It Seemed Like A Good Idea At The Time

It Seemed Like A Good Idea At The Time Artist: Scout
Label: Mod Music Records
Category: Music


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


UPC: 680631400426
EAN: 0680631400426
ASIN: B0000296NO


Release Date: 2000-01-18

It Seemed Like A Good Idea At The Time


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Tracks:

  1. State of Main
  2. Let Me Down Easy
  3. All I Want is You
  4. Always Waiting
  5. Goes Without Saying
  6. There I Go Now
  7. It's All Downhill From Here
  8. Unsatisfied
  9. On This Perfect Day
  10. Rumor
  11. Won't Ask Why
  12. Clutch

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Amazon.com

Add New York City's Scout to the list of great bands marked by auspicious beginnings. It Seemed Like a Good Idea at the Time contains 12 cuts of pure alt-rock gold. From the first notes of the opening track "State of Main," intoxicating vocals and crisp, chiming guitar lines punctuated by a rock-steady rhythm section snare you and set the tone for the rest of the album. On "All I want Is You," Steve Schlitz's soaring guitar playing is a perfect foil for the hushed yearning of singer Ashen Keilyn. "Always Waiting" starts off with a staccato guitar riff straight out of the Cars songbook and quickly accelerates into a soft-verse/hard-chorus dynamic punch that would make Nirvana proud. It Seemed Like a Good Idea is packed full of the kind of evocative singing, infectious melodies, and playfulness that will take the band far. --Michael Wells

Album Description

The highly anticipated, first full-length CD from NY-based band, Scout, which has been described as The Beatles meets Nirvana.

Customer Reviews:

5 out of 5 stars Every once in a while.......2002-06-11

Every once in a while you find a hidden gem. Something you didn't count on that turned out to be gold. I stumbled on Scout when they appeared on HBO's The Sopranos. It took me a few days to actually find out who this enchanting band was (lead singer Ashen Keilyn in particular), but once I did... I just can't stop listening.

Scout is indeed a hidden gem discovered. The last group to take me by surprise like this was Book of Love, and that was over 15 years ago. Fifteen long years I've been waiting. Finally.

My recommendation... buy it!

5 out of 5 stars #1 Best Quality.......2001-11-08

Gosh, what an album! I bought it after stumbling over a few of the mp3s available on the web. Every single song is great! Ashen Keilyn's voice is full of world-weary yearning, and her songwriting is unbelievably catchy without being simplistic. The guitar parts sound great, with a new hook at every turn. What style is it? Hmmm.... the Velvet Underground meets the Breeders, with a dash of Pete Droge thrown in?
You'll be humming these songs for weeks.

4 out of 5 stars going places.......2001-08-16

The woman who fronts this band has one of the more interesting voices you'll hear. The original material is plenty good and I'm sure will only get better but their version of the Westerberg classic "unsatisfied" is killer. Add to that their appearance on "The Sopranos" as the "Miami Relatives," and I think we all can fill in the blanks on what's in store for the future of this band.

5 out of 5 stars Subtle, Poignant, AMAZING!.......2001-07-24

I picked up this album without ever having heard of the band before. I listened with growing interest as each song played and realized I had stumbled upon a priceless gem. This album will forever rank in my top 10.

For an initial album, this group has all the advanced music skills available at their fingertips to produce music of superb quality for years to come. Their ability leans toward the expression of poignant pain and the lure of love while avoiding the trite Gothic lets-all-just-die themes. "There I Go Now" is a beautiful love song that will bring the hardest man to tears in recalling an absent love.

Everyone I play this CD for loves it. Period. You absolutely cannot go wrong with this group.

5 out of 5 stars

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