- Original Release Date: 19 Aug 2002
- Label: Matador
- Copyright: 2002 Matador Records Ltd
- Total Length: 48:54
- Genres:
- ASIN: B004RVI8GQ
- Average Customer Review: 4.6 out of 5 stars See all reviews (64 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 20,237 in MP3 Albums (See Top 100 in MP3 Albums)
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| Song Title | Time | Price | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Play | 1. Untitled | 3:56 | £0.79 | |
| Play | 2. Obstacle 1 | 4:11 | £0.79 | |
| Play | 3. NYC | 4:19 | £0.79 | |
| Play | 4. PDA | 4:59 | £0.79 | |
| Play | 5. Say Hello to the Angels | 4:28 | £0.79 | |
| Play | 6. Hands Away | 3:05 | £0.79 | |
| Play | 7. Obstacle 2 | 3:47 | £0.79 | |
| Play | 8. Stella was a diver and she was always down | 6:27 | £0.79 | |
| Play | 9. Roland | 3:35 | £0.79 | |
| Play | 10. The New | 6:07 | £0.79 | |
| Play | 11. Leif Erikson | 4:00 | £0.79 |
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10 of 10 people found the following review helpful
By Anthony Lynas
VINE™ VOICE
Format:Audio CD
So the New Rock Revolution, which has so far managed to effectively recycle late '60s psychedelia and blues, early '70s metal, late '70s punk and early '80s air guitar rock finally reaches the mid '80s and Joy Division, The Psychedelic Furs and Echo & the Bunnymen. Of all the UK-influenced US bands who have crashed our shores in the last 2 years, Interpol are the most English sounding and the ones with the greatest musical depth.
In terms of sound, they're closest to the Furs - although the occasional moments of light that cascaded through the Bunnymen's work are present here too, and there are nods back to the grandaddy of them all, Television as well. Yet, for all their repeated chords, strangled vocals, cymbal crashes and sudden silences, Interpol are very much their own band. They manage to sound very much like you imagined your favourite 80s bands sounded before you go back and listen to them again - only to find out that they didn't sound as good as this band do now. Their music is dynamic, heavily layered, and has genuine intelligence and depth and, like many of the best Pavement and Television tracks, their's often have occasional sounds or chords that chime through the darkness and provide a clear focal point for the apparent confusion and fear that reigns elsewhere.
The standout tracks are the opener, Untitled, with it's occasional power chord chopping through the gloom, NYC, and Stella was a diver and she was always down - but the whole album is very strong and focussed and works much better as a whole than as individual tracks. It's just a shame the excellent Specialist doesn't appear here.
Interpol are as relevant and important to the return of rock as The Strokes and The White Stripes and will be huge in the next two years - buy this record and you'll see why.
25 of 27 people found the following review helpful
Format:Audio CD
Popular wisdom says that Interpol are a bunch of Joy Division copyists. Popular wisdom is wrong. If we're talking influences, yes, Joy Division are there - but so are Echo and the Bunnymen, the Chameleons, Teardrop Explodes, Bauhaus and perhaps most neglected of all Magazine. These guys know their New Wave. But they haven't given us a preserved tribute - they've taken the bleak, bracing vision, the wordy and intelligent lyrics and the fusion of electronics and conventional instruments in a distinctive direction themselves. Everything has been assimilated, processed, filtered through a distinctive attitude - and the result is as fresh and compelling an album as I've heard this year. Interpol conjure vast space inside their music, marrying epic guitar to rigorous, almost stifling percussion and keyboards. In the dramatic space between these, twisted lyrics have room to slide into your head.
This is powerful stuff. Occasionally, yes, I'll admit it, I find myself thinking that the ghosts of Martin Hannett and Ian Curtis must've been somewhere near the studio, but think of this as a beginning - a jumping-off point from whence Interpol will start producing music of unprecedented subtlety and power.
Low spots.... none.
High spots... "Obstacle 2" followed immediately by "Stella Was A Diver and She Was Always Down". If ever an album had a perceptible heart of darkness, these two tracks constitute one.
Remarkable, addictive, shiny, deadly, and unmissable.
5 of 5 people found the following review helpful
By Tom Grayson
Format:Audio CD
Interpol are at the very fore-front of the recent New York musical upsurge. With bands like the Strokes outlining their punk and new wave influences emphatically, Interpol offer a more laid back, melancholy take on this style. Filled with tuneful, brooding and stirring pieces of music, often bordering on anthemic, like 'NYC', and 'Leif Erikson' showing the spine tingling melodies that this fantastic new band are capable of producing.
