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| | Field Studies | | | Music Artist : | | Quasi | | Music Style : | | General | | Record Label : | | Up. | | Release Date : | | 1999-09-07 | | Store Price : | | $14.99 | | Artistopia's Price: $13.99 | | Usually ships in 24 hours | | |
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CD Tracks/Songs
Disc 11. All the Same
2. Golden Egg
3. Skeleton
4. Star You Left Behind
5. Empty Words
6. Birds
7. Fable with No Moral
8. Under a Cloud
9. Me and My Head
10. Two by Two
11. It Don't Mean Nothing
12. Bon Voyage
13. Smile
14. Let's Just Go
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Customer Reviews of This Album/CD |
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 Quasi-good
Submitted on: 2006-01-30 |
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| This album is an interesting one in the Sam Coomes repertoire, but the songs are a little repetative. Elliott Smith's bass is good, solid, but the songs have a way of spiraling downward until there is no inspiration left. His lyrics are, as always, amazing. That's one of the reasons I like his stuff. |
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 Ehh
Submitted on: 2003-03-12 |
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| (3 and 1/2 stars) After listening to the brilliant R&B Transmogrification and Featuring "Birds", I am compelled to ruefully write that Sam and Janet have let me down. Sure, I still gave it 3 and 1/2 stars, but that's just because it's Quasi. It still has all the elements that make R&B and "Birds" so great, but it just seems to be lacking the alacrity with which Sam would morosely belt out his cynical lyrics in previous efforts. (Yes, that's sort of a paradoxical statement) More incisively, Field Studies is everything that I love about R&B and "Birds", but just not as good. If you compare each track from the three albums in order, you'd undoubtedly discover that you'd prefer the tracks that weren't on Field Studies 3 out of 4 times. I hate to knock such a great band like this, but this album is definately not up to par with their earlier recordings. If you don't have them yet, get R&B Transmogrification and Featuring "Birds". |
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slow moving and loathing
Submitted on: 2001-06-23 |
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| This album is not for everyone. It's rather slow moving most of the time and some of the songs (The Golden Egg, The Star You Left Behind, A Fable With No Morale) fade forever into an instrumental. The attitude of Sam Coones could be a definite turn off. I suggest you download some of it before purchasing. I, on the other hand am not one of those people and enjoyed these aspects. Beautiful pop melodies, insightful lyrics, and the essence of Quasi completely hooked me. The only problem I truly have with the album besides a couple of duds (Don't Mean Nothing), is the way they arranged the songs. If the shifts had been better and a more effecient order, the album would go by much quicker and would seem much more cohesive. Instead, you get the feeling that the moaning and groaning of Sam Coones is never going to end. But most of the time - that's a good thing. |
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Worthy
Submitted on: 2000-04-22 |
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| Quasi has yet to replicate their incredible live sound on record. Only 'R&B Transmogrification' comes close, although it is far too dry sounding. On this album Sam Coomes, once again, churns out some great melodies and great rhymes. However, much of the kick of the two previous albums are missing--which means that the sounds here are far removed from the burst of noise that one hears at a live Quasi show. For the great songs this album is lacking 1) the noise (the absence of the roxichord is evident on this album) and 2) Janet's versatile and kinetic drumming (ex. 'our happiness' on 'Featuring 'birds'). The most effective songs here feature Elliott Smith on bass. His playing is, as always, very tuneful. And in the tradition of Led Zeppelin, Quasi has released 'Birds,' the supposedly featured track of the previous album, an album later (see 'Houses of the Holy). One false note is the obnoxiously long 'A Fable with No Moral.' As the title states: this song goes nowhere. This song should have been subtitled 'Empty Words.' But despite my reservations, Quasi is infectious. The album ends with a gorgeous ballad ('Let's Just Go') that ends abruptly and we are left with the buzzing sound of the amps before the plug is pulled. Go check 'em out live... |
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 WOW!
Submitted on: 2000-03-24 |
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| This album was suggested to me by a friend, and i had never heard of Quasi before this. But WOW, what a great album. I actually pulled the car over and listened to the whole damn thing.. This is the album that the Beatles didn't hang around long enough to record. Even so, Quasi has a unique sound, and while everything nowadays is a rehash of something else, Quasi definately puts forth a beautiful sound. Empty Words.. wow.. |
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