Unsolved

1. Murder Came Knocking

2. When Will It Ever Change

3. Lil Lost Boys

4. Baby Doll

5. Lets Ball

6. He Got Game

7. You're Gone

8. You Know Him/Her

9. In My City

10. Critical

11. Just Do It

12. Our Hearts n Cry Tears

13. Nickyteen

14. The Sun Don't Shine Everyday

15. On Fire

16. Wakeup

17. Your Spirit Lives On

18. Let Ya Body Rock

Tracks:

Small Fries
Lived-But-Yet-Named
Sever
Roots and the Ruins
Number Six
One Less Blues
Halo of the Strange
Angels Just Have to Show
This Day Next Year

Customer Reviews:

Intelligent, airy and effin' awesome.......2003-01-04

Laying in bed and reading Breakfast at Tiffany's or sitting in your friend's cold duplex this album always satisfies. In this album the band quietly steps away from the subtle punk that can be heard on previous albums. I'd say that I enjoy this album more than Some Boots, as well as the other albums. You can't help but feel intellectual and lost with this cd in hearing distance. Definitely pick this one up, and listen to it everyday.

an album you will never get bored of.......2001-08-20

This is one of these amazing albums which you discover over a couple of hearings and which grows on you to a point that you could never get bored of it. The tunes are all finely composed, with subtle complexity, allowing all instruments enough space to be heard and enjoyed. It has to be mentioned here that the album has the crispest, most delightful sound (the vintage (Leedy) drumkit, with that distinctive Gretsch Broadcaster snare sound, the perfect bass and guitar sound), due not only to the instruments themselves but also to some great sound engineering work. Being a long time Karate fan, and having listened to them since their first album, I must say that I am delighted to hear Karate evolve in such a way and that I strongly recommend giving this CD your full attention; and if you like it, work your way back to "The Bed Is In The Ocean", "In Place of Real Insight", and their first album "Karate".

Quiet, Jazzy, Intense.......2001-05-23

If you've seen Karate live, especially in post 2000 shows, you'll have noticed that there seems to be a lot of improvization happening, even occasionally drifting into avant-garde. On several occasions, I have confronted them with this point after shows, and have found that all of these "improv" sections are actually all planned out, like a Rush concert.

I would assume the same for "Unsolved" on which almost every song has some sort of jazzy guitar solo by Geoff Farina. But bear in mind that this is not a new direction for Karate, it has simply been exploited far more on this album.

Generally, the songs are slower, some of them swing, there are a couple of true rockers ("Sever" is as impressive on album as it is live) but all in all less yelling and a more conversational tone to the lyrics. Confusingly, there are also some delay/feedback Thurston Moorish soundcapes in many of these songs, which are often coupled with some fancy drum work. And speaking of fancy drum work, check out the tension/release coda of the album, the 15 minute "This Day Next Year" which next to "Diazapam" from The Bed Is In The Ocean is one of my favorite Karate songs.

One last thing: The sounds on this album are all crisper than crisp, which goes against the scratchy indie-rock aesthetic. Another rumor I heard was that G. Farina, unsatisfied with his guitar sound both live and in studio, took some time off from recording and touring to study the mechanics and electronics of amplifiers, so that he could better fine-tune his sound. The result: Unsolved is perhaps the best mixed album I have ever heard, though some might hear it and claim it adds to this albums supposed wimpyness. Well, this album has its dull moments, but all and all it is an enthralling album.

An unarmed assualt on the world of music..........2001-04-15

This could well turn out to be one of my favourite albums of all time. There's simply not one weak track on the whole album. The three of them seem to gel perfectly together. I'm not going to pigeonhole the style as I think it should be heard on it's own merits, regardless of which vogue of music you are into. This is as timeless as jazz, to which it most closely resembles. Oops! I still however, havn't got even close to understanding the lyrics yet, and I can add that for me anyway, it took many listenings to fully appreciate it overall. Every instrument seems to be playing independent of each other, and yet, in perfect harmony with the others. Please make this album known to others as it rightly deserves. I give this a rating only because i'm required to.., I think that the words should be read first, and not the rating.

talented indie rock musicians..........2001-03-27

Karate is tight. Geoffs lyrics are awesome. Don't expect punk, this is jazzy rock, pretty mellow. The best way to describe it is like jazzy- Slint.

Average customer rating:

Destination Vertical

Unsolved Remained
Masha Qrella
Manufacturer: Morr Music / M.M.
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

General | Dance & DJ | Styles | Music

Electronica | Dance & DJ | Styles | Music

General | 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

Electronica | Dance & DJ | Indie Music | Stores | Music
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ASIN: B0007DDPUM
Release Date: 2005-03-08

Tracks:

Unsolved Remained
Last Night
Sister, Welcome
I Can't Tell
C. Bones
No Matter
Feels Like
Everthing Shows
Destination Vertical
Guided by the Stripes
My Day

Customer Reviews:

Destination Vertical.......2006-05-20

I heard this song for the first time on Grey's Anatomy season finale. So i decided to buy this cd, I haven't heard anything about the artist, but i can tell you that this one particular song is all right.

