Coral

Coral Artist: Coral
Label: Sbme Import
Category: Music


Average customer rating: 3.5 out of 5 stars
Format: Import
Media: Audio CD
Number Of Discs: 1


UPC: 074649168025
EAN: 0074649168025
ASIN: B00006AKOH


Release Date: 2002-09-10

Coral


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Tracks:

  1. Spanish Main
  2. I Remember When
  3. Shadows Fall
  4. Dreaming Of You
  5. Simon Diamond
  6. Goodbye
  7. Waiting For The Heartaches
  8. Skeleton Key
  9. Wildfire
  10. Badman
  11. Calendars And Clocks

Album Description

Picture the scene if you will, you're sat in your parents' front room in Liverpool with the Syd Barrett-era Pink Floyd rolling the spliffs, Frank Zappa and the Mothers of Invention jamming in the corner, and The La's looking on in wondrous bemusement before joining in. Mad? Possibly, but that is the scene that rolls through the mind as The Coral's debut long-player comes to an end. A more disparate and yet strangely coherent collection of moods and styles you will not hear this year outside a supremely eclectic compilation. 'The Coral' is the sound of a band saying 'Why don't we try this' as they attempt to distil all of their influences into one exhilarating musical soup - which is kind of the whole point of debut albums. And while most bands wouldn't dream of throwing in anywhere near as disparate a range of styles, that only makes the end result more unique. Weird but mostly wonderful. 11 tracks. 2002.

Album Details

The Debut Album from this Up and Coming Band of Youthful Liverpudlians that have Garnered Raves all Round the Countryside (And the World).

Customer Reviews:

3 out of 5 stars A real mixed bag here.......2003-02-14

Only rated 3 stars but still worth owning. You get a little psychedelia here, a touch of ska/punk as well and even some old fashioned reverb guitar reminding me of the early sixties. I hope this doesn't scare you off, because this band is very good. Much better than the recent crop of rockers ie: the Strokes, Vines etc.

4 out of 5 stars Arrrrrrrrrr Matey.......2003-02-07

If you didn't look at the booklet, you could almost envision seeing this album made thirty years ago, somewhere around the end of the 60's. It has a real timeless feel to it. At times it sounds kind of like the Doors - mostly because of the prominent use of the organ in some songs. At times though, it sounds kind of campy and pirate-y (hence the Arrr matey), but I can live with those couple instances. Overall very impressive debut. Good stuff.

5 out of 5 stars Everything but that.........2003-02-05

This band is everything you would want. It's all about the music for them, not about trying to get fame. "Music has been forgotten and been replaced by attitude. I don't care about posing. I don't care about impressing people. I just want to impress myself." - quoted by James Skelly(vocals). Their music is everything but popular. I get sick after listening to the same kind of music. They decide to do the opposite, which makes their music stand out. Honestly I get very picky toward bands, cause there are so many. I have to say that these are one of my favorite bands, and I'll be staying a fan for a long time! ...

5 out of 5 stars Yowzers..........2003-01-21

Well... talk about a surprise... I heard the song "Goodbye" on the radio a few times, really liked it, took a chance on the album... and boy am I glad I did!

I can't claim to be an expert on 60s psych music (I have a H.P. Lovecraft CD, some Doors CDs and early Pink Floyd, but not much else), but I can definately hear the influence in these guys. The vocalist doesn't sound a whole heap like Jim Morrison, but he *sings* very similar to Jimmy, and I would classify the Doors as the closest comparison to The Coral that I could come up with. People may call them clones, but if it's good music, it's good music.

As for the hype, well, I live in Australia and had never heard of these guys except for the one song I mentioned above, which was played a few times on an Australian indie station... 99.9% of Australians would have no idea who these guys are, so I'm certainly unaffected by any hype. This is just plain quality music, and very refreshing after the music of the 90s (with the exception of the likes of Radiohead, Tool et al), and even more-so, the shamefull 80s...Can't wait to hear what else these guys come up with on their follow up, but this is certainly a tough act to follow...

If you are interested in music that's a little "out there", yet whilst remaining wholly accessible, this is the cd for you!

2 out of 5 stars

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  5. Betrayal ~ The Lapse
  6. Subnoize Rats Compilation ~ Various Artists
  7. Standing Here ~ Joe Cocker
  8. Dancing With Vacuums ~ Naked Barbies
  9. Your Favorite Weapon ~ Brand New
  10. Line Up ~ Graham Bonnet

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