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  • Audio CD (20 May 2002)
  • Number of Discs: 1
  • Format: Enhanced
  • Label: Epic
  • ASIN: B0000631F8
  • Other Editions: Audio CD  |  MP3 Download
  • Average Customer Review: 4.4 out of 5 stars See all reviews (7 customer reviews)
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 63,024 in Music (See Bestsellers in Music)

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'The Guest' is the major label debut album from Californianband Phantom Planet. A combination of lightheated melodic pop, and emotional indie rock, with influences as diverse as Radiohead, Elvis Costello, The Beatles and The Flaming Lips amongst others. Actor Jason Schwartzman (Rushmore) plays drums in the band.

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10 of 10 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars The sound of a well-spent youth, 8 Jun 2002
The single California (the Eagles with a catchy keyboard refrain and brilliant pounding guitars) starts the album, and sets the tone for a great pop-rock hybrid that actually lives up to its influences. Always On My Mind is teen love. Lonely Day is sunkissed and slightly reggae that breaks into a cool stomper. One Ray Of Sunlight is sombre in places (the singer sounds very like Fran Healey does in the Travis songs Falling Down and Driftwood, and there are similar string arrangements used). Anthem has lyrics that musos will empathise with (!) and a loveable tune to boot. In Our Darkest Hour sounds like Muse, amazingly. Turn Smile Shift Repeat drifts by in sombre unnoticeability (is that a word?). Hey Now Girl begins like the sound to the first ever computer game (Pong, anybody?) and is another good-time teen pop moment, with Beach Boys-ey harmonies. Nobody's Fault sounds like the middle bit of S Club 7's Reach at the start and like Jonny Be Goode's rhythm section at others, and is all the better for it! Good-time pop makes way for a riff reminiscent of Girl Like You by Edwin Collins, but fortunately All Over Again is a much better song, with more harmonies surging towards minor chords and snarled vocals at times (it's not ALL rosy!). A wobble board (or similar) begins Wishing Well the track, and then combusts into stabbing, quiet minor piano chords and then a wailing vocal and crashing guitars. Closing track Something Is Wrong is the obligatory acoustic ballad, but is pretty (/) beautiful.

If you love albums that get better with listens but are still simple melodic manifestations of a song you heard five years ago but can't quite remember, then buy, but most of all, buy this if you want fresh, fun summer music and enough moments of inspiration to shake a stick at!

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16 of 18 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Just Keeps Getting Better, 1 May 2004
By M. Gardner "Afro Matt" (Somerset, England) - See all my reviews
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American pop/rock, and I use that in the most broad of terms, can be very samey, and therefore I leap for joy when a band really stands out. After hearing the theme tune to the TV series 'The O.C.' I had to get this album and it just keeps getting better with every listen. Opener and first single 'California' is an astounding, but far too short, intro to the album and while the rest fail to reach its pure feel-good brilliance there are some other gems in the playlist. One of my favourites is the low key analyse of Wall Street broker life that is 'Turn Smile Shift Repeat' and the toe-tapping beat of 'Lonely Day'. The songs here are diverse and very catchy without that cheap poppy sensation that seems ever present in the charts these days. If you are a fan of Third Eye Blind, Nine Days, Vertical Horizon or other such bands then buy this immediately. If you're not....then buy it anyway cos after a few plays you'll never take it out of your hi-fi.
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11 of 13 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars Absolutely fabulous, 18 May 2004
I was made aware of Phantom Planets existence (as many people may have been) during my regular viewings of The OC, which takes the phantom's song 'California' as it's theme tune. I immediately fell in love with the song and the lead singers voice which has a lovely tone. This album is one that will have your toes tapping. All you ladies out there will find yourself twirling around in your room imagining that the lead singer is singing tracks such as 'Always on my mind', 'hey now girl' and 'One ray of sunlight' just for you. This is a fabulous album, which has a definite 'summer' vibe and deserves to do very well!! Buy it!!
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5.0 out of 5 stars Phantomtastic
I first heard of Phantom Planet through the film Donnie Darko but it wasnt until watching the OC that i really got interested in their music. Read more
Published on 12 Jan 2005 by punkyfruit

4.0 out of 5 stars Not bad...
The Guest...what can I say? Well it's not bad, but it's not as great as some of the other reviewers have said. Read more
Published on 16 Nov 2003 by orangekid

4.0 out of 5 stars Never gets boring!
After purchasing the soundtrack to the hit T.V series Smallville, I fell in love with the song Lonely Day. I found the song really realaxing but so different to other music. Read more
Published on 28 May 2003 by Kim

4.0 out of 5 stars Marvellous
Having caught Phantom Planet supporting The Goo Goo Dolls in London, I was so impressed that I had to go and get the album. And it's brilliant. Read more
Published on 29 May 2002 by -sonia-

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