Hidden Agenda [CD-single] [Import]

Product Description
Taken from the 2002 album, 'Slicker Than Your Average'. Four non-LP tracks, 'Hidden Agenda' (Radio Edit, Blacksmith Rerub feat. Know ?uestion, Soulshock & Karlin Remix, & Plasma Remix feat. Messiah Bolical). Wildstar. 2003.

Hidden Agenda,Craig David,Import [Generic],2-Step/British Garage,5"CD Singles,Club/Dance,Contemporary R&B,Pop,Rock,Urban

Average customer rating: This is a great CD What a great sound! Love it enough to buy it again. Hooked Since The First Listen ! Greg Adams Hidden Agenda tops of list of jazz CDs.

Hidden Agenda Greg Adams Manufacturer: Sony ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Jazz | Styles | Music CDs $7 - $10 | Jazz General | Jazz | Today's Deals in Music | Formats | Music All Bargain Titles | Jazz General | Jazz | Today's Deals in Music | Formats | Music 4-for-3 Jazz | 4-for-3 Music | Stores | Music 4-for-3 Pop | 4-for-3 Music | Stores | Music 4-for-3 All Music | 4-for-3 Music | Stores | Music Similar Items: Midnight Morning Firefly Pacific Coast Highway Dressed to Chill It's on Tonight ASIN: B000002AWP Release Date: 1995-02-07

Tracks:

1. Metro
2. Moon Over Palmilla
3. Smooth Operator
4. Mahdi, The Expected One
5. Burma Road
6. 5 O'Clock Somewhere
7. Renaissance
8. Hidden Agenda
9. Tribeca
10. Yet In My Dreams
11. Amsterdam
12. Renaissance (Reprise)

Customer Reviews:

This is a great CD.......2007-05-14

I heard one of the songs on my XM radio - had never had heard of Greg Adams before.

I did not realize he had been around since the 1990's! I had to do some searching to find the song and the album, and then found that it was available though Amazon.

If you like smooth jazz - this is an excellent addition to your collection.

What a great sound!.......2006-08-18

A little reminiscent of Miles Davis in his last decade, some wonderful other style mixes in there too. Intense at times, then mellow. What a great combination!

Love it enough to buy it again........2006-07-31

Don't know what happened, and I love the whole cd, but my favorite cut, Burma Road, is skipping. Can't have it. Rarely do I do this, but I'm buying it again. I play this cd so much, it's part of my life.

Hooked Since The First Listen !.......2005-01-13

Had I not been up late one night recently listening to a local jazz station playing Burma Road (which caught my interest and piqued my curiosity)I would have never known about this artist!Hard to believe this cd has been out already ten years and I have barely found out about it's existence...

The title of this c.d. could also have been "Smooth Operator" ...smooth, slick, hip, are just a few of the adjectives to describe it. Two more words would be pure class to describe Adams' grand artistic solo performance. Tracks like Burma Road, Moon Over Palmilla, 5 O'Clock Somewhere inspire rich mental visualizations of said places.The listener becomes transported to these mysterious places. Hidden Agenda is completely filled with positive atmosphere and artistic ambiance. Try to pick out one single track to qualify as a dud and NONE will be found ! Guaranteed.

There's so much upbeat vibes and plenty of colorful energy from this spectacular fusion of jazz, hip hop, R&B, funk elements. His rendition of Sade's Smooth Operator, as I understand, was probably the first track to get rotation on jazz/fusion airwaves. Smooth Operator sounds very much like it could have also been specifically written by or for Greg Adams as an instrumental only track ! Most popular songs with vocals that are covered by other artists as instrumentals do not translate very well... It is the extreme opposite with Adams' rendition.

In no way form or fashion will you mistake Greg Adams' Hidden Agenda for generic elevator muzak.If you are hard-pressed to make a comparison, it's almost like Herb Alpert teaming up with Paul Hardcastle on the Jazz Masters series. However, Greg Adams still has a very distinct project and sound with all the musical and horn arrangement hooks you could ever hope for and also be surprised by. This cd did not have to grow on me; It instantly became one of my all-time favorite smooth jazz cd's on the first listen!...It's no hidden agenda on Adams' part to get you to like this cd. Guaranteed you will on your own (practically on the first listen) !

