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The Yeah You’s – London-based duo Mike Kintish and Nick Ingram – could be massive. That’s chart-topping, world-touring, first-dance-at-a-wedding massive. All they need to do is get their quality control filter sorted and bingo, dreams come true.
Looking Through You places its finest, sing-along-friendly moments at the start of its 11-track duration, and subsequently seems a lot less interesting when the comparative filler material surfaces. 15 Minutes and Getting Up With You are superb modern pop arrangements, taming the quirky exuberance of Mika and combining a seemingly natural flair with super-size vocal hooks that have The Feeling sounding like classic krautrockers Faust. 15 Minutes’ examination of fleeting fame, ironically the song that introduced the pair to the world, might possess little lyrical originality, but its soaring chorus is melt-in-the-mouth (ears?) succulent. Getting Up With You, meanwhile, could be a lost Keane track, one that fell behind the desk when the East Sussex trio were sequencing their Hopes & Fears debut.
Dive In – track eight – is an example of The Yeah You’s operating at a level some distance below the height achieved by the aforementioned hits. Reggae-lite guitar work acts as the spine for a succession of dull couplets and primary school metaphors, and while the song’s sentiments – to keep fighting, against whatever it is that needs to be battled – may be pure, the end product is a faded black-and-white Xerox of its makers’ bets efforts. The ballads here – If Only I’d Said Hello and Carry Me Home – don’t particularly engage either. Imagine Gary Barlow and friends belting them out and they work, but The Yeah You’s seem more comfortable when they’re keeping things upbeat.
Which they do brilliantly on Ready to Love Again – think Queen covering Abba, as covered by a cheesy Eurodance group who, in turn, have had their take transformed by Muse after Matt Bellamy’s munched his way through several bags of Skittles. You don’t so much taste the rainbow, as have the rainbow gatecrash your house party with a load of spiked punch and force you to down pint glasses of the stuff. It’s a multi-faceted romp, and showcases an ambition that could see The Yeah You’s become the pop world’s version of the Flaming Lips.
There’s that word again: ‘could’. A little tweaking, some minor modifications, and album two could be something pretty special. The groundwork’s already laid. --Mike Diver
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12 of 12 people found the following review helpful
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Just when it looked like British feel good music was going down the old Swannee again along come Nick and Mike - The Yeah Yous - to remind us of what great pop music can sound like. "15 minutes" wasn't a bad tune (even though I thought it was McFly first time I heard it!) but "Waking Up With You" is a much better representation of what these boys are capable of. Excellent harmonies,songs that go off in direction you just didn't see coming and an all round feel good factor that has you singing along in no time. Particular stand-outs are "Clifftop" and "It's Happening To Me" along with the two singles. Really encouraging to hear proper "pop" - I hope these guys are destined for great things!
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
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This is a fantastic album, it just gets better and better the more times you hear it. I've recommended it to everyone! It is the favourite album of all my family, even my husband demands the CD to listen to in his tractor! Well worth the purchase.
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
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First of all let's get the negative stuff out of the way. I'm a HUGE fan of this album but have to agree with the last reviewer about the electro-cheese in places, especially Ready to Love Again. Despite this, it's an outstanding first effort from the Yeah You's (does their name really need an apostrophe?). The melodies are consistently inventive, the textures inspired, and the harmonies on every chorus are simply majestic. The CD is now welded into my car's player and I never tire of playing it endlessly.
In short, a complete and polished gem amongst the pap that passes for music nowadays.
In short, a complete and polished gem amongst the pap that passes for music nowadays.
Most Recent Customer Reviews
**
11 beatiful songs that I can listen over and over and over again, all nicely written and brilliantly played! Read more
Published 8 months ago by Zergushonok
POPTASTIC!!!
OK,SO THERE IS'NT A GREAT DEAL OF GUITAR AND SOME OF IT WILL GET YOU THINKING "WHERE HAVE I HEARD THAT BEFORE" BUT STONE ME ...WHAT A BL**DY WONDERFUL ALBUM. Read more
Published 20 months ago by P. D. Faulkner
Instant,Yeah,
Instant, catchy and overlaid with harmonies. Will it be a 'stayer' only time will tell
and looking forward to the follow up
and looking forward to the follow up
Published on 8 Mar 2010 by nudger99
Don't even have it yet
I heard part of "15 Minutes" on American Idol last night, and once I did some research and found out who did the song, I was very dissapointed to find out it wasn't available on... Read more
Published on 22 Jan 2010 by Paul Schram
Fab CD.................
Love this album from the Yeah You's. I suppose a lot of the tracks are very similar, musically, but its good anyway even if just for the ones you know!
Published on 14 Jan 2010 by Scarlett F Black
Yeah
Excellent album. Makes me wonder what Yes would have sounded like if they had decided to go commercial instead of Prog! Read more
Published on 10 Jan 2010 by Bern from Maidstone
Top album! The feelgood factor is back
Having heard the first 2 singles from this album being pushed by Radio 2 in the run-up to its release, I took a chance and bought the album and have to say I am not in the... Read more
Published on 9 Nov 2009 by Mr. James R. Roberts
yeah yous
Excellent album with cracking good tunes like the sort of melodic pop the Pet Shop Boys used to make. Well worth a listen. Took away on Hol last week & played & played.
Published on 28 Oct 2009 by B. G. Cullen
Poptastic
After hearing 'Getting Up With You' and not being able to get the song out of my head for some days I decided to take a punt on this album / the first purchased for many months and... Read more
Published on 9 Oct 2009 by Mr. Guy J. Thomas
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