Blue Lights on the Runway [Vinyl]

Bell X1 | Format: Vinyl

Product Details

• Vinyl (March 31, 2009)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Yep Roc Records
• ASIN: B001TH37VW
• In-Print Editions: Audio CD  |  Vinyl  |  MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (10 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,885,982 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Ribs of a Broken Umbrella

2. How Your Heart Is Wired

3. The Great Defector

4. Blow Ins

5. Amelia

6. A Better Band

7. Breastfed

8. Light Catches Your Face

9. One Stringed Harp

10. The Curtains Are Twitchin'

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

8 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Now introducing America to Bell X1, March 5, 2009

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B. Bell (Sugar Grove, Ohio) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Blue Lights on the Runway (MP3 Download)

They have done it. They topped Flock and now they will top the US market. It may take a song on a hit drama show, but America should get ready to meet Bell X1. I downloaded it the morning it came out and have not stopped lisenting to it. I am literally sitting in my cubical at work listening to it and wanting to just jump up and start jamin to songs like The Great Defector, Better Band, and The Ribs of a Broken Umbrella. Then chill to the songs like Light Catches Your Face.
The lyrics as usual are classic and one of a kind.
They have the ability to be the new version of The Talking Heads, without all of David Byrnes wackiness.
Great Job!!!

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Maturity brings experimentation, June 22, 2009

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Bryan Dean Bradbury "ThirtyThirty" (La Porte, IN United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Blue Lights on the Runway (MP3 Download)

There may be derivative sounds on this album, but part of mature creativity is synthetic in nature. These gentleman build on derivations to make something new, hummable, danceable, and beautiful. You, who gave this music one star and proclaimed the demise of Bell X1, surely did not give this a careful listen. These songs are well-crafted, cleverly arranged, and well-produced, and will hold up to tight scrutiny and critical analysis. Listen. It's all you need to do to appreciate this art.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Every song? How do they do that?, April 14, 2009

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peg marson (Portland, OR USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Blue Lights on the Runway (Audio CD)

I have lists of music scattered around my house - songs in every genre that I had to run to the radio to find out who it was, then jotted names down so I could find them later on the net or at Amazon for purchase. Maybe a half of one percent of new songs I hear make my lists, but Bell X1 has scored with every song I've heard. They didn't let me down with this album; every song is eminently worth listening to. They are terrific rockin' in the background while I work. They are maybe even better when I take the time to hear them intimately. Great instrumentation - beautiful music - on every cut, and lyrics provocative enough to keep me wondering...