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Product details

  • Audio CD (23 May 2005)
  • Number of Discs: 1
  • Label: Deltasonic
  • ASIN: B000808YY6
  • Other Editions: Audio CD  |  Vinyl
  • Average Customer Review: 3.8 out of 5 stars See all reviews (9 customer reviews)
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 43,327 in Music (See Bestsellers in Music)

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Track Listings

1. She Sings The Mourning
2. Cripples Crown
3. So Long Ago
4. The Operator
5. A Warning To The Curious
6. In The Morning
7. Something Inside Of Me
8. Come Home
9. Far From The Crowd
10. Leaving Today
11. Arabian Sand
12. Late Afternoon

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Amazon.co.uk Review
The Invisible Invasion suggests something is rotten in the world of The Coral. Not quality-wise: this collection of vintage scouseadelica, spooked Mariachi stomp and creaking, dub-inflected garage clatter is at least as proficient and ideas-packed as their 2002 debut, and a damn sight better than the stripped-down, somewhat messy stopgap that was 2004’s Nightfreak And The Sons Of Becker.

Rather, the third full-length from this Hoylake sextet sees them steer their tattered galleon into darker waters, penning songs like "She Sings The Mourning" and "A Warning To The Curious" filled to the brim with bad vibes, an unhealthy preoccupation with death and disease, and guitar solos that coil and uncoil like a hat full of maggots. Sterling tunes aplenty, but in particular, frontman James Skelly stands out here, thanks to his evident delight for dark imagery both superstitious - "An open door on the 13th floor/Conspiracy on the corridor," goes "Cripples Crown" – and plain deranged: "Can you dance with the lepers in the madman’s house?" he barks, over and over, as "Arabian Sand" barrels to a bug-eyed close. --Louis Pattison

Album Description
Work on the Coral's The Invisible Invasion began back at the start of 2004. It's produced by Geoff Barrow and Adrian Utley (he of Portishead authority). The band hired a house in the Lake District for two weeks and rehearsed the 18 possible songs for the album, tweaking and developing them there, before they were ready to set them to acetate. The first single to be taken from the album is entitled "In The Morning".

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14 of 14 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars What? Their best yet!, 27 Jul 2005
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The summery pop single 'In The Morning' is somewhat misleading as this album is, as you have probably read, their darkest yet. This is no bad thing, and psychedelic tracks such as 'The Operator' and 'Arabian Sand' stand out as high points of their entire career to date - the reviewers above who criticise the songwriting do not understand songwriting. The whole thing is cohesive, catchy (without being jarring) and nicely sinister. I actually skip over 'In The Morning' because it doesn't sit well with it's surrounding material, all of which is excellent.

A classic album of 2005.

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15 of 16 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Warms up Nicely, 20 Oct 2005
As with all Coral albums, it takes me a few listens to genuinely appreciate how good the music is. 1st listen - sounds OK but a bit up and down; 2nd & 3rd listens - There's a few stand out tracks in there. After that it all seems to make sense and the whole ablum merges and flows. Reminds me of Rattus Norvegicus by The Stranglers in places ( particularly Arabian Sand)
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10 of 13 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars The 4th album, 25 May 2005
This album is a bit darker than previous coral releases but musically it is on a par with their second album (i.e. better than the 3rd, worse than the 1st). it has some fine moments. most noticeably 1st single "In the morning". Its a good effort and has some excellent tunes but doesnt break any new ground probably wont convert many new listeners.
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3.0 out of 5 stars IT'S GETTING BETTER MAN
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5.0 out of 5 stars Very good offering
This is much better than Nightfreak..., The Coral's mini-album. There is a real expansion of musical style here, as the boys show us they're more than one trick ponies. Read more
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3.0 out of 5 stars Not bad, but not great
Being used to the upbeat sound of their first two albums, and having steered clear of the critically panned "Nightfreak . . . Read more
Published on 14 Jul 2005

3.0 out of 5 stars Not Coral at their Best
I have been a big fan of the Coral's second album "Magic and Medicine" so I was expecting big things from them on this, their fourth studio release. Boy was I wrong. Read more
Published on 1 Jul 2005 by Kathryn Reynolds

2.0 out of 5 stars Toilet...
This album was a real let down after the upbeat nature of 'In The Morning.' The album very quickly become a drone to the ear and the vocal soon irritates. Read more
Published on 6 Jun 2005 by music_on_a_drip

4.0 out of 5 stars good....but
The good news is that the coral are back on form. My faith in them was shaken by the slightly shoddy 'nightfreak' offering and i had fears they would continue this trend on the... Read more
Published on 2 Jun 2005 by super_gambit

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