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| | Fever to Tell | | | Music Artist : | | Yeah Yeah Yeahs | | Music Style : | | General | | Record Label : | | Interscope Records | | Release Date : | | 2003-04-29 | | Store Price : | | $13.98 | | Artistopia's Price: $11.99 | | Usually ships in 24 hours | | |
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CD Tracks/Songs
Disc 11. Rich
2. Date with the Night
3. Man
4. Tick
5. Black Tongue
6. Pin
7. Cold Light
8. No No No
9. Maps
10. Y Control
11. Modern Romance
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Customer Reviews of This Album/CD |
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 The ultimate Yeah Yeah Yeahs album
Submitted on: 2009-10-22 |
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| I was only a minor fan of the Yeah Yeah Yeahs until recently, nodding my head politely whenever "Maps" would be played somewhere. That changed when I saw them live this year and got to truly experience the outsized persona of Karen O in what must be her natural habitat, screaming and bending and spitting on stage in all her rock star glory. I found myself working backwards through their music, so, Fever To Tell was actually the third Yeah Yeah Yeahs album I bought, and it brought a fresh perspective on the record I don't think I could have picked up on when it was initially released - then it just seemed like a PJ-Harvey-fed chick rock also-ran of the then-hip garage rock revival, whose guitar skills were greatly overstated. With that trend come and gone, it's become clear Fever To Tell is even snappier, brasher, cruder, and beefier than all of its contemporaries, and that it's never stopped being a blast of wild, breathy, fearless insolence. Karen O shrieks and caws that she's "Rich rich rich" in the opening number, and the result is somewhere between elation and total unnerved fear. Moving into "Date With The Night," a song that seems half orgasm, half exorcism, the record becomes a dual catalogue of sexual catharsis and rather ferocious party music, making O's wails into the stuff of near dance music. The album could have been dismissed for being too same-y with one of these tracks after another, but the fabric of them together is an undeniable blast, and the songs, one by one, take on a rage specific to each one. "No No No" begins to wander off into sonic nothingness, but allowing that to move into "Maps" gives that song's intimacy new relevance. Which, in turn, gives "Y Control" the right extra punch it needs - the song is gut shatteringly loud and full of feedback, but it's also the straightest vocal Karen O does on the record, making it full of the wisdom around it. Fever To Tell gets better with age, it turns out, and it's because it's the full evocation of exactly who this band is, exactly as they are. |
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 Mildly hot
Submitted on: 2009-10-05 |
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| Enough bouncy retro-wave style to supply a nice nighttime ride, though short of Zinner's important guitar tones not too much lasts. |
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 Disappointed, but optimistic
Submitted on: 2009-07-25 |
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| Ok so I've known about the YYY's for a while but this is the first stuff I have heard of them besides "Maps" and "Zero." All together an album worth listening to. Some of the better rock sound I've heard in years, but one very annoying thing is that Karen O repeats words over and over again in about every song. I picked it up immediately, so it kind of annoys now when I listen to it. She is a good singer, but needs to fill gaps in the song with more lyrics, less repetition. I can say that this record has really intrigued me enough that I am going to buy their latest release "its Blitz" right now. Conclusively a refreshing ray of hope in the dying world of alt rock. |
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"I wish I could buy back the woman you stole..."
Submitted on: 2009-06-24 |
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| Fever to Tell is the debut album from one of my favorite bands, Yeah Yeah Yeahs. This short, crisp, raw album is pure garage punk/rock/pop at its finest. Lead singer Karen O is a coy and captivating artist, her voice is just so expressive - love her! Maps is the breakout song on this record, I remember seeing the video on MTV in 2003, I was instantly hooked! The best song is Y Control which has a country kind of feel, this song could've easily fit on their follow-up disc, Show Your Bones (another great album by the way!) Rich, Pin, and Cold Night are some of my favorite tracks, just pure energy. I highly recommend this blistering album, you won't be disappointed. |
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This is the "aggressive" record of the band
Submitted on: 2009-05-09 |
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"Fever to Tell" is a really awkward and bizarre listen from the Yeah Yeah Yeah's since there's plenty of potential and musically, the band is quite capable of developing big rock numbers to somber or quieter tunes yet some of them feel a bit underwritten or just not entirely fleshed out with a couple not even more than 2 minutes long. Musically, this record is the band at some of their most aggressive and loudest which makes for some big rock moments but sometimes very little in terms of actual songs.
Rich: An intro that sets the tone: high-fretted guitar notes, big drum part, Karen O's shift from singing to throaty yells and loud distorted riffs. It's certainly an interesting song and the more I listen, the more I like so good on them. 8/10
Date With the Night: Very groove-based song and one of the more memorable ones. However I will say the "choke, choke!" chorus where it gets loud, very distorted and a lot more aggro doesn't sit well with me. The song's got a great energy but whenever that part hits, for some reason I don't care for it. 7.5/10
Man: Another energetic song and all and again like Date With the Night, it's got cool riffs but the problem is that it's ridiculously short at 1:50. Good length or underwritten? Hm. 7/10
Tick: Another really short one (strangely at 1:50 as well) and it's certainly raucous and it's actually funny, if only for Karen's increasingly frenzied singing the more the thing goes on. It leaves an impression but then it goes away just as fast. 7/10
Black Tongue: Now this one I like since it's got cool riffs and it's actually quite singable and catchy as well and Karen certainly shows quite a lot of attitude on this, which is probably why I like it more. 8/10
Pin: For some reason the intro reminds me of that AC/DC song but oh well. Strangely it seems like the more the record progresses the better it gets in terms of melodies. Still not up to the standards of songs later on the record but it works. 7.5/10
Cold Light: Somewhat underdeveloped for me and one I barely return to all that much. Not that there's anything wrong with it in terms of structure and whatnot but it just doesn't grab me. 6/10
No No No: A really out there song with lots of big fat guitar riffs and noisy parts though it's somewhat lacking in singable melodies but then it all of a sudden quiets down for some space-y feedback, strange guitar noises and more jam-like approach. Might polarize some. 7.5/10
Maps: Now we get into the good stuff, and by that I mean the tracks that are exceptionally great. We start off with Maps, arguably their "signature tune" with Karen O's emotive delivery having all the power in her voice by not overdoing it, or as we can say, the Celine Dion approach. Definitely worth a listen if you haven't already. 9/10
Y Control: Cool guitar intro at the start and all the big riffs really help the song become a really entertaining track and seems like they saved some of their better for last. And it's actually a decent length too so yay. 9/10
Modern Romance: A somewhat depressing song with a very bassy but melancholy guitar riff and Karen's vocals at some of their more relaxed on the record. It's something they'd explore a bit more with later records, mainly It's Blitz so it's great to see them not just do aggressive numbers the whole time. Funny thing is that it's only 3 minutes and some long than there's a secret track at the end so it's shorter than it appears. 9/10
From a song-by-song standpoint, Fever to Tell isn't a very strong record until the home stretch but if you just leave it on and try not to look at certain songs individually it works quite well but the band will improve on each listen so this makes this a record that's worth checking out though not one of their more consistent ones.
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