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People tend to confuse the band Mazzy Star with it's singer Hope Sandoval. Truth be told, they've been right all along. Sandoval's languid, weeping willow voice is Mazzy Star; the name is a mere formality. With nods to Nico and the Velvet Underground, So Tonight that I Might See is vintage Mazzy. Remarkably, the recording produced a strikingly undanceable single, "Fade into You". The rest of the album sticks close to the single's plaintive, retro balladry. Though Sandoval rarely raises her voice above a sultry whisper, it's bright enough to hold your attention all night. --Nick Heil
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There is absolutely no point in beating about the bush over the fact that Mazzy Star’s second record includes – nay commences with – what must stand as dream-pop’s crowning moment. Fade Into You is a song that has been described many times, forced into romantic context in many a big or small screen venture, yet somehow defies any real attempt to bind it with words.
“I look to you and I see nothing / I look to you to see the truth”; if this really is a love song – and a lot of people have taken that view over the years – then Hope Sandoval’s haunting lyrics posit love as a black, coma-like obliteration. This isn’t a fade into one perfect whole; it’s erasure of the self. Truthfully, though, it’s not clear what Fade Into You is about: Sandoval’s words are cryptic, speaking of emptiness and shadows, some grand psychological disappearing act. It's enigmatic, but almost unutterably beautiful, a languorously uplifting piano figure played over and over, shimmering under lambent slide guitars, something close to yearning in Sandoval’s oft dissonant voice.
It does, of course, unbalance the album, and has certainly given enormous numbers of people the wrong idea about Mazzy Star. Though woozy country trappings and soporific tempos characterise all Sandoval and David Roback’s work, they’re a far artier, more abrasive prospect than the totemic track suggests. So Tonight That I Might See may have less of a bad acid trip Doors vibe than debut She Hangs Brightly, but still: skip to the seven-and-a-half minute title song’s menacing guitar motif, erratic beds of feedback, and Sandoval’s diffuse mumble, and you’re got something more suited to soundtracking Apocalypse Now than The OC.
A cover of Love’s Five String Serenade is the only hooky moment to speak of beyond Fade Into You; this record’s heart lies with the foggy American gothic of Mary of Silence and Blue Light, the woozy, half-asleep country of Bells Ring and Blue Light. It’s an obtuse, atmospheric record, and if it’s inescapably overshadowed by its opening song, then that’s fair enough: nobody writes two of those in a lifetime. --Andrzej Lukowski
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15 of 15 people found the following review helpful
Format:Audio CD
... but if I were to go, to wander in the fields in the pitch black night lit with only the huge, hovering moon to protect my path forwards? As I pushed my way through the waist high corn, slightly drunk in the mid summer humidity, if I were in love and yearning another? This album would do just fine as a soundtrack.
Less 'aggressive' and feedbacky than their first album and not quite as acoustic as their last; there are plucked strings, drones and dead-pan vocals aplenty to make this for me Mazzy Star's best and the one I'd recommend you to seek out (at least at first - then get the other two).
Less 'aggressive' and feedbacky than their first album and not quite as acoustic as their last; there are plucked strings, drones and dead-pan vocals aplenty to make this for me Mazzy Star's best and the one I'd recommend you to seek out (at least at first - then get the other two).
24 of 26 people found the following review helpful
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Forget manufactured, plastic 'bands' who neither play their own instruments, write their own songs or sing live....discover Mazzy Star. This album is classic Mazzy; Sandoval's haunting vocals, hinting of dark events in any listener's life. Roback's folk/country/blues guitar complementing the mood perfectly. Fade Into You opens the album promising an unequalled experience; Bells Ring, Five String Serenade and Into Dust all deliver.There isn't a bum track or a filler on this album. It is a late night, alcohol soaked recording that will appeal to anyone with a serious, thoughtful and mature appetite.Buy it and you'll still be playing it when other bands of the moment are seeking second careers.
3 of 3 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars
21st Century cowboy dreaming (and yes, I know the album is from '93)
27 July 2010
By ash2020
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Stumbled across Mazzy Star whilst watching Down In The Valley (Edward Norton/Evan Rachel Wood). Stopped the DVD in order to find out who was playing, it was that good.
Most of the tracks from that film were from their third album, Among My Swan. In my opinion this one, their second, is even better.
For me, the stand-out tracks are 'Mary Of Silence', 'Five String Serenade' and the gently heart-wrenching 'Into Dust'. But it's foolish to pick tracks out. This is an album that creates a mood, an emotion, and for me it's best played from start to finish, maybe when you're someplace in Arizona, halfway between waking and sleeping.
Most of the tracks from that film were from their third album, Among My Swan. In my opinion this one, their second, is even better.
For me, the stand-out tracks are 'Mary Of Silence', 'Five String Serenade' and the gently heart-wrenching 'Into Dust'. But it's foolish to pick tracks out. This is an album that creates a mood, an emotion, and for me it's best played from start to finish, maybe when you're someplace in Arizona, halfway between waking and sleeping.
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1.0 out of 5 stars
What a durge this is
Oh my word, I heard one song and liked it, bought the cd and hate it as its tone dose not alter from song to song, its a wrist slasher.
Published 2 months ago by Graham Sexty
4.0 out of 5 stars
A Present!
To be honest, I'd never heard of Mazzy Star, but my brother had and he asked me to get it on Amazon. He loves it and the few tracks I've heard are definitely growing on me!
Published 3 months ago by Catwoman
4.0 out of 5 stars
progressing towards excellence
This album is certainly not so good as the later,excellent, 'among my swan',but it is on the way there. The sounds and songs are developing and improving from the previous album. Read more
Published 5 months ago by dan
5.0 out of 5 stars
Fab album
Bought this album after hearing a track on gears of war ad, so pleased we did, it's fantastic! Played it to death
Published 19 months ago by H. M. Wilson
4.0 out of 5 stars
Moody, melancholy & 'mazzing!
Never heard of Mazzy Star before, but heard the hauntingly beautiful 'In To Dust' on the advert for 'Gears of War 3' - the song was amazing enough to not only make me purchase this... Read more
Published 19 months ago by R. L. Judd
5.0 out of 5 stars
I adore this album
No offence intended if you're a fan, but Mazzy Star to me sound like the Cocteau Twins always wanted to sound. Read more
Published 19 months ago by Johnny boy
4.0 out of 5 stars
the airplane
bought this on the back of the gears of war ad which uses 'into dust' which is eerie and sad but uplifting at the same time, lovers of the airplane should check this track... Read more
Published 20 months ago by mindlessamble
5.0 out of 5 stars
One of the greatest albums ever recorded
Hope Sandoval's voice is beautiful and this album is timeless.
This album can help you through bad times, send you off to sleep or simply make you feel warm and fuzzy... Read more
This album can help you through bad times, send you off to sleep or simply make you feel warm and fuzzy... Read more
Published 20 months ago by djginge
5.0 out of 5 stars
Lovely album to chill out to
Bought this album after researching the song from the Virgin Media advert. The album is very soothing and great to chill out to.
Published on 22 May 2011 by sharon
5.0 out of 5 stars
mazzy star
I had never heard of mazzy star until my boyfriend introduced this album to me. It is such a great album to chill too, I especially love listening to it after a good night (in the... Read more
Published on 22 Jan 2011 by welshteacakes
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