Calling All Stars

calling all stars

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Product Description
'Calling All Stars' is the first collection of pop songs in ten years by the keyboardist/lyricist of The Suburbs, a Minneapolis band born of the late 70's/early 80's new-wave/punk scene. Enter the satellite world of 'Calling All Stars', orbiting a distant home planet in search of 'another of my kind'. The dreamy transmissions arriving here are powerful and plush - a ghostly orchestra of sounds, highlighted by twangy guitars, ethereal brass, and darkly expressive vocals. Manifesto Records.

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Calling All Stars
Low Stars
Average customer rating: 4 out of 5 stars
  • What's not to like?
  • wonderful harmonies and mellow sound
  • I'm moving on.........
  • Top notch acoustic rock
  • Good Acoustic Rock
 Low Stars
Low Stars
Manufacturer: DAS Label
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

GeneralGeneral | Folk | Styles | Music
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ASIN: B000NJJ4EQ
Release Date: 2007-02-15

Tracks:

  1. Tell the Teacher
  2. Child
  3. Calling All Friends
  4. Tracks in the Rain
  5. Need a Friend
  6. Can't Live Without Your Love
  7. Just Around the Corner
  8. Why Not Your Baby
  9. Love, Love, Love
  10. Sometimes It Rains
  11. Mexico
  12. Warmer Wind
  13. L.A. Forever

Product Description

LOW STARS are: Chris Seefried, Dave Gibbs, Jeff Russo and Jude. Includes "Calling All Friends" from the ABC drama WHAT ABOUT BRIAN.

Customer Reviews:

4 out of 5 stars What's not to like?.......2007-07-06

Calling All Friends has been in rotation on my radio station for awhile now, so I figured I'd give the band a try.

I was glad I did, it was everything I expected and more. Beautiful melodic songs with harmonies and a few catchy hooks that I find myself humming unexpectedly. Definite replay value and there were no songs that I did not enjoy, but about 3-4 that are really standouts.

It will be interesting to watch this band progress and how it matures, will it keep the sound or will it morph into something else (like how Kenny Loggins changed as a solo act from Loggins & Messina)? While comparisons to the Eagles or CSN&Y (or even Loggins & Messina) are easy to make, I'd probably describe it to younger listeners as a cross between Train and something else -- maybe Counting Crows.

4 out of 5 stars wonderful harmonies and mellow sound.......2007-06-08

If you're looking for grinding rock, skip this. If you're looking for a one-voice album, skip this. If you're looking for anything short of beautiful harmonizing and mellow, breath-relaxing musical compositions, skip this.

I saw this cd at Starbucks and kept passing it by. I thought, wrongly, that it was a country album by Texas singers. Erm. Cut off my legs and call me shorty--I was wrong! This cd reminds me of the Eagles more than anyone else, but without the rock vibes. It's in the harmonies, that similarity.

You'll love it!

5 out of 5 stars I'm moving on................2007-06-01

Low Stars get 5 stars !!! This is a very smoothe, relaxing, soulful CD and nothing makes me calm down and mellow out as nicely as this does....The lyrics are at times very sad, like the guy who is moving on and leaving his girl behind, but there are happier, sexier, more wishful songs as well. It very much reminds me of "The Thorns" who put out a fabulous heavy-harmony CD a few years back.

I would not call this a "rock" album by any means but the instrumentals are incredible, the voice and harmonies superb, and it feels like you're listening to a bunch of classy guys....The entire CD speaks of excellence......You probably shouldn't miss this one....I'm glad I didn't !!

5 out of 5 stars Top notch acoustic rock.......2007-05-25

I first heard these guys on tv while flipping channels at about 1:00 a.m. a few weeks ago. They were doing "Calling All Friends" and I loved the rich (if a bit loose) harmonies that they created live. I ordered the cd the next day and was not at all disappointed in the rest of the material on the album. You can hear tinges of everybody who ever picked up an acoustic guitar in their music - from the Eagles to CSN&Y to Dan Fogelberg to the Bacon Brothers Band - but these guys have created their own identity with this record. And they have shown remarkable versatility in styles in doing it. The first track, "Tell the Teacher" starts with a vintage CSNY opening before seguing into more of a Dirt Band style verse. There's not a throwaway track on this album, which displays strong songwriting from start to finish, but to my ear the heart of the cd is tracks 9 through 11. When I hear music like this on late night tv, it makes me wonder what in the hell some of the major radio station programming guys are thinking about.