As well as a definate 'new-wave' sound, Interpol recall the sound of early Suede records, and a style unarguably influenced by David Bowie. Often, especially in some of the guitar sounds, they do not sound unlike The Smiths, and with these fantastic influences, they couldn't fail to produce one of the most interesting and unique albums of the moment.
11 of 12 people found the following review helpful
By Jason Parkes
#1 HALL OF FAME
Format:Audio CD
'Turn on the Bright Lights' was released in 2002 on the back of several singles-e.p.-releases, many pointing out the band were very influenced by the post-punk scene - something that has now become very trendy (Bloc Party, The Rapture, Franz Ferdinand, The Bravery, Radio 4 etc.)Everyone cites Joy Division in relation to Interpol- this is something that I just don't get as over their two-albums there is close to NOTHING that sounds like Joy Division (O.K. you can have the opening few seconds of drumming on PDA, but no more!). They don't have an OTT-Martin Hannett production like JD, have more oblique lyrics than despairing like JD, and have a sound that could be compared to many other post-punk acts (The Psychedelic Furs, The Chameleons, Echo & the Bunnymen), or alternative U.S. acts (Sonic Youth, Sebadoh- the vocals to 'Hands Away' are very Lou Barlow, Fugazi, The Wipers, Television, Guided By Voices etc)The comparisons to Joy Division just don't swing as far as I see...
'Turn on the Bright Lights' manages to nod to some of the above acts, yet retain a quality that makes you think you're listening to Interpol, and not some plagiaristic tribute band to Josef-K or Television (hello Franz Ferdinand & The Strokes!). It's an album that I have played constantly since and would definitely consider one of the classics of the decade thus far, alongside Wilco's 'Yankee Hotel Foxtrot', The Magnetic Field's '69 Love Songs', GSYBE!'s 'Lift Yr Skinny Fists...', Tom Waits' 'Alice' & 'Mass Romantic' by The New Pornographers (I've probably left out loads of others...)'Turn on the Bright Lights' is one of those albums that I wish I didn't have and could happily purchase again with each visit to a record shop...
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5.0 out of 5 stars
worth getting
I nearly didn't bother buying this since I already own most of the tracks on mp3. I'm really glad I did though. It reminded me of the Joy Division Heart and Soul box set. Read more
Published 4 months ago by ......
5.0 out of 5 stars
Great!
A great album in the first place and coupled with the additional tracks and features make this a must for Interpol fans out there! Read more
Published 4 months ago by Jeff Turner
5.0 out of 5 stars
Best album by Interpol
Very accurate remastering, many extra demo tracks, interesting dvd, and a beautiful booklet full of pictures of their beginning as a band.
Published 5 months ago by Andrea Galeazzi
5.0 out of 5 stars
...makes the hair on my arm stand up
...I can't work out who Interpol remind me of on this album (it's none of the bands that are referenced in other reviews) but that doesn't matter because it's a brilliant album... Read more
Published on 4 July 2010 by Wimmers
5.0 out of 5 stars
THE ultimate alternative rock album
Any words is superfluous: just have this CD if you claim you love alternative rock.
This is it.
This is it.
Published on 10 Jun 2010 by Giorgio Maria Visimberga
4.0 out of 5 stars
Not the Australian version
I give 4 stars for the CD, but this is not the Australian version with Bonus Tracks. I bought this from Amazon since that's what the title said and I am very disappointed. Read more
Published on 5 Mar 2010 by Boiled Beans
5.0 out of 5 stars
An Album of the Decade and Beyond
As an indie album, it has come to be a benchmark by which to judge subsequent purveyors of the art. I've heard very few albums that come close to the consistency of mood, tunes and... Read more
Published on 6 Jan 2010 by M. Muddasar
5.0 out of 5 stars
The Heart of Darkness is Jangly, Melodic and Proud of It
Where do I begin? The subtle production that allows layers of sound to swim in your brain on every listen. You'll discover something new each time. Read more
Published on 26 Feb 2009 by Odelay In Space
4.0 out of 5 stars
Wow
An awesome debut featuring some strong tracks (PDA, Obstacle 1...) and some epics (The New in particular). Read more
Published on 21 Nov 2007 by Eoghan88
5.0 out of 5 stars
A genuine modern classic
"Turn on the Bright Lights" is, in my opinion, one of the best albums of the decade, completely justifying the hype that surrounded its release, and remains one of my favourite... Read more
Published on 5 Sep 2007 by S. M. Paine
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