Apple Album

Big Hello | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (May 11, 1999)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Parasol Records
• ASIN: B000007S8D
• Also Available in: Audio CD
• Average Customer Review: 4.4 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #704,207 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. O Canada

2. Star 69

3. Today Will Be Yesterday Tomorrow

4. Sister Mary

5. Hooked on the Girl

6. Colorado Coastline

7. Clouds Cover the Mountain

8. I Don't Like You

9. Pen Pal

10. Riot Gurl

11. Kamikaze

12. O'Canada [Band Ending][*]

13. Star 69 [phone edit][*]

14. Today Will Be Yesterday Tomorrow [edit intro][*]

15. Sister Mary [w/o inst. intro][*]

16. Hooked on the Girl [edit intro][*]

17. Colorado Coastline [With count off][*]

18. Clouds Cover the Mountain [*]

19. I Don't Like You [w/o drum intro/fade Out][*]

20. Pen Pal [w/o drum intro][*]

See all 22 tracks on this disc

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars "Apple" is a total joy from start to bleedin' finish!, June 12, 1998

By A Customer

This review is from: Apple Album (Audio CD)

The Parasol label is a sign of quality you can generally trust when it comes to buying American power pop, and they've completely excelled themselves with this record. "Apple" is a total joy from start to bleedin' finish. There's a hint of Blondie in the mix, a taste of the Rezillos, a mere smidgen of the Go-Go's, but most importantly, every song here leaves a lasting impression. In fact it sounds like a greatest hits collection, everything here could be a single. Choosing a few standouts could prove difficult, but here goes. "Star 69" is wonderful, so's "Today Will Be Yesterday Tomorrow". "Sister Mary" is getting close to perfection, and "Hooked On The Girl" betters it. I give up. That's four out of the first five tracks and I've hardly started. All that's left for me to say, is make sure you get a chance to hear it somehow.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars High energy. Excellent tunes. Great female lead singer., October 28, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: Apple Album (Audio CD)

"Star 69" will be stuck in your head for days. Six or seven great songs. Saw the band in Chicago. Great live too. Very impressive for a first album. Drummer is Brad Elvis from "Elvis Brothers."

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars "The Apple Album" goes far beyond mere "power pop", June 12, 1998

By A Customer

This review is from: Apple Album (Audio CD)

The first time I heard "The Apple Album", the debut CD from Big Hello, I was at home reading an old punk fanzine from '79. The Big Hello disc was so appropriate, it wasn't even funny. At the beginning of the eighties, many of the new wave bands sounded like this, well before they decided disco wasn't such a bad idea. Big Hello are not 80's revivalists by any means (even though one of them was an Elvis Brother), and "The Apple Album" goes far beyond mere "power pop", but it still manages to evoke memories of the '79 - '82 era without sounding like a time capsule. Of special note are the vocals of Chloe F. Orwell, who can charm without being overtly precious or "cute".