Beautiful Things [Single]

Andain | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (January 13, 2004)
• Original Release Date: 2003
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Single
• Label: Robbins Ent. Llc
• ASIN: B00011V00W
• Also Available in: Audio CD  |  Vinyl  |  MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 4.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (33 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #269,208 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

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8 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars About Time, January 14, 2004

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This review is from: Beautiful Things (Audio CD)

All I can say is Wow!! These guys are blowing up in the European underground scene, its about time they release an album here in the states (since all the members are from SF) This single is quintessential Andain.. Josh Gabriel's masterful production weaving in Penner's use of instruments and tempering his raw musical genius.. And then Mavie's voice!! It's bewitching. I can't get the song out of my head, and that's a good thing. I only hope we get to buy more soon (Everything I found online seems to be taped from shows with shoddy equipment)

7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars What I think it's about, June 9, 2004

By A Customer

This review is from: Beautiful Things (Audio CD)

I think the lyrics are about a girl commiting suicide, and realizing after that she made a mistake -- that there were still "beautiful things" for her to see in life, had she not given up -- the lyrics "now what do I do -- can I change my mind" seem to reinforce this. It's just a thought, either way, it fits. Dreamy, angelic vocals, and if you like 4 strings, and melodic trance with female vocals that are a little haunting, you'll like this quite a bit. Beautiful, and it's a shame that this is the exact polar opposite of what "american" radio and MTV is about now...

9 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars An all time classic., July 18, 2005

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This review is from: Beautiful Things (Audio CD)

Andain's smash hit Beautiful Things has firmly established itself as one of THE trance anthems of the past 6 years. Tiesto and many other DJ's picked this track up very quickly, especially after her previous song, Summer Calling, was so good. There was a recent new track on Gabriel & Dresden's Bloom CD called Here is the House, but it couldn't possibly come close to this one. Her only other track I know of is the pop/chill tune called You Once Told Me, found on Chillout '05, which is actually very good as well. Aside from her awful lip-syncing performance on Tiesto's In Concert DVD, Andain's voice has been perfect for trance.

Unfortunately, one of the best versions of this song is not on here: Markus Schulz's Shadows of Coldharbour remix. It's on his Coldharbour Sessions CD. On this CD single, the best version is clearly the Photon Project Remix, with it's long, driving, and ever changing pace and beats. The 1st track, radio edit, is the slower, original version of the song, which is divine in it's own right. Some of the other remixes on here are not up to snuff, but with the normal version, and the Photon Project Remix, you can't ever go wrong.