The Albemarle Sound

Ladybug Transistor

Product Details

• Audio CD (March 23, 1999)
• Original Release Date: March 23, 1999
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Merge Records
• ASIN: B00000HXDU
• Also Available in: Vinyl  |  MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 4.7 out of 5 stars See all reviews (10 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #19,722 in Music (See Bestsellers in Music)

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7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Pot sounds, September 4, 2000

By	Steinar Sirevag (Stavanger Norway) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

Ok, that heading was just stupid, this is not pot music. This is one of the best records to come out since " The Beach boys love you". It's sooo beautiful and even though you might say this is sixties music, it's a very modern record. It's so uplifting to hear these young people with such a genuine love and respect for music. If Burt Bacharach and Brian Wilson ever worked together, this is what may have come out. But if you haven't seen this band live, do so now. They are even better live!

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Hatful of Pleasantries, November 7, 1999

By	Jarrod San Angel (USA) - See all my reviews

Gary Olson and cohorts have composed, for this music aficionado's well tuned ear, some of the most lovely melodies and pop tunes to come out since.. well, since Belle & Sebastian. I wish them a long and prosperous career, rife with the lush melodic genius so generously shared with us here. One of the best albums of 1998. Truly a hidden treasure.

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars M'm! M'm! Good!, March 10, 1999

By A Customer

The Albemarle Sound, be it body of water, quality of music or the latest album by the Ladybug Transistor, is a sound that seems at once familiar and yet strange. Why? Well, the Ladybug Transistor goes back to the late '60s to write in the baroque pop style that utilizes arrangements, rhythms and instrumentation that have vanished from the pop music scene, things taken from classical music and even early marching band music (well, that's what I get out of it). In a time when the off-beat is in every single song, when something "slightly funky" has become the boring norm, the Transistor have gone back to that short time in the '60s when songs were really crafted and put together, not just jammed out and recorded for posterity. It may make for an unsettling experience at first, because it certainly doesn't sound like a lot of contemporary popmusic...but it'll be well worth it. Horns ain't for ska and swing and funk anymore (again). There's nothing wrong with going back and picking up on a great thread that stopped prematurely, and the Ladybug Transistor are one of the great bands doing just that with well-orchestrated pop/soft-rock with a touch of pretty psych.