Vehicles & Animals [Import]

vehicles & animals [import]

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Product Description
Eagerly anticipated debut album for the eclectic British indie act compared to just about everybody (Beck, Mercury Rev, the Beach Boys, XTC, Gomez, Turin Brakes). 12 tracks including the hit singles, 'Westside', 'You Got The Style', & 'El Salvador'. Parlophone. 2003.

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Vehicles & Animals [Import]
We, the Vehicles
Average customer rating: 4.5 out of 5 stars
  • sleepy
  • On Par w/ Dimemberment Plan.
  • we, the vehicles
  • delightful
  • simple and clean
 We, the Vehicles
Maritime
Manufacturer: Flameshovel
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B000EXDRQM
Release Date: 2006-04-18

Tracks:

  1. Calm
  2. Tearing Up The Oxygen
  3. People, The Vehicles
  4. Parade Of Punk Rock T-Shirts
  5. We Don't Think, We Know
  6. No One Will Remember You Tonight
  7. Young Alumni
  8. Don't Say You Don't
  9. German Engineering
  10. Twins
  11. Protein And Poison

Customer Reviews:

1 out of 5 stars sleepy.......2007-01-09

sleepy. Too slow for the use in my ipod (for running uphill...)and not very original. The other one was better (what was the title?)

5 out of 5 stars On Par w/ Dimemberment Plan........2006-10-21

This is by far the best of Maritime's efforts. I was a huge fan of The Dismemberment Plan and a fan of early Promise Ring. Like a lot of other folks, I was luke warm about the output from the former members of Dismemberment Plan. This luke warmness applies to Maritime's first album, Glass Floor, a truely average and uninspired album. Aside from Travistan, by ex-Dismemberment Plan's Travis Morrison, released way back in '04, We The Vehicles is finaly delivering the payoff I was hoping for lo those many years ago when The Dismemberment Plan dismembered. This album ranks as one of the years best. Also see them live. The show is passionate and tight.

5 out of 5 stars we, the vehicles.......2006-09-20

this album soothes and rocks you at the same time. i heard tidbits of them online, and went to see them live recently, confident that former promise ring members could put on quite the show. and i'll be honest, it was the best show i've been to in a long time. i was impressed. their sound is full, but also detailed and calm. so i bought this album, and was blown away again despite my reservations. it's less energetic than their live performance, but it works very well. it's almost croon-ish. "tearing up the oxygen" is my favorite track on the album. there are a few others that stand out to me as being elite. other than that, just the instrumentation alone makes the album a joy to listen to. i give it five stars because i can't go a day without putting it in (at least for a couple songs) since i purchased it. also SEE THEM LIVE any chance you get!!

5 out of 5 stars delightful.......2006-08-04

from start to finish maritime's we the vehicles keeps me singing. it is honestly an amazing album.

5 out of 5 stars simple and clean.......2006-07-18

This is a great album for the people who are beginning to feel lost in the sea of strings, keyboards, and fuzzy guitars of todays indie scene. It's a simple and clean effort remniscent of the good old days of midwestern indie rock.

Good job, much better than I expected!

Listen to We the Vehicles and Young Alumni.
Vehicles & Animals
Average customer rating: 4.5 out of 5 stars
  • Happy Music
  • Outstanding
  • Melodic and experimental without being "weird"
  • Sort of Meh. But it's perfect for Meh.
  • Patchy
 Vehicles & Animals
Athlete
Manufacturer: Astralwerks
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B00022XE22
Release Date: 2004-05-18

Tracks:

  1. El Salvador
  2. Westside
  3. One Million
  4. Shake Those Windows
  5. Beautiful
  6. New Project
  7. You Got The Style
  8. Vehicles & Animals
  9. Out Of Nowhere
  10. Dungeness
  11. You Know
  12. Le Casio
  13. A Few Differences

Customer Reviews:

5 out of 5 stars Happy Music.......2007-04-22

Athlete has a different sound but one that definately puts a smile on your face.