Greg Adams Hidden Agenda tops of list of jazz CDs........2004-06-11

This is my very favorite CD for company and dinner guests. They smile as they move their shoulders about and say "Who is that? I want that!" I have carried this CD around and listened to it so many times that I damaged it and am buying it again. I have looked for it for a couple years! The music is smooth and yet upbeat. You just can't help but start moving to the lovely sounds. I see he finally has a new CD and I am buying that also. He is a winner in my book and one CD I just can't be without!

Average customer rating: The first US release, showing the way towards "Writer's Block"

Falling Out Peter Bjorn and John Manufacturer: Hidden Agenda ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music Indie Rock | Indie & Lo-Fi | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music General | Rock | Styles | Music Pop Rock | Pop | Styles | Music Similar Items: Peter Bjorn and John Writer's Block Writer's Block (LTD Edition with Bonus Disc) Writer's Block The Good, the Bad & the Queen ASIN: B000B5KRMK Release Date: 2005-10-04

Tracks:

1. Far Away, By My Side
2. Money
3. It Beats Me Evrey Time
4. Does It Matter Now?
5. Big Black Coffin
6. Start Making Sense
7. Teen Love
8. All Those Expectation
9. Tailormade
10. Goodbye, Again Or

Album Description

The North American debut for Stockholm, Sweden trio Peter Bjorn And John, on Hidden Agenda Records. Falling Out is a assemblage of ingenious pop songs, cleverly recorded and masterfully arranged, sounds drawn from the simple (the Speak & Spell talking toy that opens the album) to the symphonic (tidy string arrangements). Think early Squeeze and The Jam and several decades worth of British Invasion, Canadian popsmiths A.C. Newman and Joel Plaskett, and the euphoric rush of The Shins. 10 songs about falling in and Falling Out of love with people, places, and ideas. Includes the Swedish singles "It Beats Me Every Time" and "Teen Love" (a Concretes cover) and the standout album opener "Far Away, By My Side".

Songwriters Peter Moren and Bjorn Yttling (producer/arranger for Concretes, Shout Out Louds, Nicolai Dunger, among others) have been writing songs together since their teens but it wasn't until hooking up with drummer John Eriksson in 1999 that the collaboration bore fruit. Since then the band has released four singles, three EPs, and two full-length albums (Falling Out being their second), and performed live hundreds of times.

Customer Reviews:

The first US release, showing the way towards "Writer's Block".......2007-07-22

I am absolutely enthralled with Peter Bjorn & John's current album, "Writer's Block", so far the best album of 2007 for me personally. This lead me to seek out the band's earlier output. This album, released in 2005, is the first US release, but actually the second album of the band (they released a debut album back home in Sweden in 2002).

"Falling Out" (10 tracks, 40 min.) starts off with one of the best tracks (and lead-off single) "Far Away, By My Side", which barrels on through you, and its harmonies at times remind me of early Beatles. "It Beats Me Every Time" (another single) is in the same vein. "Big Black Coffin" is a sad reflection on a failed relationship, with great lyrics like "But it's all clear and bright now/from the statements to the lies/from the big black coffin/to the black under your eyes". "Teen Love" (another single) is a cover of the Concretes' song, and sounds great. "Tailormade" is another yearner for better days, as the chuorus goes "Well I hate to be a downer/but this happens to be the truth/I got lost when you found her/bring me back my youth", wow...

This is a good (but not great) album, and you can tell that with this album the guys would eventually be on their way to yet bigger and better things with "Writer's Way", which is in fact a great album, and then some. Seeing Peter Bjorn & John live at Coachella a few months ago was without a doubt one of THE highlights of the festival. Check them out!

