|  | | | Customer Reviews: | | | Average Customer Review:
Write an online review and share your thoughts with other customers.
 Different May 16, 2009
I expected more from this cd. Instead its sound is louder, different mixes...I personally dont like it.
0 of 1 found the following review helpful:
 Hard to Find CD Jan 23, 2009
This was the only place I was able to find this CD. Condition was like new. Will definitely be a return shopper
 One of 2007's Best Albums...Why did no one notice? Nov 20, 2008
So, amidst the release of Arcade Fire's epic "Neon Bible," The National's mini-masterpiece "Boxer," Radiohead's sonic sweep "In Rainbows," and Kings of Leon's rock'n'roll rampage "Because of the Times," another fantastic indie-rock album came out that was all but equal to each of them.
Matt Hales's "Memory Man" is genuinely one of the best albums of the past five years, despite the lack of splash it made in the media waters upon its release. In fact, two or three days after it went on sale, Hales's record label informed him that, due to his lack of blockbuster sales, he was being dropped.
This is bizarre as all get out - "Memory Man" is an evocative, ear-massaging, staggering feat. Others have described it well enough.
I'm just going to say:
BUY IT.
And I can't believe record labels nowadays.
0 of 1 found the following review helpful:
One word - SOLID! Jul 06, 2008
There's NO filler in this album, which is rare these days! This is the best album I've heard in a good while! I didn't think I would like it as well as Strange and Beautiful, but it's actually more solid, and it all fits together better than S&B. Take Keane's albums, for example, Keane albums have some beautiful songwriting, but the songs don't have a common theme, a common goal, they're all over the place emotionally. Alot of your one mand bands, like Aqualung more or less is, fail in this respect. However, this album is more like a Sargeant Peppers in that it pulls you in, and keeps you there, the whole lenght of the album! It doesn't drop you, or push you out of the mood, like so many albums do, but holds you in it's spell the entire length of the album. That is a really tricky thing to do, especially by a one man band, and is getting more rare. Radiohead did it with OK Computer, the Beatles did it with many of their albums, and the Who did it with Tommy. Those albums you come from feeling there was a theme, a common messaqe that was imprinted, not just a bunch of disjointed songs slapped together. With those kind of albums you feel like you get your money's worth. So it is with Memory Man.
Packed with great songs Jun 30, 2008
Nine out of eleven, that is how many of the songs from this album have effortlessly made their home in my main playlist, which means I can't get tired of listening to them.
It IS different from his previous albums, there's less piano and more guitar; faster and louder songs, and a darling surpise in the middle. (creamy filling, perhaps?)
My single-worthy picks are:
Something to believe in - The third Aquasong I ever heard. Like Brighter than sunshine in that it feels like an instant classic.
Glimmer- So uplifting. It just soars.
Vapour Trail - Great build up, nice change of style, keeps things interesting.
Rolls so deep - You can't help but feel good and smile. A lovely surprise.
Outside - Their self-described "fast" song. Veeery good.
Cinderella - Fabulous arrangement, love the strong guitar and the quiet/loud contrasts.
The songs that bear more resemblance to their first album are IMO "Broken Bones" and "The lake". Quiet and melancholy with a fine melody.
A fantastic and diverse album, you won't be disappointed.
|
| |
|
![Up (4 Disc Combo Pack with Digital Copy and DVD) [Blu-ray]](http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51V%2Beipy8-L._SL75_.jpg "Up (4 Disc Combo Pack with Digital Copy and DVD) [Blu-ray]")
![Across the Universe [Blu-ray]](http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51T24FuHPEL._SL75_.jpg "Across the Universe [Blu-ray]")
![Underworld Trilogy (Underworld / Underworld: Evolution / Underworld: Rise of the Lycans) [Blu-ray]](http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51F27VzUl%2BL._SL75_.jpg "Underworld Trilogy (Underworld / Underworld: Evolution / Underworld: Rise of the Lycans) [Blu-ray]")
![Shakira: Oral Fixation Tour [Blu-ray]](http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51RQUEopdlL._SL75_.jpg "Shakira: Oral Fixation Tour [Blu-ray]")
