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Goodbye [CD]

Czars | Format: Audio CD
4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (6 customer reviews)
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Product details

  • Audio CD (27 May 2010)
  • Number of Discs: 1
  • Format: CD
  • Label: Bella Union
  • ASIN: B0002RUAKQ
  • Other Editions: Audio CD  |  MP3 Download
  • Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (6 customer reviews)
  • Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 27,205 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

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Song Title Time Price
Listen  1. Goodbye Intro 2:01£0.69
Listen  2. Goodbye 4:24£0.69
Listen  3. Paint the Moon 4:11£0.69
Listen  4. The Hymn 4:45£0.69
Listen  5. My Love 6:00£0.69
Listen  6. Little Pink House 5:12£0.69
Listen  7. I Am The Man 4:54£0.69
Listen  8. Trash 3:37£0.69
Listen  9. I Saw a Ship 3:25£0.69
Listen10. Los 5:42£0.69
Listen11. Bright Black Eyes 5:22£0.69
Listen12. Pain 3:21£0.69

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Album Description

The Czars make their eagerly-awaited return superb third album, Goodbye, the follow-up to The Ugly People vs The Beautiful People, which was released to great critical-acclaim in autumn 2001. Goodbye is filled with incredible songs notable for their rich production, high levels of musicianship and, of course, John Grant's beautiful baritone vocals, painting broad textures over dense sonic space. Lyrically, the album deals with themes of loss, regret and change. It begins with a haunting piano solo, lightly sketching out the structure of the astonishing title track.

Goodbye is an exploration of feelings and emotions that are often in conflict with one another. Sometimes angry, sometimes tender, always inspired, it is hard to imagine a band who can match The Czars for power, gravity and grace. As an artistic endeavour for The Czars it is the statement of a group that has reached both a sonic and aesthetic maturity.

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8 of 8 people found the following review helpful
Format:Audio CD
Beginning with a chopin-esque piano intro - a spare and stuttering melody - "Goodbye" marks a sophisticated step forward from the last Czars album, the wonderful "Ugly People vs Beautiful People". Where that album was a set of superior slices of Americana, "Goodbye" is an altogther richer affair, combining classical ("Goodbye", "Los"), jazz ("Little Pink House", "I Saw a Ship") and even electronica ("I am the Man") to produce an eclectic, but occassionally over-produced, sound.

The central themes of the album are loss, loneliness and isolation and Jon Grant's sonorous and chocolatey tenor suits the haunting elegiac feel of the album (except where bizarrely vocodered on the mushy-sounding "I am the Man").

The centrepiece of the album is the terrific "Los". The interplay between violin, piano and Grant's voice works beautifully and when he sings the central line "I want you to give back to me the child I never was", I defy your neck hairs not to stand to attention. Clearly this is heartfelt.

My only criticism is that the sound is occassionally cluttered. Grant's voice can stand on its own, but rarely does. Particularly for such personal material, I wonder whether a "less is more" approach may have worked better. This was true also of "Ugly/Beautiful". Now if Rick Rubin could get his hands on them...

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8 of 9 people found the following review helpful
Just Incredible 1 Nov 2004
Format:Audio CD
I've liked this band for a while now, but "Goodbye" is possibly the best album I've heard this year. The main selling point is John Grant's voice, which is simply beautiful. The fact that he uses this amazing instrument to sing lyrics like "Save that bullshit for the bedroom, that's where all your best work gets done" adds unbelievable power. Grant has possibly the best male voice since Tim Buckley. Incredible production, really slow-burning songs, fantastic musicianship and John Grant. You really don't need any more.
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6 of 7 people found the following review helpful
Format:Audio CD
I was invited to see the Czars play live and expected very little. I was, to put it mildly, blown away by their amazing songs. The electricity cut out about half-way through the set but the band professionally continued and this only brought to everybody's attention just how beautiful John's voice is.

The recorded album is not a disappointment and will go down in my collection as being one of the best I have. An always thoughtful and passionate mix of styles but blended fairly well on the album. My only (minor) complaint is that the production of some songs disguises the natural beauty of John's vocals.

Heartily recommended, you will find yourself listening to this album over and over.

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