Average customer rating:

Moonbabies at the Ballroom Moonbabies Manufacturer: Hidden Agenda ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music Indie Rock | Indie & Lo-Fi | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music General | Indie & Lo-Fi | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music Electronic Pop | Indie & Lo-Fi | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music General | Rock | Styles | Music Pop Rock | Pop | Styles | Music Electronica | Dance & DJ | Indie Music | Stores | Music Similar Items: The Orange Billboard Armchair Apocrypha War on Sound Time on Earth Our Love to Admire ASIN: B000PFU7QM Release Date: 2007-05-29

Tracks:

1. 21st Century Heart
2. War On Sound
3. Take Me To The Ballroom
4. Don't Ya Know?
5. Cocobelle
6. Ratatouille
7. Walking On My Feet
8. Shout It Out
9. The 9th
10. Weekend A-Go-Go
11. Dancing In The Sky

Average customer rating: Fun Fun Fun!!!

Morning Macumba Bikeride Manufacturer: Hidden Agenda ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Rock | Styles | Music Pop Rock | Pop | Styles | Music Chamber Pop | Indie & Lo-Fi | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music Similar Items: Summer Winners, Summer Losers 37 Secrets I Only Told America Never Hear the End of It New Moon The Kiss ASIN: B00006NSJZ Release Date: 2002-10-22

Tracks:

1. Radio Ougadougou
2. Fakin' Amnesia
3. Knees On Top
4. Norwegia
5. Catch That Spark
6. Whispering Winds
7. The Americans In Rome
8. Moonracing
9. Small Faces
10. Sleepyhead
11. Lemonade
12. Silent Track 1
13. Silent Track 2
14. Silent Track 3
15. Silent Track 4
16. Silent Track 5
17. Silent Track 6
18. Silent Track 7
19. Silent Track 8
20. Silent Track 9
21. Silent Track 10
22. Silent Track 11
23. Silent Track 12
24. Silent Track 13
25. Silent Track 14
26. Silent Track 15
27. Silent Track 16
28. Silent Track 17
29. Silent Track 18
30. Silent Track 19
31. Silent Track 20
32. Silent Track 21
33. Silent Track 22
34. Silent Track 23
35. Silent Track 24
36. Silent Track 25
37. Bonus Track 1

Customer Reviews:

Fun Fun Fun!!!.......2005-07-19

This album is a really fun listen. Almost every track is instantly catchy. The highlights are "Fakin Amnesia" "Untitled Two" and the best track on the album, "Sleepyhead", but I don't think theres really a dud to be heard. If you don't mind strange music you should check this out. It's funny, energetic, bizarre, clever, and sometimes genuinely beautiful music. Oh, and it's is unique. You aren't likely to find anything else in the same style. The question is not whether this album is good, but whether you are open minded enough to appreciate it.

Average customer rating: Tranquil Voice, Stimulating Music Very good, but not great Great Songs, Lazy artist Amazing the escalator

Veneer José González Manufacturer: Hidden Agenda ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music Indie Rock | Indie & Lo-Fi | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music General | Indie & Lo-Fi | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music General | Rock | Styles | Music Pop Rock | Pop | Styles | Music Similar Items: Stay in the Shade Takk... Fox Confessor Brings the Flood Lookaftering The Garden ASIN: B000AM6OKI Release Date: 2005-09-06

Tracks:

1. Slow moves
2. Remain
3. Lovestain
4. Heartbeats
5. Crosses
6. Deadweight on velveteen
7. All you deliver
8. Stay in the shade
9. Hints
10. Save your day
11. Broken arrow

Album Description

All Music Guide calls it: "A striking collection of hushed and autumnal indie pop bedroom songs that reside on the hi-fi end of the lo-fi spectrum." Veneer is the debut album by Swedish-born minstrel José González…already a certified quiet-is-the-new-loud legend in his native Sweden. Who needs bells and whistles (outside of a forlorn trumpet and some subliminal percussion) when songs are this strong and the voice is this perfect? When all that you need to hold an audience in blissful rapture is what you can balance on a barstool? Jose's sensual, sensitive, powerful vocals and supernaturally gifted guitar playing truly recalls artists like Nick Drake, Elliott Smith, Hayden, and Mark Kozelek. He's earned the accolades by writing incredible songs and staying true to his heart, keeping the songs barebones simple.

The José González song "Crosses" was featured on the season finale of The OC.