5 out of 5 stars Outstanding.......2005-09-17

Like their 2005 follow-up, *Tourist,* *Vehicles and Animals* is a terrific album. Compared to the pre-packaged dross that passes for most American popular music -- including those interminable garage bands with grinding guitars and howling lead singers who are dubbed "alternative" -- this is a breath of fresh air. The UK music scene is sooooooooooooooo much more interesting than the pap we are subjected to on this side of the pond. Of recent English bands, Athlete rate at the top. Don't believe the blah reviewers below. This is a terrific album that mixes different musical styles. The songs often take an unexpected turn. The title track is just fantastic. Highly recommended to those with a discerning ear.

3 out of 5 stars Melodic and experimental without being "weird".......2005-07-13

The problem with musicians who love to dabble in experimentation with feedback and techno touches within pop is that they often forget that melody is paramount. They allow all the "edgy" touches to obliterate the feature that makes a song repeatedly listenable: a great melody and killer hook. Athlete dodges that pitfall and makes an album that's highly listenable and one I expect will continue to wear well on my ears. (NOTE: The U.S. version of this one adds on bonus track "A Few Differences" and a video for "You got the Style")

HIGHLIGHTS:
"El Salvador" starts the disc in fine style as the band looks for a day away from the touring life. It slowly builds to its "Fly to El Salvador/don't know why and I don't what for" chorus. "Westside"'s philosophy of fame is cheeky enough to actually have the band scream "CHORUS!" gleefully before the hook observes "Whenever you look you can see/that everybody wants to be part of the rock scene.." "One Million" wallows in self-regret as the singer recalls the girl he never took a shot at, the "one at the top of a pile of one million". In the end he concludes "It was just one of those things/I needed to deal with...". If you can listen to "You got the Style" without singing "Oh..it's getting hot in here/There must be something in the at-mo-sphere" then you're a stronger soul than I. The title track celebrates childlike innocence. ("I need my vehicles and animals/And I will be alright/Take me back to 1979 so I can/Find my open eyes..")

LOWS:
"Beautiful" is a nice melody but it looks as though they couldn't be bothered to write more than 2 short verses and a somewhat weak hook (which is repeated ad infinitum). "Dungeness" drones on for 4 minutes without any real hook or much in the way of lyrics.

BOTTOM LINE:
There are plenty of nice melodies here on nearly every track, but they do have a tendency to allow the songs to go on past the point at which they're interesting. If they learn to trim the lengths of the songs to match the lyrics more often, they'll have more winners. Most of the songs I didn't like weren't "bad" per se...just overlong. It's not a "must have" but Brit pop fans will probably love it as will fans of Semisonic and like-minded pop leaning "alternative" bands.

3 1/2 stars

3 out of 5 stars Sort of Meh. But it's perfect for Meh........2004-11-16

This is perfect accompaniment for the following activities: Writing letters, chopping onions, recycling old clothes.

Athlete are not groundbreaking by any means, rather, they are quite downtown, having fallen into the kind of lyrics one would suspect Blur or The Beautiful South to leave on a C-sides greatest hits CD. OK, that's not saying much, but the brilliance is in the simplicity. This is end-of-summery easy listening for urbanites and city-wannabes. Best singles are "You Got the Style" and the somewhat similar "One Million." The video for "You Got the Style" is remarkable for its cartoon character, which pouts and juts its head much like the way the music on Vehicles & Animals takes one-steps up and down the staircase and over the carpet. This is not to say the record is dull by any means, rather, it is an apropros accompaniment to the mundane.

In sum, this CD is not to play in the car. It's not good to jog to. It's not good to select from the jukebox. When you're done with the CD, you can put it in its case and think about life for a second, and then get back to the rest of whatever it was you were doing.

