At Home With Cherry Twister [Import]

at home with cherry twister [import]

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Product Description
Japanese Version featuring Three Bonus Tracks: Please Come Along, Kinda Like a Star (Demo), and While You SLEEP.

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At Home With Cherry Twister [Import]

Average customer rating:

Old but fresh sound
Phenomenal songs, impeccably performed.
From the pop music capitol of Lancaster Pa.
OK, but a bit too wimpy and derivative for me
how does it get any better

At Home With Cherry Twister
Cherry Twister
Manufacturer: Lucky Records
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B00000I8GX
Release Date: 2001-08-21

Tracks:

Don't Forget Your Man
Sparkle
Meteorite
Charlotte B.
I'm Gonna Be the Lonely Boy Tonite
American Nightlife
Leila
She's Gone
Maryann
Black Summer
Brighten Up
Kinda Like a Star
She's in Love Again
Til I'm Blue
Careful (Can't Fall Again)
Why Won't You Believe in Me?

Amazon.com

On At Home With, retro-flavored rockers Cherry Twister press all the right buttons and go straight for the pop taste buds like some kind of bittersweet, all-in-one-tin fruit cocktail of half-remembered '60s summer tunes. They're not the first band to dig their dessert spoons into the Beach Boys, Bacharach, Merseybeat, and Simon & Garfunkel--and heaven knows they won't be the last. But they can count themselves among the toe-tapping best. Tangy examples of their talents include the Klark Kent-ish "Don't Forget Your Man," their riposte to the Beach Boys' "Kokomo" on "Black Summer," and the Las-meet-Fountains of Wayne stylings of "Kinda Like a Star." --Kevin Maidment

Album Description

1999 and second album by Pennsylvania's kings of power pop. Mixing the sweetness of the Rubinoos with the modern pop approach of Matthew Sweet and Tommy Keene, this album is already at the top of many pop critic's 'best of' lists (notjust for the year, but for all time!). 16 tracks.

Customer Reviews:

Old but fresh sound.......2005-08-17

I'm a big lover of power pop music and I like very much this record, that I have discovered through Amazon browsing by styles and references.

About music, nowadays many people thinks that it's important to be original. I don't think so. Join talent, creativity and passion and boom. Then you have to find people that likes this blending. It' happen when the music has a style that fits your taste and a flavor that moves your memories. It's impossible always create a really new sound in our world, with tons of information. And always other people born. Man and woman that never have heard the huge musical legacy of the last fifty years.

Cherry Twister, leaded by Steve Ward (that have released two great solo albums) is a home band that just recorded one CD, this one.

Soft voices (a little bit high-pitched voices), profusion of chorus and backing vocals, tremolo guitars, etc, but everything in function of very inspiring tunes, arrangements played by experienced musicians.

I'm very impressed by the record quality.

1) Don't forget your man (7/10) - Good tune but a little bit repetitive. Interesting arrangement.

2) Sparkle (8/10) - Great but I hate the "uh-uh-uh" part. Completely kitsch and dispensable. Maybe the two first songs of this album have influenced the All Music Guide critic, that gave 2.5/5 quote for this album.

3) Meteorite (9/10) - Very pleasant song and almost updated!

4) Charlotte B. (8/10) - good song, but not special. Some parts more inspired.

5) I'm Gonna Be the Lonely Boy Tonite (9/10) - Nice guitar in a tasteful song.

6) American Nightlife (6/10) - Instrumental filler.

7) Leila (10/10) - Carry you in a travel deep inside the almost blue sky.

8) She's Gone (9/10) - Soft and delicate tune. It remembers me "Beach Boys"

9) Maryann (9/10) - Also a more modern song, like "Meteorite". It seems like "Fountains of Wayne".

10) Black Summer (8/10) - Lightly upbeat "Posies" style ("Dear 23").

11) Brighten Up (7/10) - OK song. Music change from the cheesy slow part to upbeat routine part

12) Kinda Like a Star (9/10) - Also evokes me "Fountains of Wayne" with good guitar arrangement.

13) She's in Love Again (9/10) - Beautiful song with "America" style.

