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Music CD - Rhett Miller: The Instigator
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Music CD: The Instigator
Artist: Rhett Miller
List Price: $11.98
Our Price: $6.99
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Manufacturer: Elektra / Wea
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Tracks:
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1. Our Love
2. This Is What I Do
3. Come Around
4. Things That Disappear
5. World Inside The World
6. Point Shirley
7. Four-Eyed Girl
8. Hover
9. The El
10. Your Nervous Heart
11. I Want To Live
12. Terrible Vision
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Binding: Audio CD
EAN: 0075596278829
Label: Elektra / Wea
Manufacturer: Elektra / Wea
Number Of Discs: 1
Publisher: Elektra / Wea
Release Date: 2002-09-24
Studio: Elektra / Wea
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Spotlight customer reviews:
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Customer Rating:
Summary: Lovely and rocking
Comment: If you are already a fan of The Old 97's, you will certainly enjoy Rhett Miller's first solo outing. His wistful, heart-on-your-sleeve lyrics and understated alt-country-rock delivery combine to produce some of the most beautiful rock songs ever. The songs range from bouncy to mournful but always retain his signature style and poetry. Start with the single "Come Around" and if you're not convinced, listen to "World Inside the World". Personally speaking, I love everything Rhett and the Old 97's have done and The Instigator is no exception.
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Summary: AWESOME!!!!
Comment: From beginning to end this album is a winner... soulful, thought-provoking, intellectual and romantic lyrics.
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Summary: Rhett delivers solid stuff
Comment: Rhett is still delivering inspired lyrics with great melodies. "Our Love" is a cool opener with great lyrics and "Come Around" is a great pop song and "Nervous Heart" has a great sentiment. "World Inside a World" is a little repetitive with the lyrics and doesn't really match up to the similar "Question" on the Old 97's Satellite Rides release, yet it is still instantly hummable. That said all the songs are catchy with just enough jangly guitar to keep it respectable. This doesn't really have the jagged edge that the Old 97's manage to nurture through even their poppiest moments, but that doesnt mean its bad.
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Summary: Infectious and Fun
Comment: My first introduction to Rhett/Old 97's was through this CD. I read a review of "The Instigator" in a local independent newspaper and it sounded promising so I decided to check it out. From the first few seconds of "Our Love, " I was hooked and "The Instigator" stayed in constant rotation in my car CD player for months, at the least. Rhett's music is poppy and infectious, with great lyrics to boot. Rhett is able to sing about his favorite subject, love, without sounding cliched and cheesy. My favorite tracks on the CD are "Our Love," "World Inside the World," and the wonderfully twangy "The El." Living in Philadelphia, I like to pretend the song is about our very own El. I read that "The Instigator" was written as a response to Rhett's having to leave NYC after 9/11, and references to this tragic event can be found in the songs. Another reason I love the CD (as an English major) is that he name drops author Don Delillo and "Point Shirley" is based on the Sylvia Plath poem by the same name. Smart, talented and cute - Rhett rocks.
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Summary: more addictive than crack!
Comment: this infectious pop will never find its way to the airwaves and that's probably a good thing. it's way too smart for the masses. rhett miller, whoever he may be, is definitely an amazing songwriter. these songs are simply drooling with melody and rhythm. above that are smart to smart *ss lyrics that can make you laugh and cry within a single song.
i dare you to listen more than twice without becoming a rhett miller addict for life. you'll be jonesing for his next solo work, and you'll suddenly find yourself buying music from a band called "Old 97's" just because he's a member. This is really good stuff!!!
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Editorial Reviews:
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Old 97's frontman Rhett Miller has always stuck to songs of heartbreak, I-done-bad confessionals, and the occasional exercise in rave-up solipsism. Regardless of which of those areas he's explored, he's set his lyrics in flawless melodies and delivered them with infectious energy. With The Instigator, Miller is at least partially on his own. Here he fronts a band that's less about fast-paced rocking and more about pushing his passionate yowl to the fore. He's still wondering if he's "gonna be lonely for the rest of my life" ("Come Around"), and he's doing so with such heart-rending conviction that you can't stop listening. And Miller's still creating melodies that shine in any setting. Straying from the guitar/bass/drums setup of the 97's, Miller employs organ on the tender "World Inside the World" and a decorous acoustic backing on the midtempo, pop-radio-friendly "Point Shirley" and "Four-Eyed Girl." Miller's energy bursts forth on the opener, "Our Love," and on his lo-fi paean to Chicago, "The El." Fans who like the Miller who pours his heart all over the stage will love The Instigator. --Andrew Bartlett
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