22-20s

Artist: 22-20s
Label: EMI
Category: Music

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Format: Import
Media: Audio CD
Number Of Discs: 1

UPC: 724386631022
EAN: 0724386631022
ASIN: B0002XUUSW

Release Date: 2004-09-21

22-20s

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Tracks:

Devil In Me
Such A Fool
Baby Brings Bad News
22 Days
Friend
Why Don't You Do It For Me?
Shoot Your Guns
Things That Lovers Do
I'm The One
Hold On

Album Description

Having taken the unprecedented step of releasing a live album as their debut the 22-20s return with their first full-length studio album also entitled '22-20s'. Featuring the killer singles 'Such A Fool', 'Why Don't You Do It For Me?' & 'Shoot Your Gun' as well as future hit '22 Days' this is the album they have been promising ever since their early live shows. Loud brash blues-rock that will give their Detroit cousins a run for their money, the 22-20s have produced a record that is destined for 'classic' status. EMI. 2004.

Customer Reviews:

Fantastic.......2005-04-23

I adore this band, and what a great album. They hail from my hometown of Lincoln, England, and I remember seeing them a couple of years ago on the pub circuit, and they were amazing back then. Buy this album please, you won't regret it.

Bluesy Rock at its best!.......2005-02-26

This is a fantastic album filled with everything that makes a debut great: groovy guitar riffs, hair-raising drum beats and intense vocals. My favorite song on the whole album, "22 Days", had me enraptured from the first few catchy guitar hooks and Martin Timble's blues-inspired wails. "Shoot Your Gun" is another tune which has the most simple yet mesmerizing drum beat and guitar riff. "Oh, baby, won't you cry?" you can't help but holler along with Martin's voice, dripping with emotion. I first heard the song on a 'Best Of XFM Sessions 2004' CD, and to tell you the truth, it didn't appeal to me at all throughout my first few listens. However, after I listened to the full debut album, I started to love it.

The only song that I was truly disappointed with was "Friends". Way too folk/country inspired for the rest of this album and should have been replaced with either of the two GREAT other tracks I came accross, "Messed Up" and "Images of You". I came accross those two songs online and loved both instantly, leaving me to wonder why they were left out from the rest of the album.

All in all, this is an awesome debut and I can't wait to hear more from these guys!

Solid Debut.......2005-02-11

Despite being no competition for the cream of today's British bands like of Franz Ferdinand or Feeder, the 22-20s are good at what they do, and that's Blues-y Rock. There are also frequent comparisons to The Rolling Stones and The Doors.

There are no weak tracks here, but then again, there are no outstanding songs either. "Such A Fool" almost sums up the entire album, it's an intense rocker with more than a hint of Blues. In comparison, "Friends" is a Bob Dylan-esqe acoustic number. With a bit more polish The 22-20s could emerge to be a key band 21st Century Brit Rock.

Essential Tracks: Baby Brings Bad News / Friends

one of the best 1st album of the year!.......2004-12-11

You've got to run to read this! Then run to buy it
If you like good old rock n' roll like the Cream or Ten Years After or even the Rolling Stones so there is the first modern band to be good enough and playin' like if they were in 71 .
But this is modern rock too, if u like the jon spencer blues explosion or the black keyes ...those guys have the fire in them...the play on some songs a sort of hypnotic high-level blues ("why don't you do it for me?") or even good old hard rock (70's hard rock naturally in "22 days")
For me this is the best new band of the year with a different sort of band called Kasabian...just run to see the return of the blues hard rock return...with some folky ballads in it too!

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