4 out of 5 stars Patchy.......2004-08-16

A date played "You Got the Style" for me (it worked), which inspired me to find the whole CD. At best, Vehicles & Animals is fun, uplifting and catchy, but after a while the sing-song quality of many of the songs starts to sound the same and it gets a little monotonous. It's a shame to say it, because I love "You Got the Style" and "Salvador," but I don't think the album is anything special, unless you want some mellow, cheerful background music.
Vehicles & Animals
Average customer rating: 4.5 out of 5 stars
  • "i've seen the picture for myself"
  • Britpop at its best
  • THIS IS A GREAT CD YOU GOT TO GET IT....NOW!!!
  • essential album of 2003
  • Well, it makes for great elevator music...
 Vehicles & Animals
Athlete
Manufacturer: EMI Int'l
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B00008IHVF
Release Date: 2003-05-20

Tracks:

  1. El Salvador
  2. Westside
  3. One Million
  4. Shake Those Windows
  5. Beautiful
  6. New Project
  7. You Got The Style
  8. Vehicles & Animals
  9. Out Of Nowhere
  10. Dungeness
  11. You Know
  12. Le Casio
  13. A Few Differences

Album Description

Eagerly anticipated debut album for the eclectic British indie act compared to just about everybody (Beck, Mercury Rev, the Beach Boys, XTC, Gomez, Turin Brakes). 12 tracks including the hit singles, 'Westside', 'You Got The Style', & 'El Salvador'. Parlophone. 2003.

Album Details

The South London Quartet Garnered a Lot of Attention in 2000, Evolving their Sound Over the Course of a Few Years. The Released their First Self Titled EP in 2002 to Rave Reviews. After Opening for Bands Like Mansun, the Polyphonic Spree and the Electric Soft Parade, They Went Back to the Studio to Produce this First Right and Proper Album with Producer Victor Van Vugt (Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds, Beth Orton) at the Helm. Includes the Hit "You Got Style".

Customer Reviews:

5 out of 5 stars "i've seen the picture for myself".......2004-06-15

Length of Play - 45:38
"Vehicles and Animals" is worth buying for the marvelous "El Salvador" alone, but there is PLENTY of great stuff here. From the swinging "Westside" to the wistful closer, "Le Casio", there is no filler at all and always a stunning hook waiting just around the corner to knock you off your feet. Tracks like "One Million", "New Project" and "You Know" are just overflowing with pensive, melodic, enrapturing music, and the anthemic numbers "Vehicles & Animals", "You Got The Style" and "Dungeness" are absolutely blissful as well. A sticker on the cover of this album with a quote from Q Magazine calls "Vehicles and Animals", and I quote, "life-affirming...pick any of the 12 songs and there is something to love." That's about as good and succint a description I can come up with. Definitely check this one out, I highly recommend it to all.

5 out of 5 stars Britpop at its best.......2004-05-24

This is one of the best debut albums I've heard in a long while. Athlete compares favorably with Travis in my opinion, when Travis is more upbeat on songs like Why Does It Always Rain On Me and Sing. El Salvador, Westside, You've Got The Style and the title track Vehicles & Animals are all first class alternative rock songs and deserve to be on the charts here in the U.S. I saw Athlete at the Glastonbury Festival last summer, having never heard of them before, and definitely wish I'd had a chance to hear this cd first to really appreciate their performance.

5 out of 5 stars THIS IS A GREAT CD YOU GOT TO GET IT....NOW!!!.......2004-05-12

This is by far the best cd ever... the tunes get stuck in your head you just would not stop listen to it..............BUY IT NOWWWW

5 out of 5 stars essential album of 2003.......2004-01-29

Borrowing and improving on the Beta Band's idea of blending folk-rock and sing-a-long choruses with subtle, whirring electronics, this four-piece band from South London have put together an astonishing debut. It sounds fresh, and it's fun to listen to. STandout tracks: "You Got The Style", "Westside", "One Million", "Shake Those Windows".

5 out of 5 stars Well, it makes for great elevator music..........2004-01-24

You must get this record. It is well-worth the import price, a delightfully mellow Brit Pop record with melodies that will stick in your mind for days. It is as soothing as a morning enema.
We the Vehicles
Average customer rating: 4.5 out of 5 stars
  • One of the best albums of the 2000's
  • It's good, but.....
  • amazing
 We the Vehicles
Maritime
Manufacturer: Jvc Victor
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B000AMZ0HG
Release Date: 2005-10-03

Tracks:

  1. Calm
  2. Tearing Up The Oxygen
  3. People, The Vehicles
  4. Parade Of Punk Rock T-Shirts
  5. We Don't Think, We Know
  6. No One Will Remember You Tonight
  7. You Alumni
  8. Don't Say You Don't
  9. German Engineering
  10. Twins
  11. Protein And Poison
  12. Before You Were Born
  13. Call Me Home

Album Description

2005 Japanese pressing for the indie rock band includes 2 Japan only bonus tracks 'Before You Were Born' & 'Call Me Home'. Bad News.

