Ideas Above Our Station

Ideas Above Our Station Artist: Hundred Reasons
Label: Sbme Import
Category: Music


Average customer rating: 4 out of 5 stars
Format: Import
Media: Audio CD
Number Of Discs: 1
EAN: 5099750814826
ASIN: B00006690S


Release Date: 2002-05-30

Ideas Above Our Station


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Tracks:

  1. I'll Find You
  2. Answers
  3. Dissolve
  4. What Thought Did
  5. If I Could
  6. Falter
  7. Shine
  8. Drowning
  9. Oratorio
  10. Silver
  11. Gone Too Far
  12. Avalanche

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Album Description

UK edition of the British nu-metal act's 2002 debut album includes the videos for 'If I Could' & 'Silver', plus an exclusive photo gallery.

Album Details

One of Britain's Most Promising Hard Rock Acts in 2002 Release their Much Anticipated Debut Album. Full of Raw Energy, Crunching Guitars, Piercing Vocals and Bitter-sweet Melodies. They've Taken the Best of Early Nirvana, Fugazi and at the Drive in and have Created their Own Fierce Sound.

Customer Reviews:

5 out of 5 stars Makes Me Proud To Be English.......2006-02-05

Ok, so I picked up this album after one of my friends was hyping them up. I quite liked it, but only really listened to "Silver".

A couple of months later, I saw them live. I absolutely loved them. I came back, and I loved their album. Colin is quite literally the best UK vocalist by a mile. I cant really think of how to insult him to be honest, he is fantastic.

"Silver" is the song you will first get into, that or "Ill Find You" but other standout tracks include "Answers" with a sick drum beat, "Falter" the better of the two slower ballad-like songs on the album, and "If I could".

It took a little listening to, as it may do for you, but pick this up, and you wont regret it.

4 out of 5 stars Hey, this is not bad!.......2005-11-01

I grew up a teenager in the 90s listening to alternative music... These days I've seen the alternative scene changed into something I hardly can recognise as what used to be alternative. Anyways, the legacy of the "old" alternative sound still lives on in some of today's bands - how can it not? Just when I thought the UK could never really produce any decent alternative music bands but this is a surprise. I first heard Hundred Reasons' songs while surfing music channels late night and I was hooked. I have been ASSUMING this band must have their roots in America or are from America or something... but I was wrong. This is a British band. I'm really surprised. Hey, its not bad... the really strong tracks from this band have to be "Silver" and "If I Could", no doubt... but the other songs kind of grew and grew on me the more I listen to them. Songs like Avalanche, Truth With Elegance, Lullaby, Answers, are all some of my favourite songs from the band these days. Their music is different from the standard typical alternative band affair these days - it certainly isn't written in the old "A-B-A" style (i.e. First 8 lines - chorus - repeat first 8 lines) ... instead it sounds to me like these guys love fiddling around with harmonies, chords and mixing in some rather unusual, pleasantly discordant chords together with varying beats in the same song. Kinda like how Soundgarden used to write music. In fact, come to think of it... the wailing vocals are also kinda like Soundgarden... but I think someone else wrote a review saying that Colin's voice sounds more like the singer from The Killers. Fair enough. I totally agree. But I'm just thinking - the spirit of the music of Hundred Reasons - definitely has something of the old alternative feel to it - something that the older alternative legends used to be famous for in the 90s. The band members sound like they're pretty good at playing their instruments too - I cannot fault any one - their guitarists, their vocals, or their drummer for being sloppy. All of them are great and skillful at what they do. I'd love to see them live one of these days!

2 out of 5 stars pretty boring!.......2005-09-07

i think the vocals are good but the songs are not so great! the lyrics could be better! they play instruments quite well! silver is the best song!

5 out of 5 stars Amazing debut, I wsih they'd come to the US.......2004-05-23

How I stumbled onto this band is still a mystery to me. But, needless to say, I'm glad I did. Hundred Reasons is one of the finer bands to have emerged from the UK in the past few years. They mix hard rock with emo and metal to create, not an original, but a catchy sound. They originally started as an underground act opening for bands such as the Lostprophets, Kittie and Incubus; but have evolved into something much more - with mainstream status throughout Europe (let me mention that the UK's mainstream scene is nowhere near as bad as the US). They even landed a headlining slot on the Kerrang/Radio One stage of Ozzfest 2002 in Castle Donnington.

Their frontman, Colin, is an incredible singer. His vocal chords are so flexible, even with his obvious accent. Their guitarist harmonizes with Colin - adding a new layer to the sound. Their drummer has such wonderful tuning and I love his work esp. on the second verse of "I'll Find You", where he changes the tempo just a little bit to add some excitement to the chorus that follows. This band has such incredible musicianship - a rarity of modern rock bands do, but Hundred Reasons manage to stray from the pack.

The cleverly-titled Ideas Above Our Station kicks off with the aforementioned "I'll Find You", an anthemic opener with such an undeniable atmosphere - it's one of those songs to listen to on a bright sunny day in the car or at the beach. "Answers" follows, giving us a first taste of the band's moodier side. "Dissolve" is yet again, superb. The chorus is outstanding, and the guitars are tuned so perfectly, adding that emo edge I mentioned earlier. Eventually comes track 5, "If I Could", a beautiful mid-tempo that was the album's first and most successful single, and it's no surprise. But "Falter" has got to be the most breathtaking moment. One of the album's two ballads, "Falter" has a very layered chorus - it's also a very atmospheric song, and that guitar.....it's beautiful, My other favorites are fast-rocker "Drowning", emo-rocker "Silver" and the closing ballad "Avalanche". Perhaps the album's only weak points are the ridiculously short "Shine" and the Deftones-ish headbanger "Gone Too Far" which shows an experimental side of the band, but lacks the songwriting of previous tracks.

Anyways, if you can find this CD and manage to buy it with its steep price, I truly believe it's worth it. I only wish one day they will come to America so I can see them live. If you like Hundred Reasons, you may also like: Muse, Feeder, Hell Is for Heroes, Biffy Clyro, and the American band Injected.

4 out of 5 stars

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