Black the Sun/Live at the Wireless (+6 B [LIVE] [IMPORT]

Alex Lloyd (Artist)

Product Details

• Audio CD (November 29, 1999)
• Format: Live, Import
• Label: Emi
• ASIN: B00003ZKYW
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #1,075,394 in Music (See Bestsellers in Music)

Editorial Reviews

Product Description
This is the Re-release of Alex Lloyd's Debut Album, Black the Sun and Six Bonus Tracks Including Melting, Desert, Black the Sun, What a Year, Lucky Star and Snow (All Live Versions).

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

8 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Unalloyd listening enjoyment, December 30, 1999

By	bruce (Melbourne, Australia) - See all my reviews

Fans of progressive British rock bands such as Radiohead and Travis may care to check out Australian musician Alex Lloyd's more than competent debut album "Black the Sun". With versatile songwriting skills and a lived-in yet fragile voice that belies his youth, Lloyd richly evokes Radiohead's "Paranoid Android" on "Melting", without ever sounding derivative. This is a song that creeps up on you quietly, turns schizoid and grabs you by the throat, then gently lets go. Sampling, voice treatments and additional instruments are used judiciously, never overwhelming the listener. In "Momo", samples, harp, cheesy organ and heavy riffing guitars conspire to generate chaos, but are reined in at just the right moment to maintain the dynamic tension. The title track is a nothing short of a pop/rock gem, with a Jeff Buckley style refrain that lifts you into the ether where you don't want it to end. Even seemingly lesser tracks like "Lucky Star" and "What a Year" are compensated by succinct, memorable choruses and no-nonsense arrangements. The album's closing ballad, "Backseat Clause" conveys mixed emotions in a moving, understated way and would make a perfect live "show stopper". With a debut of this calibre, I'm sure we'll be hearing a lot more of Alex Lloyd.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Alex Llyod Live, May 28, 2000

By	[e-mail] (australia) - See all my reviews

Awesome great stuff highly recommend! Live accoustics make this one go off..rocks hard

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Melodies, Emotion, and Music, April 5, 2000

By	"conorml" (Canberra, Australia) - See all my reviews

I may not be able to provide an intellectual review, but I can say that this album is great. I enjoy good music in many forms (Monster Magnet, The Tea Party), and this album is great.

Lloyd conveys emotion in a powerful way without being overpowering. A great album to really LISTEN to, or to chill out to. I highly recommend it (pity it's an import for all you non-Australians)