Album Details

Second Album by Ex-members of the Promise Ring and Dismemberment. Japanese Version Will Include the Bonus Tracks "Before You were Born" and "Call Me Home".

Customer Reviews:

5 out of 5 stars One of the best albums of the 2000's.......2006-03-10

The first time I listened to this I only liked a few of the songs. But I liked those few so much I kept playing it.
But the third of fourth listen I was totally hooked on the whole thing. I haven't take it out my CD player since. Everyone I've turned on to this is jumping on the Maritime bandwagon. Love the clean but very aggressive guitar playing that accents every song perfectly. Just about every song is top notch but the true standouts for me are People The Vehicles, Young Alumni, Call Me Home, Twins, and No One Will Remember You Tonight. I listen to mostly singer/songwriter stuff but along
with The Notwist's Neon Golden and My Morning Jacket's Z this is the best album by a band I've heard in least few years. Get it - you'll love it.

3 out of 5 stars It's good, but............2006-02-09

This album would be fantastic if only they'd gone with J. Robbins production again. Overall the songs are better than the last album but I can't help thinking a lot of them sound kind of flat. (Where's the bass in Parade Of... and in several of the other songs?). It's not too bad and doesn't spoil the album completely, but I can't help thinking how much better it would sound with the really good production it deserves. A missed opportunity, I think. Sorry.

5 out of 5 stars amazing.......2005-11-06

This album blows my mind. Glass Floor had its good moments, but did not seem like what these guys were capable of putting out. This album makes up for the few flaws on Glass Floor. This album sounds nothing like the last one, much more upbeat and rockin. The bass lines will make anyone drool with pleasure, and his guitar and vocals are on top.

Highlights: People, The Vehicles, Calm, Young Alumni, Protein And Poison, and Call Me Home

Sadly this has not been released in the United States, so you have to get the import. IT's worth the extra money for the bonus tracks, which should be on the international album but are not for some stupid reason unclear to me.
Vehicles Behind Comets
Average customer rating: Not rated
    		Vehicles Behind Comets
    Rabbinical School Dropouts
    ProductGroup: Music
    Binding: Audio CD
    ASIN: B000MT0GHQ

    Product Description

    1 Vehicles Behind Comets 2 Native With a Camera 3 New Bashtal of Bhudastahn 4 Yeshiva School Fallout 5 Appeal to the Zegnatronic Rocket Society 6 Confirmed Nonsense 7 Anne Frank's Ghost 8 Damascus Document 9 Mystical New Age Hot Dog of the Covenant 10 Day of the Lar 11 Threshing Floor 12 Exhibit Q 13 Le Robot Fantastique
    Vehicles of Travel
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      		Vehicles of Travel
      The Curtains
      Manufacturer: Frenetic Records
      ProductGroup: Music
      Binding: Audio CD

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      ASIN: B000FBFSHO
      Release Date: 2006-05-30

      Tracks:

      1. April Galleons
      2. Medallion Arrangement
      3. Fletcher's Favorite
      4. Sudden Prospect
      5. Kites for Rookies
      6. Won't Make It
      7. Personal Resources
      8. Feeling Station
      9. Ringmaster's Reverie
      10. Observation Towers
      11. Crooked Weapon
      12. Cops in Cologne
      13. Cobbler's Key
      14. Nite Crew
      15. Hooligans
      16. City of Paris
      17. Gadabouts
      18. Seabreeze Melody
      19. Soapeaters!
      20. Pagoda Defenders
      21. Bronx Zoobreak
      22. Unmentionable
      23. Chestnut Kid Returns
      Sound Effects, Vol. 3: Sounds of Cars & Other Motor Vehicles
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        		Sound Effects, Vol. 3: Sounds of Cars & Other Motor Vehicles
        Various Artists
        Manufacturer: Eclipse Music Group
        ProductGroup: Music
        Binding: Audio CD