Customer Reviews:

Tranquil Voice, Stimulating Music.......2006-09-24

Jose Gonzalez is a class act. One of his greatest talents is his gift in combining a beautiful, tranquil voice with stimulating, rousing instrumentation. 'Veneer' reflects this perfect combination track after track, and brings the acoustic genre to a new level. It is the perfect soundtrack for buffering this crazy world we live in today. I was introduced to Jose via his work on the latest Zero 7 album. His tracks on that cd bring depth and substance. Likewise, 'Veneer' recharges the mind while soothing the soul...as in my favorite lyric: "Cast some light and you'll be alright".

I have seen Jose perform live twice and even had the opportunity to chat with him briefly. Watching him live is a treat. He becomes one with his guitar, as if he were born playing it. Jose Gonzalez is a rare talent, a humble performer, and a genuinely good guy. Get to know him...get 'Veneer'.

Very good, but not great.......2006-08-22

The first song I heard from this album was "Heartbeats" on Radio 1 back in late 2004. I thought it was great, but none of Jose's EPs were avialble at that time here in the States. About a year later, I heard a session and interview of his on NPR. He played a number of songs, including "Crosses" and "Stay in the Shade": both excelent.

One the quaility of the songs I heard, and being a fan of folk music and acustic guitar, I purchased the album. I got exactly what I expected: a short album with a dozen really great tracks

There are, however, a couple weak points in my opinion.

First, all the songs, though very good, sound more-or-less very similar. There is not a lot of creative range here.

Second, I agree with the one reviewer that mentioned the songs were too short; it almost seems as though he was more concerned about being radio-friendly than creative.

Overall, a good CD. If you've heard "Hartbeats", "Stay in the Shade, and Crosses and want more of the same, buy this CD. You won't be dissabounted. Don't buy this CD on the strength of "Heartbeats" if it's the only song you've heard. You may find this disc is far more mello and folky than you were anticipating.

Great Songs, Lazy artist.......2006-07-20

I bought veneer because I had heard "heartbeats" on the sony Bravia advert. I thought it was absolutely beautiful. Most of the songs are awesome cos you feel that the artist is emotionally invested in the music but the disappointing thing about this album is that most songs are way under the 3 minute mark. dont know about anyone else but that just strikes me as plain lazy,with such acoustic beauties the lack of length is a crime.

Amazing.......2006-07-03

This albulm is beautiful, it's so relaxing and calming it's great to just listen to and forget the day.

the escalator .......2006-06-29

the escalator and the man stand at the bottom summed up the album even before i had the pleasure of listening to such beauty and intelligence in my entire life time of listening to folk rock music this has affected me the most i can't tell how much..
i know it's an clinche but.it left me speechless i didn't know whether to cry jump up and down with merriment of..just sit quietly and seep in the beauty i had just been laid next too me.
all them emotions from a voice guitar and a trumpet at the end of broken arrows

how do you say can that happen? because this guy has talent.
to transmit an beauty and vibrance over to the listeners ears
in my mind you have to be in tune with yourself to fully appreciate the album.

we all have these emotions in us to appreciate this album
on another level and i have and i won't be turning back it changed my life this afternoon.. the escalator only goes up..

Average customer rating: just about right... One Word........................ WOW !~!~!~!~!~

Mondays Are Like Tuesdays Tuesdays Like Wednesdays Acid House Kings Manufacturer: Hidden Agenda ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music General | Rock | Styles | Music Pop Rock | Pop | Styles | Music Similar Items: Sing Along With Acid House Kings Do What You Wanna Do Strangely Beautiful Up Against the Legends Spring Came, Rain Fell ASIN: B000063X04 Release Date: 2002-03-26

Tracks:

1. Sunday Morning
2. Start Anew
3. She Keeps Hoping
4. Brown And Beige Are My Favourite Colours
5. This Love Is All We Need
6. Summer's On Its Way
7. Swedish Hearts
8. You're A Beautiful Loser
9. A New Day, A New Career
10. Say Yes If You Love Me
11. Mondays Are Like Tuesdays
12. One Two Three Four

Customer Reviews:

just about right..........2005-08-11

i'd really give this 3.5 stars, if i could. club 8's johann pulls double duty, splitting time between club 8 and acid house kings, proving he's more than capable of continually cranking out quality pop tunes. where club 8 leans a little more towards the elctronic side, AHK employs a little more acoustic approach.

what AHK has going for it are irresistable pop tunes, able musicianship, and pleasant vocals. top tracks include 'sunday morning,' 'she keeps hoping,' and 'swedish hearts.' for as good as these tracks are, you can't help but think johann saved his good stuff for club 8. i could be wrong, though.

