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This is Where I Stand

~ Easyworld
4.6 out of 5 stars See all reviews (13 customer reviews)
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  • Audio CD (3 Jun 2002)
  • Number of Discs: 1
  • Label: Jive
  • ASIN: B000063XWV
  • Average Customer Review: 4.6 out of 5 stars See all reviews (13 customer reviews)
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 26,205 in Music (See Bestsellers in Music)

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Track Listings

1. Armistice
2. Try not to think
3. 100 weight
4. Junkies and whores
5. This is where I stand
6. Stain to never fade
7. Demons
8. By the sea
9. Bleach
10. You and me
11. You were right

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Amazon.co.uk Review
Many bands are formed in turbulent times, but more often sheer boredom is the catalyst. This is the case with Easyworld, who hail from Eastbourne (a town of "no music venues and about 150,000 retirement homes") and their debut album, This is Where I Stand. Fronted by singer/guitarist/songwriter Dav Ford, Easyworld's closest musical cousins are Muse and JJ72, who employ a similarly clear, high-pitched and melodramatic vocal, as well as stop-start power-pop tactics. But Easyworld avoid the depths of self-pity plumbed by Muse and are even, on occasion, quite cheerful.

"Try Not to Think", concerning true love on a provincial Saturday night, is genuinely charming and impressively well-written ("She finds it hard to breathe / She writes his name in steam"), proving Ford is a songwriter to watch. Other highlights include the title track, in which Ford sings a pyrotechnic hymn over a distant, dirty riff that seems entirely inappropriate but eventually mesmerises. Then there's comedy sex song "You and Me" (a well-timed shot of humour), the punchy single, "Bleach", surely the chirpiest tune ever penned about quaffing Domestos, and "By the Sea", where Ford's voice takes off over a melancholy piano (and weirdly, he sounds not unlike the Cocteau Twins' Liz Fraser). On the downside, there's a little too much Radiohead in the tinkling and chiming intros, and several songs never rise above the mediocre. This is a more-than-fair debut, nonetheless. --Dominic Wills

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5.0 out of 5 stars A perfect follow up to Better Ways, 6 Jun 2002
By C. Armstrong "chris_n_armstrong" (Norwich, UK) - See all my reviews
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This Is Where I Stand is one of those rare albums that hooks you right from track 1, and at the end of it's forty-odd minute span, it feels like you've been abandoned by a close friend. For people who own Better Ways To Self Destruct, a number of the tracks will be familiar, as they have been 'evolved' from their original states, and manage to sound so much better - if that's even possible. The tracks all manage to evoke a powerful, makes-the-hairs-on-your-neck-stand feel to them, shifting from gentle acoustic riffs to full-on rawk - often in the same track! Easyworld appear to achieve something once thought impossible, and have produced a clever, well-thought indie album that doesn't sound miserable, and yet manages to stay clear of sounding like a pop/indie sell out - The Invisible Band, anyone?
In all, This Is Where I Stand is a superb album, which manages to be both a perfect introduction to the Easyworld sound, and an excellent follow on for fans of Better Ways To Self Destruct. This has got to be worth five stars all round, I reckon!
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5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars On top of the World, 23 May 2003
By Ben Scott (South London) - See all my reviews
Start to finish, this album is one hell of a ride. There is bags of energy on offer and that doesn’t mean it’s just loud and unhinged. The tunes are wonderful, memorable and catchy; you will play them over and over again not just on the hi-fi but in your head too. There is also enough variation to allow it to appeal when you are in different listening moods.

Songs like Junkies and Whores, 100 weight and Demons rise and fall in such poetic fashion that it just seems entirely natural. Ford’s voice soars though songs like By the Sea and Stain to Never Fade while a more abrasive style comes through to good effect on the title track and on Bleach.

Many of the songs have such great single potential (including You and Me) that you really wonder why they haven’t been given the publicity they surely deserve. The world is a poorer place for their absence at the top of the charts.

If you’re a fan of bands such as Radiohead, The Bluetones, JJ72, Suede, Muse, Manic Street Preachers like me, then you’ll love this. Especially superb I find, for some reason, when driving along in the car.

The best advice I can give is this: buy the album, borrow the album, whatever, just get hold of a copy. Turn the volume up, listen to the intro track Armistice and then just try to turn it off. You won’t be able to so make sure you’ve got nothing planned for the next 45 minutes or so.

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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars sweeeeeeeeeeeeet, 3 Jan 2004
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i bought this album through reccomendation, and hadn't heard anything from easyworld, and i wasn't expecting anything like this. from the first second to the last, this album is generally great. standout tracks have to be try not to think, junkies and whores and this is where i stand. dav's voice brilliantly complements everything about the band's music, and there is some SERIOUSLY good songwriting going on here.

i cannot fault the album at all, but i can fault some of the reviews it has had. the only resemblance this band has to muse is that the lead vocal is quite high pitched. so it may sound very slightly like some of showbiz, but there's no apocalypse please's in here. i would describe them more as hundred reasons mixed with placebo, to give an indie/pop/punk generally feel.

damned good, buy it!!

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5.0 out of 5 stars move over Toploader!!
one word to describe Easyworld and their debut album is "classic" Toplaoder move over, there are new boys in town. Eastbourne will never be the same again. Read more
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3.0 out of 5 stars Dissapointing but life affirming...
Easyworld have had it the hard way, starting life in gods waiting room, the holiday home for the elderly, Eastbourne. Read more
Published on 5 Jun 2002

4.0 out of 5 stars Impressive Full length debut
This album has just dropped through my door and I have to say that I am suitably impressed. I bought the album on the strength of Bleach and 100 Weight and the album lives up to... Read more
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5.0 out of 5 stars the debut album 'proper' doesn't disappoint!
After 3 singles and the mini-album 'Better Ways to Self Destruct', easyworld's debut album is finally here! Yay! Read more
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