Back Room (Bonus CD) [Limited Edition, Import]

Editors | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (August 30, 2005)
• Number of Discs: 2
• Format: Limited Edition, Import
• Label: Kitchenware UK
• ASIN: B0009YA37W
• Also Available in: Audio CD
• Average Customer Review: 4.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (14 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #508,225 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Lights

2. Munich

3. Blood

4. Fall

5. All Sparks

6. Camera

7. Fingers In The Factories

8. Bullets

9. Someone Says

10. Open Your Arms

11. Distance

12. Let Your Good Heart Lead You Home

13. You Are Fading

14. Crawl Down The Wall

15. Colours

16. Release

17. Forest Fire

Editorial Reviews

Limited Edition two CD pressing of their critically lauded debut album including a bonus disc featuring six B-sides: 'You Are Fading', 'Crawl Down the Wall', 'Colours', 'Release', 'Let Your Good Heart Lead You Home' and 'Forest Fire' This already classic album confirms this young Birmingham quartet as torch-bearers for a British rock legacy that harks back to the Cure, Echo and the Bunnymen and Joy Division. Combining the self-consciously grand, melodramatic vocals of frontman Tom Smith with swirling, minor-key guitar dynamics and claustrophobic, propulsive percussion, this could just be the British riposte to Interpol's majestic Turn On The Bright Lights. This is due mostly to Smith’s skill at combining a superficially catchy chorus with enigmatic, dark sentiments. Perhaps in an understanding that you need more than mystique to power a debut album, however, the rather mellow 'Camera' sees Editors spread their wings a little, inviting cascading synths and the distant trill of sustained, effects-drenched guitar into the desolate rock design. Kitchenware. 2005.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

6 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Quality New Rock Band, August 12, 2005

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David Traver - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Back Room (Bonus CD) (Audio CD)

Agree with the others above that this is a fantastic debut. Happened across it in a Glasgow record shop - they were playing it and I instantly liked it. Certainly tinges of Interpol, even more so of the bands I grew up with like Echo and Big Country. Excellent song writing and a sweet blend of influences to achieve a unique sound. I too feel that this album ranks with Bloc Party as the debut of the year. With more listens, The Back Room is seeming even better due to more intellegent song writing. Worth the import price!

5 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Solid, August 1, 2005

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WrtnWrd "Hankman" (Northridge, CA USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Back Room (Bonus CD) (Audio CD)

Editor's The Back Room is a solid debut. Though it's steeped in 80s pop culture, and is sure to be dismissed by Interpol-fawning goth kids, it's an intensely focused work for such a young band. And though their influences are there on the surface -- Joy Division, The Cure, Nick Cave, and many more -- their songs are sharp, their lyrics meaningful, the production crisp without overwhelming the passion. The music might be depressive -- or, at the very least, minor chord -- but the lyrics have an outreach beyond the navel-gazing of most of what passes for "goth"; and those are certainly pop hooks I hear on the 11 tracks of the formal CD. And, for good measure, there's a bonus CD called Cuttings with six tracks of thrash and drone.

4 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A Wonderful Find, September 16, 2005

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woodrow (Denver, CO USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Back Room (Bonus CD) (Audio CD)

One of the best albums I have bought in a long time, and it just goes to show that the UK, once again, has produced another great rock 'n' roll band.

The album is energetic and solid all the way through, and a treat to the "The Back Room" import is that the disc is accompanied by an equally wonderful collection of B-sides called "Cuttings".

I recommend this album to anyone who loves bands such as Joy Division, Interpol, and Nick Cave.