- Audio CD (14 Feb 2006)
- Number of Discs: 1
- Format: Import
- Label: Sire
- ASIN: B000CRR3JM
- Other Editions: Audio CD | MP3 Download
- Average Customer Review: 4.3 out of 5 stars See all reviews (32 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 397,544 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)
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The debut album from The Subways proves that for a man approaching his seventies, Glastonbury’s Michael Eavis has excellent taste. Eavis plucked The Subways’ demo from a pile of demos and pushed this young trio – frontman Billy Lunn, his girlfriend, bassist Mary-Charlotte Cooper, and his brother, drummer Josh Morgan – onto the Other Stage at Glasto 2004.
A long, hot summer on, Young For Eternity fulfils all their early potential: "I Want To Hear What You Have Got To Say" and "Oh Yeah" barrel along with the raw, adrenalised energy of Nirvana or The White Stripes - full-bodied, powerful anthems that lose none of their live passion in the studio setting. Lunn’s oft-stated admiration for Oasis surfaces on "Mary", a sort of amped-up "She’s Electric" that’s actually, rather sweetly, a love song from singer to bassist. Ms Cooper, too, however, has a pretty great voice: more grit-edged rock bitch than cooing indie-waif, it invests the likes of "Oh Yeah" and "City Pavement" with a smouldering – nay, flat-out roaring – chemistry that’s all the more engaging because it’s actually 100% genuine. --Louis Pattison
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One of the greatest British albums of recent years Young For Eternity is the massively anticipated debut from the hotly tipped Subways. Produced by Ian Broudie (The Zutons and The Coral), Young For Eternity finds The Subways writing material of the quality you’d expect from seasoned songwriters but performing it with the heart and soul that only youth can truly provide. Features the hits "Oh Yeah" and "Rock & Roll Queen".
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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful
Format:Audio CD
YOUNG FOR ETERNITY,is quite possibly the best debut album from a band since Oasis! I have had the privilege of hearing this album quite a few times now, and it seems to get better every listen.
Highlights include No Goodbyes,I wana hear what you got to say and the closing track Somewhere. If your looking for a hard rocking album with emotion, passion and character then i seriously suggest you order or go out and buy this album straight away, cos it's going to be a classic.
Highlights include No Goodbyes,I wana hear what you got to say and the closing track Somewhere. If your looking for a hard rocking album with emotion, passion and character then i seriously suggest you order or go out and buy this album straight away, cos it's going to be a classic.
11 of 12 people found the following review helpful
Format:Audio CD
Judging by the reviews here, I'm in the minority regarding my opinion of this album. It's far from being terrible, but somewhere along the line The Subways went from being a fantastic live act to delivering a rather average album.
My first encounter with the band was around 18 months ago at a gig in Cardiff, which I attended purely on a whim. They were astonishing, with Lunn thrashing about the stage like an electrified whirling-dervish (quite literally bouncing off the walls at some points), and Cooper oozing the sort of rock-chick cool that prompted several enthusiastic propositions from the crowd.
Meanwhile, Morgan, stripped to the waist, went at the drums like Animal from the Muppets made flesh.
I left there convinced I'd witnessed the Next Big Thing(TM), and enthusiastically extolled their virtues to anyone who'd listen. Finally, at long last, the album came out. And it's become rather (gasp) poppy.
There's still a bit of the original swagger in the likes of "Rock & Roll Queen", "1 AM", and "Oh Yeah", all of which have been knocking around for quite a while, but even these older tracks sound like they've been smoothed down when compared with the "taster" CDs that used to be on sale at the gigs.
This isn't necessarily that surprising, but with the sharp edges taken away, it all sounds rather sterile.
Maybe it's a problem of expectation, but I'd assumed The Subways would get the sort of stick-hitting-a-tin-can production of The White Stripes, and instead they got... Ian Broudie? The Lightning Seeds' Ian Broudie?! No wonder it sounds like it's been hit with the pop-tastic stick.
All-in-all then, a bit of a let-down, but still a few glimmers of hope in there. And I just can't help singing along to "Mary"...
3 of 3 people found the following review helpful
Format:Audio CD
In a way I think that indie music has taken a wrong direction over the last years, I mean, sure Franz Ferdinand and Kaiser Cheifs are OK, but it is still missing the heart and soul that was the trademark of Brit-indie a few years ago. Though hearing The Subways made me hope for the future of indie rock again!
This is pure indie rock'n roll and it is almost impossible to sit still when listening to it, I just have to jump around and scream and sing along! There is a great mix of songs on the album, from the beautifully build up opener 'I Want to Hear What you Have Got to Say', the more slow 'Mary' and the furious rock singles 'Rock & Roll Queen' and 'Oh Yeah'. To compare it with some other artists, you can say that it is a bit like 'Jet' and 'Vines' but better!
To give you a hint of how you should value my words, I can say that of the recent releases I really like the groups 'We Are Scientists' and 'Maximo Park' while I dont care much for 'Editors', 'Cribs', 'Rakes' and 'Departure', but in the end it is up to everyone to judge for themselves!
Buy, listen, jump & scream!
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Most Recent Customer Reviews
one of the best bands of these past 10 years
The LP title seemingly lives up to this trio's ambitions as they have the energy & enthusiasm to just do that as all three work together so well. Read more
Published 3 months ago by R. Cooper
Plays well...
The case looks as if it's seen better days but the disk itself plays fine, no hiccups or scratches. It wasn't the most aesthetically pleasing thing I could have bought but it... Read more
Published 6 months ago by Toni
Very good start
This is a very good album. The production could be a bit more coloured but there is no doubt the tunes are good and it's an album packed with life and energy. Read more
Published on 21 July 2009 by Hemingway
A Must Have
I went to see them live in Falmouth, Cornwall before hearing them before hand, after watching the Mind-Blowing set I ordered the CD straight away and I can't wait for their second... Read more
Published on 10 April 2008 by Mr. T. Hughes
Not what i expected at all....
I bought this album after seeing the bands name and thought it would be a musical tribute to the excellent fast food chain. Read more
Published on 22 April 2007 by Matthew Owen
Simply genius?
This album really does shine through with Enthusiasm and Energy that you just never see with Albums these days. Read more
Published on 10 April 2007 by J. Mckenna
WOOOOOOHOOOOO!!!!!!
This album is not sophisticated. It is not clever. It is not a biting social comment. But I tell you what. IT ROCKS. Read more
Published on 5 Dec 2006 by JJ
Ah, man...
I bought this album in a frenzy, and a little piece of me died inside. It's samey, whiney, try-hardy and a load of other ey's. Don't get it.
Published on 30 Nov 2006 by The Big D
Watch This Band
This is the debut album from the British three-piece The Subways. It mirrors the sound slightly of bands like Ash, but is mostly just good fun indie rock. Read more
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Suprisingly Super
When i heard the single 'Rock & Roll Queen', the subways didnt really leave a great effect on me, i simply wasnt bothered one way or the other. Read more
Published on 8 May 2006 by K. V. Jessop
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