'mondays are like tuesdays...' sounds like it could have been released 40 years ago. much like saint etienne and birdie, AHK incorporate xylophones and brass into the music, giving a kitschy sound without coming off as pretentious (no small achievement in twee-pop); and AHK do it in style, exhibiting their skill at crafting three minute pop songs.

a couple of songs, however, border on the just-a-bit-too-sickly-sweet side of things. some of the ba-ba-ba's and cutesy acoustic guitars come off sounding like really bad john denver songs; but fortunately, those songs are few.

by and large 'mondays are like tuesdays...' is a solid pop album by a yet another in a long line of quality scandanavian pop groups. AHK won't turn your world upside down, but if you wear cardigans and mittens, sip herbal tea in hip uptown coffee houses, and talk about the latest fashions, AHK are definitely for you.

One Word........................ WOW !~!~!~!~!~.......2002-05-11

The sweetest of symphonies from these
Swedish sweethearts.
After hearing
"Brown and Beige are my Favourite Colours" and
"Beautiful Loser"...I was floating away on that
perfect fluffy Pop cloud......
Make yourself Happy
Bake a Cake
and enjoy this great recording!

Average customer rating: the best music in years It's been a long time since I've found a new band this good

Volcano and Heart The Coral Sea Manufacturer: Hidden Agenda ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music Indie Rock | Indie & Lo-Fi | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music General | Rock | Styles | Music Pop Rock | Pop | Styles | Music Similar Items: History Will Never Hold Me West of Lincoln Junica Yellow House Citrus ASIN: B000FS2WCG Release Date: 2006-06-27

Tracks:

1. Look At Her Face
2. Under The Westway
3. In Between The Days
4. In This Moment's Time
5. Yesterday/Tomorrow
6. Your Time has Come
7. Lake And Ocean
8. Fell
9. Ancient Modern People
10. Descend

Album Description

Soaring debut album from Santa Barbara atmospheric pop outfit. "The art-rock majesty of The Coral Sea emerges breathtaking, it steals from your soul, unsurpassed in this part of the world." Well, The Santa Barbara Independent aint kidding either, The Coral Sea's debut is a hypnotic and mellow dreamrock album that calls to mind classic albums by Bowie, Pink Floyd and The Beatles, with current comparisons ranging from Yo La Tengo's melodic blue-streak zoom-pop to Radiohead's impassioned layered vocal/guitar impressionism. Imagine a stratospherically skillful space-pop quartet with an entire string section behind it, and you'll be on their wavelength, but for me it all comes down to the voice. Frontman/founder Rey Villalobos' vocals steal the show (think Mercury Rev's Jonathan Donahue, Radiohead's Thom Yorke): a luminous, sometimes androgynous croon, a silvery warble, without a glimmer of pretension…

Customer Reviews:

the best music in years.......2007-01-16

Its like a mix between mercury rev, lightning seeds and radiohead but still completely different. It is the most beautifully sad record written since Strangeways Here We Come by the Smiths. No review can do this album justice and I cant wait for another one from this amazing band. It is a 5 star album but i cant figure out how to fix it from the 4 stars i gave it.

It's been a long time since I've found a new band this good.......2006-07-18

This is one of those albums that would be on everyone's top ten list for the year (think How it Ends, by DeVotchKa), if only they'd heard it.
Dark and dramatic, with soaring vocals and melodies similar to obvious comaprisons like Muse and early Radiohead, but with a more intimate, human feel.
From the high emotion of Yesterday/Tomorrow and Fell, to the more mellow, wistful In Between The Days, to the inexplicably catchy Ancient Modern People, Volcano and Heart is worth a listen.

Average customer rating: Awesome You get what you expect!

