 'Worried about Ray' was their debut single, it was a top 20 hit reaching number 16 in the UK Charts on 24th June 2007 which was just based on downloads before the song ...
...9. "Killer" - 3:49 10. "The Trick to Life" - 2:49 11. "Money to Be Made" - 2:01 12. "The Feeling You Get When" - 4:17 The other song I like which is not set to be released as a single is 'The Trick To Life' because it's slightly different to the other songs on the album and I think it's a very good song. The twelfth track on the album is a hidden track. This album has been very successful in the UK so far, but I don't think it's been released anywhere ...

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From hearing the wonderful single ''Worried About Ray'', I knew the Hoosiers were set for big things. This catchy and melodic tune was soon making itself known to the indie-pop fans. Even though no one knew who this mysterious band was, everyone loved it. With their next single, ''Goodbye Mr A'' getting into the top 10, people expected big from their debut album, and they were given what they deserved. The album provides sharp and catchy tunes in ...
...mixed in with slower emotive songs with ''Run Rabbit Run'' and ''A Sadness Runs Through Him'' before sending the listener into the depths of the phenomenal instrumental finale, ''Money To Be Made'' and with the superiority of this stupendous debut, this is exactly what they'll be making for many years to come. ...

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...and a great tune the trick to life - incredibly catchy money to be made - this is my least favourite, i think it's not as interesting as the rest The album comes in four colours, and inside the leaflet there is more artwork similar to that on the cover. There is some bonus material as well but unfortunately I was unable to access it as I have an apple computer. The lyrics are great, and i think they are quite easy to hear. An example from 'killer' ...

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I got this CD about 2 weeks before I was due to see them live and I have to admit, I didn't think it was the best music i'd ever heard. But after a few plays I realised what excellent and funky music they make, and some of the songs are truly beautiful. I would definately recommend this to everyone who's into up-beat pop with meaning. The lead singer, Irwin Sparkes, has an amazing voice and can reach pitches that I would not even attempt. He even ...
...album is hardly digitally remastered. The instruments all blend really well together and therefore make the songs flow with no sense of dis-jointedness. The only thing I would probably want more of is more songs. The songs themselves are quite short and the album finishes reletively quickly, a slight disappointment but nothing really too serious. Nothing really can glaze over the fact that this album is really really good and is most definatly worth ...

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Very overrated, poor construction of songs. Very similar and weak in an instrumental sense. Very plain and the singer's voice becomes annoying very quickly. Only two songs on the album are decent . these include "Goodbye Mr. A" and "Worried about Ray". Both are in the same key and revolve around the same 3 chords. Although they seem to be very popular as both the songs are catchy. In fact that is the reason that i bought this album. But don't' fall for the trick of buying the album. It's not worth the money. It's a shame really. I am sure they are perfectly talented musicians, but their songwriting could be better. If i had ten pounds to buy a cd with. This album would defiantly not be at the top of my list. ...

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I really liked this album; the songs are unusual (in a good way) and I particularly liked the track "Worst Case Scenario". I bought the album because their first two singles were fantastic and stuck in my head for ages. Defintely worth getting if you are a fan of all things unique. ...

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The Trick to Life is the debut album of The Hoosiers released on October 22nd and I think it is a great CD. The best and most well known songs are Goodbye Mr. A and Worried About Ray which were both released as singles and were played a whole lot on the radio proving them to be very popular. Some of the songs are more of an acquired taste and may take some getting used to for example Run Rabbit Run, A Sadness Runs Through Him and Clinging On For ...
...songs such as Killer, Everything Goes Dark and Worst Case Scenario and these really are worth listening to as they show off the band's potential. If you like bands like Hellogoodbye and other Pop Rock/Power Pop artists then this is a great album for you. There is a choice of four different album colors according to personal preference (Blue, Yellow, Red and Green). If you insert the CD into your PC you are presented with a menu and on clicking Bonus ...

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...impressed with this album "The Trick to Life" by The Hoosiers. It has very catchy songs, some more well known than others. The lyrics of each of the songs was well thought out, not just random words that rhymed with each other, which made the songs all the more enjoyable. A few of my favorites included "Killer", "Cops and Robbers" and "Money to be Made". Although some of these songs have had a lot of airplay, they are very hard to get bored of the ...

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I first heard of the hoosiers when i downloaded (my favorite track by them) 'worst case scenario' as the free single of the week from iTunes. Since then i have been eagarly awaiting the release of their debut album. My excitement was heightened by the release of their first two singles, 'good bye mr A' and 'Worries about ray'. In an age of downloading i decided that i'd rather have a hard copy of this album, which i had been waiting for for so long. ...
...was sadly disappointed. I found the 3 songs i already knew were the only good tracks from the album. The up beat brit-pop sound of the 1st four tracks is replaced in the later tracks by a darker, slower beat music which i did not like at all. Again, however after a few listens, as many albums do, a lot of the songs started to grow on me. I still feel the hoosiers should have stuck with the up beat sound of their best selling singles but the rest ...

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Having only heard The Hoosiers' two singles before I got this album, I thought that the other songs would generally be similar. I was wrong. It has a complete variety, from faster songs "Worst Case Scenario", to slower, very melodic songs: "Sadness that runs through him". Also, after hearing the two happy singles, I was surprised at the style of music for "Run Rabbit Run", which almost has a dark feel to it. Some of the songs take a while to get ...
...slightly addictive. There is only one tiny downside: on a couple of the songs, there are purely instrumental parts for about a minute on the end, including the single "Goodbye Mr A", which I think are unnecessary. On the whole though, this is a good album which is easy to listen to, and I would definitely recommmend it. ...

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The Hooiers were a unknown band untill they released the single of worried about ray and it was but on every radio show you could not escape it but why would you want to it is catchy. Then released they second most popular song Goodbye bye Mr.A and everyone statred listenting to this and they then knew that this band are one great band and could possibly be the next. This band are destined for great things and should be sen as the next greatest english ...
...produced. they have songs on there two which we might not of heard like cops and robbers and worst case scenierio which are both good and i receommend that if you do not have this ablum then get off your bottoms and bu this CD as i think all of should say good bye to American bands and say hello to hoosiers. This band are destined for years of success and unlike one of their songs lets never say goodbye to them. ...

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