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Principally recorded at Bear Creek, Woodinville, Washington in November 1997.
Having led Built to Spill down the road of majestic guitar duels on 1997's PERFECT FROM NOW ON, group mastermind Doug Martsch decided to downplay (but not shelve) his six-string heroics here. Instead, the focus of Built to Spill's fourth proper full-length is the ensemble playing. Having for the first time in B2S' existence retained his rhythm section (bassist Brett Nelson, drummer Scott Plouf) for a second consecutive album, Martsch shows off what may be the strongest power trio in rock circa 1999. Consequently, KEEP IT LIKE A SECRET coalesces into a powerful classic rock band statement at a time when those are hard to find.
Lyrically, Martsch's concerns have retained the indie rock community's focus--its outsider status ("Carry the Zero") and ability to self-reference rock's long history to get its plaints across ("You Were Right"). Structurally, he has streamlined his songs into concise rock-pop nuggets that carry more crunch than his Up records ever mustered, fitting his epic way with a melody into a more radio-friendly package. What comes out is a great (and different) Built to Spill record, proudly displaying its strengths and reveling in its uniqueness even while making concessions to a changing world.
Personnel: Sam Coomes (keyboards).
Recording information: AVAST! Recording Co., Seattle WA (11/1997-02/1998); Bear Creek, Woodinville, WA (11/1997-02/1998).
Photographer: Jeff Smith .
Built To Spill: Doug Martsch, Scott Plouf, Brett Nelson.
Additional personnel: Sam Coomes (keyboards).
Rolling Stone (2/18/99, pp.57-58) - "...Built To Spill songs are typically about the physics of colliding emotions, about dissension at home and in the head....Yet there is something very whole and intoxicating about the way Martsch sets unraveling relationships against fastidiously scripted riff fireworks..."
Entertainment Weekly (3/5/99, p.66) - "...Idaho oddity Built to Spill make music with a weird naive excitement that recalls R.E.M. at their fresh-out-of-Athens finest..." - Rating: B
CMJ (1/10/00, p.3) - Ranked #6 in CMJ's "Top 30 Editorial Picks [1999]"
CMJ (1/6/03, p.20) - Included in CMJ's list of "Top 25 College Radio Albums of All Time"
CMJ (2/1/99, p.3) - "...Most focused effort in its nine-year career....a luminously poetic expression of good old-fashioned crash-and-burn sonic beauty..."
Melody Maker (5/16/00, p.47) - 4 stars out of 5 - "...[Their] return to form....Not a bad choice for Grandaddy's grandad."
Mojo (Publisher) (03/99, p.88) - "...Reclusive Idaho guitarist/songwriter finally gets it right....He also has a powerful emotional, instrumentally muscular and impressively varied fourth album..." Keep It Like A Secret Music Built To Spill Keep It Like A Secret Songs Keep It Like A Secret Music Keep It Like A Secret Music Review Average Rating: (5 out of 5 stars)  Instant classic!
This is another solid album from these guys. The tracks range from amped up to chill, but never lacking energy and emotion. Overall a quality picker-upper of an album. Somewhat unconventional and creative uplifting alternative rockish music. One of my new favorites!
Submitted by Marcus (San Francisco, CA)
Was This Review Helpful? Yes No 1 of 1 found this helpful. Absolutely Breathtaking!
It is truly amazing how a major lable could sound so original and uncompromising. Great melodies, intricate song structures, and interesting lyrics. You will be lost in it for a at least a month.
Submitted by Tolly (Edinburgh, Uk)
Was This Review Helpful? Yes No just perfect, that's all.
this is one of my heavy-rotation favorites. from the onset, right at the first chord of 'the plan' you know this album is going to rock. the vibe remains unbroken throughout the whole disc, varying loopy guitar licks with hard, heavy, distorted rhythm sections burrowing into your unconciousness, never to leave. the kind of album that'll get you through a whole summer without it feeling tired or old.
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I'm a jazz/wedding/big-band singer; a musical mixture of Joe Williams, Nat Cole and Lou Rawles with a sprinkle of Frank Sinatra, Tony Bennett and just a little touch of Barry White. Combining a variety of songs, including "American Songbook" standards and lesser-known jazz gems is what I love best. For me, one of the more enjoyable features of performing is the ability to spotlight a song writer, popular songs, or an individual singer and seeing a joyful response from my audience. In my CD, JIM MALLOY / JAZZ VOCALIST, I'm able bring that concept to a reality.In making this CD, I can hardly express the personal joy that I've found by following my musical muse. The fact that I've been given quite a bit of appreciation and approval as well as assistance, encouragement and guidance from musical and personal friends has made this task even easier. As we're only successful through the help of friends, producers Anne Phillips and Bob Kindred have been instrumental in making my CD project come to life.I've been a vocalist for many years with differing and wide-ranging musical experiences, from street-corner Doo-Wop to small ...
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