1-2-3-4

Jeevas | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (July 1, 2003)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Setanta
• ASIN: B0000ZU7NK
• In-Print Editions: Audio CD
• Average Customer Review: 3.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (8 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #996,343 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Virginia

2. Ghost (Cowboys in the Movies)

3. You Got My Number

4. What Is It For?

5. Once Upon a Time in America

6. Don't Say the Good Times Are Over

7. Scary Parents

8. Teenage Breakdown

9. Silver Apples

10. Edge of the World

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Kula Shaker, please come home!, July 17, 2003

By 

David Watts "The Rat" (Alpharetta, GA United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: 1-2-3-4 (Audio CD)

This is a very good record. That said, for leader Crispian Mills to disband Kula Shaker, one of, if not the greatest rock and roll band in the 1990's, in favor of this project, it doesn't make a lot of sense. For those keeping score, The Stone Roses made the same mistake a few years ago. Two amazing bands that let ego take center stage.

There is very good musicianship and great melodic rock and roll songs on here but when listening to it in full, you can't help but wonder what this album would have been if Kula Shaker recorded it. I'm sorry but I don't normally yearn for the past unless it's warranted. It's warranted.

Bottom line: It's still better than most new British rock and roll and certainly has it's merit being for the fact that all of this sound is driven by a power trio.

Buy this record and hope for a Kula Shaker re-union. That band was simply magic. This band is a particle of that magic.

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars A bit disappointing but..., October 30, 2002

By A Customer

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This review is from: 1-2-3-4 (Audio CD)

When I first heard this CD I would have probably given it 2 or 3 stars...simply because I was expecting a third Kula Shaker CD. And to me Kula had a wonderful, fresh sound that no one had come close to since "Rubber Soul" era Beatles, or "Dark Side" era Pink Floyd.

Crispian Mills latest band is also retro, but more in the early punk "Meaty, Beaty, Big and Bouncy" era Who vein. And incredibly enough it works. Instead of the soaring choruses, extravagant productions and blissful hooks of Kula, it has a stripped down, angst ridden, sardonic quality that grows on you. And if I were to wait another week or two before writing this, I'd probably give it 5 stars.

It's basically a three man band with occasional keyboard accompaniment. And while there isn't a bad song on the CD, there are several standouts. "Edge of the World" is subdued and gorgeous...Mills at his best. "Silver Apples" has some extremely innovative vocals, "Once Upon a Time in America" and "Teenage Breakdown" would be excellent singles and "What is it For?" asks "If your heart's not broken, what is it for?"

Crispian Mills is an extremely talented artist. And though he's apparently taken a hiatus from the Indian mysticism of Kula Shaker, it's obviously not far from his heart.

The Jeevas is a derivation of the Sanskrit word "jiva" which means literally...indestructable, subatomic, particle of consciousness.

Maybe it loses something in the translation.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Crispian Mills at the helm, October 13, 2003

By 

Wickerlove "Wickerlove" (Canada) - See all my reviews

This review is from: 1, 2, 3, 4 (Audio CD)

With Kula Shaker, although there would be brief moments Crispian Mills would shine as a guitarist, I've always thought he never demonstrated his full potential. In the same way John Squire was given a wider latitude with The Seahorses, The Jeevas offers a vehicle where Mills can unload musical ideas. Lyrically '1-2-3-4' seems to gravitate towards themes of Americana. Musically the sound is of stripped-down bluesy Britpop, in the same vein as Cast, The Bluetones, and Ocean Colour Scene. Obviously The Jeevas aren't Kula Shaker, rather rootsy guitar-rock, abrasive energy, and sparkling melodies.