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  • Audio CD (24 Mar 2008)
  • Number of Discs: 1
  • Format: Enhanced
  • Label: Universal
  • ASIN: B0012RCXAK
  • Other Editions: Audio CD  |  Vinyl  |  MP3 Download
  • Average Customer Review: 4.1 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (23 customer reviews)
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 8,217 in Music (See Bestsellers in Music)

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1. Kriss Kross - Guillemots, Aristazabal Hawkes, Fyfe Hutchins, Adam Noble, Ruadhri Cushnan, Perry Montague-Mason, Warren Zielinski, Peter Lale, Derek Watkins, Ben Castle, Howard McGill, Martin Williams, Philip Todd, Paul Spong, Ricardo Pimentel, Greig Stewart, Nick Ingman, Steve Morris, Everton Nelson, Boguslav Kostecki, Jonathan Rees, David Woodcock, Chris Tombling, Cathy Thompson, Tom Pigott Smith, Pete Hanson, Liz Edwards, Patrick Kiernan, Emlyn Singleton, Bruce White, Rachel Bolt, George Robertson, Don McVay, Katie Wilkinson, Graeme Perkins, Fulvio Sigurta, Peter Long, Dai Pritchard, Chris Davis
2. Big Dog - Guillemots, Adam Noble, Jeff Knowler, Ruadhri Cushnan, Fyfe Hutchins, Christopher Cundy, Alex J. Ward, Aristazabal Hawkes, Greig Stewart, Ricardo Pimentel
3. Falling Out Of Reach - Guillemots, Fyfe Hutchins, Adam Noble, Ruadhri Cushnan, Aristazabal Hawkes, Perry Montague-Mason, Warren Zielinski, Peter Lale, Fulvio Sigurta, Harry Brown Jnr, Ricardo Pimentel, Greig Stewart, Nick Ingman, Steve Morris, Boguslav Kostecki, Everton Nelson, Jonathan Rees, David Woodcock, Chris Tombling, Cathy Thompson, Tom Pigott Smith, Pete Hanson, Liz Edwards, Patrick Kiernan, Emlyn Singleton, Bruce White, Rachel Bolt, George Robertson, Don McVay, Katie Wilkinson
4. Get Over It - Guillemots, Adam Noble, Jeff Knowler, Ruadhri Cushnan, Fyfe Hutchins, Aristazabal Hawkes, Tawiah Nunoo, Christopher Cundy, Crispin Robinson, Greig Stewart, Ricardo Pimentel
5. Clarion - Guillemots, Adam Noble, Jeff Knowler, Ruadhri Cushnan, Fyfe Hutchins, Aristazabal Hawkes, Cheng Yu, Greig Stewart, Ricardo Pimentel
6. Last Kiss - Guillemots, Ricardo Pimentel, Adam Noble, Jeff Knowler, Ruadhri Cushnan, Jonas Raabe, Fyfe Hutchins, Perry Montague-Mason, Warren Zielinski, Peter Lale, Aristazabal Hawkes, Greig Stewart, Nick Ingman, Everton Nelson, Steve Morris, Boguslav Kostecki, Jonathan Rees, David Woodcock, Chris Tombling, Cathy Thompson, Tom Pigott Smith, Pete Hanson, Liz Edwards, Patrick Kiernan, Emlyn Singleton, Bruce White, Rachel Bolt, George Robertson, Don McVay, Katie Wilkinson
7. Cockateels - Guillemots, Fyfe Hutchins, Adam Noble, Ruadhri Cushnan, Perry Montague-Mason, Warren Zielinski, Peter Lale, Aristazabal Hawkes, Ricardo Pimentel, Greig Stewart, Nick Ingman, Everton Nelson, Steve Morris, Boguslav Kostecki, Jonathan Rees, David Woodcock, Chris Tombling, Cathy Thompson, Tom Pigott Smith, Pete Hanson, Liz Edwards, Patrick Kiernan, Emlyn Singleton, Bruce White, Rachel Bolt, George Robertson, Don McVay, Katie Wilkinson
8. Words - Guillemots, Adam Noble, Fyfe Hutchins, Ida Maria, Fulvio Sigurta, Harry Brown Jnr, Alex J. Ward, Christopher Cundy, Aldevis Tibaldi, Mark Hanslip, Ben Castle, Rowland Sutherland, Ricardo Pimentel, Greig Stewart, Aristazabal Hawkes
9. Standing On The Last Star - Guillemots, Adam Noble, Jeff Knowler, Ruadhri Cushnan, Fyfe Hutchins, Aristazabal Hawkes, Ricardo Pimentel, Greig Stewart
10. Don't Look Down - Guillemots, Adam Noble, Rob Payford, Jeff Knowler, Ruadhri Cushnan, Fyfe Hutchins, Aristazabal Hawkes, Christopher Cundy, Greig Stewart, Ricardo Pimentel
11. Take Me Home - Guillemots, Adam Noble, Fyfe Hutchins, Aristazabal Hawkes, Greig Stewart, Ricardo Pimentel
12. Get Over It - Guillemots, Adam Noble, Ruadhri Cushnan, Fyfe Hutchins, Aristazabal Hawkes, Tawiah Nunoo, Christopher Cundy, Crispin Robinson, Greig Stewart, Ricardo Pimentel, Malachy Mcanenny

