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US Mall 1 - Sunshine Lies
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List Price: $15.98
Our Price: $9.09
Your Save: $ 6.89 ( 43% )
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Manufacturer: Shout Factory
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Binding: Audio CD
EAN: 0826663109467
Label: Shout Factory
Manufacturer: Shout Factory
Number Of Discs: 1
Publisher: Shout Factory
Release Date: 2008-08-26
Studio: Shout Factory
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Summary: Genius!!!
Comment: He did it again!In the great songwriting vein of The Byrds,Beatles,Big Star...i.e. songs with singalong choruses,harmonies,melodies,chunky guitar solos,all wrapped up in a shimmering and vibrant and punchy style,man it just rocks and flows and my 19 month old daughter Daisy just LURVES ''Lets Love''!!!!!Terrific!!
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Summary: 4.5 stars for a great Matthew Sweet disc
Comment: This is a superb, but not perfect CD. In the canon of Matthew Sweet - this CD perhaps ranks alongside the solid "Kimi Ga Suki", with the distinction that it rocks a bit more. Kimi is more consistent w/ no duds; Sunshine has a couple of duds (the first two songs oddly enough), but sticks in the mind a bit more. Matthew produced his trilogy of masterpieces (Girlfriend, Altered Beast, 100% fun) after getting divorced, jamming and touring w/ the influential Lloyd Cole (checkout his perfect comeback "The Negatives"), and going "electric" with legends (the late) Robert Quine and Richard Lloyd. I was then shocked by "Blue Sky on Mars" and "In Reverse"; decent albums but not up to the Sweet standard and not really memorable enough tune-wise. Some might say that they were experimental, but so were Beast and 100% Fun; the latter just having better guitars, tunes and songwriting. Then gratefully Kimi marked a grand comeback. "Living Things" is the only Sweet CD I disavow to own.
The gold medal on Sunshine goes to "Let's Love" - great fuzzy guitar, melody and simple lyric twist. The silver goes to "Feal Fear"; haunting and, get this, piano driven. Brydgirl comes in for the bronze, and I hear released as the single (smart). "Burn Through Love" gets honorable mention, and one hopes Matthew explained the double entendre or historical context to wife Lisa. The other five songs on the second half of the disk are also keepers -- they create a great mood. So 1990's Sweet fans -- IMHO, comparing Sweet to Mickey Rourke --- Kimi is Sin City and Sunshine is The Wrestler. Check it out.
Saw Matthew live last night at Webster Hall in NYC. Great concert, great music/sound, great selection of songs. Sweet's voice seemed a little ragged towards the end of this tour... perhaps he should see Bryan Ferry's vocal coach so he can tour into his 60's too ;-). Only disappointment was that he played the old Superdeformed, instead of the new Let's Love, as the closing encore. Why Matthew why?
Customer Rating:
Summary: Matthew is back!
Comment: Matthew has his own musical path he's following, and you're welcome to come along, and if not, you have to admit he never puts less than 100% of himself into his music. I have albums of his I like better than others, but there's never been one that didn't hook me hard with at least a few songs. I'm pleased he's back after far too long a hiatus. I look forward to seeing him in concert again in San Francisco.
Customer Rating:
Summary: Your ALL crazzzzzzzeeeeeeeee....it's AWESOME!!
Comment: Normally it takes me numerous listens to any new CD I purchase (drives my Wife crazy!) but absolutely cranked this one up and LOVED IT right out of the shoot (not saying I didn't play it continually - still drove my Wife bonkers!)Looking forward to seeing Matthew Sweet in Mpls. in a few weeks, too!
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Summary: a pleasant album for fans, but not much new or interesting here
Comment: I am a die hard Matthew Sweet fan, who was really disappointed with the direction Sweet decided to take his career starting with Blue Sky on Mars and on. Since 100% fun, Sweet has alternated between "demo" albums (low production values and few contributing musicians, i.e. Blue Sky and Kimi), and "experimental" albums (lots of guest musicians, odd sounds and lyrical themes, such as In Reverse and Living Things).
This album falls into the "demo" category. If you are a fan of Sweet's pop melodic sensibilities, you'll probably find this album to be a pleasant, if forgettable, listen. The songs are catchy enough, for the most part, but the guitars tend to have a very generic sound, and fade into the background. This album reminds me most of Kimi *insert Japanese here*. That may be a good thing for many Matthew Sweet fans, but for me it's a little too safe and boring.
If you're like me, you've probably been waiting for a return to form for Sweet, where he comes back with another modern classic like 100% Fun, Girlfriend, or Altered Beast. I think it's safe to assume at this point that it isn't happening. Sweet's options are probably pretty limited at this stage in his career.