No More Songs About Sleep and Fire Poster Children Manufacturer: Hidden Agenda ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music Indie Rock | Indie & Lo-Fi | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music General | Rock | Styles | Music Pop Rock | Pop | Styles | Music Similar Items: On the Offensive DDD Daisychain Reaction New World Record Junior Citizen ASIN: B00017LVM8 Release Date: 2004-01-27

Tracks:

1. Jane
2. Western Springs
3. Sugarfriend
4. Flag
5. Shy
6. The Floor
7. The Leader
8. Now It's Gone
9. Different & Special Things
10. The Bottle
11. Hollywood Pt.II
12. Midnite Son

Customer Reviews:

Awesome.......2006-04-15

Great album that continues in the grungy postpunk vein of "DDD," though it's not quite as consistent as that masterpiece. Poster Children are in a class by themselves. Buy this and turn it up really loud.

You get what you expect!.......2004-04-30

This is a typical Poster Children record! Great riffs, quirky songwriting. I don't know if it will win over new converts, but if you like them or have heard buzz about them go ahead!

Average customer rating: You need this CD Menthol Rocks... Menthol Rocks Hard!!!! Very cool new wave

Danger: Rock Science Menthol Manufacturer: Hidden Agenda ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Rock | Styles | Music Pop Rock | Pop | Styles | Music Similar Items: Menthol ASIN: B00006NSJB Release Date: 2002-10-22

Tracks:

1. Danger: Rock Science!
2. The Guiding Hand
3. Future Shock
4. Strange Living
5. The Professor
6. The Sun's Rays
7. New Recruits
8. What's Your Rationale?
9. A Bitter Feud
10. Solitary Zone

Customer Reviews:

You need this CD.......2004-03-02

Originally recorded in 1999, Danger Rock Science was buried by Capitol records, who thought it was too weird to release. In label limbo, Menthol struggled for years to get the rights to the recording back. Finally they gave up and actually RE-RECORDED the entire thing with the help of some friends for 1/10 the cost of the original sessions.

That's the back story, but this recording stands on its own without any extra romaticizing of the commitment behind it. Not just a revival of new wave bright synth-rock styles, this is a reinvention of glam rock through the lens of an 80s sound palette and updated to 2002 style. They channel everything from Devo to early Roxy Music to lyrical twists worthy of Elvis Costello. Great lyrics, absurdly catchy tunes, solid vocals and an infectiously smart enthusiasm that don't have many equals in the recent crop of pop music.

It's tragic that this mostly got overlooked, since it's just as worthy of a breakout hit as the last Fountains of Wayne CD (Welcome Interstate Managers), which is probably the closest comparison to how smart and accessible this disc is. This stuff would be all over the radio in a better world.

Please buy this CD. You won't regret it, and if we're lucky it may encourage Menthol to keep developing their phenomenal talent.

Menthol Rocks..........2003-06-25

This record is great. Hard-rockin' w/an eighties bent but better than any eighties band ever. Reminiscent of Bow-wow-wow and Bowie and Flock O' S'Gulls and Weird Science... geeky themes predominate but the bottom line is rock. yes, rock. Menthol rocks the rocks off of poseurs from NY (ie Strokes and yeahyeahyeahs) and 70's Detroit wannabe's. Menthol are men t'y'all...Good fun. A few clunkers are easily bypassed via remote control skip-it tech-nology. Also, please enjoy their deb-you, aka Mother, Gold Record EP, even exellenter...

Menthol Rocks Hard!!!!.......2003-06-17

Menthol is one of the best bands going. Danger Rock Science is hard rock with an eighties retro undertone, but cooler than any eighties band ever was. They channel everyone from david bowie to the cult to oingo boingo. Menthol has big balls and they nail this record (except for a few clunkers easily bypassed with your handy remote or skip button).

Screw the Strokes and Detroit. Menthol has the hooks and the power to put the pseudo-punkers and neo-rockers to shame...

Very cool new wave.......2003-01-30

Very listenable, with lots of catchy hooks. It's retro: has a new wave sound.

Another album after this and this one will be recognized as genius. Everyone should hear this band.

I wish Menthol's first album would come back in print so I could get them some beer money. That is one of the best albums of all time.

