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25 of 26 people found the following review helpful
Format:Audio CD
Very few albums take me back to the heady days of studenthood with quite so much emotional power as this album. All About Eve may have emerged fresh from the budding mid-80s Yorkshire Goth scene, but this album has more in common with the hippie folk-rock pioneered way back by the likes of Jethro Tull and Fairport Convention (about half of whom feature as backing instrumentalists on the album). These are songs of an England which probably never really existed - honeysuckle-scented meadows, gypsies and apple trees feature prominently - alternately blissfully naive and romantic, with Julianne Regan's exquisite voice soaring with childlike simplicity above the ocean of finely-honed guitar backing, and dark-edged, with undertones of unrequited love, abandonment and tragedy. The aural equivalent of Thomas Hardy - this is storytelling in the finest tradition of English folk music, with the occasional epic guitar riff to make the legends of hard rock jealous. This band have successfully reinvented themselves time and time again; they are still touring around the UK's smaller live music venues, and as spellbinding as ever. With the advent of Evanescence and their ilk, the sound of All About Eve no longer sounds quite as dated as it might have done not so long ago; so for those who loved them first time around, give them another try, and don't ever lose that innocence.
13 of 14 people found the following review helpful
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All About Eve, although steeped in the world of Goth, were a highly original rock-goth crossover band and this debut album is one of their best releases (their 2nd album is better though).
There are a couple well known singles here, notably Wild Hearted Woman and the gorgeous Martha's Harbour, yes, that of TOTP 'we can't hear the backing track' infamy ! (but it still made the Top 10). If not for anything else, buy this album for the brilliant, epic track In The Meadow, with a great guitar solo and some brilliant rhythm changes, which is certainly their single greatest moment.
3 of 3 people found the following review helpful
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i've jsut rediscovered this album (having listened to it interminably at age 15, which is slightly less than half my present age :-() and it has definitely stood the test of time, despite some reviewers here stating otherwise. i don't think it's dated because it doesn't really sound like anything else. it's pretty unique in that regard, with some excellent songs and a very pleasant and haunting vibe that i find very pleasing. i haven't awarded 5 stars because somehow or other it could be better than it is. i'm not sure how - but there's something lacking and i can't quite place what. i'm inclined to believe it lacks a little 'oomph' and could have been braver, but for all that it's still very good. the album ;scarlet' is also good, but i wouldn't say it's better than this.
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All about talent
A stunning album from the very talented All About Eve. With it's very special mix of folk/Goth music and Pagan/spiritual lyrics it has the perfect ingedients for a wonderful album. Read more
Published 4 months ago by G.E.Manton
MUSIC AT IT'S BEST
SUPERB CD FROM AN EXCELLENT BAND -ALL ABOUT EVE-
I WAS A TEENAGER WHEN I FIRST HEARD ALL ABOUT EVE
AND AS MUCH AS I HAVE AGED THEY HAVEN'T
JUST AS GOOD AS EVER. Read more
I WAS A TEENAGER WHEN I FIRST HEARD ALL ABOUT EVE
AND AS MUCH AS I HAVE AGED THEY HAVEN'T
JUST AS GOOD AS EVER. Read more
Published 14 months ago by BUSYMUM
its all about eve
excellent album full of early tracks good quality captures their sound and style well.
played it alot
played it alot
Published 14 months ago by kayjay
Great
I had never come across these till my partner said she was at music school with one of the band. Excellent folk/rock stuff
Published 14 months ago by Prof. Chris Whitworth
All About Eve, "All About Eve,"
I first was introduced to All About Eve by a friend back in 1988, and bought this brilliant album straight away (on vinyl). Read more
Published 15 months ago by Chapelmice
Their first and best album
Somewhere along the line AAE got labelled as goth, probably due to black eyeliner and clothes, however their debut album owes more to folk traditions than any other genre. Read more
Published on 11 April 2008 by Annabel Gaskell
Shelter From The Rain
I adore this record. I adored it back when I was 15 and it was first released, and I rediscovered that adoration some years later when I blew the dust of the vinyl and played it... Read more
Published on 9 July 2007 by Teleute
A classic enchanting journey!-beautiful music by beautiful people.
THE 'EVES released one of the finest ever debut albums & greatest too .Rich & beautifully sang & played. Read more
Published on 23 Nov 2006 by R. J. Samways
What kind of fool...?
This is All About Eve's first LP. They were bright eyed and lured by a large record company into bringing their songs to to masses. Read more
Published on 7 July 2004 by Richard Kelly
As if the Pre-Raphaelites had discovered rock n roll.
The Lady of Shalott with a 4/4 beat:
Picture a gypsy girl, legs dangling off the back of her wagon, trilling folk songs which speak to a pastoral, idyllic childhood, while a team... Read more
Published on 28 Sep 2003 by O. Buxton
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