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        ASIN: B00000JJXN
        Release Date: 1997-10-28

        Tracks:

        1. Large Truck for Heavy Loads
        2. American Police Siren
        3. Ambulance Passing
        4. Fire Engines Passing With Ambulance Following
        5. Motorcycle With 4 Gears: Arriving from a Distance
        6. Motorcycle With 4 Gears: Passing at High Speed
        7. Motorcycle With 4 Gears: Arriving Slowly and Stopping, Starting
        8. Motorcycle With 4 Gears: Arriving and Stopping
        9. Street Traffic: Cars, Voices
        10. Street Traffic: Jam, Scooters
        11. Street Traffic: Jam, Door Opening
        12. Street Traffic: Cars Only
        13. Igniting Lambretta Scooter
        14. Scooter Klaxon
        15. Siren: Fire Engine
        16. Street Traffic
        17. Sprots Cars: at Starting Time
        18. Sprots Cars: in Groups on Straightaway
        19. Sprots Cars: Single Car on Straightaway
        20. Sprots Cars: Single Car on Curves
        21. Sprots Cars: Single Car on Curves
        22. Sprots Cars: Single Car on Curves
        23. Sprots Cars: Coming into Curve
        24. Sprots Cars: Coming Out of Curve
        25. Stock Car: on Curve
        26. Stock Cars: on Straightaway
        27. Automatic Car Wash
        28. Gas Pump
        29. Manual Grease Job
        30. Hand Car Wash
        31. Traffin in the Rain
        32. Electric Auto Antenna: Manual Radio Station
        33. Automobile Slamming Door and Leaving: 500 Flat
        34. Traffic on Post Road
        35. Old Benelli 125 Motorcycle
        36. Tank Truck Stuck in Mud
        37. Tank Truck Unloading Diesel Oil
        38. Monza Speedway 1000km Race Prototype Class: Final Stretch
        39. Monza Speedway 1000km Race Prototype Class Lesmo Curve
        40. Tank Truck: Closing and Departure
        41. Motorcycle Circling
        42. Sports Car Rounding Curve
        43. Stock Car Race
        44. Main Street Rush Hour
        45. Greyhound Terminal Waiting Room
        46. Garbage Truck: Sequence
        47. Horns: Single Blast
        48. Horns: Multiple Blasts
        49. Head-On Collsion
        50. Hot Rod: Pulling Away
        51. Car Passes With Horn, Stops, Pulls Away
        52. Car Brakes to Stop, Sounds Horn, Pulls Away
        53. Car Passes Blowing Horn
        54. Car Engine Idling, Reviving, Horn Blowing, Engine Turn-Off
        55. Car Engine Starting, Idling, Turn-Off, Starting Reviving, ...
        56. Garage Door Opening, Car Starting & Backing
        57. Car: Electric Seat
        58. Car: Door Opening and Closing
        59. Car: Opening and Closing Trunk
        60. Windshield Wipers
        61. Gas Pump With Bells
        62. City Traffic
        63. Traffic Jam
        64. Police Whistles
        65. Heavy Traffic
        66. Truck: Starting & Pulling Away
        67. Bus With Air Brakes
        68. Bus With Horn
        69. Tractor Passing
        70. Tractor Engine Starting
        71. Trucks on Highway
        72. Caterpillar Tractor
        73. Motorcycle: Passing
        74. Motorcycle: Circling
        75. Motorscooter: Passing
        76. Motorscooter: Starting & Pulling Away
        77. Indianapolis Racing Cars in Groups on Straightaway
        78. Indianapolis Racing Cars: Single Car on Straightaway
        79. Indianapolis Racing Cars: Pulling into Track
        80. Indianapolis Racing Cars: Single Car on Curve
        Vehicles & Animals
        Average customer rating: 4.5 out of 5 stars
        • "i've seen the picture for myself"
        • Britpop at its best
        • THIS IS A GREAT CD YOU GOT TO GET IT....NOW!!!
        • essential album of 2003
        • Well, it makes for great elevator music...
        		 Vehicles & Animals

        ProductGroup: Music
        Binding: Audio CD

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        ASIN: B00008S7HF
        Release Date: 2003-04-04

        Album Description

        Eagerly anticipated debut album for the eclectic British indie act compared to just about everybody (Beck, Mercury Rev, the Beach Boys, XTC, Gomez, Turin Brakes). 12 tracks including the hit singles, 'Westside', 'You Got The Style', & 'El Salvador'. Parlophone. 2003.

