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Whistle Stopper - Some Mad Hope
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List Price: $16.98
Our Price: $9.00
Your Save: $ 7.98 ( 47% )
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Manufacturer: Vanguard Records
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Binding: Audio CD
EAN: 0015707982726
Label: Vanguard Records
Manufacturer: Vanguard Records
Number Of Discs: 1
Publisher: Vanguard Records
Release Date: 2007-08-14
Studio: Vanguard Records
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Summary: An awesome album
Comment: Matt Nathanson is not an artist that we get to hear in New Zealand. So I'm glad I stumbled across his music on the net. A really inspiring CD (as is 'Beneath these Fireworks - which I ordered at the same time) that I haven't stopped listening to since it arrived on my doorstep. Totally recommended!
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Summary: Wow... okay
Comment: I'll start by saying I really wanted to like this cd. I've seen Matt live and was really impressed. I have to say, that it's a little strange to me that there isn't a bad review to be found here... mostly 4 and 5 stars? Even the best of records have a few unfavorable reviews... we'll see if this gets posted.
At the foundation, the songwriting is pretty bland... and I agree with the reviewer, the lyrics boarder on cheezy... the production is unbelievably trite and unoriginal... and to top it off, the mixing isn't that great either. The drums (although played by a real drummer) have been processed to the nth degree, so much so, they sound like a machine... it's a shame. Records like this really piss me off. It's usually not the artists fault... and in this case, I don't blame Matt one bit (although, he could really use someone like Jimmy Iovine to beat him up a little and send him back to the drawing board until the songs are nothing short of great)... the fault, in my opinion, belongs squarely on the producer and the record execs. It's a perfect example of what has been wrong with the music business for a long time... when you have an artist as promising as Matt and you try to commercialize him by making him sound like everyone else... people see right through it... the honesty, the originality, the integrity, the soul of the artist is lost... like I said I'm a fan and I really wanted to like this record... but instead I find myself really just wanting my money back.
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Summary: Good CD
Comment: This is a fun CD. There's clearly the hit but the rest of it is pretty good to listen to as well.
The 1st CD I got didn't play the 7th track... it would skip around and such on all players except my computer. Amazon replaced the disc immediately. Kudos to Amazon.
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Summary: Great album
Comment: I bought this CD after seeing Matt open for Lifehouse at a recent concert. He is great live, and this CD is also fantastic! Definitely recommend it.
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Summary: Underdog album is excellent!
Comment: This is a solid album in my opinion from someone who does not get much play from the media. Nathanson is underestimated and I'm glad to see that he was on Conan O'Brien recently and that shows like "One Tree Hill" and "Scrubs" are using his songs.
Matt Zarnstorff
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Editorial Reviews:
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With rapturous romanticism and over-the-top, heart-on-sleeve emotion, Matt Nathanson can't decide whether he wants to be U2's Bono (particularly on the opening "Car Crash") or John Mayer (with whom he's toured as an opening act). Though his roots are in the folk coffeehouse, he plainly has his ears aimed toward the rock arena, as the propulsive "To the Beat of Our Noisy Hearts" and "Detroit Waves" attest. "Wedding Dress" sounds like it's aspiring to become a first-dance standard, while the sensuality of "Come On Get Higher" suggests more stripped-down delights. A couple of lines here compete for the album's cheesiest: "C'mon let's make this dream that's barely half-awake come true" (from "Heartbreak World") and "What happened to feeling cheap radio songs?" (from "Bulletproof Weeks"). --Don McLeese
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