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The Virgins [Explicit Lyrics]

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  • Audio CD (20 April 2009)
  • Number of Discs: 1
  • Format: Explicit Lyrics
  • Label: Atlantic
  • ASIN: B0018BQ9PU
  • Other Editions: Vinyl  |  MP3 Download
  • Average Customer Review: 3.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (52 customer reviews)
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 30,314 in Music (See Bestsellers in Music)

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Released amidst a huge amount of industry-hype, New YorkersThe Virgins' self titled debut is part of the 'dance-rock' scene pervading the clubs of New York. Snapped up by Atlantic Records before they were even fully formed, The Virgins have toured with many big names, and such was the rush to get their debut album out that it contains many tracks from their much-lauded demo, The Virgins '07. The album is preceded by the single 'Private Affair'.


About the Artist

They've drawn comparisons to Gang Of Four and the Strokes, but they have thier own distinct sound: garage and a bit of funk.The New York-based quartet play a brand of soul and R&B-tinged rock. In "Rich Girls", a fantastically funky bassline bobs and weaves while two angular guitars battle it out. Meanwhile Cummings' vocals (alternately drowsy, falsetto and energetic) explore his fascination with the inner psyche of a "Rich Girl" as he croons, "I'll tell you everything I know/Everything little thing I know/You've got a lovely way with words/Is that the way you see the world ?".....

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8 of 9 people found the following review helpful:
2.0 out of 5 stars No Richard Branson here!, 20 Jul 2008
By James B. Spink "Jim" (Kent, UK) - See all my reviews
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This first offering from New York's The Virgins is a very mixed bag indeed - one of the very few products to carry the Virgin name without having the guiding hand of Richard Branson steering it towards success! And this band could certainly do with some guidance.

The music would have seemed pretty contemporary about thirty years ago in the company of the Modern Lovers or Talking Heads. Today, although there are a few catchy songs here, there is nothing to get very excited about. Some of the albums concepts are fairly bizarre; remember when it used to be clever to have that long track at the end of a CD when the music faded to silence, the disc played on for a few minutes more then there was a bonus track? These guys pull that one here - except you just get a weird distorted conversation at the end of your long wait. Hardly inspiring and likely to become extremely annoying on repeated playing.

The CD also has some enhanced material for PC use. All I could get mine to do, however, was display a registration box which didn't work - manually entering the URL gave a web page for requesting email updates from the band. I declined! The size of the enhancement file indicated that it should do a lot more. The CD also seems to automatically put itself into random play when using a computer to play it, which might explain the stupid way the tracks are numbered on the track listing on the box.

Clocking in at less than 35 minutes - and considering that a chunk of that is silence hidden in the final track - this album represents pretty poor value for money. The band obviously have some high profile friends and a big label recording deal, so maybe there is some potential here. Perhaps their next offering may reveal their true quality. As it is this current offering should not be considered as a casual purchase by the unwary.
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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars Unspoilt, 27 Jul 2008
By Barney McGrew "Charlie" (UK) - See all my reviews
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Although I agree that there is nothing that makes this album stand out from the crowd of post-Arctic Monkeys guitar bands, it is still an altogether vibrant and accessible collection of upbeat songs - putting it ahead of many of its contemporaries. Track 3: `Rich Girls' is the standout for me; shades of Scissor Sisters or Sam Sparro's laid-back vocal decadence, with a hypnotic old-school beat. The undercurrent of funk lifts the CD from mediocre and the singer's drawl is pleasingly nonchalant. The hidden track at the end is somewhat bizarre - not so much a song as an indecipherable chuntering - but this apart it is well worth a listen and certainly shows potential for future releases.
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4 of 5 people found the following review helpful:
2.0 out of 5 stars As the cover suggests..., 25 Jul 2008
By Ian Shine (England) - See all my reviews
  
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...this album is about as annoying as finding chewing gum stuck on the bottom of your shoe. Its best feature is that it clocks in at just over half-an-hour, because if I had been subjected to anymore of this bland 'funk garage pop' I might have had to lobotomise myself.
It's really uininventive, slightly upbeat 3 minute guitar tunes. It's not got the buzz of a punk pop album, or the squeaky shine of a pop album. It just falls somewhere in the middle and achieves very little in the process. The first few tracks are easy to tap your feet to, but all in all its a very forgettable record. I can't really remember the melodies of any of the tracks now that I have turned it off.
Comparisons the The Strokes are a little bit lost on me - it struck me more as being a cross between The Feeling and Razorlite, neither of whom I like. If I did like them, I still can't imagine why I'd want to buy this record, because both of the aforementioned bands do what they do with a lot more style and conviction than The Virgins. Who on earth decides that bands like this deserve a record label?
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Most Recent Customer Reviews

3.0 out of 5 stars A new one on me, but worth investigating
The Virgins are a combo that clearly set out to amuse and confuse, what with randomly numbering the tracks on the album and boasting some pretty sloppy cover art. Read more
Published 1 month ago by Og Oggilby

5.0 out of 5 stars Outstanding
Outstandig debut album from The Virgins, every track is very catchy and enjoyable. Hopefully more tracks will be released to follow on from Rich Girls & Teen Lovers.
Published 5 months ago by Scott Robertson

5.0 out of 5 stars Brilliant
The album is brilliant, been listening to it loads and went to see them. Larve it
Published 6 months ago by M. Thoburn

3.0 out of 5 stars Not bad, will appeal to a younger audience but watch the language.
This is not bad but also not great. To my ears it's a little samey and is unlikely to be a long term success for the band. Read more
Published 6 months ago by Robert Hardie

1.0 out of 5 stars Bland indifference
If you have any album by the Strokes, don't buy this, its a poor mans version.
Its quite disappointing to see new bands follow the formulaic commercial route to success. Read more
Published 8 months ago by Ben Stephenson

4.0 out of 5 stars Great Debut
After reading some of the reviews on here I felt compelled to write my first review on Amazon. I will spare you the detailed track by track run through but this is a stonking good... Read more
Published 9 months ago by Evans

2.0 out of 5 stars Naive
New Louis XIV anyone? That's the band, not the former King of France. This is style-over-substance, sub-standard pop-rock. To an educated ear, the sound is pastiche. Read more
Published 9 months ago by Gannon

2.0 out of 5 stars In the words of Craig Revel-Horwood "Dull,dull, DULL".
As others have noted there's a baffling collection of influences in evidence here: 80's indie, funk, XTC perhaps and a load of others. Read more
Published 11 months ago by Kevin O'Keefe

2.0 out of 5 stars Basically a tribute band
Can it really be possible that no other band has called themselves The Virgins before? Apparently so. But there the originality ends. Read more
Published 11 months ago by International Cowgirl

4.0 out of 5 stars Stonking Good Listen
As many have pointed out during reviews, there is a heavy dose of the Strokes buried in here, along with the Stones. Read more
Published 11 months ago by S. Lacey

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