- Audio CD (23 April 2007)
- Number of Discs: 1
- Label: Truck
- ASIN: B000NQRT5A
- Other Editions: Audio CD | MP3 Download
- Average Customer Review: 4.2 out of 5 stars See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 143,459 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)
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After dealing with the 'difficult' second album and setting up the mandatory side project, the brothers White return with their third album No Need To Be Downhearted, the question being, is there still a place for ESP?
Opener 'No Need to Be Downhearted (Part 1)', does not do what its says on the tin. Sounding like a Morrissey castoff is not the attention grabber this album needed to announce ESP's return. Where is the breezy pop we had come to love, the songs that Weezer would have been proud of? Maybe too much is being expected off a first track, maybe they're just getting settled and maybe those joyous melodies are just around the corner, no need to be downhearted, yet. Well, this reviewer is very downhearted because it does not get any better, the melodies don't arrive, songs such as 'Woken By A Kiss' press the pyschedelia buttons, but no-one bothered to press the 'interesting' button.
Praise be then for 'If That's The Case, Then I Don't Know'. Someone seems to be have been spying on a few CSS practices because here is an Indie-disco beast. Some of that disco strut evident in side project, The Brakes, has followed the brothers back to the day job. The problem is that this track is the albums undoing. It's so beastly that it swallows the rest of the album; the rest just don't stand up. Although they may have borrowed some of the disco, The Brakes have kept the soul of ESP. Whereas previous tunes gleefully harked back to mid-nineties Indie, this album is tired and out of steam. There's no longer the punch which made them stand out.
Regrettably, it seems there is no longer a place for Electric Soft Parade; give up the day job lads, your side project has nicked your tunes. --Ben Ashmore
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7 of 8 people found the following review helpful
Format:Audio CD
Although I quite enjoyed ESP's collaboration with Brakes, this album sees them back to what they do best - rich, melodic, imaginative, indie rock. It reminds me of the Beatles at their best and you can't say better than that.
11 of 13 people found the following review helpful
Format:Audio CD
I have to say i loved their 1st album,it was like listening to all your favourite songs and it hit you immediately. The American Adventure was their attempt to be more mature and suffered a little in comparison though it is still a very good album.However No Need To Be Downhearted is a return to form with a mixture ofuptempo and slow stuff, but all have the panache of Holes In The Wall.
Standout tracks fo me are( in no particular order),
Come Back Inside
Cold World( also on The Human Body )
Misunderstanding
If thats the case, then i dont know
Have you ever felt like its too late
Appropriate ending
The music sounds will sound even better on your mp3 player as you get to hear all the sounds going on in the background much more clearly.
All in all this a fabulous cd and I can only hope they get the success they so richly deserve with it, but sadly as is the case with Teenage Fanclub I have a feeling it wont happen. You get the impression though that they dont mind if they don't which to me is a refreshing change from all the showy and image led stuff that appears now.
Standout tracks fo me are( in no particular order),
Come Back Inside
Cold World( also on The Human Body )
Misunderstanding
If thats the case, then i dont know
Have you ever felt like its too late
Appropriate ending
The music sounds will sound even better on your mp3 player as you get to hear all the sounds going on in the background much more clearly.
All in all this a fabulous cd and I can only hope they get the success they so richly deserve with it, but sadly as is the case with Teenage Fanclub I have a feeling it wont happen. You get the impression though that they dont mind if they don't which to me is a refreshing change from all the showy and image led stuff that appears now.
2 of 3 people found the following review helpful
Format:Audio CD
The ESP seem to have been largely forgotten by a lot of people after their Mercury-nominated debut a few years back, but I can't for the life of me figure out why. This is by far the best record they've released so far! More mature than their debut, more consistent than the second album, with a great mix of slow and up-tempo tracks, all stamped with that unmistakeable ESP sound. Highly recommended!!
Favourite tracks : If That's The Case, Then I Don't Know
Misunderstanding
Secrets
Favourite tracks : If That's The Case, Then I Don't Know
Misunderstanding
Secrets
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