This Is The Sea/Fisherman's Blues - Waterboys (The)

"if that was the river, then this is the sea"

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. "these things you keep you better through them away turn your back on your soulless days once you were tethered now you are free that was the river this is the sea" This album was end of the Waterboys big sound, what followed was more folk based, simpler, and seemed to be less about soul searching, more about the human way, less about the spirit. It contains argueably their finest collection of songs, stirring, intellectual and spiritual and yet the ideas presented here seem to tap into all of us, we all recognise our selves in the songs. In a nutshell some of the most poiniant lyrics Scott was to write set to some of the most beautiful music the Waterboys ever produced. ...

steerpyke 26.07.2004 · Read full review
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The Blue South - A Beautiful and Colourful Effort

Advantages: A lyrical and melodical masterpiece with hidden depth
Disadvantages: Dark and seedy themes may not suit all tastes

depressing) content. However, the band skilfully lighten the mood whilst never betraying the impact of their song writing. Consistently good, with nothing you could describe as a truly duff track, if you buy one album from the band (other than ?Carry on Up the Charts? released in 1994 - their best compilation) I would argue that this is the one to go for. It is a varied, mature effort that rewards repeated listens. Recommended. ?And we only smoke when bored, so we do two packs a day, and we?ve lost the difference between bored and lonely anyway?? FULL TRACK LISTING 1. "Don't Marry Her" (3:23) 2. "Little Blue" (3:17) 3. "Mirror" (4:05) 4. "Blackbird on the Wire? (4:57) 5. "The Sound of North America" (4:02) 6. "Have Fun" (4:44) 7. "Liars' Bar" (5:53) 8. "Rotterdam (or Anywhere)" (3:37) 9. "Foundations" (2:44) 10. "Artificial ...

Hishyeness 19.11.2009 · Read full review
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This Is Not The World - The Futureheads

Advantages: Has an up-beat and rocky feel.The album has a lot of energy with Rocky theme tune like intros.
Disadvantages: This album put me off the band.Dissapointing,noisy and messily composed.

This album really put me off the band and in my opinion their earlier album News and Tributes was much better. I found it dissapointing and really over the top on unbalanced energy. Does it rock? Yeah I guess it does with some real punchy powerful songs that are a bit Maximo Park in feel. But the overal feel of this album is dissapointing as they seem to have tried to squish as much as possible into each song. The harmonies change suddenly, spiky guitar riffs and lots of up-tempo-pop shifts in the music. This makes it feel a bit too noisy or messy and they have lost much of the initial grace or simplicity that made them stand out from the rest. Lyrically and vocally they dont really stand out either and all I can say is thank God ths isn't their first album as hopefully their existing fans will remain loyal and hope for a much ...

SpookyMoon 29.05.2009 · Read full review
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