4 out of 5 stars Good Acoustic Rock.......2007-05-09

I first heard of these guys when they opened for Edwin McCain at Amos' Southend in Charlotte in April. We were surprised when they came onstage with just four acoustic guitars and started playing. They are a kind of throwback to some of the better sounds of the past and a welcome and pleasant change from much of today's popular music. They also sound the same live as they do on the CD and that's a definite bonus. This is definitely a CD that belongs in your collection and if you get the chance, go to one of their performances. You won't be disappointed.
Calling All Stars
Average customer rating: 4 out of 5 stars
  • Good Stuff
  • A Talent That Deserves To Be Recognized
 Calling All Stars
Chan Poling
Manufacturer: Manifesto Records
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

GeneralGeneral | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music
GeneralGeneral | Pop | Styles | Music
Pop RockPop Rock | Pop | Styles | Music
GeneralGeneral | Rock | Styles | Music
ASIN: B00005Y1MJ
Release Date: 2002-02-05

Tracks:

  1. Dizzy
  2. I Don't Want to Kill Anymore
  3. Insensible
  4. Sweet
  5. Calling All Stars
  6. Science
  7. I Know
  8. Dig the World Spot
  9. Federal Rum
  10. New Sad Song
  11. Frankenstein
  12. Dreamland

Album Description

'Calling All Stars' is the first collection of pop songs in ten years by the keyboardist/lyricist of The Suburbs, a Minneapolis band born of the late 70's/early 80's new-wave/punk scene. Enter the satellite world of 'Calling All Stars', orbiting a distant home planet in search of 'another of my kind'. The dreamy transmissions arriving here are powerful and plush - a ghostly orchestra of sounds, highlighted by twangy guitars, ethereal brass, and darkly expressive vocals. Manifesto Records.

Customer Reviews:

4 out of 5 stars Good Stuff.......2002-08-04

Good stuff, but what's a suburb without the Suburbs? But, the band is getting back together!

4 out of 5 stars A Talent That Deserves To Be Recognized.......2002-03-26

4.5 Stars.

One would excpect that since Chan Poling comes from one of Minneapolis's most celebrated bands (The Suburbs) that a solo cd would have been offered up long before this (The Suburbs broke up in 1987, I believe).

Well, the wait was well worth it. This is a finely crafted album. The sound is very lush. It sometimes has somewhat of a loungey feeling to it (and that is not a bad thing at all).

The other magnificient aspect of this album is Chan's voice. He posseses a wonderful baritone that is sometimes reminiscent of Brad Roberts from Crash Test Dummies or Mark Sandman from Moprhine.
I Hear You Calling Me
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    		I Hear You Calling Me

    Manufacturer: Asv Living Era
    ProductGroup: Music
    Binding: Audio CD

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    ASIN: B0000Y37EW
    Release Date: 2004-03-09

    Tracks:

    1. When Irish Eyes Are Smiling
    2. The Sunshine Of Your Smile
    3. Macushla
    4. The Bard Of Armagh
    5. Come Into The Garden, Maud
    6. Turn Ye To Me
    7. Angels Guard Thee ('Berceuse')
    8. I'll Sing The Songs Of Araby
    9. Venetian Song
    10. Flirtation
    11. Since You Went Away (Seems Lak' To Me)
    12. Dear Old Pal Of Mine
    13. Dream Once Again
    14. A Brown Bird Singing
    15. When You And I Were Young, Maggie
    16. The Garden Where The Praties Grow
    17. I Hear You Calling Me
    18. The Irish Emigrant
    19. Jeannie With The Light Brown Hair
    20. Believe Me, If All Those Endearing Young Charms
    21. South Winds
    22. She Moved Thro' The Fair
    23. The Star Of The County Down
    24. Waiting For You
    25. The Kerry Dance

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    2. Nirvana
    3. My Dreams
    4. A Little Love, A Little Kiss
    5. The Angel's Serenade
    6. Ave Maria (Intermezzo From 'Cavalleria Rusticana')
    7. Serenata
    8. Barcarolle ('Night Of Stars And Night Of Love')
    9. Before My Window
    10. Swans
    11. Come, My Beloved
    12. Moonlight And Roses
    13. I Look Into Your Garden
    14. Bird Songs At Eventide
    15. By The Short Cut To The Roses
    16. The Fairy Tree
    17. The Harp That Once Thro' Tara's Halls
    18. Once In A Blue Moon
    19. Charm Me Asleep
    20. Vespers
    21. Sweetly She Sleeps, My Alice Fair
    22. A Song Remembered
    23. The Dawning Of The Day
    24. A House, Love, Made For You And Me
    25. The Old House
    White Fields
    Average customer rating: Not rated
      		White Fields

      ProductGroup: Music
      Binding: Audio CD

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      ASIN: B000G8P830
      Release Date: 2006-06-06

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      2. Camino Del Aguila
      3. Camino Palmero [Live] [Import]
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      6. Canned Heat Cookbook: Their Greatest Hits [Original recording remastered]
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