        Album Details

        The South London Quartet Garnered a Lot of Attention in 2000, Evolving their Sound Over the Course of a Few Years. The Released their First Self Titled EP in 2002 to Rave Reviews. After Opening for Bands Like Mansun, the Polyphonic Spree and the Electric Soft Parade, They Went Back to the Studio to Produce this First Right and Proper Album with Producer Victor Van Vugt (Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds, Beth Orton) at the Helm. Includes the Hit "You Got Style".

        Customer Reviews:

        5 out of 5 stars "i've seen the picture for myself".......2004-06-15

        Length of Play - 45:38
        "Vehicles and Animals" is worth buying for the marvelous "El Salvador" alone, but there is PLENTY of great stuff here. From the swinging "Westside" to the wistful closer, "Le Casio", there is no filler at all and always a stunning hook waiting just around the corner to knock you off your feet. Tracks like "One Million", "New Project" and "You Know" are just overflowing with pensive, melodic, enrapturing music, and the anthemic numbers "Vehicles & Animals", "You Got The Style" and "Dungeness" are absolutely blissful as well. A sticker on the cover of this album with a quote from Q Magazine calls "Vehicles and Animals", and I quote, "life-affirming...pick any of the 12 songs and there is something to love." That's about as good and succint a description I can come up with. Definitely check this one out, I highly recommend it to all.

        5 out of 5 stars Britpop at its best.......2004-05-24

        This is one of the best debut albums I've heard in a long while. Athlete compares favorably with Travis in my opinion, when Travis is more upbeat on songs like Why Does It Always Rain On Me and Sing. El Salvador, Westside, You've Got The Style and the title track Vehicles & Animals are all first class alternative rock songs and deserve to be on the charts here in the U.S. I saw Athlete at the Glastonbury Festival last summer, having never heard of them before, and definitely wish I'd had a chance to hear this cd first to really appreciate their performance.

        5 out of 5 stars THIS IS A GREAT CD YOU GOT TO GET IT....NOW!!!.......2004-05-12

        This is by far the best cd ever... the tunes get stuck in your head you just would not stop listen to it..............BUY IT NOWWWW

        5 out of 5 stars essential album of 2003.......2004-01-29

        Borrowing and improving on the Beta Band's idea of blending folk-rock and sing-a-long choruses with subtle, whirring electronics, this four-piece band from South London have put together an astonishing debut. It sounds fresh, and it's fun to listen to. STandout tracks: "You Got The Style", "Westside", "One Million", "Shake Those Windows".

        5 out of 5 stars Well, it makes for great elevator music..........2004-01-24

        You must get this record. It is well-worth the import price, a delightfully mellow Brit Pop record with melodies that will stick in your mind for days. It is as soothing as a morning enema.
        Vehicles & Animals
        Average customer rating: 4.5 out of 5 stars
        • "i've seen the picture for myself"
        • Britpop at its best
        • THIS IS A GREAT CD YOU GOT TO GET IT....NOW!!!
        • essential album of 2003
        • Well, it makes for great elevator music...
        		 Vehicles & Animals
        Athlete
        Manufacturer: Emi
        ProductGroup: Music
        Binding: Audio CD

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        ASIN: B00008XRT5
        Release Date: 2003-04-07

        Tracks:

        1. El Salvador
        2. Westside
        3. One Million
        4. Shake Those Windows
        5. Beautiful
        6. New Project
        7. You Got The Style
        8. Vehicles & Animals
        9. Out Of Nowhere
        10. Dungeness
        11. You Know
        12. Le Casio

        Album Description

        Eagerly anticipated debut album for the eclectic British indie act compared to just about everybody (Beck, Mercury Rev, the Beach Boys, XTC, Gomez, Turin Brakes). 12 tracks including the hit singles, 'Westside', 'You Got The Style', & 'El Salvador'. Parlophone. 2003.

