Switched On

Switched On Artist: Telegraph
Label: Toys Factory
Category: Music


Average customer rating: 3 out of 5 stars
Format: Import
Media: Audio CD
Number Of Discs: 1
EAN: 4522775801270
ASIN: B00005HSRG

Switched On


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Categories | Hardcore & Punk | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music
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Categories | Ska | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music
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Album Details

Japanese Version featuring Two Bonus Tracks

Customer Reviews:

3 out of 5 stars Famous Ska band takes a new direction.......2006-10-27

One of the best punk-ska bands of the 90s was Telegraph aka The Skolars, they had amazing lyrics and more feeling than a lot of ska bands, the cd "10 Songs and Then Some" will always be a part of my memories of growing up, even all the gags and jokes at the end of the cd (Im looking for a trampolene!). The band was practically famous in southern michigan where I grew up and where they were from.

However,
on this CD the band was trying something new, with mostly a new lineup they went for a more pop sound, I know a lot of the fans of the Ska band Telegraph didnt like the change.

These songs are midtempo poppy songs, the singer compared it to Elvis Costello at one of their shows once. It features more guitar work and less horns than any of their previous albums, and more creative singing and lyrics, more mature overall sound. Stand out tracks are the redo of their classic "American Way" and my personal favorite "6 days til Tuesday" which is one of the sweetest songs I ever heard. I think I like this song better than any other song by the band, which says a lot considering the 10 Songs album never left my car for about 5 years.

I think Telegraph will always be remmebered for their Ska days, at their last show they came out to play twice once as the skolars, playing all the classics, and once as "the" telegraph playing this alubum, and in the end, they made all the songs awesome.

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