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  • Audio CD (3 April 2006)
  • Number of Discs: 1
  • Label: Reprise Records
  • ASIN: B000ELL0R2
  • Other Editions: Vinyl  |  MP3 Download
  • Average Customer Review: 4.3 out of 5 stars See all reviews (15 customer reviews)
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 22,847 in Music (See Bestsellers in Music)

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Song Title Time Price
Listen  1. Alone, Jealous And Stoned (Album Version) 6:46£0.69
Listen  2. All At Once [It's Not Important] (Album Version) 4:37£0.69
Listen  3. Lightning Blue Eyes (Album Version) 5:28£0.69
Listen  4. Daddy's In The Doldrums (Album Version) 8:23£0.69
Listen  5. I Hate Pretending (Album Version) 5:15£0.69
Listen  6. Faded Lines (Album Version) 4:59£0.69
Listen  7. I Want To Know If It's Still Possible (Album Version) 4:56£0.69
Listen  8. 1000 Seconds (Album Version) 5:15£0.69

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The rise of Texan troubadours Secret Machines has been impressive. They initially appeared with the fantastic debut album September 000; bettered it with Now Here Is Nowhere; and now they’ve gone one better with Ten Silver Drops--not only a more personal record, but also more musically ambitious and more conceptually sustained. Recorded in the Catskills mountains in New York state, the band’s third project leads with the whirling, yearning, mildly epic single "Alone, Jealous and Stoned" before unfurling in typically "space-rock" (their description) fashion, all prog-rock psychedelia, hypnotic krautrock grooves and a decent split of cosmic instrumentals and catchy Flaming Lips-style choruses. The loping, slow-burning strangeness of "Daddy’s In The Doldrums" and the easy-going "I Want To Know (if it’s still possible" (featuring Garth Hudson from The Band on accordion) all bring forth the band’s penetrative grooves and psych-rock keyboard scribbles, offering a sound that’s impressively muscular and surprisingly melodic. It’s very rare that a band these days gets better and better with each successive album, but Secret Machines are fast becoming old masters at upsetting such conventions.--Paul Sullivan

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Second full length studio album from Dallas-born trio Secret Machines. This is the follow-up to 2004's 'Now Here Is Nowhere'. Produced by the band, the album was recorded at the Allaire Studios in New York. The singles 'Lightning Blue Eyes' and 'Faded Lines' are included.

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5.0 out of 5 stars Quite simply astounding - an etremely welcome return, 9 April 2006
By Stephen Siragher "therajman" (Wakefield, West Yorkshire) - See all my reviews
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New York's Secret Machines, after a heavy touring schedule which meant most of 'Ten Silver Drops' was concocted on the road, do not disappoint with this extraordinary album. Taking the same prog elements that infused their promising, if overlong debut, 'Now Here Is Nowhere', and honing them into eight quite superb tracks, the band have released easily the best album of the year so far and one which will be almost impossible to top.

While it is true to some extent that Secret Machines have taken a slightly more pop-oriented approach to their songwriting - single 'Lightning Blue Eyes' is almost catchy - they still average around five minutes each, with monumental centrepiece 'Daddy's In The Doldrums' nearly nine. No track outstays its welcome though. Soaring opener 'Alone, Jealous and Stoned' begins with mournful, tolling piano soon subsumed by pounding drums and powerfully paranoid lyrics. The pair of epics that close the record are spellbinding, particularly the finale '1,000 Seconds', which, whilst sounding scarily like 'Performance and Cocktals' closer 'I Stopped To Fill My Car Up' documents the breakdown of a relationship quite superbly, with little more than piano and drums. 'I Hate Pretending' is the closest the band come to reprising the sound of their debut - enter swooping guitars and driving synth basslines - but the arguable high point is 'All At Once (It's Not Important), a breathtaking tirade against an unknown lover, fillled with tribal drumming, a memorable guitar line and palpable, pulsating angst.

The Pink Floyd/Krautrock comparison are of course valid but Secret Machines are carving their own sound very successfully. They are a force to be reckoned with live and these songs will only cement their gig reputation. A gripping listen, 'Ten Silver Drops' will suit prog dinosaurs and rock enthusiasts old and new - highly recommended.