        Album Details

        The South London Quartet Garnered a Lot of Attention in 2000, Evolving their Sound Over the Course of a Few Years. The Released their First Self Titled EP in 2002 to Rave Reviews. After Opening for Bands Like Mansun, the Polyphonic Spree and the Electric Soft Parade, They Went Back to the Studio to Produce this First Right and Proper Album with Producer Victor Van Vugt (Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds, Beth Orton) at the Helm. Includes the Hit "You Got Style".

        Customer Reviews:

        5 out of 5 stars "i've seen the picture for myself".......2004-06-15

        Length of Play - 45:38
        "Vehicles and Animals" is worth buying for the marvelous "El Salvador" alone, but there is PLENTY of great stuff here. From the swinging "Westside" to the wistful closer, "Le Casio", there is no filler at all and always a stunning hook waiting just around the corner to knock you off your feet. Tracks like "One Million", "New Project" and "You Know" are just overflowing with pensive, melodic, enrapturing music, and the anthemic numbers "Vehicles & Animals", "You Got The Style" and "Dungeness" are absolutely blissful as well. A sticker on the cover of this album with a quote from Q Magazine calls "Vehicles and Animals", and I quote, "life-affirming...pick any of the 12 songs and there is something to love." That's about as good and succint a description I can come up with. Definitely check this one out, I highly recommend it to all.

        5 out of 5 stars Britpop at its best.......2004-05-24

        This is one of the best debut albums I've heard in a long while. Athlete compares favorably with Travis in my opinion, when Travis is more upbeat on songs like Why Does It Always Rain On Me and Sing. El Salvador, Westside, You've Got The Style and the title track Vehicles & Animals are all first class alternative rock songs and deserve to be on the charts here in the U.S. I saw Athlete at the Glastonbury Festival last summer, having never heard of them before, and definitely wish I'd had a chance to hear this cd first to really appreciate their performance.

        5 out of 5 stars THIS IS A GREAT CD YOU GOT TO GET IT....NOW!!!.......2004-05-12

        This is by far the best cd ever... the tunes get stuck in your head you just would not stop listen to it..............BUY IT NOWWWW

        5 out of 5 stars essential album of 2003.......2004-01-29

        Borrowing and improving on the Beta Band's idea of blending folk-rock and sing-a-long choruses with subtle, whirring electronics, this four-piece band from South London have put together an astonishing debut. It sounds fresh, and it's fun to listen to. STandout tracks: "You Got The Style", "Westside", "One Million", "Shake Those Windows".

        5 out of 5 stars Well, it makes for great elevator music..........2004-01-24

        You must get this record. It is well-worth the import price, a delightfully mellow Brit Pop record with melodies that will stick in your mind for days. It is as soothing as a morning enema.
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          MPH Trio
          Manufacturer: GPC Recordings
          ProductGroup: Music
          Binding: Audio CD

          GeneralGeneral | Jazz | Styles | Music
          ASIN: B0002T8HIG
          Release Date: 2003-08-12

          Tracks:

          1. Autumn Leaves
          2. ...Just for Us
          3. Windscapes
          4. Stella By Starlight
          5. Dark Time
          6. Stewartship
          7. Summer Play
          8. What if...
          9. Watch Me
          10. Curves

          Product Description

          Track Listing: 1. Autumn Leaves 2. ...Just for Us 3. Windscapes 4. Stella by Starlight 5. Dark Time 6. Stewartship 7. Summer Play 8. What If... 9. Watch Me 10. Curves

          Rock Music:

          1. Veni Vidi Vicious [Import]
          2. Vertigo [Import]
          3. Vertonung
          4. Very Best J. Geils Band Album Ever [Import]
          5. Very Best of
          6. Very Best of 60's Gold
          7. Very Best of Cat Stevens [Original recording remastered] [Import]
          8. Very Best of Craig Douglas [Import]
          9. Very Best of [Import]
          10. Very Best of [Import]

          Rock Music

          rock music