Faded Seaside Glamour

Faded Seaside Glamour Artist: Delays
Label: Rough Trade
Category: Music


Average customer rating: 4.5 out of 5 stars
Format: Import
Media: Audio CD
Number Of Discs: 1
EAN: 5050159811427
ASIN: B0001MBKMO


Release Date: 2004-04-06

Faded Seaside Glamour


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Tracks:

  1. Wanderlust
  2. Nearer Than Heaven
  3. Long Time Coming
  4. Bedroom Scene
  5. No Ending
  6. You Wear the Sun
  7. Hey Girl
  8. Stay Where You Are
  9. There's Water Here
  10. Satellites Lost
  11. One Night Away
  12. On

Album Description

Hampshire four-piece Delays are the best thing to emerge from Southampton since Le God menaced opposition teams at the Dell. They produce the sound of the West Coast mixed with the epic atmospherics that only wind-swept winters on a British beach can evok

Album Details

An Absolutely Stunning Debut Album that was Preceded by Three Hit Singles "Nearer Than Heaven", "Long Time Coming" and "Hey Girl". This is Pop in Its Purest Form with Excellent Songs and an Enticing, Pleasing Sound. "The First British Band in a Decade to Lay Serious Claim to the Melodic Guitar Pop Throne Invented by the Byrds and the Hollies and Last Occupied by the Stone Roses" Says the Guardian.

Customer Reviews:

4 out of 5 stars Fine debut album of melodic pop.......2004-07-09

Melody is such a lost art these days that a band like the Delays that remembers how to use it really stands out. This is their debut album, and it's a fine one that fans of melodic bands like Travis should check out. Singer/guitarist Greg Gilbert has a very feminine sounding voice--he sounds like Stevie Nicks with a sore throat. The band is a four piece that gives keyboards and guitar equal weight, with no soloing. The focus is placed on the songs rather than the playing.

"Nearer Than Heaven" is the clear standout track, the catchiest song I've heard all year. "Wanderlust" and "Long Time Coming" are the other best songs on the album. Since these are the first three songs, the album makes a fantastic first impression, one that the rest of the album can't fully live up to. "Wanderlust" and "Nearer Than Heaven" sound something like a more accessible Cocteau Twins, but the rest of the album shows classic rock influences. "Hey Girl" wouldn't have sounded out of place on the radio during the '60s.

(1=poor 2=mediocre 3=pretty good 4=very good 5=phenomenal)

5 out of 5 stars

Music Album:

  1. Mono Pt.2 ~ Courtney Love
  2. Take Me to Your Heart ~ Michael Learns to Rock
  3. El Poder del Deseo ~ Lujuria
  4. Cuentos Para Mayores ~ Lujuria
  5. Moleskine ~ Sometree
  6. Enemigos de la Castidad ~ Lujuria
  7. Sin Parar de Pecar ~ Lujuria
  8. Republica Popular del Coito ~ Lujuria
  9. Sin City Six ~ Sin City Six
  10. Gold

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Babylon Rockets ~ Gemini Five

Never Surrender ~ Triumph

The Sixth Sense: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack ~ James Newton Howard

Amalia Rodrigues: Best Of Fado Portuguese ~ Mathilde Larguinho

Scott Williams ~ Scott Williams

Native ~ Laura Mayne-Kerbrat

Live ~ Chanson Plus Bifluoree

Tokyo Modern Recording Collection: Get Smart Swinger ~ Kuranosuke Hasimoto