If Only Then

If Only Then Artist: Cricket Rumor Mill
Label: Lonely Tree
Category: Music


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


UPC: 689076568623
EAN: 0689076568623
ASIN: B000AMPZAI


Release Date: 2005-09-06

If Only Then


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Tracks:

  1. When Eyedrops Were Animals
  2. Shakespeare Machinery
  3. Scorched By The Sun
  4. Climbing In The Big Tree
  5. Country Midwestern
  6. Events Unfold
  7. Siamese William
  8. Wartime Romance

Customer Reviews:

5 out of 5 stars Running The Mill.......2005-11-18

As RENDERINGS was actually a compilation of CRM's first two EPs, IF ONLY THEN is their long-playing debut. It's a marked improvement over previous efforts, but there are some problems. The tracks on RENDERINGS were almost too laid-back for their own good - - it was easy to imagine the band thinking "Whoa, this is
way groovy, they'll love this". Quite pleasant, and extremely listenable, but its serenity seemed forced and self-conscious.

On IF ONLY THEN (like its predecessor a nominally instrumental collection) the Mill broadens its musical palette a bit with horns, strings and vocal samples. At least a couple of the tracks are truly remarkable - - 'Events Unfold' has a warm, summery ambience thanks to a lovely, plaintive synth line and a very pretty violin and piano melody. But the Willie Nelson sample on the coda only distracts this listener from what is otherwise the band's finest moment so far. 'Scorched By The Sun' ups the heat quotient in the title but is actually quite a cool little number that moves along on a repeated electric-piano groove and some understated guitar work. Elsewhere, 'Climbing The Big Tree' manages to evoke a nostalgic look at the past totally without lyrics (er, the title is a clue).

Music Album:

  1. Get Heavy ~ Lordi
  2. Good Thoughts ~ Sim Redmond Band
  3. Solo in Soho ~ Phil Lynott
  4. Femme Fatale: The Aura Anthology ~ Nico
  5. Riot Radio ~ The Dead 60s
  6. Bright Shadows ~ Dose Hermanos
  7. Absolute Sting ~ Sting
  8. It's Raining Today: The Scott Walker Story (1967-70) ~ Scott Walker
  9. Weightless ~ Doll Factory
  10. My Baby Howls ~ Neurotones

Music Album

Music Album

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It's My Time ~ Maynard Ferguson

Pure Desmond ~ Paul Desmond

All That Jazz ~ Various Artists

Paris Jazz Piano ~ Michel Legrand

A Bossa Muito Moderna de Donato ~ Jo%C3%A3o Donato e Seu Trio

Con Solo Pensarlo ~ Axelle Red

20 Super Sucessos ~ Jos%C3%A9 Roberto

Gondolier ~ Dalida

Aanand ~ Rupande Shah

Expresso Oriente ~ Julio Reny