81 03

Antarctica | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (March 20, 2001)
• Original Release Date: 1999
• Number of Discs: 2
• Label: File 13
• ASIN: B00004TWH7
• In-Print Editions: MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 4.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (11 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #285,724 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

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6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Amazing Music, July 4, 2000

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Hollis Brown Thornton (Aiken, SC USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: 81 03 (Audio CD)

I was told of this album by a few friends at an art opening. They are musicians and know a great deal concerning new music. Due to their enthusiasm and thier claim I could not exist without it, I purchased 81:03. The album is truly amazing. The best album I have heard in years. The riffs are hypnotic and the compositions are extremely powerful. Almost all songs build and continue to build, such as Private Psychadelic Reel by the Chemical Brothers or Fake Plastic Trees by Radiohead. The guitars are dreamy. I bought the album two months ago and it took a short time to grow. At first it seem too repetitive, but on repeated listens I began to obtain a firm grasp on the compositions and took notice of their technical refinement. The lyrics are rather difficult to decipher, I find myself doing the same hunched over, headphones number I did listening to R.E.M. albums. My first thought listening to the album was Duran Duran, but this was purly based around the sound and the composition of the first song. The layering of sound resembles the production work of My Bloody Valentine. There is also a great deal of instrumental time where the lyrics do not happen. Serious, intense, beautiful, clean. The album has references to pop, shoegazing, and electronic. I have been waiting a while for someone or a group to combine these elements in a proper way.

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Pure Ecstasy, February 7, 2004

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Lex (Portland, OR) - See all my reviews

This review is from: 81 03 (Audio CD)

WOW, I had just recently picked up Ova Looven 58:34 & realized that members of that band were in Antarctica. I do not know for the life of me how I let a record like this slip past me but holy crap. Beautiful melting synth driven melodies with luscious harmonies over perfectly orchestrated beats. The song writing is incredible & stands out from anything I've heard in a while (considering this record came out in 2001). Overall if you like the mysterious guitar sounds of Cocteau Twins & The Cure mixed with dreamy electronic elements get this record NOW. I also highly recommend the Ova Looven record which takes the electronic elements a little bit further yet still keeping the same atmosphere as Antarctica.

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Sunday Night Listening!, September 21, 2003

By A Customer

This review is from: 81 03 (Audio CD)

For a number of years this cd has been a treasure of my collection, and today stands alone as the best. If I were granted the wish of being in one band ever, it would be antarctica. The only cd I've ever had to copy just because I wore out the original. It's the most amazing piece of artistry I've ever heard, and I wish there was more out there by them, but maybe they used all of there magic on this and the e.p. Christie Front Drive had nothing on Antarctica, and the guys in Jimmy eat world are fighting the wrong battle if they want CFD back together instead of Antarctica. If you need something to listen to when your sad, on a sunday night, fancying a lover, driving late at night, or even dancing, this is your pick.