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| | This Is Our Music | | | Music Artist : | | Galaxie 500 | | Music Style : | | General | | Record Label : | | Rykodisc | | Release Date : | | 1997-04-29 | | Store Price : | | $11.98 | | Artistopia's Price: $11.98 | |
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CD Tracks/Songs
Disc 11. Fourth of July
2. Hearing Voices
3. Spook
4. Summertime
5. Way up High
6. Listen, the Snow Is Falling
7. Sorry
8. Melt Away
9. King of Spain, Pt. 2
10. Here She Comes Now [*]
11. Fourth of July [Video Track]
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Customer Reviews of This Album/CD |
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 There's a reason Galaxie 500 broke up after this album...
Submitted on: 2006-05-13 |
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...Dean realized he and his bandmates could never top it. In parting, Galaxie 500 left their short-lived career without a blemish. A perfect end for a near-perfect band.
Essential in every respect. |
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 i wrote a poem on a dog biscut, but your dog refused 2 look
Submitted on: 2005-06-08 |
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at it. And so begins "4th of July", probably one of my favorite Galaxie 500 lines ever, next to "I stayed @ home on the 4th of july, and i pulled the shades so i didn't have to see the sky, and i decided to have a bed in , but i forgot to invite anybody"
Only Dean Wareham's fractured genius can paint a picture of isolation and self-doubt in this way, and his detached storytelling verses remind me of "The Gift" in a sillier setting. "Sorry" has this cool dreamy haze going on, as does "melt away", and "king of spain pt. 2" with its delicate percussion and waves of guitar gently drifts along. Find your own classics, own this lp. I can't speak for the reissue because I have the rough trade orig. |
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a full round of 5 stars
Submitted on: 2004-09-27 |
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| I've sat in the middle of conversations about this band: "Are they SHOEGAZE or DREAM-POP?" I've seen people get in scraps about this. Go all Francis Begbie to hell on this. It's nonsense!! Who cares? It's just good indie music, when "indie" meant what it was intented to mean. If your a fan of Unrest or the Bomb-pops, I highly suggest buying any of their albums. There is no reason why you shouldn't at least check it out. This american college band was a HUGE influence on many European bands in the early 90's. As powerful as the Velvet Underground?(tick that under "yes").**I know there's some Jesus and Mary Chain fan who wants to lamp me one!! But errm, at least Galaxie 500 didn't use drum-machines!! gawd no they're not the Cocteau Twins!! |
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 A Few Great Songs, But Horrible Production
Submitted on: 2004-08-16 |
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I remember hearing this CD when I was in college and Galaxie 500 was one of the current CMJ media darlings. I probably heard it on some very bad stereo equipment, so I never noticed the fact that the recording was very tinny, garbled, and the recording level was very low. Unfortunately, this CD sounds like it was recorded in my garage, even when played on high-end equipment. Lo-fi gone horribly wrong.
The songs, on the other hand, are some of the band's best. The fist five tracks stand out until the continuity is derailed by the Yoko Ono cover. I really enjoy the guitar work at the end of the song (Listen, the Snow is Falling), but I can't get over the fact that it is a Yoko Ono cover. For those not familiar with the band, I would describe them as an updated Velvet Underground without all the extended harsh sonic freakouts. |
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Garbage? Hardly.
Submitted on: 2004-07-10 |
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| I must admit that it took me many listens to This Is Our Music before it truly sunk in as a piece of slow-moving dream-pop genius. Galaxie 500 create a lush epic where guitars both acoustic and electric swirl together in a gorgeous haze. The record opens with the incredible "Fourth Of July," which for a long time ruined the album for me. This song is perhaps Galaxie 500's strongest, and to me, everything that followed just could not hold a candle to it. But after a while, and after getting heavily into the work of My Bloody Valentine, Slowdive, The Velvet Underground, and Low, the other songs on the record began to show themselves as unique, brilliant entities. "Hearing Voices" and "Spook" are surreal pop tunes, while the superb "Summertime" and a cover of Yoko Ono's "Listen, The Snow Is Falling" are lavish guitar epics that give Dean Wareham a chance to let loose while all the sounds build to a monumental crescendo. If you decide to explore this record by Galaxie 500, do not let initial disappointment scare you away. Like all great records, This Is Our Music takes time to infiltrate one's consciousness as a piece of extraordinary artistry. |
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