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On the up-tempo number "Throw It All Away," Sia's soulful croon ruminates on loss while a plaintive brass melody echoes the laid-back sophistication of '60s lounge pop. Indeed, many of the production details give the album a similar, light-as-air effervescence. On the acoustic folk of "Left Behind," Jose Gonzalez's languid vocals provide the perfect counterpoint to the spare guitar melodies, resembling the somber beauty of Nick Drake's finest work.
In embarking on their quest toward crafting lush, electronic pop songs, one can forgive U.K. downtempo duo Zero 7 for perhaps taking the path less traveled. In the span of two albums they have evolved from pop-influenced electronica to the more fleshed-out arrangements of their latest effort, THE GARDEN. Along with contributions from a cast of noted vocalists such as Sia Furler and Jose Gonzalez, the new album moves away from digital trickery and brings organic instrumentation and vocals to the fore, bathing the songs in luxuriant arrangements with pop hooks to spare.
Additional personnel: José González (vocals, acoustic guitar); Sia Furler (vocals); Nigel Godrich (guitar); Robin Mullarkey (electric bass); Tom Skinner (drums).
Q (p.119) - 3 stars out of 5 -- "[The album] comes with some genre-bending: a Joe Satriani-esque widdly guitar squall on 'This Fine Social Scene' and brass-band weirdness on the outstanding 'Your Place'..."
Mojo (Publisher) (p.102) - 4 stars out of 5 -- "[P]acked with fine folk-tinged numbers....The songs are mostly upbeat...with 'The Pageant Of The Bizarre' recalling Steeleye Span..." Garden Music Review Average Rating: (4.3 out of 5 stars)   just gets better
This is their best album yet and I rate it up there with the best releases of the year. It's upbeat, energetic, and still airy. One great song after another, this album will not disappoint...neither did the first two.
Submitted by GM (Santa Fe) 
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 Good, but ??
This is the second CD I own from Zero7 and I had hoped for a little bit different/updated sound on this CD. As we've come to expect the vocals are extraordinary from all in the band. There are glimpses of greatness in the music, just not enough of these to rate it higher.
Submitted by dougp (Milwaukee WI)
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sucker punch
After the first two albums, "The Garden" is an unexpected left uppercut. With Jose Gonzalez's vocals on the opening track, unsuspecting listeners probably lunged for the liner notes exclaiming, "Is this who I think it is?!" Gonzalez's introspective delivery on "Futures", "Today" and the re-tooled "Crosses" complements Sia Furler's coy yet soul-baring performances with amazing effect. With relentless hooks, mesmerizing arrangements and pristine production, "The Garden" is nothing less than another top drawer Zero 7 work of perfection.
Submitted by adrian.delgado (Madison, WI, USA)
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Purchase Garden CD To buy, Click on price to add to cart | Zero 7 Simple Things CD (2001)
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After a number of singles and EPs, British electronica duo Zero 7 made their full-length debut with 2001's SIMPLE THINGS, an inspired fusion of loungey ...
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Recorded in James Mercer's Basement, Portland, Oregon and Avasti Studio, Seattle, Washington.
When the Shins bowled over music fans and critics alike in 2001 seemingly out of nowhere (but actually out of Albuquerque and years of playing together) with OH, INVERTED WORLD, their stunningly beautiful debut, the comparisons came pouring in. Scribes likened their insistent, melodic sound and James Mercer's hyper-literate, oblique but mellifluous lyrics to many mostly anachronistic, all deeply revered sources, including everything from the Beach Boys to Love.
The follow-up, CHUTES TOO NARROW, meets and often manages to exceed the tremendous, ...
| | Zero 7 When It Falls CD (2004)
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This is a Hyper CD, which contains regular audio tracks and also provides a link to the artist's website with the help of a web browser.
Henry Binns and Sam Hardaker made their debut as Zero 7 to much acclaim with 2001's SIMPLE THINGS. The UK duo's follow-up, WHEN IT FALLS, is a refinement of their style, rather than an expansion. Producers/songwriters Binns and Hardaker once again concoct a sultry melange of soul, acid jazz, pop, and electronica, all ...
| | Arcade Fire Funeral CD (2004)
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This Montreal ensemble's fiery debut is marked by surging guitars, soulful strings, driving drums, brilliant bass lines, and the quavering vocals of married couple Win Butler and Regine Chassagne. The group's song structures ...
| | Thievery Corporation Cosmic Game CD (2005)
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| | Thievery Corporation Versions CD (2006) Remixes
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| | Dr Charles G Hayes & The Cosmopolitan Church Of Prayer Choir Have Thine Own Way Lord CDs (2000)
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| | Paul Thorn Mission Temple Fireworks Stand CD (2002)
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Paul Thorn's second studio full-length and his debut for Virgin's Back Porch Records is a wild, wooly, roots-drenched voyage into the dark, conflicted, yearning heart of America. A Tupelo, MS, native and the son of a Church of God minister, Thorn knows the boundaries -- where they can be stretched and where the paradoxes with no answers lie. His job is to puzzle over the questions and to seek to illuminate them by means of narratives, exhortations, and humor that is rooted in gritty garage rock, Southern blues and gospel, and honky tonk music. Thorn's life experience has been rich; along with being a singer and songwriter, he has been an artist in the Howard Finster tradition, a boxer who fought Roberto Duran once, and a factory worker. All of these elements come into play on this deeply spiritual look at both the sacred and profane. There is no ethereal posturing here -- just spit, vinegar, and a rugged toughness that knows that the soft side of things needs attention. To get a mental and aural picture of this sound, try to look at Greg Brown's gritty-voiced wit and Lyle Lovett's melodic sense, teamed with the rock sensibility of Lynyrd Skynyrd, the steamy soul and funk of Delaney Bramlett, and the rough-hewn ballad approach of Steve Earle. Thorn's approach features an army of electric guitars behind him, and he needs them because he tells big stories. The second track, "Rise Up," is a single mom's anthem; come to think of it, with it's crunching, transcendent major-chord riff, "Rise Up" is for anybody who wants to make changes wholesale. The drums crack just enough to carry Thorn's big voice over the top, to ride the guitars and underline his chorus. There is also the title track, which holds one of the most powerful metaphors ever for taking a good, hard look at how we live and how we view others: "I saw a black ...
| | Night Watch CDs (2000) Import
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| | X-Rated Cowboys CD (2005)
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Loaded to the brim with guitars, accordions, guitars, keyboards, drums, and guitars, the X-Rated Cowboys deliver on their third album. Released on the band's own FFN Records label, the self-titled disc once again features Dan Baird (Georgia Satellites, Yayhoos) as the producer and is filled with more songs of loves lost, sorrows drowned, and lives left behind. And did we mention the guitars?The X-Rated Cowboys are Quinn Fallon (vocals, acoustic guitar, and songwriting), Andy Harrison, (electric guitar), Chris Skrobot (electric guitar), Bob Hite (keyboards, accordion), and C. Douglas Wells (drums). Bass duties were handled by Joe Oestreich ...
| | Jethro Tull - Extended Versions CD (2006)
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As with all of the releases in the Extended Versions series, the 2006 Jethro Tull edition is a set of latter-day live renditions of some of the group's best-known classics -- which have all been previously released. And as with most Tull releases after, say, 1980, the performances and production here are exceedingly clean-sounding ...
| | Only Crime Virulence CD (2007)
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| | Jamie Woon Wayfaring Stranger (2007) (Import)
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