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  • Audio CD (8 Aug 2005)
  • Number of Discs: 1
  • Label: Memphis Industries
  • ASIN: B000AA5XCU
  • Other Editions: Audio CD  |  MP3 Download
  • Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (6 customer reviews)
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 26,445 in Music (See Bestsellers in Music)

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Listen  1. If Only The Moon Were Up 3:02£0.79
Listen  2. Tell Me Keep Me 3:13£0.79
Listen  3. Pieces 3:02£0.79
Listen  4. Luck Is A Fine Thing 2:18£0.79
Listen  5. Shorter Shorter 1:56£0.79
Listen  6. It's Not The Only Way To Feel Happy 5:21£0.79
Listen  7. 17 2:43£0.79
Listen  8. Like When You Meet Someone Else 3:22£0.79
Listen  9. You Can Decide 2:15£0.79
Listen10. Got To Get The Nerve 4:03£0.79
Listen11. Got To Write A Letter 3:12£0.79
Listen12. You're So Pretty 3:22£0.79

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The debut album of Field Music (formed by original Futureheads drummer Peter Brewis, along with his brother David and Andrew Moore) was a charmingly eclectic affair, a mix of stylized vocal harmonies, imaginative instrumentation and a beguiling prettiness unmatched by most current post-indie-pop troubadours. Write Your Own History is not a sequel as much as a retrospective trajectory of their slightly dotty guitar pop. Collecting together b-sides and unreleased tracks that often have more in common with Field Music’s previous bands Electronic Eye Music and the New Tellers, we get a general idea of how their offbeat sound developed. Songs such as "Breakfast Song", "Feeding The Birds" and "Trying To Sit Out" are all older songs recorded by Peter (his first attempts at arranging for a string trio); ‘I’m Tired’ and ‘Test Your Reaction’ are reworkings of songs previously released on EPs and mini-albums. Some songs - ‘Alternating Current’ for example – even predate the New Tellers, but were re-recorded and released under the Field Music name at a later date. Whatever, almost all the songs here are great examples of Field Music’s inventive song-writing; and for those of us that love a good, quirky tune, that can only be a good thing. --Paul Sullivan


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Debut album from British four-piece rockers Field Music. Formed in 2004, the band line-up changed several times - at one time including Maximo Park's drummer Tom English - before the recording of this first album. Their blend of melodic rock is combined with a 60's pop sound, complete with Beatles-esque violins. The singles 'Shorter Shorter' and 'You Can Decide' are included.

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13 of 13 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars Accomplised, ambitious and inventive - a bright future ahead, 21 Aug 2005
By Mr. E. Cowie "the_great_gatsby" (Stirling) - See all my reviews
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Really don't know what the previous reviewer of this album is on about. Going by the fact he likes Kubb though, it's not surprising...
Field Music wear their influences on the sleeve and the songs are varied and pretty timeless. However, they show enough invention within their make-up that they don't come across as MOR in any way.
Much of the album would appeal to fans of Elbow, Super Furry Animals, The Magic Numbers and Badly Drawn Boy amongst others. Some songs (like the debut single 'Shorter Shorter') are even reminiscent of ELO.
Plenty of the album is radio friendly enough to give them mainstream appeal and clearly from the production values they understand how to build an attractive sound. Sometimes the melodies are warm and gentle whilst at other times it has that oh so fashionable angular thing going on.
All in all a good debut effort and definitely worth keeping an eye on them in the future.
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11 of 11 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Getting a feel for field music, 4 Sep 2005
By Ms. Isobel Staniland (Yorkshire, England) - See all my reviews
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I got this album on a whim and just can't stop playing it now. At first found the change between the two different styles reflected in the songs a little hard to get used to but now it seems like one whole and is now my favourite album for a long time - pretty but really clever melodies, and the Geordie accents that come through just add to the whole effect of sung poetry.
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6 of 7 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Ambitious unadulterated musical genius, 19 Feb 2006
They're mates with Maximo Park, The Futureheads and The Golden Virgins so if you're a fan of those bands read on, but Sunderland's Field Music don't sound like anybody but themselves.

Imagine the Gang Of Four trapped in an elevator with The Beach Boys, Paul McCartney's Wings, Prefab Sprout and Wire. Then extrapolate.

But beware, this isn't an album that you're going to fall in love with on first play. It's ambitious, jagged and sometimes disconcertingly complicated. Instead you'll have to live with it for a bit, keep listening and then you'll find out why everyone who's anyone is raving about this being one of the albums of 2005. It's beautiful, brilliant and blisteringly inspired.

But - hey! - don't take my word for it. Take a chance, buy it and I guarantee that within a dozen plays, you'll believe that Sunderland has suddenly become the centre of the musical universe.

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5.0 out of 5 stars i loved it
still their best album to date.love (almost all)the tracks esp got to get the nerve and got to write a letter.more than just skippy,happy,dappy pop songs!!!
Published 22 months ago by Nikki C. Adams

4.0 out of 5 stars 'I didn't want to like this'
When Paul Smith of Maximo Park (or whatever his name is) appears on TV wearing a trilby looking smug and tells you that you should be listening to Field Music, your immerdiate... Read more
Published on 3 April 2006 by futureman24

1.0 out of 5 stars Keep it in the field where only the cows need suffer!
Having just seen this band live supporting Kubb (a truly great up and coming band), I can only say I wish I hadn't forced myself to sit through the entire set. Read more
Published on 18 Aug 2005

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