Biz

The Sea and Cake | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (October 10, 1995)
• Original Release Date: October 6, 1995
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Thrill Jockey
• ASIN: B000004B2V
• Also Available in: Audio CD  |  Vinyl  |  MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 4.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (17 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #246,743 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Customer Reviews

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14 of 15 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars so good i forgot how to chew., November 18, 1999

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nora anne ([e-mail]) (pittsburgh, pa) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Biz (Audio CD)

imagine, if you will, an itsy-bitsy little restaurant in which i have just ordered a huge fish sandwich, complete with tartar sauce. the scene that follows goes a little something like this: i'm happily gnawing away on my sandwich, talking, laughing, and suddenly...my eyes glaze over. the jaw goes slack. the restaurant gets a full view of masticated fish, cheese, bread and yes, tartar sauce. i don't care. i have been transported by some of the most lovely melodies on the planet. suddenly i'm in new mexico. tahiti. the alps. all at once. the waitress asks if i'm okay. i manage to croak that i will be as soon as she finds the name of the band playing on the stereo. she comes back with a cd case, bright yellow, crazy drawings. i motion for a pen and paper, staring. "the sea and cake. the biz." were scrawled on the waitress' notepad between the coca cola products and the desserts.

words cannot describe how this cd makes me feel. i hope that in the paragraph above i have done the sea and cake (and myself) some justice. buy this cd. you will not be disappointed.

7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars sea and cake- the biz, February 27, 2003

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steve from jesus saves bible camp (milwaukee, wisconsin) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Biz (Audio CD)

there aren't too many records that sweep you off your feet like this, make you smile when you put them on for the very first time...just a handful. you get that "ahh" feeling and lean back, and you breathe in the oxygen around you and things are perfect. it's just a very rare thing, a phenomenon...records just don't do that too much. this record can be anything and everything, it's so versatile and well-put together. it's new everytime you hear it, clean and fresh, never fails to keep you happy. it's a perfect marketing scam, because once you finish listening, you wish you had more sea and cake records...but you don't. still, in the middle of "darkest night", there's no need for worry, as everything in the world finally sounds and feels completely in tune.

6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars The Sea and Cake's best. A Post-Rock masterpiece., May 15, 2003

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Chicago Cliff "Cliff" (Chicago, IL United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Biz (Audio CD)

Many TSAC listeners seperate the band's career into two segments: pre and post-Fawn. And I would definitely agree. While their work on The Fawn and later albums is undeniably TSAC in its sound, it is remarkably different than their first three albums. For my money, The Biz is the best of the pre-Fawn era.

Here they are still the guitar driven, slightly edgy band they were on their first release. The album flows well and has a cohesive "sound", just like most of TSAC's albums. But the tunes on this album seem to stick in your mind, demanding to be listened to again and again. The guitar work on this album is superb as are the bass and drum work. All very solid. Prekops vocals also reach a high point here, before he moved totally into the breathy vocals of their later albums.

For the uninitiated, this is probably the best way to get into TSAC. Put yourself in a "I'll try anything" mood and pop this album in. You won't be disappointed.

Highlights here include the title track, The Kiss (with the beautiful and trippy fade out finishing the song), Escort and The Transaction.