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9 of 11 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars The new Neu!, 19 May 2006
By Dr. D. B. Sillars - See all my reviews
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I know very little about this US trio, apart from the fact that they are very good! There does seem to be something afoot in certain musical circles at the moment. A host of young, up and coming bands are producing very sophisticated, challenging music within a mainstream genre. The likes of Pure Reason Revolution, Mew and Secret Machines are at the vanguard of a new type of prog rock. Not looking back to the likes of Genesis or Yes for inspiration, but taking the exploratory, boundary breaking, open-ended attitude which made prog the force it once was and adding a keen sense of melody and pop nuance to the brew. The results, as best exemplified here with Secret Machines second album are simply stunning! If anything these guys look more towards the 70's so called Krautrock of Can and Neu! The motorik beat of Neu! is very much in evidence throughout as is early Eno. The use of guitar treatments recalls Eno's work with Phil Manzanera. In fact processing and treatments are used extensively on guitars and keyboards throughout. Just listen to the fuzzy piano intro to "Daddy's in the Doldrums".

The groups first album "Now Here to Nowhere" was much rawer sounding. Here there is a much cooler, cleaner sheen to the groups sonic palette. Plus, the songwriting is moved up a notch. The vocals of Brandon Curtis have also matured and show greater flexibility. On "Faded Lines" it reminds me of Paul Haig!

I like this album a lot. A young band producing sophisticated, involving music is refreshing to come by. At once catchy and direct, but taking their influences and pushing everything forward to make their own individual sound. On the evidence of this release they have a very bright future.

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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars a fine return, 19 April 2006
By Joshua Hooper "2113" (UK) - See all my reviews
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'Sad and Lonely' was the first track I heard from SM and it cought my attention immediately. I bought Now Here Is Nowhere and it stayed in my CD player for a good 3 months, it is a fabulous album. And now Ten Silver Drops is here and despite not having the immediate love-affair with it I feel it surpasses the previous record with ease. Its beautiful noises and original sounds make it a record which gets better with each listen... if there is a complaint, then it is that it is only 8 tracks long and forever leaves me wondering what a few more songs could add to it. However a very decent record from a very decent band.

p.s. go see them live...it's brilliant
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2.0 out of 5 stars THE MACHINES ARE SECRET, THE INFLUENCES ANYTHING BUT
I read some of the reviews and figured Secret Machines were my kind of band. Thankfully I picked up this album cheap a year or so after it had been released, or I'd have felt... Read more
Published 8 months ago by Ethan Maconie

5.0 out of 5 stars Songs of Experience
They just keep getting better and better, these boys! As an ardent fan of the power and scale of Now Here Is Nowhere, I was slightly taken aback by the style of this album, but... Read more
Published 10 months ago by Number Six

4.0 out of 5 stars Best Served Alone
Take a healthy amount of prog rock, blend in a liberal amount of krautrock, and top it off with some shoegazing music and you have Secret Machines' sophomore album Ten Silver... Read more
Published on 9 April 2007 by Jim Dubh

5.0 out of 5 stars Definitely worth adding to the collection!
When I heard Secret Machines were supporting MUSE I thought I'd check them out so I bought their first album and was slightly let down. Read more
Published on 2 April 2007 by S. Jordan

5.0 out of 5 stars The Greatest Song & Album of ALL TIME!
This album launches the sound of the trio-genii Secret Machines into superspace. Emblazoned with terrifyingly passionate lyrics, seared onto riffs that carry you to the sun and... Read more
Published on 7 Sep 2006 by the robster

3.0 out of 5 stars Great Songs!
Great songs with intelligent production... it just sounds so natural, they can tear one song apart with subtle rhythm changes; somehow everything fits perfectly together. Read more
Published on 4 Jul 2006 by David Calcano

4.0 out of 5 stars Great to Hear something different
I bought this album PURELY on impulse.I had read a review about it before giving it 5 stars, so thought I'd give it a go.Didn't know what style it was... Read more
Published on 16 May 2006 by TD WILKINSON

5.0 out of 5 stars No longer a Secret
I have both the Secret Machines albums and they are a very welcome anecdote to much of the tripe pushed on the consumer nowadays. Read more
Published on 16 April 2006 by Big Blu

5.0 out of 5 stars Good mellow follow up
I really liked this album! its more mellow then the first album however the secret machines feel is definately still there!! Read more
Published on 12 April 2006 by Zippyrockchick

4.0 out of 5 stars brilliant!
its funny, i never got into their last album, i could see and understand why it was good, i just never wanted to listen to it! Read more
Published on 9 April 2006 by Mr. R. M. Sheridan

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