10,000 Years

Honeydogs | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (March 23, 2004)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: United Musicians
• ASIN: B0001HAGWY
• Also Available in: Audio CD  |  MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 4.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (11 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #180,646 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Editorial Reviews

Paste Magazine

A brave, important, utterly unprecedented album...as seductive musically as it is conceptually radical.

Product Description

The Honeydogs wry sincerity and casually brilliant songcraft have made them critic’s favorites and local legends in the Twin Cities. Their new album, 10,000 Years is an ambitious, sweeping epic; part "Brave New World," part "Three Penny Opera," part "Sgt. Pepper" and part "Pleased To Meet Me."

Whether you are hooked by its Beatlesque pop melodies or its lyrical cinematic scope, 10,000 Years will hook you nonetheless.

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Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Will somebody give the 'Dogs their due?, June 9, 2004

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CJames (Georgetown, TX United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: 10,000 Years (Audio CD)

This is one of the best albums you'll ever hear. The songwriting is tight, the musicians at the top of their game, and the lyrics are smart and poignant. I can't get it out of my head, and I don't want to. "Panhandler's Serenade" is an instant classic. "Poor Little Sugar" comes from a place I can't imagine, so it transports me there. "The Rake's Progress" is a disturbing but catchy ode to the violent loss of innocence. The title track is a charged plea for the age of ignorance and hate to come to a swift end. "Were The Heavens Standing Blindly?" recalls the best of Squirrel Nut Zippers musically, but the dark, agnostic lyrics could not be more appropriate to the world we live in and the events that shaped it. "23rd Chromosome" paints an unsettling vision of the future with a hooky bossanova brush. All told, the album wraps angst and frustration in a colorful musical wrapper, a gift you won't soon forget and will treasure long after the garbage on the radio has faded from memory. One of the best albums of this or any other year.

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Great sound from a great band, April 6, 2004

By A Customer

This review is from: 10,000 Years (Audio CD)

I know Adam Levy intended to make this a solo album, but score one for the Honeydogs as a band. I love the rich sound they get here--definitely beyond ordinary pop. It just goes to show they're evolving their talents and growing as a band. The CD release concert was great fun, too. I hope I hope I hope that someone there was recording it for a live album. My DH is a big Michael Penn fan, so this was the best combo. My absolute fave on the album is Were the Heavens Standing Blindly? The words and music move you in two different ways.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Best disc I've heard in the last 10 (,000) years!, May 11, 2006

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J. Boba (Wheaton, Illinois USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: 10,000 Years (Audio CD)

Do you ever buy a CD only to find yourself "cherry picking" through the filler and ending up with 3-4 good tunes out of the 12 that came on the disc??? Good for making mixes, but not a CD that ever comes off the shelf again. This, my friends is NOT that! In fact, this disc can be enjoyed without ever skipping a single tune - from post to post it is THAT GOOD! Add a compelling storyline/theme to the disc and there is even more reason to enjoy the complete experience.

Adam Levy is an amazing talent and has assembled a group that plays inspired music. I honestly do not know how this disc can be bettered! Pick it up and enjoy simply the best CD I have purchased in the last 10 years (and I have over 1,200 in my collection)! This is the best band around since the days of Jellyfish...

enjoy!!!