Deformative Years

Deformative Years Artist: Wild Strawberries
Label: Maple
Category: Music


Average customer rating: 4.5 out of 5 stars
Format: Import
Media: Audio CD
Number Of Discs: 1


UPC: 689076493727
EAN: 0689076493727
ASIN: B0007WW2HA


Release Date: 2005-04-14

Deformative Years


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Tracks:

  1. Waiting for the Future
  2. No Way to Break My Heart
  3. Bitter
  4. Drink You Down
  5. I Don't Want to Stop
  6. Your Love (All They Need)
  7. Puddlegum
  8. Nothing to Hide
  9. When the Fever Breaks
  10. Kiss the Enemy
  11. You Never Really Know

Similar Items:

  1. Twist
  2. Heroine
  3. Quiver
  4. Bet You Think I'm Lonely

Album Details

This Time around the Wild Strawberries Decided to Move their Studio to a Converted Church Near Stratford, Ontario. The Resulting Deformative Years Heralds a Return to the Strawberries Diy Esthetic. This Record was Produced and Mixed Themselves Without Any Outside Producers Or Mixers.

Customer Reviews:

4 out of 5 stars What expected and more.......2006-08-07

What can I say, it took me a couple of goes to dig into the cd, but now I am hooked on it as I knew I would be. It's classic Wild Strawberries. If you like them, you will like this one.

5 out of 5 stars They're back!.......2005-06-24

The Wild Strawberries are back, and what a comeback CD this is!
Fresh from a sojourn in Europe (I hear they are very big in Germany), the Strawberries pick up right where they left off with their 2000 album, Twist. This time, however, Roberta and Ken Harrison have added the driving beats and basslines of Quiver, their 1998 disc, creating an unequalled fusion of alt-pop sensibilities. And while Quiver may have been short on catchy singles (the fantastic "Concha Y Toro" excepted), Deformative Years is loaded with them.

The CD starts with "Waiting For The Future", a mellow slow groove that sets the atmosphere perfectly. "Waiting" ends with a fantastic drum solo that segues into the pounding bass and electronic ambience of "No Way To Break My Heart". By the time Roberta sings "I can check out any time I like...", you can't. The album already has you hooked.

The fourth track, "Drink You Down", is a stellar single which must - just must - be released to radio. "Nothing To Hide", "Bitter", "When The Fever Breaks", and "Your Love (All They Need)" are other standout cuts. The only real disappointment on Deformative Years is the awkward "Puddlegum" (but this is a minor flaw).

While the Wild Strawberries are not touring (so far), if this album is indicative of the kind of work they will be producing from now on, we fans are in for a series of treats. Seeing them live would only be icing on the cake.

Music Album:

  1. Journey to the Center of the Mind ~ The Amboy Dukes , and Ted Nugent
  2. False Smiles ~ Amy Studt
  3. Sean Smith ~ Sean Smith
  4. Wrinkles ~ Edo
  5. Good Times
  6. Blue Cloud ~ Davis Redford Triad
  7. Best of Swing Out Sister
  8. Spiritual Machines ~ Our Lady Peace
  9. Pleasure of Ruins ~ Saturnine
  10. Windows of Time ~ Patrick Moraz

Music Album

Music Album

Music CD

Voice of Chunk ~ The Lounge Lizards

The Best of the Decca Years, Vol. 2: The Composer ~ Louis Armstrong

Double Exposure: Benny Carter/Gerry Mulligan ~ Benny Carter & Gerry Mulligan

Water Babies ~ Miles Davis

Spaced: Collected Works 1980-1999 ~ Longineu Parsons

Sayama ~ Yin Tao

Strange Fruits ~ Chara

Nara ~ Nara Leao

20th Century Masters - The Millennium Collection: The Best of Ready for the World ~ Ready for the Wo

Gestacao ~ Nadir