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The Strangest Things

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  • Audio CD (17 Feb 2003)
  • Number of Discs: 1
  • Label: ATLANTIC
  • ASIN: B00008NV55
  • Other Editions: Audio CD  |  Vinyl  |  MP3 Download
  • Average Customer Review: 4.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
  • Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 195,088 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

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Samples
Song Title Time Price
Listen  1. Wake Me When It's Over (Album Version) 4:05£0.69
Listen  2. Everywhere You Turn (Album Version) 3:37£0.69
Listen  3. Pool Song (Album Version) 3:01£0.69
Listen  4. I Know It's Coming Someday (Album Version) 4:15£0.69
Listen  5. Meet Me at The Bottom (Album Version) 4:24£0.69
Listen  6. Can't Feel A Thing (Album Version) 1:29£0.69
Listen  7. Tidal Wave (Album Version) 3:27£0.69
Listen  8. The Ghosts Around You (Album Version) 4:14£0.69
Listen  9. All Sewn Up (Album Version) 3:43£0.69
Listen10. Exit (Album Version) 3:51£0.69
Listen11. Strangest Things (Album Version) 3:14£0.69
Listen12. Day Sleeper (Album Version) 3:25£0.69


Product Description

Amazon.co.uk Review

New York band Longwave's debut UK album The Strangest Things is produced by wacky Flaming Lips bassist Dave Fridman and--surprisingly--they cite the emotional grandiosity of U2's Unforgettable Fire as an inspirational touchstone. The Strangest Things is the praiseworthy work of spiritual Brits, dislocated Anglophiles proffering designer noise for those who despair of seeing the baton of landscaped alternative-rock slipping from the increasingly greasy grasp of Six by Seven.

Big on pursed brows, angelic vocals, melodious solemnity, Joy Division basslines and Beaufort Scale-busting squalls of guitar FX pedal histrionics (it's almost as if "axe heroes" never went out of fashion) Longwave are at their most electromagnetic on the Idlewild-style blast of "Tidal Wave" and the arresting pop thrust of potential single "All Sewn Up". Worthy of even greater distinction is the poise and imperturbable burnish of "I Know It's Coming Someday", a persuasive pop tune that would simply fly out of High Street record retailers all over the land if it had "Coldplay" written on the label. --Kevin Maidment

Product Description

LONGWAVE The Strangest Things (2003 UK 12-track CD album) Quietly and confidently brushing aside the US rock also-rans with their strength and subtlety. This second album was produced by Dave Fridmann of Flaming Lips fame and he has added to the bands sound. Trust him and me on this one...

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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
Cool Albumn 4 May 2004
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Format:Audio CD
This albumn rocks!!! its not full of the same old heavy rock songs you hear these days but great melodic tunes. The music itself could be mistaken for some strokes songs e.g. pool song but the singing voice is much more tuneful and easy listening but thier music is very much thier own. The band do use effects on the guitars alot but this does not always work against them as most of the songs are great to listen to!! they deserve to be a bigger in britian!!! buy this albumn
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3 of 4 people found the following review helpful
USA does it again! 10 Mar 2003
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Format:Audio CD
Could it Liverpool 1980???. Bring out the long macs and the moody stares..although Longwave mix in a positive but not unwelcome american tinge to the experience.
Quality is the key here with a host of chiming soundscapes,humming FX pedals and a feeling that this band are on the cusp of greatness.Based in NY, this will probably slip by the casual listener but is another american message to the motherland "we can do indie/alt-rock too..maybe better than you now".
Watch this space..........
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Brilliant!!!!! 9 Mar 2005
Format:Audio CD
Why aren't Longwave bigger in the U.K? This is a fantastic album, wonderful melodic indie rock that puts most new indie bands in the shade two years after its release. "Wake me when its over" is a beutiful song,and the whole album is filled with a delibrate energy that makes it essential listening. Extremely highly recommended, as is their previous album and E.P.s
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