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Amazon.co.uk Review

It can be difficult to know how to condition yourself as a Guillemots fan. First there was Through the Windowpane, a great English pop record full of classy melodrama and widescreen elation, then there were the wilfully eccentric live shows, known to descend into mind-boggling bouts of freeform jazz bombast. And now there is Red, yet another altogether different dragon. You can talk about forcing a square where a circle should be, but this is more like teasing a dodecahedron through a drinking straw. And yet with slick feline agility they somehow wriggle through with little resistance. To get a measure of the differences, penultimate track "Don't Look Down" is one of a few that holds a torch for the first record, leading in with the keyboard twinkles and filmic slow pace, but implodes midway like a fully-laden milk float combusting, and comes out the other side like the Annie cast on helium set to a drum 'n' bass beat. Amazingly, it's as palatable as ever. But that's just for starters. "Kriss Kross" is the hitherto undiscovered melding point between 2Unlimited (of brief 90s techno infamy) and The New Radicals' chiming pop, "Big Dog" is bright lights arena R&B, robotic seduction with a Jacko scream at its heart, "Get over It" is glittery, steroid pumped modern glam and "Last Kiss" is Tubular Bells with distorted bass funnelled into a rave anthem. The whole album's a curveball, but the quality of the songs is undimming and maybe we just got a little closer to discovering what Guillemots quintessentially are. Or maybe not. --James Berry


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Led by songwriter Fyfe Dangerfield, the melodic indie misfits Guillemots second LP 'Red' retains their buoyant optimismand instrumental prowess, but introduces a new-found confidence. Lead single 'Get Over It' is a prime example of this, as are several other more exuberant tracks on this release. Recorded mostly in an East London synagogue and co-produced (alongside the band) by U2 collaborator Adam Noble, 'Red' isan album of pure, attention-grabbing pop songs that marks adirectional departure for its authors.

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39 of 45 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Guillemots are back with a bang!, 29 Feb 2008
i was lucky enough to hear a promo copy of this and all i can say is....Wow! It is absolutely stunning. This album is a glittering behemoth of pop gems. They've still kept their eclectic edge - managing to fit in stompy disco beats, gorgeous oriental strings and ridiculously catchy vocals - plus a couple more or those spine-tingling love songs they do so well. 'Red' is feistier, darker and slicker than the first album, but retains those genius musical twists that make them so original. This is going to be one of the most brilliant, inventive pop albums of 2008.
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15 of 18 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars Red, 24 Mar 2008
By B. Wright (Gloucester, UK) - See all my reviews
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This is a glorious collection of songs, wonderfully inventive and diverse and moodier than the first album, at times brighter and louder. However, this acts as both a strength and a weakness; with such a variety of songs it's hard to get bored as the album shifts through world/ bollywood style, to dub, and then the 'safer' straight pop-songs. Yet the album lacks cohesion, feeling like a compilation of several different bands rather than just one. It shows a very talented band, but one that doesn't want to be pigeon-holed, to the point where they shy away from the style at which they are best. At times it feels like quality gives way to experimentation, and that's a shame because with the right balance this album would be simply stunning. The better tracks on the album are the ones that are simple and free of too much experimenting.

This album will only sound better with repeated listens. 'Falling Out of Reach' and the funky 'Big Dog' catch straight away, as does 'Words', but the other songs have more depth. Yet it may not be an album that you will want to listen to straight through, instead skipping some of the tracks that aren't as accessible due to their style. If you're just discovering the Guillemots then begin with their first album and then look at this one. It's good, but not as breathtaking as the first nor as epic. 3.5 stars.
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7 of 9 people found the following review helpful:
2.0 out of 5 stars Disappointing follow-up, 1 May 2008
By Bob (Scotland) - See all my reviews
I love Through The Window Pane to the point that it is probably the most overplayed album I own, but something has just gone a little bit wrong with Red. Kriss Kross is a nice track, as is Get Over It but there are some really clunkers as well, Big Dog is just rubbish and Words isn't much better. They've lost the whimsical edge that made the debut so charming, and replaced it with dodgy 80's style production and an over-reliance on funny noises. It really pains me to say it, but this is a huge letdown from a band who are capable of so much more.



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4.0 out of 5 stars Red? Simply Good.
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4.0 out of 5 stars A very good varied poppy rock album that grows on you.
The more that I listen to the Guillemots Red cd the more I like it as I found it to be a bit of a slow burner for me. Read more
Published 6 months ago by Dragonlord

4.0 out of 5 stars Essentially flawed, but contains some great tracks
Guillemots are a very talented bunch, there's no question about that, but finding a direction for their creativity is evidently a problem, because this album is all over the... Read more
Published 12 months ago by A. Sweeney

5.0 out of 5 stars Gets better with every listen
Gorgeous rich sound - very similar to the accoustics when I went to see the band play live at the Southampton Guildhall - that may be due to the location where the album was... Read more
Published 17 months ago by Ms. K. Spencer

2.0 out of 5 stars A reason of dissapoint
A simply poor albúm. I buy this and regreat. I send It to the trash.
Published 18 months ago by Antonio Lino Silva

5.0 out of 5 stars Unique
What do you get, if you put together a bunch of well educated and driven musicians - among others an extremely gifted singer/songwriter who happens to be slightly mad? Read more
Published 18 months ago by L. Kirkegaard

4.0 out of 5 stars A grower
I hate to be cliched, but this is an album that really deserves the appellation 'a grower'. Its frankly baffling mixture of styles is downright difficult to deal with on first... Read more
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5.0 out of 5 stars Keep listening
This is a fantastic album. The lyrics are amazing and the songs are put together beautifully. When I first heard it, it sounded like the songs were in a totally random order and... Read more
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5.0 out of 5 stars Fantastic!!
I think this album is as good as the first album. It's refreshing to hear a band that are willing to try new things and willing to vary from the current dire indie music out... Read more
Published 19 months ago by N. Blessing

3.0 out of 5 stars There is such a thing as being TOO ambitious
If there was a problem with the Guillemots, and in my book there most certainly was, it was that for all their willful quirkiness and "we're not like a normal band" posturing,... Read more
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