Together We're Stranger

Artist: No Man
Label: Snapper Classics UK
Category: Music

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Format: Original recording remastered
Media: Audio CD
Number Of Discs: 1

UPC: 636551617826
EAN: 0636551617826
ASIN: B0006333YQ

Release Date: 2004-11-18

Together We're Stranger

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Tracks:

Together We're Stranger
All The Blue Changes
The City In A Hundred Ways
Things I Want To Tell You
Photographs In Black And White
Back When You Were Beautiful
The Break-Up For Real

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Customer Reviews:

Spacey soft rock format both a gift and a curse.......2007-04-24

This indulgent piece of mellow progressive manages to squeeze off a gentle hypnosis in better moments from the floating production and circular structure. Even though the songwriting feels pretentious, a certain studio competence, no doubt perfected through the psychedelic articulation from Porcupine Tree's Wilson, overrides much of the repetition. Much of the sparse, hypnotic styled melodies do not get as much potential mileage because of the overly airy vocal delivery from Bowness. In effect, much of this album's strengths lie in extended intros and outros that frame the precious vocalizing, making the purchase a mixed outing. Fans of minimalist acoustic work from bands like Low, mixed with the unabashedly sincere ballads the gentler progressive leanings from Dream Theater would offer will be right at home with this underwhelming but accomplished disc, though I am told the band has offered up greater music before this.

Lyrically, their finest. Musically it is not as good as "Flowermouth". Still a good album!.......2006-06-25

Together We're Stranger is a big departure from "Loveblows and Lovecries", and "Flowermouth". This isn't as upbeat or as catchy as their previous albums, but it does feature some of their finest lyrics, especially on "Back When You Were Beautiful", and "The Break-Up for Real". The album kind is kind of rocky until the last three tracks, which are really brilliant (and some of No-Man's best). Track by track review:

Together We're Stranger: 7/10 - Not bad for a title track, but it kind of drags on and is overlong. Still good.
All the Blue Changes: 9/10 - Now this is such a pretty song. It is the most upbeat on the album and features some good lyrics and vocals.
The City in a Hundred Ways: 5/10 - A short instrumental piece that goes through one ear and out the other.
Things I Want to Tell You: 6/10 - Another decent track. Like the title track, it would be much better if it were shorter. Such great lyrics too.
Photographs in Black and White: 9/10 - The longest track on the album, but it does not drag on like some of the other lengthy works. One of the three best songs on the album.
Back When You Were Beautiful: 10/10 - My personal favorite on the album. Features beautiful vocals by Tim Bowness, and great acoustic guitar melodies. Very spacey too.
The Break-Up for Real: 10/10 - The perfect way to close this album. A sad song about break up...for real.

Overall: 56/70 = 8/10

Together We're Stranger is a quality album, especially the final three songs. Definitely recommended, but if you are new to No-Man, start with "Flowermouth", or "Loveblows and Lovecries".

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