Cape Dory

Tennis | Format: MP3 Download

Product Details

• Original Release Date: January 18, 2011
• Label: Fat Possum Records
• Copyright: 2010 Fat Possum Records
• Total Length: 28:34
• Genres:
• ASIN: B004GQY9XS
• Average Customer Review: 4.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (10 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #719 Paid in MP3 Albums (See Top 100 Paid in MP3 Albums)

Customer Reviews

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17 of 21 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Fantastic!, January 19, 2011

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bsturg - See all my reviews

This review is from: Cape Dory (Audio CD)

This is a great album. It has the airy, summery feel that you would expect from a band that had been out to sea for months on end, inspiring the songs included on this LP. Definitely worth checking out. Plus Alaina Moore's voice is intoxicating.

23 of 30 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars What happened to the spunk of the originals?, January 19, 2011

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Robert M. Flynn "Farmer Ted" (Albany, NY) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Cape Dory (Audio CD)

This album is pretty sweet. Totally awesome songs, only a few that are weak.
I was totally pumped about this album after hearing their singles this summer. They were the best part of my summer soundtrack. This year's "The Sky was High." The songs were just so chill and poppin'. There was bit of punk and spunk in them. They were lively. Just like the summer.

I was surprised that when I heard them on the album they were remixed in a way that took the punk and spunk out of the songs. It's like they lost all their energy. It was like when you buy that oldies album and you find out the songs aren't by the original artists. It's like they remixed them or re-recorded them to make them sound more "professional." Two songs in particular stood out to me. "Marathon" looses all it pop and brightness. It sounds like mud as compared to the single this summer. The vocals don't float above the music, but are bogged down below it. "Baltimore" also looses it's drum poppin' intro and also sounds like it was dragged through mud. Such a shame. Especially for people who have not heard the singles.

It made me wonder what the other songs on this album that I had not heard yet would have sounded like if they were not blandly produced.

Why did they have to take away the magic and the energy? Are they trying to get on Fallon or something? Was it not their decision or was it some label guy that wanted it more mainstream and less punk?

The same thing happened to Best Coast. They had some sweet 7 inches and I was totally pumped for their debut album. But the magic was gone. The punk and energy was gone. Now Best Coast is like Nora Jones. But she was on Fallon...

So basically...
Tennis, you had some sweet songs. Why did you have to go and make them all wack? Believe in yourself. Don't try so hard to fit in. You were beautiful like a bird. Now you sound like all the rest. Go on another boat trip and reflect on your mistake. And never make it again.

5 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Better recording can be found., July 1, 2011

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Michael A. Borrowman "bolton" (Santa Cruz, CA United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Cape Dory (Audio CD)

I could not agree more with the reviews that talked about how sterile this cd is. They inspired me to look for the original recordings which I found cheaper at the Rough Trade shops website in London, where they sell the cd as put out by Carmen San Diego records. Heavier base and drums and edgier and Alaina Moore's voice blends in perfectly. The album holds your interest throughout, unlike the Fat Possum version which loses it's way halfway through and ends like a dated mid-70s album. Also the latter one shows up the weaknesses of Alaina's singing. The RT version also has a bonus cd of the first 4 singles which are rawer again. The plus of the FP cd is that 'Take me somewhere' and 'Bimini bay' are actually slightly better in that they have a late 50s, early 60s Shirelles type sound.