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Music CD - Peter Bjorn and John: Writer's Block
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Music CD: Writer's Block
Artist: Peter Bjorn and John
List Price: $12.98
Our Price: $6.96
Your Save: $ 6.02 ( 46% )
Availability: Usually ships in 24 hours
Manufacturer: Almost Gold
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Tracks:
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1. Writer's Block
2. Objects of My Affection
3. Young Folks
4. Amsterdam
5. Start To Melt
6. Up Against the Wall
7. Paris 2004
8. Let's Call it Off (Single Mix)
9. The Chills
10. Roll the Credits
11. Poor Cow
12. Ancient Curse
13. All Those Expectations (Weak Mix)
14. Let's Call it Off (Girl Talk Remix)
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Binding: Audio CD
EAN: 0886970767828
Label: Almost Gold
Manufacturer: Almost Gold
Number Of Discs: 1
Publisher: Almost Gold
Release Date: 2007-03-06
Studio: Almost Gold
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Spotlight customer reviews:
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Customer Rating:
Summary: Unique
Comment: After the short intro, "Objects of My Affection" begins with its thumping charm and crafty lyrics.From this point on you know this albums a keeper.
You get that "I knew this was worth my $$$" feeling.
While not all the songs are as gleaming as I may make this seem it's still arguably a great album. "Young Folks" has an indie vibe, a quirky whistle intro, and a nicely displayed duo of vocals. "Amsterdam" is the next track, it holds an excellent echoey concave presence to it. "Start
To Melt" is a lavished in love song, it sounds as though it's 'melting' or 'weeping' which gives a great atmosphere. Though it dispenses quickly as the song is less than 2:30, it still is a note worthy gem.
Some songs feel a tad bit like fillers that or the tracks length dulls its attractiveness *aims at "Up Against the Wall"*. "Paris 2004" feels catchy, but with the vocals wont incite many casual radio listeners.
The quality of the album isn't the best, but does have a myriad of guitar
sounds and effects to give more bang for your buck. The few drag on songs shouldn't ruin the entire listening experience.
People buying this album probably like their music spiced a bit more quirky and obscure than radio injected music anyways, if thats your take on things yes Peter Bjorn & Johns "Writer's Block" is right for you.
Customer Rating:
Summary: A disappointment
Comment: I had high hopes for this album based on the single, "Young Folks" and the fact that it was an Amazon top ten album for 2007. I am dissapointed that none of the other songs sound anything like it. I know that often happens to artists, who sell a lot of records on the strength of one or two standout singles.
The bottom line for me is that albums like this explain the proliferation of Itunes and Amazon mp3 sales. I usually like listening to a whole, cohesive album - (there are often so many great songs that don't get released as singles, and how will you ever hear them without buying the album?)- but in this case, I wanted to put "Young Folks" on repeat, and I quickly bored from that.
Customer Rating:
Summary: I listen to CD at least once a week :)
Comment: My favorite song on the CD is Amsterdam, even if it's not the most popular one. I really like the pace, which is a little slow, but very catchy too. That's pretty much the pace of the CD in general. Good to listen too in the weekend or at night, when you want to relax a little bit.
Customer Rating:
Summary: It should be in your collection
Comment: This is the only Peter Bjorn and John album I own. I bought it because of one song (Young folks) but the whole album is worth owning. It's well written and a lot of the songs are catchy. I recommend you add this to your music collection.
Customer Rating:
Summary: Writer's Block?.......Talent abounds!
Comment: A good, solid, fun album that will keep you listening for a long while. The thing that stands out in this album is the diversity of the songwriting and the versitility of the sound they create. Tracks range from minimalist melodic folk to a banging and emotive electro. Most will recongnise this album for the "whistling song" (Young folks) and "Up against the wall" from the Levi's ad which are the stronger tracks, the others however hold their own.
A quality album which will make you listen to their older stuff.
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Editorial Reviews:
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As fine an album as this might be (and indeed it is), it serves a much higher purpose for which it must be immediately recognised. The twee Swedish trio have single-handedly tugged whistling out of popular music's pits where it was stuffed by German soft metal granddads The Scorpions back in the early 90s. It's not even particularly proficient whistling - it's a bit skewiff really, a little out of tune - but it's tacked onto the irresistibly bobbing, Velvet-Underground-via-The-Concretes infectiousness of "Young Folks", augmented by the warm-ember vocals of ex-Concrete Victoria Bergsman herself, and by association sounds fairly heroic. Accidentally anthemic, perhaps, but anthemic nonetheless. Result. Which sets a tone for the rest of this off-kilter lo-fi record. Draw a slightly wonky line from Simon & Garfunkel through to The Shins, making sure you take in the sharp Scandinavian indie-pop of the '90s (Wannadies, The Cardigans) and modern day peers (Radio Dept, Shout Out Louds) and you have a folk album that isn't really all that folk, swimming through its own dreamy washes of ambition. The drumming on tracks like "Let's Call It Off" and "Paris 2004" is so elementary you might as well add your own, but it keeps the intuitive, simplistic 60's beat melodies trickling steadily onwards. The underlying appeal is that things could snap like an elastic band at any moment, that things are beautifully limited. Less writers block, more loving the detail of your first chapter so much you have no inclination to move on. --James Berry
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