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British Sea Power | Format: Audio CD
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  • Audio CD (1 Jan 2007)
  • Number of Discs: 1
  • Label: Rough Trade Records
  • ASIN: B000095SLL
  • Other Editions: Audio CD  |  Vinyl  |  MP3 Download
  • Average Customer Review: 4.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (50 customer reviews)
  • Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 35,094 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

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Listen  1. Men Together Today0:41£0.79
Listen  2. Apologies To Insect Life 2:48£0.79
Listen  3. Favours In The Beetroot Fields 1:16£0.79
Listen  4. Something Wicked 3:12£0.79
Listen  5. Remember Me 3:10£0.79
Listen  6. Fear Of Drowning 4:26£0.79
Listen  7. The Lonely 5:12£0.79
Listen  8. Carrion 4:06£0.79
Listen  9. Blackout 3:48£0.79
Listen10. Lately13:59£0.79
Listen11. A Wooden Horse 4:37£0.79

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Even from the title, The Decline of British Sea Power, it is apparent that the band ooze a quintessentially British style. With an indie swagger echoing the simmering frustration of Joy Division, the gloomy melodies of the Psychedelic Furs and the enchanting irony of the Smiths, British Sea Power have a distinctly retrospective feel. Despite having one foot firmly entrenched in the sonic mire of the 1980s, the Brighton-based quartet are also astute observers of contemporary absurdities. Mixing war imagery with the mundane, The Decline of British Sea Power is a strikingly urgent artful album that pieces together life's contradictions with a seductive feisty charm. With the likes of the operatic "Men Together Today" and bass-driven furious assault of "Apologies to Insect Life" coming back to back it's immediately apparent that this trenchant debut album is worthy of the hype generated by their string of acclaimed preceding singles. Previous A-sides "Remember Me" and "Fear of Drowning" are both in attendance, having been completely rerecorded, while "The Lonely" is doubtless one of the most delightful moments in recent angular guitar-pop history. Having taken their time to launch this album, British Sea Power have refined the beguiling mix of wry wit, brooding melodies and rousing angst-fuelled sonic attacks to perfection and can look forward to a long voyage ahead. --Christopher Barrett

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BRITISH SEA POWER Decline Of British Sea Power (2003 UK 11-track CD album from the Brighton indie rockers. Includes the singles Carrion Remember Me and Apologies To Insect Life. Housed in a digipack picture sleeve RTRADECD090)

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18 of 18 people found the following review helpful
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Format:Audio CD
I'm not a great reviewer of music, but having read some of the dissappointing reviews this album's received I decided that it's my duty to tell everyone how amazing this album is.

To a casual listener the album may not present much diversity musically, however this is not at all the case: each song is packed with its own mix of highs, lows, and lyrical and musical genious.

This album has an undertow of nostalgia that will make this as treasured as any 40 year old photo of your grandparents getting married, and so rich in diversity that it makes this album unignorable to any person who considers, or wants to be considered, someone of great musical taste. The observant listener will find hidden depths to each song, and to the album as a whole, each time it's played and thus rewards repeated listening - only to be broken by tea-breaks and the occassional toilet trip. This is truely inspired work from such a young band and must not be missed.

If you're pondering on whether to buy this album or not, don't hesitate to: this will be a companion throughout your life. Buy this album to experience something very special and very beautiful - on a whole different level to what you may already be used to.

I know my words aren't as magnificant as the other reviewers' are here, but I need to tell the world about how amazing this album is and I hope you don't make the mistake of not buying this - or worse still: buying this album and not giving it the lsitening it deserves.

Thankyou for reading.

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14 of 14 people found the following review helpful
Format:Audio CD
When this album was recorded the band said that they wanted it to sound like a painting by JWH Turner set to music. They achieved this. Like Turner they turned to subjects out of step with what the rest of their contemporaries deemed worthy and created something of utter beauty and striking originality. The album opens with a short burst of Gregorian chanting.

The album then ranges from the visceral roar of 'Apologies to Insect Life' (a song based upon Dostevsky's book 'Notes from the Underground) to the simple beauty of 'A Wooden Horse'. In between they produce a song set of subtlety, beauty and fantastic pop hooks with some of the most idiosyncratically wonderful lyrics of recent times. Highlights include the singles 'Remember Me' and 'Carrion', the wonderfully soulful 'Something Wicked' and the extraordinary touchstone that is 'Lately' a 14 minute epic whose gradual build and quiet/loud dynamic recalls many of the finer moments of post-rock, whilst taking in lyrical references to LP Hartley, prehistoric rocks and the Kattegut.
For anyone prepared to listen to an intelligent, powerful band who bring both subtlety and raw power to their music this is a must have album.

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11 of 11 people found the following review helpful
A comfortable sweater 11 Jun 2003
Format:Audio CD
Until the 8th June I'd never heard of British Sea Power. Thanks to a review in a national newspaper, that's changed. And it's a change for good. Liked the review. Bought the album. Listened to the album. Loved the album. After a couple of listens it's like putting on a comfortable sweater. You could keep it on all day. Thoroughly enjoyable with some really good tunes. There's a couple of tracks with too much thrashy guitar for my taste but the rest of this first album is excellent. I look forward to seeing them live too.
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I decided to buy this album on the back of generally rave reviews and a couple of snippets of it which I had heard and enjoyed. Read more
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Perfection
Even if you haven't heard of them, you must hear British Sea Power's debut album "The Decline of British Sea Power". Read more
Published on 17 May 2005 by Catherine
Re-invented the wheel? More changed its function.
I bought this album on the strength of the single 'Remember Me' which struck me as one of the most lyrically and musically outstanding songs i'd heard in a long-time. Read more
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Give it time to grow...
I bought this album because I liked the name and the reviews looked promising. I played it once and thought it odd, something that might improve with listening. Read more
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This is quite simply the best Album I have heard since the great radiohead albums.

Which, if you haven't already guessed is The Bends & OK Computer. Read more

Published on 9 July 2004 by A.M.
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I have loved this band since i first heard them in about late 2002. I waited with baited breath for this, their debut album. Read more
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Bowie meets Psychadelic Furs
Great indie rock with loads of influences from (in my opinion) Bowie, Psychadelic Furs, Joy Division, Jesus & Mary Chain and many more. Read more
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