Advantages: Classic chilled albm which can be found hiding in bargain bins at music stores Disadvantages: All good things come to an end...
Okay, okay! I know it’s a bad pun and I can hear your groans from here – but that was the best I could do!
This opinion is about the stunning second studio album from Groove Armada, which was released in 1999 on Zomba Records. Admittedly I kind of missed the boat with them and only recently discovered them via a free CD that came with the “Later” magazine – shame on me! So when I saw it in the bargain basement at Amazon it was purchased immediately! ...
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So it is time for another op, well I have decided to a crack down on my CD’s that I own, and let me tell you there are quite a few. As some of you may now I have an extremely wide taste in music, (Eva Cassidy and now Groove Armada!)? It is quite amazing actually; I can listen to classical and then turn on pop, dance or soul. This is what I adore about music, it is what you make it, you decide, and you stay in control.
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Advantages: Amazing chill out album - great grooves Disadvantages: There are none.
I was lucky enough to be given a signed copy of this album by my sister - and was delighted. When i actually listened to the album - i was amazed. Such nice beats and vocals, and keyboards - it's such a damn good album
Now that it's summer again (hopefully) this is one people should be buying again- it's a great summer album - really relaxing, chill-out grooves, from the single "At The River" - great trumpet, to the up-lifting "Blue Skies" - you ...
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Advantages: Great harmonies Disadvantages: Poor lyrics
Like their adverts say, the album boasts numerous songs that you've heard somewhere, such as "If Everybody Looked the Same" used in the film Miss Congeniality.
On the whole, the songs are quite pleasant with good instruments although the lyrics do get repetitive. Having said that, you will come back to this album again and again. The great blend of harmonies and samples will ensure that.
By far the best song on the album is "At the River" which ...
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06.05.2001
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Though both Groove Armada's Tom Findlay and Andy Cato hail from London, the pair choose to
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kick back to Ambleside in Cumbria when recording. As with a great deal of dance music through the 1990s, though broadly still considered house, the sound of Vert...