Braille Night

Ida | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (June 5, 2001)
• Original Release Date: 2001
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Tiger Style
• ASIN: B00005K2YU
• Also Available in: Audio CD  |  MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (8 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #157,343 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Expect nothing less than perfection..., August 2, 2001

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Colin J. Kenniff (Lancaster, PA United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Braille Night (Audio CD)

For close to 10 years Ida have steadily put out record after record of unbelievable material. "Braille Night" is no exception. This album showcases some of the finest songwriting the band has ever seen, and in my opinion the songs flow more smoothly than "Will You Find Me". All these songs hold something incredible to them. Go out and buy it now.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars A great album, March 29, 2005

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Mark - See all my reviews

This review is from: Braille Night (Audio CD)

I notice that a lot of Ida's fans are really into folk in general. That said, I come from a different standpoint. I like rock. My favorite bands are the Smashing Pumpkins, Stereolab, Pink Floyd, Beatles, Radiohead, etc.

So with that out of the way, Ida is up there in my top five bands as the lone folk group I listen to at all. And this album is...well, it's a great album, but it's probably their worst. It follows Will You Find Me, which is a really tough act to follow, and it's just kind of nudged in between that and Heart Like a River, which I found to be a giant step up from The Braille Night. But it is not a bad album at all; certain songs on it are among Ida's best, like "Arrowheads" and "Moves Through the Air." "Blizzard of '78" is the album's hardest track, and it's a good track, but it's nowhere even close to "Turn Me On," which was Will You Find Me's hardest track.

Aside from comparisons, if you like Ida, and this is the only CD on the shelf, it's a great buy. If any other Ida albums are present, go with whatever else there is (you'd be lucky to find any single Ida on a shelf).

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Pretty Good, but not Ida at its best, April 14, 2003

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rob (worcester, ma USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Braille Night (Audio CD)

The Braille Night is the fourth of Ida's albums i've bought, so i'm comparing it to Will You Find Me, Ten Small Paces, and Tales of Brave Ida. I would rank Braille Night a little bellow these other three (Will You Find Me is my favorite). I find that after listening to the Braille Night for a week it lacks the depth and different textures of their other albums, though it does have a certain "echoy" and spacious quality to it. Though the album is a little bit of a bore compared to other Ida albums there are some top notch Ida tunes here, including "Lets Go Walking" and "So Long". Overall this is a good album and if you're an Ida definately buy it because this is truly an "Ida" album as only they could create.