Cardinal

Cardinal Artist: Cardinal
Label: Gern Blandsten
Category: Music


Average customer rating: 4 out of 5 stars
Media: Audio CD
Number Of Discs: 1


UPC: 600064005623
EAN: 0600064005623
ASIN: B00005LOSX


Release Date: 2002-01-01

Cardinal


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Tracks:

  1. If You Believe in Christmas Trees
  2. Last Poems
  3. Big Mink
  4. You've Lost Me There
  5. Public Melody # 1
  6. Dream Figure
  7. Tough Guy Tactics
  8. Angel Darling
  9. Singing to the Sunshine
  10. Silver Machines

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What do current and former members of Poison Idea, Heatmiser, and Sebadoh have in common? Uh, how about this: They all played, produced, or cowrote songs on this eccentric record by Cardinal. You'll find it even harder to believe after listening to the album, but indeed it's true. The core members of Cardinal, vocalist/guitarist Richard Davies and multi-instrumentalist Eric Matthews, are joined by two drummer/producers--Thee Slayer Hippie from Poison Idea and Tony Lash from Heatmiser--on their debut CD. Oh yeah, and Sebadoh drummer Bob Fay, who played on Cardinal's first 7-inch, cowrote the song "Tough Guy Tactics."<P> If you think the aforementioned elements might provide some sort of musical reference point, you're wrong. This record is a truly unique, odd piece of pop. There are moments where Sebadoh-like harmonies emerge from behind puffy clouds of piano discourse and brassy trumpet and trombone swirls. Vocals and generally sparse music reveal the kind of stiff, earnest pop the two gentlemen on the cover of the disc seem quite capable of making. Imagine Syd Barrett, had he not discovered the joys of bathing in LSD. <I>--Adem Tepedelen</I>

Customer Reviews:

4 out of 5 stars cardinal, one of the best one time albums available.......2004-02-17

I'm not gonna give it 5 stars, I'll save those for albums like The Return of the Frog Queen (Jeremy Enigk) and Songs for a Blue Guitar (Red House Painters), but this album far exceeds anything Richard Davies or Eric Matthews accomplished on their own. Eric Matthews relied heavily on the talents of his brother, Jason Falkner and 451 to accomplish what he did on his two "self-titled" albums. I liked It's Heavy in There, but it is nothing like this album with such greats like "if you believe in christmas trees," "silver machines" and "dream figure." Buy it if you can find it, if you can't... look harder.

3 out of 5 stars Pretty Good.......2000-03-02

Having recently aquired this one, I haven't listened to it more than ten times or so. Things that have struck me so far:

1. I much prefer Eric Matthews' "Lateness of the Hour" over this.

2. It definitly has it's moments, especially the tunes where E. Matthews had a hand in the writing.

I had high hopes...perhaps too high, but if you've gotten this far, I'd recommend you give it a listen. For this genre, it's pretty good. Considering what passes for music nowadays, it's very good. I'd give it a strong 3.5 stars if I could.

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