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The Back Room

~ Editors
4.4 out of 5 stars See all reviews (61 customer reviews)
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Product details

  • Audio CD (25 Jul 2005)
  • Number of Discs: 1
  • Label: Kitchenware
  • ASIN: B0009YA386
  • Other Editions: Audio CD  |  Vinyl
  • Average Customer Review: 4.4 out of 5 stars See all reviews (61 customer reviews)
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 1,606 in Music (See Bestsellers in Music)

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Track Listings

1. Lights
2. Munich
3. Blood
4. Fall
5. All Sparks
6. Camera
7. Fingers In The Factories
8. Bullets
9. Someone Says
10. Open Your Arms
11. Distance

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Amazon.co.uk Review
The debut album from Editors, The Back Room confirms this young Birmingham quartet as torch-bearers for a British rock legacy that harks back, via short sojourns through the back catalogues of The Cure and Echo and the Bunnymen, to Joy Division's peerless Unknown Pleasures.

Combining the self-consciously grand, melodramatic vocals of frontman Tom Smith with swirling, minor-key guitar dynamics and claustrophobic, propulsive percussion, this could just be the British riposte to Interpol's majestic Turn On The Bright Lights. Mostly, this is down to Smith’s skill for twinning a superficially catchy chorus with enigmatic, dark sentiments: "People are fragile things, you should know by now/Be careful what you put them though", he warns on the tense "Munich". Perhaps in an understanding that you need more than mystique to power a debut album, however, the rather more mellow "Camera" sees Editors spread their wings a little, inviting cascading synths and the distant trill of sustained, effects-drenched guitar into the desolate rock design. Later albums will hopefully see Editors further build on their coldly ambitious sound, but for now, The Back Room should satisfy those in search of a bit of the dark stuff. --Louis Pattison

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Debut album from Birmingham band who are part of the burgeoning post-punk revival movement sweeping the charts, and whohave been compared to Interpol for their obvious debt to Joy Division. With their minor-key melodies, pensive vocals, glacial synths, spiky, trebly guitar parts and plectrum-picked basslines, they present a much darker sound than some of the other bands on the scene. Includes the singles 'Bullets','Munich' and 'Blood'.

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6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars Good first album - Better than most current music, 16 April 2008
Having heard of editors but not knowing much about them i embarked upon eurockeennes de belfort festival 2007, midday on the second day and on came Editors, the set started well and i was instantly impressed with the quality of the live performances, as the set continued i felt being drawn into their sound and by the end i was impressed enough to order this album as soon as i got home. Also, another thing that impressed me was the fact that the lead singer came into the crowd with the public after their set to watch queens of the stoneage. The album is very good with some instant hooks and some songs that gradually grow on you, the sound is very unique for the time and although i can see similarities to JD i think it is unfair to labour them with the JD tag, the band are so much more than that. Favourite tracks from the album include 'Munich', 'Blood' and 'All Sparks', overall a very good album, if you enjoyed this try 'An End Has A Start' aswell which is also a very good album, here's a band that are bound to be around for a while.
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6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars 80s revivalists par excellence, 23 Jan 2007
By KRL (Northants, UK) - See all my reviews
The Editors are the best early 80s British new wave band I've heard since ... the early 80s in fact. In "The Back Room" they've created a work that could easily pass for a long lost Kitchens of Distinction album. Any fans of the blessed Kitchens, B-Movie, The Chameleons or The Comsat Angels should snap up a copy of this immediately, as it contains echoes of all those groups. This is as good a recreation of that sound as you could wish for, and will bring the memories flooding back. Anyone looking for the future of popular music will have to wait a little longer.
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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars About Time Too, 20 Jan 2006
By J. Marciniak "acquiesce" (Manc) - See all my reviews
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The biggest mistake I made in 2005 was turning down a £2 ticket to see The Editors at the Bierkeller, Manchester, in favour of some bird!!! I dont have many regrets but this is certainly one of them. After that episode I didnt want the album to be decent... and just to rub my nose in it, it is. In fact its bloody brilliant.

The standout tracks on this album are fantastic and well beyond standard debut album tracks. 'Blood'is by far my favourite, if only for its opening guitar dance. The chorus of 'Munich' seems to be written by a band that have seen it all and it is difficult to remember sometimes that this band are new and still fairly young. 'All Sparks' and the beautiful 'Bullets' prove that The Editors are no flash in the pan band, who are worthy of any Joy Division comparisons.

Of the remaining tracks 'Camera' has to be my favourite and where Tom Smith can be found at his most haunting. There are some weaker tracks on this album but even then they are very listenable.

If anyone does have a time machine so I could travel back to that cold night in Manchester, please let me know.... But then what doesnt kill you....

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5.0 out of 5 stars Gloomy But Great
Editor's debut album revealed a band who seemed to be the sum of their influences. It's heavily in debt to 80's post-punk bands like The Chameleons, Echo & The Bunnymen, REM,... Read more
Published 1 month ago by C. Skinner

1.0 out of 5 stars Yawnsome indie drivel
I bought this on the strength of the two excellent singles - Munich and All Sparks. As an album though, it doesn't come close; turgid, dreary and monotonous with production so... Read more
Published 6 months ago by Jon P

4.0 out of 5 stars 80s slight return
Hats off to Exiled Northerner for nailing the true influences on The Editors: the Chameleons and also the Bunnymen are the real points of reference here in the Editors' debut,... Read more
Published 22 months ago by Kraftwerker

4.0 out of 5 stars Sick of JD references
I have never felt compelled to write a review before but all the Joy Division / Ian Curtis references are obviously written by people who've never actually listened to JD. Read more
Published 24 months ago by Albert Ramsbottom

4.0 out of 5 stars Joy Division are back...but better !
Having developed a healthy skepticism for 'the next big thing' in Indie band music,I initially gave the Editors a wide berth after hearing just a few tracks from their first... Read more
Published on 24 Jun 2007 by Arthur Dooley

5.0 out of 5 stars Pleasant surprise, well worth the money
I first heard of the Editors after hearing their acoustic version of "All Sparks" on the Radio 1 Live Lounge compilation album. Read more
Published on 24 May 2007 by D. Green

4.0 out of 5 stars Very good album but could have been excellent...
if it wasn't for the fact that they are very similar to Joy Division and some of the songs seem a little 'bare' of meat. Read more
Published on 10 May 2007 by K-Pax

3.0 out of 5 stars Joy Division for the 21st Century?
For me too it was the single that persuaded me to buy this. This band is the closest you can get to an updated version of Joy Division - the dark, obscure lyrics, the stripped... Read more
Published on 4 April 2007 by Sir Harold Woodbury

4.0 out of 5 stars Atmospheric....
I brought this album on the strength of the the single 'Munich' and hoped the the rest of the album would live up to the excellence of this track. Read more
Published on 15 Feb 2007 by Laura Armstrong

5.0 out of 5 stars CRAKIN
The surprise of 2005, and oh what a surprise, this is great.

You can hear their influences, must obviously Depeche Mode, but put that aside and you have one crakin... Read more
Published on 3 Oct 2006 by Mr. M. AYRES

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