14) Til I'm Blue (9/10) - "Kinks" style song.

15) Careful (Can't Fall Again) (9/10)- Crying guitars and 60 style song.

16) Why Won't You Believe in me (6/10) - A little bit boring lullaby song.

Phenomenal songs, impeccably performed........2003-04-19

This disc is a total delight. The tunes are infectious, the lyrics bright and witty, and the arrangements are true to -- but not slavishly imitative of -- the sixties pop sensibility.

Top Twister Steve Ward is a power pop genius. If he'd been born 50 years ago, he'd have been divorced several times by now, have earned and blown three or four fortunes, and be the object of vague rumors involving the untimely demise of some loathesome late seventies record company exec.

But *this* is his time, and *this* is his disc -- at least one of them. Another, his solo effort, the more recent "Opening Night," is also a must-acquire.

One interesting thing about Steve's work is that all his tunes are strong. There are no throwaways. I particularly like 'Charlotte B.', 'I'll Be the Lonely Boy Tonight', and 'Maryann.' But they're all really good, so my favorites rotate.

This really is one of my all-time faves. If you like the Beatles and the Wondermints and the Hollies -- well crafted songs, nicely produced -- you're gonna love Cherry Twister.

Promise.

From the pop music capitol of Lancaster Pa........2002-07-10

I read good strong, positive reviews before taking a chance on this cd. I liked it immediately upon buying it. Now it has become one of my favorites! Strong ultra melodic songs, great harmonies, what more could you want? Buy this and Steve Wards solo album also. These guys have the potential to be as good as the Pearlfishers, Mike Viola, Wondermints, Dada and other PoP Gods. Great job!

OK, but a bit too wimpy and derivative for me.......2002-03-31

This is super-happy kitschy high-pitched-vocals bubblegum stuff.

I guess I was looking for just a little bit more bite. The vocals are entirely wimpy and fey. We're not talking Monkees-bubblegum here, we're talking 1910 Fruitgum Company or even (gasp!) Lancelot Link & the Evolution Revolution.

The music is also very obviously derivative. These aren't just influences, these are imitations. The melody of "Black Summer" sounds WAY too much like "Kokomo" by the Beach Boys.

If your idea of perfect music is, say, watching reruns of the Groovie Ghoulies or Banana Splits jam to some unbearably happy, wimpy three-chord tune, complete with cheesy yeah-yeah's and ahhhh's between the verses, well, here's your record.

how does it get any better.......2001-08-20

This is one of those rare cds that you find only a few times. A friend said it best" like finding a gem in the midst of so much clutter". There are so many good songs on the cd it's hard to pick out the best songs. My favorites are "Like A Star" and "She's In Love Again" with several more a close second. The sound is fresh but also makes me feel like I'm back in High School again. This cd should by anyone's account be at the very top of your list to acquire if you don't already have it. Steve Ward's solo project is also a must. By all means HIGHLY RECOMMENDED!!!

Average customer rating:

Very sugary and sweet power pop!

At Home with Cherry Twister
Cherry Twister
Manufacturer: Vivid Sound
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B00006IXG0

Album Details

Japanese Version featuring Three Bonus Tracks: Please Come Along, Kinda Like a Star (Demo), and While You SLEEP.

Customer Reviews:

Very sugary and sweet power pop!.......2007-01-10

This is the epitome of power pop! So sugary sweet, killer hooks, irresistable harmonies.

It is very enjoyable yet, the songs do not make as big of an impact as other bands (that I feel) are better at this form of music. They do not compare with a Fountains of Wayne, Big Star, The Shoes. Maybe it is because the songs are not that edgey, they are more Brian Wilson then Beatles' Revolver.

The above is over analyzing an otherwise very fine cd. "Kind of like a Star" is absolutely beautiful. It is a perfect power pop song. "Don't forgot your man" is a fun, quality tune (but it sounds very derivative of something I can't quite put my finger on). "Meteorite" is another highlight.

I think that this band is more of a one man band/very heavily influenced by Steve Ward. I also bought his solo work and this is superior.

In the world of "power pop", I would rate this above average. It won't knock your socks off but there are some great songs on it.

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