Average customer rating: Whispery Dream Pop Pleases nothing strange about this beauty... Beautifully engaging.

Strangely Beautiful Club 8 Manufacturer: Hidden Agenda ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Rock | Styles | Music Pop Rock | Pop | Styles | Music Swedish Pop | Euro Pop | Pop | Styles | Music Indie Rock | Indie & Lo-Fi | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music General | Indie & Lo-Fi | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music Electronic Pop | Indie & Lo-Fi | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music Electronica | Dance & DJ | Indie Music | Stores | Music Similar Items: Spring Came, Rain Fell Club 8 Friend I Once Had Sing Along With Acid House Kings Mondays Are Like Tuesdays Tuesdays Like Wednesdays ASIN: B00009MGP4 Release Date: 2003-06-17

Tracks:

1. When Lights Go Out
2. What Shall We Do Next?
3. I Wasn't Much Of A Fight
4. Stay By My Side
5. Cold Hearts
6. Between Waking And Sleeping
7. This Is The Morning
8. The Next Step You'll Take
9. The Beauty Of The Way We're Living
10. Saturday Night Engine
11. We Move In Silence

Customer Reviews:

Whispery Dream Pop Pleases.......2005-09-30

Swedish female vocalist whispers melancholy background music. Sometimes the melodies are pronounced enough to be more than that so that it sounds like the Cardigans, but otherwise a good example of seamless "chill out" music that one listens to. Fans of this genre will want to check out Morcheeba, Departure Lounge, Sweet Trip, Color Filter, Airiel, Brazaville, Gentle People, Ronderlin and LeMans.

nothing strange about this beauty..........2005-08-01

i don't know what they put in that scandanavian water, but the region puts out some of the finest pop music around. club 8 is another in a long line of stellar pop acts releasing stellar albums.

the follow up to the amazing 'spring came, rain fell,' sees johann and karolina more focused than on previous efforts. earlier albums were chocked tightly written pop songs, sprinkled with occasional brief experimental-sounding musical interludes. not so on 'strangely beautiful.' this, their most recent album, listens more like a greatest hits collection. it's hit after hit after hit. gone are the little snippits and present are simply great pop songs. johann, it seems, is more confident in his songwriting skills and karolina sounds like that girl you see making eyes at you from across the room, only to bolt for the door once you make your move. she doesn't have the greatest voice in the world (and that's not to say she doesn't have a great voice--it's just a bit thin, but effective) but she doesn't need to. johann's arrangements and melodies are more than enough to carry 'strangely beautiful' to beautiful heights.

like any good popmeister, johann brought some new influences to 'strangely beautiful.' while all the songs on the this album are definitely synthy/electronicky fairs, it's nice to hear the jazzy, bossanova-y influences. here's hoping their next album sees them take their music even futher.

'strangely beautiful' is probably club 8's best, most cohesive album. there's really not a dud nor a dull moment on the album. with 'spring came, rain fell' running a close second. if you area savvy pop music afficionado (and you know who you are), club 8 is your drug.

Beautifully engaging........2003-06-18

This is a pleasantly comfortable album, something that will send you into a warm, relaxed state. It is such low-key pop that it will cover any bits of worry and frenzy with a soft blanket.

Johan's simple music, a mix of guitar and keyboard, complements Karolina's sugary, light voice quite nicely. Her vocals actually remind me of early Dolores O'Riordan from the Cranberries, except with a slight Swedish accent. I like all the songs, but my favorites are "I Wasn't Much of a Fight" and "The Next Step You'll Take".

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Safe Breaks V.1 [Import]

Wood/Holloway: Passion Of Our Lord According To St. Mark/Since I Believe In God The Father Almighty

Versatile Reality

Music CD: One Jump Ahead

Wings Of Desire (1987 Film) [Soundtrack]

Visual Lies

Young Lust: The Aerosmith Anthology

Your Departure Left Me The Shelterless Victim of a Major Disaster (EP)

Viva Chile [Import]

Tomas Luis de Victoria: Missa 'Vidi Speciosam'

Window to My Soul

Vete a Buscar Aquel [Enhanced]

What U Gotta Say

The Way Love Is

Baby Come to Me: The Best of Regina Belle