Label: Universal/Polygram
Category: Music
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Format: Import
Media: Audio CD
Number Of Discs: 1
UPC: 731454624626
EAN: 0731454624626
ASIN: B000026PEI
Release Date: 1999-07-13
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Artist: I Mother Earth
Label: Universal/Polygram Category: Music Average customer rating:
Format: Import Media: Audio CD Number Of Discs: 1 UPC: 731454624626 EAN: 0731454624626 ASIN: B000026PEI Release Date: 1999-07-13 |
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Album Description
1999 & third album by Canadian hard rock/ alternative quartet with a devout cult following in the U.S. 11 tracks, all co-produced by the band's guitarist Jagori Tanna and Paul Northfield (Hole, Rush). The album is also enhanced with CD-ROM material.Album Details
New 1999 Release, Their 3Rd.Customer Reviews:
I Mother Earth Review.......2005-09-29
Showing Their Colours.......2003-05-15
This album often meets Dig's progessiveness and Scenery And Fish's sticky hooks somewhere in the middle, with jams that touch both on the former's technical excellence and the latter's great atmospherics. Loops, samples, and effects add to that atmosphere. As for the then "new guy", Brian Byrne's voice is richer, fuller, more emotive, and possibly more powerful than Edwin's, though at this point lacking Ed's polish on record. Guitarist Jag Tanna discovered his knack for writing perfect mood music and delivering it with a greater depth than the other two albums. Bassist Bruce Gordon often layers his sound with Tanna's in the same way as before, but also in hypnotic, repeating riffs over which the guitarist makes all the chord changes, resulting in a different, interesting sound. Percussion is back in a big way here, with broader world music arrangements and a Christian Tanna who shows the intensity of Dig and the subtle nuance of S&F. His lyrics are even stranger than before, but arranged in a well-structured, aesthetically pleasing way. Byrne himself writes the lyrics for the final track, but it's almost impossible to tell the difference.
This disc has no all-encompassing feel like the other two, and its journey into so many different moods takes away the listen-straight-through quality the other two albums had. However, the thicker bass and lighter guitar tones render even the three or four bottom-heavy riffs stripped of any alt/grunge sensibility, and that is a definite step forward. Each song is great on its own, but doesn't necessarily lead into the next one, thus interrupting the flow. Still, this is a rewarding listen, and paves the way for even greater things.
Blazing their own trail.......2003-05-05
I'll tell you what I Mother Earth did - they went their own way. The attitude projected in Blue Green Orange, the band's third album and first with vocalist Brian Byrne, is simply, "We don't care." Rather than playing it safe and going about "business as usual" to show they're the same band with or without Edwin, they go in a new direction. That direction still has their signature sound stamped all over it, but if Scenery And Fish was the next step forward from Dig, Blue Green Orange was a left turn.
Grunge-free rockers do battle with mellower, more heartfelt explorations as prog-rock does battle with mainstream, and the band is equally effective at all of these. There are fewer of the soaring pop hooks found on Scenery And Fish, and Byrne adds a more rock-sounding voice to the mix.
Even the relatively commercial Scenery And Fish took a few listens to sink in with me, and that's the rule here, too. The best thing is to come to the table with no expectations. Then you won't be disappointed that it doesn't sound exactly like the other two records, or any record in that year or any year in the 90's. This one stands all on its own.
Took some time..........2003-02-09
This is not Scenery and Fish, and it's not Dig.
This is a CD by a band that had started out with hard rock, and then evolved into alternative... only to hit another level of their evolution with this album.
After listening to this over and over again, and now hearing a couple of singles from their forthcoming album, I see this as a stepping stone to something remarkable.
That's not to downplay the greatness of this album... I think of the three released at the time that I'm writing this, it is their most solid and innovative effort. I simply think that most people were disappointed with it solely because it was "too soft."
Drop your expectations and listen to the band for the first time all over again... if you get the point of this album, you'll realize how wonderful it really is.
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