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Unsolved

Manufacturer: Nightbreed Entertainment
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

General | Rap & Hip-Hop | Styles | Music
ASIN: B000CAGCP0
Release Date: 2004-06-22

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Unsolved
LK
Manufacturer: The Orchard
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

General | Rap & Hip-Hop | Styles | Music

Pop Rap | Rap & Hip-Hop | Styles | Music

General | Rap & Hip-Hop | Indie Music | Stores | Music
ASIN: B000A1IN3A
Release Date: 2005-06-07

Tracks:

Murder Came Knocking
When Will It Ever Change
Lil Lost Boys
Baby Doll
Lets Ball
He Got Game
You're Gone
You Know Him/Her
In My City
Critical
Just Do It
Our Hearts n Cry Tears
Nickyteen
The Sun Don't Shine Everyday
On Fire
Wakeup
Your Spirit Lives On
Let Ya Body Rock

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Better than...
Extraordinary and Essential
the BigTakeover review

Unsolved Bliss-teries
George Elliott
Manufacturer: The Orchard
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

General | Rock | Styles | Music

Pop Rock | Pop | Styles | Music
ASIN: B00003JAIK
Release Date: 2000-04-01

Tracks:

Disappear
Astrological Breathing
Oughta Be A Law
Hollowhead Beauty-Flex
Goners
Dance Rock
Mystery Song
Drunius K. Fwelpenfwecker
Christ Belief - Cross Doubt
Unbeknownst
Overseas
Have Gun Will Travel
'Her Will Be Back'
Sephir Yetzirah
Freaky Geeky
Nietzsche & Me
Who Can Say
Shadows Of The Sun
Chairman Of The Overboard
Sin City
Stop Being A Geek
Nicotine
Strange Exchanges
Call Me A Pharaoh
Hollowhead Reprise
Much Better Now
Track 27

Customer Reviews:

Better than..........2003-07-24

I came to GE after Clapton, Winwood, et al and he is so much better. The secret is that he is so consistent throughout the phases of his career that are sampled on this album. Even the likes of EC and Bowie have dimples on their pimples, but it seems that GE just keeps on doing the same great stuff over and over. And like Van Morrison, he is less mainstream and therefore seems to not be inflicted with superstar ego ambitions. A career to start to be appreciated...

Extraordinary and Essential.......2003-05-17

George Elliott who is now 50 years old continues to astonish. He is showing no signs of diminished power on "Unsolved Bliss-Teries" which is his third release. This somewhat underground and aloof figure who seems to rarely perform live, has single-handedly been able to challenge the prevailing understanding of the singer/songwriter model. Be prepared, this is not indie rock type music. It has nothing to do with Nico, Tori Amos, Cat Power, or the numerous other's. It will completely demand you rewire your prevailing thoughts on what not only a "new artist" is capable of, but any artist from now on. Actually, sin of sin's, he disregards even the most current understandings of what hipster thought is. It's words, beliefs and lifestyle he ignores all of it. George exists on his own terms.

Elliott's musical universe is a hall of mirrors that reflect direct expression. Removed from this world are notions of difference, such as beauty and ugliness. You are left floating in a musical galaxy of tempo and key-changes which seems to appear at random. his completely unique voice moans in a dream state of believable un-reality. He jumps from a Skip James-like falsetto to a grueling Om Kalsoum death throb in an instant. You are allowed here to create yourself in a way. The sign posts are removed but you don't feel lost. George Elliott holds your hand. This is very pure but "damaged" music. It is a strange but beautiful feeling. It is odd joyfulness.

Here you find a young man of unusual beauty decked out like a demi-god. Flowers are in his hair, glitter is in her eyes and he is surrounded by plastic jewels, candles and cardboard stars hanging by threads from the ceiling. Three professional cameras capture it all. A document of homemade performance by a teenager of chilling potential. He's happy, sad, he struggles, it's magical. The audience seems not to care. You will.

All hail this beautiful recording on the psychedelic/folk label Heliocentric!

the BigTakeover review.......2002-08-03

...Simple, cerebral pop is a lost art, but these 26 two-minute songs have a thinking-man's quality. They're unadorned ditties built around acoustic guitar twilling, drums and bass mixed so low you'd barely notice them, and keyboard flourishes. (And is that not a kazoo we hear in the background of "Mystery Song," and a recorder on "Unbeknownst'?) But it's Elliott's overpronounced vocals that makes UNSOLVED something other than the umpteenth home-recorded demos by the unimaginative. His spare words are curious, his cadences abrupt and full of odd personality, and his bent reminds of the late `70s, when genuine eccentrics were drawn to make quirky, unusual music that was called new wave, but was really only one step removed from Dr Demento's show-from early Devo and Talking Heads to an army of lesser-known such as Tin Huey, Pere Ubu, R Stevie Moore, Nash the Slash, the Residents, Mutants, Klaus Nomi, Units, etc. (The only thing they had in common were their unusual approaches and smarts.) Extra points for folksy covers of BUNNY WAILER'S "Dance Rock" and GRAM PARSONS AND CHRIS HILLMAN'S FLYING BURRITO BROTHERS' classic "Sin City"...

Average customer rating:

Testing the Waters

ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD
ASIN: B000BWE15C

Product Description

Song List: Lucky, Why Can't I Move On, Long Hard Road, It Takes a Lot More Than That, Romeo, Missing Your Love, What You Want You Know I Got It, In My Heart, You're The One For Me, Big Woman Blues, Start From Scratch

Average customer rating:

Great import Cd Single

Unsolved Mysteries/Jetlag
Kay Cee
Manufacturer: Polygram Int'l
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

General | Dance & DJ | Styles | Music

Dance & DJ | Imports | Stores | Music
ASIN: B00005CD40
Release Date: 2001-07-17

Tracks:

Unsolved Mysteries (Video Version)
Unsolved Mysteries (Club Mix)
Unsolved Mysteries (Elektrochemie Lk Remix)
Jetlag (Radio Edit)

Album Description

German dance single. Tracks, 'Unsolved Mysteries' (Video Version, Club Mix, Elektrochemie LK Remix) & 'Jetlag' (Radio Edit). Slimline jewel case. 2001 release.

Customer Reviews:

Great import Cd Single.......2005-05-07

This is part of my heavy rotation mix. The singer sounds eerily like Björk.