A Different Kind Of Fix

Bombay Bicycle Club | Format: MP3 Music

Product Details

• Original Release Date: August 29, 2011
• Release Date: August 29, 2011
• Label: A&M / Octone Records
• Copyright: (C) 2011 Universal Island Records, a division of Universal Music Operations Limited
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• Total Length: 50:44
• Genres:
  • Alternative Rock
• ASIN: B005I0DI38
• Average Customer Review: 4.9 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (16 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #6,633 Paid in MP3 Albums (See Top 100 Paid in MP3 Albums)

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19 of 19 people found the following review helpful

5.0 out of 5 stars A Different Kind of BBC August 31, 2011

By Luke Dollard

Format:MP3 Music

On first listen, this album might be hard to understand, to listen to and to accept, its quite different from their previous albums, but its nonetheless a Bombay Bicycle Club album through and through. Its just an evolution, one that contains all the great parts that their previous albums imparted.

1: How Can You Swallow So Much Sleep; A great opening track with jangling guitars a little electronic beep and bop give this album a fresh driving beat accompanied by Suren de Saram's great drum beat, it really is a great song to wake up to and get moving.

2: Bad Timing: This starts out a little melancholy, kind of reminds me of the band Ultra in its structure. "with all your powers I am pushing back", the song sings of loss and the inability to stop it happening, slightly dour for the second track, but hey I like it dour, so another great track.

3: Your Eyes: Picks up the mood and offers a slightly more aggressive mood than the other songs so far, the great thing about this track are all the little instruments they use, here and there, just make it very interesting to pick through. I just love the way the song ends...

4: Lights Out, Words Gone: Ah man the beginning of this song is delicious, "my heart is breaking like you heard", great structure, reminds me a little of ska. I believe its Lucy Rose singing with them, great haunting song.

5: Take the Right One: Hits its stride straight away, very reminiscent of late 80's early nineties Seattle movement, but brought up to date.

6: Shuffle: Oh boy this song is just stupendous (sorry had to use that word) "You gave to me, All I know, I will stay here, I will not go" doesn't that say it all, Lucy Rose also sings on this song as well, its just an extremely uplifting song, and makes you want to bounce all over. "Once you get the feel of it, It wants you back for more"

7: Beggers: Possibly one of my favourite songs on the album, it starts soft album, folksy, but then shoves that aside for a driving forceful song, the drums, lyrics, bass are all wonderful "so carefully planned, each word you have spoken"

8: Leave It: "Dont you go leave me now, come see what you've done" A good song about leaving or being left, seems to be a theme across the album.

9: Fracture: Possibly my least favourite song, thats not to say its bad, just that each album has to have one :) Reminds me of Paul Simon and Art Garfunkel

10: What You Want: I like the fact that by the 10th song on an album that is still good, great even, that's the magic of this album, "You tease this love", "watcha want, watcha want, anything you want" Seems to be an song of someone taking advantage of another, has a great melody, and awesome drum line, great use of song structure to bring the feeling of helplessness across.

11: Favorite Day: "strange dream" little fairies sing, well that's what it sounds like anyway. The song is interspersed with a baroque sounding piano. A really good penultimate song. "Don't stop, till you feel it all" Shouldn't everyone live their lives to that lyric.

12: Still: "Simple promises you said you'd never break, but now you have" A very haunting song, i'll leave you guys to see what its all about, but its something that stays with you for a long time, wonderful way to end a song. The piano sounded like the one U2 used on October, it makes you think of a cold autumn day just as winter is about to fall.

So in closing this entire album from start to finish is just a wonderful journey through life and its struggles but also its joys and loves. Thankfully its an album that simply gets better and better with every single listen.

"My lips they stay perfectly still"

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful

5.0 out of 5 stars Another standout record from a consistently creative band September 4, 2011

By Alan Smithee

Format:MP3 Music

After Bombay Bicycle Club's last album, Flaws, introduced the more mellow, acoustic-folk side of the band, I didn't think A Different Kind of Fix could stand up. I loved I Had the Blues But I Shook Them Loose and its crisp style of indie rock that mirrored other geographically and melodically close groups like The Maccabees, and the unplugged departure of their second album grabbed me by the cochlea and transduced its acoustical signals right on down to my auditory cortex. Their newest collection of songs is almost a compromise for Jack Steadman (lead vocals, guitar), Jamie MacColl (guitar), Ed Nash (bass) and Suren de Saram (drums)--it combines the standard electric feel of their first album with the softer, almost more sentimental tone of their second. Songs like How Can You Swallow So Much Sleep and Lights Out, Words Gone will catch you from the first listen, and others like Beggars and Your Eyes take a little more time to chew over, but will rapidly become your favorites.
This album is unlike anything I've ever heard. It melds the catchy, danceable tunes of pop with the substantive feel of rock, and the lyrical (and musical) depth and replayability of folk. The title says it best, this truly is A Different Kind of Fix.

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful

5.0 out of 5 stars Has the goods December 12, 2011

By Chris

Format:MP3 Music

This record has the goods. The production and song writing are simply top notch. The melodies are lovely and catchy without being cliche. The lyrics resonate with the music while lingering in your head long after the tune ends. Jack Steadman's vocals effortlessly flow while exhibiting impressive range and tone - at times breathy, other times soft, occasionally heavy, yet never abrupt or out of place. The vocal harmonization provides depth and is evidence of stellar production. There are many melodies and rhythms frequently coming in and out during various sections of many of the songs, but they never feel crowded - each note is crisp and recognizable. The record sounds fantastic with a pair of quality headphones, yet doesn't sound muddy when turned up even on low-end speakers. As for the individual tunes themselves, Luke's review below is pretty spot on. The record has it all - a few catchy pop singles, slow grooves, ballads, and a rocker or two. Simply put, this is a fantastic record by talented and promising musicians in a top quality recording studio with seasoned sound engineers. I'm waiting in anticipation for what these boys will bring us next.