In my opinion, the best album Sweet has released since 100% Fun is Living Things, which, although undeniably weird, I still find interesting enough to listen to, while I'll probably never feel the urge to listen to any of the other post-100% Fun albums again. I'm afraid that this album is destined for that latter category.
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Customer Rating:
Summary: Genius!!!
Comment: He did it again!In the great songwriting vein of The Byrds,Beatles,Big Star...i.e. songs with singalong choruses,harmonies,melodies,chunky guitar solos,all wrapped up in a shimmering and vibrant and punchy style,man it just rocks and flows and my 19 month old daughter Daisy just LURVES ''Lets Love''!!!!!Terrific!!
Customer Rating:
Summary: 4.5 stars for a great Matthew Sweet disc
Comment: This is a superb, but not perfect CD. In the canon of Matthew Sweet - this CD perhaps ranks alongside the solid "Kimi Ga Suki", with the distinction that it rocks a bit more. Kimi is more consistent w/ no duds; Sunshine has a couple of duds (the first two songs oddly enough), but sticks in the mind a bit more. Matthew produced his trilogy of masterpieces (Girlfriend, Altered Beast, 100% fun) after getting divorced, jamming and touring w/ the influential Lloyd Cole (checkout his perfect comeback "The Negatives"), and going "electric" with legends (the late) Robert Quine and Richard Lloyd. I was then shocked by "Blue Sky on Mars" and "In Reverse"; decent albums but not up to the Sweet standard and not really memorable enough tune-wise. Some might say that they were experimental, but so were Beast and 100% Fun; the latter just having better guitars, tunes and songwriting. Then gratefully Kimi marked a grand comeback. "Living Things" is the only Sweet CD I disavow to own.
The gold medal on Sunshine goes to "Let's Love" - great fuzzy guitar, melody and simple lyric twist. The silver goes to "Feal Fear"; haunting and, get this, piano driven. Brydgirl comes in for the bronze, and I hear released as the single (smart). "Burn Through Love" gets honorable mention, and one hopes Matthew explained the double entendre or historical context to wife Lisa. The other five songs on the second half of the disk are also keepers -- they create a great mood. So 1990's Sweet fans -- IMHO, comparing Sweet to Mickey Rourke --- Kimi is Sin City and Sunshine is The Wrestler. Check it out.
Saw Matthew live last night at Webster Hall in NYC. Great concert, great music/sound, great selection of songs. Sweet's voice seemed a little ragged towards the end of this tour... perhaps he should see Bryan Ferry's vocal coach so he can tour into his 60's too ;-). Only disappointment was that he played the old Superdeformed, instead of the new Let's Love, as the closing encore. Why Matthew why?
Customer Rating:
Summary: Matthew is back!
Comment: Matthew has his own musical path he's following, and you're welcome to come along, and if not, you have to admit he never puts less than 100% of himself into his music. I have albums of his I like better than others, but there's never been one that didn't hook me hard with at least a few songs. I'm pleased he's back after far too long a hiatus. I look forward to seeing him in concert again in San Francisco.
Customer Rating:
Summary: Your ALL crazzzzzzzeeeeeeeee....it's AWESOME!!
Comment: Normally it takes me numerous listens to any new CD I purchase (drives my Wife crazy!) but absolutely cranked this one up and LOVED IT right out of the shoot (not saying I didn't play it continually - still drove my Wife bonkers!)Looking forward to seeing Matthew Sweet in Mpls. in a few weeks, too!
Customer Rating:
Summary: a pleasant album for fans, but not much new or interesting here
Comment: I am a die hard Matthew Sweet fan, who was really disappointed with the direction Sweet decided to take his career starting with Blue Sky on Mars and on. Since 100% fun, Sweet has alternated between "demo" albums (low production values and few contributing musicians, i.e. Blue Sky and Kimi), and "experimental" albums (lots of guest musicians, odd sounds and lyrical themes, such as In Reverse and Living Things).
This album falls into the "demo" category. If you are a fan of Sweet's pop melodic sensibilities, you'll probably find this album to be a pleasant, if forgettable, listen. The songs are catchy enough, for the most part, but the guitars tend to have a very generic sound, and fade into the background. This album reminds me most of Kimi *insert Japanese here*. That may be a good thing for many Matthew Sweet fans, but for me it's a little too safe and boring.
If you're like me, you've probably been waiting for a return to form for Sweet, where he comes back with another modern classic like 100% Fun, Girlfriend, or Altered Beast. I think it's safe to assume at this point that it isn't happening. Sweet's options are probably pretty limited at this stage in his career.
In my opinion, the best album Sweet has released since 100% Fun is Living Things, which, although undeniably weird, I still find interesting enough to listen to, while I'll probably never feel the urge to listen to any of the other post-100% Fun albums again. I'm afraid that this album is destined for that latter category.
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