Bluffer's Guide to the Flight Deck

Flotation Toy Warning | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (August 16, 2005)
• Original Release Date: 2005
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Misra Records
• ASIN: B000A0GPJ0
• In-Print Editions: MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 4.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (8 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #267,930 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

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6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Best album I've bought all year, May 16, 2006

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Vince "orbhot" (Jacksonville Beach, FL) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Bluffer's Guide to the Flight Deck (Audio CD)

If you like Grandaddy, Radiohead, Arcade Fire, Flaming Lips or Neutral Milk Hotel you will like Flotation Toy Warning's debut album. This album is a real masterpiece of post-modern rock. Not to dis Amazon, but you can get the album straight from the label (Misra Records, do a Google search) for less money, and they have free shipping too.

8 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Imagery, October 25, 2005

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gimu "gimu" (brazil) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Bluffer's Guide to the Flight Deck (Audio CD)

I really love records which bring thousands of images into one's mind, images taken from films that have never been made, the ones in MY MIND, whose soundtrack is provided by records like this.
To create "Bluffer's Guide to the Flight Deck", Flotation Toy Warning armed with organs, keyboards, synth sounds, soothing guitar arpeggios, hoarse voices, angelic backing vocals, orchestrations. And time. That's it: time. 10 tracks, 70 minutes. Do the math to find out how long each track is. A little Mercury Rev here, a little Flaming Lips there, mainly in balancing sweet tunes with epic crescendoes .
Maybe the only problem here is the voice, weak at times, not suiting the music exuberance. Or... sounding too feeble, which you might say kinda DOES suit the music, giving it extra drama or frailty. Up to you. Such nasty thing to say, innit? Ignore that.
The highlights of this pearls' parade are "Happy 13", "Popstar Researching Oblivion" (what a title!!!) and "Donald Pleasance".
One of the most beautiful records 2005 has seen.
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english and extra touches by gimu

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars "All your best one-liners are down here on audio-cassette", March 31, 2006

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Dante Golio "D" (Coconut Creek, Florida) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Bluffer's Guide to the Flight Deck (Audio CD)

A stunning slab of chamber psych-pop, this has got to be the most underrated record of '05. Vicky West gives new meaning to the credit of "Keyboards" and the production technique creates an extraordinary lo-fi paradise. Colin Coaxall's steady drumming steers the woozy ship and Paul Carter (singer, songwriter), well, he has the tapes, he has the plans of a Clockwork Man (your guess is as good as mine).

Give it up for Misra Records, who released an additional indie-fantasy masterpiece in 2005: Phosphorescent's Aw Come Aw Wry. More evidence that the best music is not only underground, it is at the core. Keep digging.