Eternal Youth

Eternal Youth Artist: Future Bible Heroes
Label: Instinct Records
Category: Music


Average customer rating: 3.5 out of 5 stars
Media: Audio CD
Number Of Discs: 1


UPC: 720841060826
EAN: 0720841060826
ASIN: B00006EXKA


Release Date: 2002-08-20

Eternal Youth


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Tracks:

  1. Losing Your Affection
  2. The Slow Fade
  3. Doris Daytheearthstoodstill
  4. Thousand Lovers in a Day
  5. Bathysphere
  6. I'm a Vampire
  7. From Some Dying Star
  8. Viennese Lift
  9. Smash the Beauty Machine
  10. The Control Room
  11. Find an Open Window
  12. Kiss Me Only With Your Eyes
  13. Jakarta
  14. No River
  15. Cartoon
  16. The World Is a Disco Ball

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Amazon.com

The Future Bible Heroes' first full-length since 1997's <I>Memories of Love</I> is a loose concept album about the undead and other everlasting life forms. Designed to appeal to indie rockers and club kids alike, the band features three complementary talents. Wordsmith Stephin Merritt (Magnetic Field, 6ths, Gothic Archies) remains endlessly quotable and droll. Chris Ewen's synth pop recalls a more twee Bauhaus or a wittier Cure. Finally, Claudia Gonson delivers the same kind of breathy vocals that broke hearts on the Magnetic Fields' 1999 <I>69 Love Songs</I> box set. "I'm a Vampire" ought to be a dance-floor hit ("I am what I am / And I'm impossibly glam"). "The World Is a Disco Ball" posits that "we're little mirrors, one and all." These tunes are rich with comedic pathos, as well as romantic empathy. <I>--Jillian Steinberger</I>

Customer Reviews:

5 out of 5 stars a Sci-Fi Score -- takes some getting use to..........2006-11-15

When I first got this record I was very dissappointed -- not at all what I expected. I shelved it for over 2 years. For some reason I pulled it out again, presumabally because I had gotten in to Holiday era Magnetic Fields and was aching for more. Anyway, I started to like some of the songs. "Losing Your Affection" did not affect me at first. I thought is sounded simple, little did I realize that is the charm...
Soon other songs tunes started to seep into my brain. After a month or two I finally admitted I did, in fact, enjoy the songs, but maybe not the whole thing. Eventually it became very clear that I listened to the thing twice a day. So, well, I guess it could be an amazing gem of an album. Another month passed, it became the most played in my itunes (and I had 5 stars attached to all the actual songs, but not the interludes). So I checked 5 stars for those interludes that I haden't really noticed and came to realize that Eternal Youth is just as important of a Stephin Merrit album as the next (or better, "Smash the Beauty Machine" is a perfect song). However, if you are expecting Magnetic Fields, take note, this one is titled "Future Bible Heroes" hense the departure in aesthetic.

5 out of 5 stars Buffy, this Spike's for you.......2005-04-30

Okay all you Buffyheads, if you liked anything you ever heard by Steve Merritt and friends, you'll find this witty, sometimes poignant, unexpectedly tuneful song collection a CD you'll play more and more as time goes by. I know I have.

It's not all about vampires, but many songs are, and most of the rest touch upon time passing, death looming, and, of course, love. Like a lot of Lou Reed, sometimes these songs are as musically sweet as ABBA, and yet they're edgy, sometimes dark, and mordant. "Losing Your Affection" still has the power to make me smile after two years of regular play. But behind the exuberant word play, the underlying bittersweet sentiment remains true for anyone who has ever been deeply in love and had it returned. "Thousand Lovers in a Day" just seemed perverse on first hearing. On rehearing, it became a mournful and defiant response to the recognition that youth is rushing by way faster than we want. One or two tracks remain a bit weak, but for me (an admitted Merrittmaniac and Buffybrain) this CD remains one that sometimes I just have to play right-this-minute.

3 out of 5 stars Merritt's Done Better..........2005-03-20

This being the first Future Bible Heroes CD I've purchased (my first purchase of Merritt's that wasn't by his beloved Magnetic Fields), I have to say I'm not all that impressed.

"Losing Your Affection" just seemed to be a dull pop song that had the same noise throughout all of its four and a half minutes. "Doris Daytheearthstoodstill" and "I'm A Vampire" were probably the only two songs that really stuck with me. I'd actually give the album five stars if I were just looking at "I'm A Vampire", which is one of Merritt's best pop songs. But it's not one song that makes an album, and sadly, the album didn't have much gas left after that. "Find An Open Window" had good lyrics, but awful music.

"Eternal Youth" ends with "The World Is A Disco Ball", which is an okay song, but it's just not enough.

And as for Claudia Gonson being the vocalist on all the songs... I'm not complaining. She has a wonderful voice, but the music in this album is what ruins it. I do hope the next Future Bible Heroes album has Claudia Gonson on all the songs- just with better music.

1 out of 5 stars The only Merritt album I have ever returned.......2004-04-22

The higher than average rating on the All Music Guide should have given me a clue; after all, the rock critic mafia only bestows high marks on uncompromising (read unmelodic) work, eschewing the hits that we mere mortals seem to enjoy. Dancing about architecture, anyone? I cannot recall a single memorable tune on this album which, aside from that Gothic Archies EP/coaster, is the only Merritt album I have ever returned. One or two listens is all it takes to discern magic from tedium. I left Eban & Charley at the listening post, won't even touch Pieces of April and am now officially worried about 'I'. Has the well run dry?

3 out of 5 stars More Love Songs?.......2004-04-20

Future Bible Heroes is another project from the prolific Stephin Merritt. This band is also comprised of Man Ray DJ, Chris Ewen, and singer Claudia Gonson. It sounds more like Merritt's early work with Magnetic Fields than some of his recent solo work and collaboration. In fact this album is more like the atmospheric work of Eyeless in Gaza and Cocteau Twins. How we keep all these bands and side projects in order is a mystery. But for this album, I guess fans of Erasure can pick up here where they left off. It's a pop album for those who thought Dead or Alive were not over the top disco.

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  2. Timing Is Everything ~ Chris De Burgh
  3. Another Stoney Evening ~ Crosby & Nash
  4. Anthology ~ Tom Cochrane & Red Rider
  5. Ballads & Burlesque ~ Rachael Sage
  6. Spirit in the Sky: Best of Norman Greenbaum ~ Norman Greenbaum
  7. 200 Motels: Original MGM Motion Picture Soundtrack [Enhanced CD] ~ Frank Zappa
  8. The Light ~ Spock's Beard
  9. Beatitude ~ Ric Ocasek
  10. How Can I Sleep With Your Voice In My Head ~ a-ha

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Wer Hat Angst Vor Virginia Jetzt ~ Virginia Jetzt!

Los ~ Pe Werner

Buddhist Chants & Peace Music ~ Various Artists