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Track Listings
| 1. The Past That Suits You Best |
| 2. Accused Of Stealing |
| 3. American Trilogy |
| 4. Reasons For Silence (Ed's Song) |
| 5. Thirteen Gliding Principles |
| 6. No Danger |
| 7. Aye Today |
| 8. Witness |
| 9. Knowing When To Run |
| 10. Make Your Move |
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Despite having founded the revered Scottish indie label, Chemikal Underground, the Delgados remain its least celebrated act, overshadowed by the likes of Mogwai and Arab Strap. It therefore falls to their album The Great Eastern to change all that. Named after the renowned Glasgow landmark, now a flop-house, it's an appropriate title for a sprawling songwriting effort which elevates their expanding sound and lofty a ambitions to new heights. Taking their infatuation with the heavily orchestrated sound of Mercury Rev and Flaming Lips to its logical conclusion, they have used the Rev's Dave Fridmann to oversee production and mixing in his New York Tarbox Studios. From opener "The Past T That Suits You Best", with its stalking beats, roughed over effects, swelling brass and gliding strings its clear that the Delgados have gone for broke here. What follows only confirms it, from singer Emma Pollock's sad interpretation of an ex-girlfriend having second thoughts in "Accused Of Stealing" to the sparse country-fied tale of rejection "Make Your Move" which closes the set. --Mike Pattenden
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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful
Format:Audio CD
Simply put, any music fan has to own this album. The twin vocalists Emma Pollock and Alun Woodward provide the perfect front for this album, yet it is the marvellous music that really makes it. Often written off as typical indie miserablists, this can't be futher from the truth. One listen to Aye Today, No Danger, and especially Accused of Stealing (which has a hook that will lodge itself in your brain for months, if not years) show that The Delgados' orchestral guitar music is unrivalled today, with Dave Fridman's production putting a shine on it that even betters his work with Mercury Rev. Yes, it's that good. Perhaps the standout track though is 13 Gliding Principles, with grinding guitars mixing with swelling strings producing a result that could come close to being the song that you will listen to over and over, giving no thought to anything else.
Any Delgados album is good, especially the newest, Hate. But in my opinion nothing beats The Great Eastern.
3 of 3 people found the following review helpful
Format:Audio CD
This album is quite simply one of the most beautiful ever produced by Delgados, or any other band. The Great Eastern has a hidden beauty similar to that of some of the newer work of Nick Cave, yet keeping the overdrive undertones of early Delgados such as Domestiques. Its filled with the kind of music that forces you to lay down somewhere and be absorbed by it, moving itself through you almost to the point that you can feel it physically. The haunting melody of Make Your Move and the piano of No Danger will make you quiver inside while Knowing When To Run caries a warming sound fixed up with murderous lyrics.
Anyone who cannot appreciate this glorious album has a musically closed mind. Sorry, but ya just do.
Anyone who cannot appreciate this glorious album has a musically closed mind. Sorry, but ya just do.
4 of 5 people found the following review helpful
Format:Audio CD
As stated in the title, this is quite simply the best, most beautiful, engaging, enigmatic, wonderful album i have ever heard! You may think i may be going overboard, but once you have heard it i hope you will realise if anything i am understating the quality of this album, one critic was quoted as describing it as 'the most beautiful songs in the history of recorded sound', i for one find it very difficult to argue with that appraisal. The beautiful sumptious melodies, layered though simplistic approach, variation though continuity still exists, an album that has to be listened through from start to finish, and then again! The brilliant sublime '13 gliding principles', 'accused of stealing', 'witness' and culminating in the stunningly beuatiful lament of a track 'Make your move', actually every song on this wonderful album can be used as a lesson in brilliant song-making.
Buy it, you won't regret it!
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Most Recent Customer Reviews
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The package was lost in overseas delivery and the seller was very helpful in rectifying this. The record showed up in perfect condition and as described.
Published 18 months ago by tmuller
How wrong can you be...
I've just listened to this CD for the first time in about 3 years. When I first bought it I couldn't get into it at all, finding it dull, dreary and disappointing compared with the... Read more
Published on 12 Sep 2004 by P. S. Ball
One of the best from the past 10 years
Simply put, any music fan has to own this album. The twin vocalists Emma Pollock and Alun Woodward provide the perfect front for this album, yet it is the marvellous music that... Read more
Published on 10 Feb 2003
You really need this album
Just browsing through the internet, bored, I came across this page and decided that I HAD to review the album! Read more
Published on 4 Mar 2002
Mercury Prize - they wuz robbed
I'm sorry but I can't let this album sit around with only a 4-star average. I first bought this album on impulse while I was buying some others, but soon I found this was the only... Read more
Published on 27 July 2001
Ear Candy To Die For
In a time where it seems real pop music is fighting a losing battle back come the Delagdos with one of the finest British albums EVER released. Read more
Published on 8 April 2001
Hello there...?
What on earth do you mean only five reviews? This cd should be experienced by everyone - the instruments used and the arrangements are breathtaking, the voices of the two lead... Read more
Published on 21 Feb 2001
Not-so-great
Despite the praise heaped upon it on this page and by the media, The Great Eastern in truth sees The Delgados overreaching themselves somewhat. Read more
Published on 19 Dec 2000 by knowledeayton
Brilliant!
This is a superb album. The melodies, the harmonies, the lyrics all combine to great effect. The sheer scope of the writing leaves me breathless. Read more
Published on 18 Dec 2000
Everything you ever wanted and more
Don't get the wrong idea about the title of this record - it is great; but it strikes me as a record of disillusionment. Read more
Published on 6 Nov 2000
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