Codeine Velvet Club [Vinyl]

Codeine Velvet Club | Format: Vinyl

Product Details

• Vinyl (April 6, 2010)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Dangerbird
• ASIN: B0037AGB4E
• In-Print Editions: Audio CD  |  MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 4.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #40,366 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Hollywood

2. Vanity Kills

3. Time

4. The Black Roses

5. Little Sister

6. Nevada

7. Reste Avec Moi

8. I Would Send You Roses

9. Like a Full Moon

10. Begging Bowl Blues

Editorial Reviews

Review

[A] largely enjoyable romp, not least with Hollywood's galloping Spectorisms and the lush, Lee and Nancy-esque 'Nevada.' 3 stars out of 5 --Q Magazine --This text refers to the Audio CD edition.

Product Description

Codeine Velvet Club is Jon Fratelli of The Fratellis and singer/songwriter Lou Hickey. Their new musical project celebrates their shared love of '60s girl-boy duets, dramatic orchestral pop, and dark post-war Hollywood and Las Vegas romanticism. --This text refers to the Audio CD edition.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Great album, but missing bonus track #11, April 15, 2010

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Trevor Hirst (Merced, CA USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Codeine Velvet Club (Audio CD)

If you like The Fratellis and retro-style rock pop acts like The Last Shadow Puppets you're going to love the eponymous debut release from Codeine Velvet Club. Lou Hickey and Jon Lawler work very well together - their voices complement one another beautifully and the feeling I get from listening is that there was a lot of fun being had in the studio when they were recording this collection of gems.

So why only 4 stars? Whilst the album is worthy of 5-stars, the CD product itself is not, since it is missing the #11 bonus track, CVC's unexpectedly excellent cover of The Stone Roses' "I Am The Resurrection." This is clearly a flaw in manufacture - I even requested a replacement CD from Amazon as I thought perhaps mine was the only one with this error - both the original and replacement discs were missing this eleventh track.

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UPDATE April 19, 2010
After tweeting at @CodeineVelvetCb who then re-tweeted my message to US record label @dangerbird, I contacted Dangerbird direct through their web site. They responded within 24 hours with a link to the download of the missing extra track and promise to send a full CD soon - the problem appears to have been rectified and a complete CD is on its way folks!

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Strangely Familiar, May 10, 2010

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Jonathan Sage (Seattle, WA USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Codeine Velvet Club (Audio CD)

I'd picked up a couple CDs from the Fratellis and given them a couple listens, but never a thorough examination. A couple months back I was out for a Metric concert up in Seattle, WA and Codeine Velvet Club took the stage (after the appallingly aweful first opening act Nico Vega left the stage). They were melodic, fun, dare I say classy even? All the while I was listening to them I couldn't help but think they sounded strangely familiar. After looking up some info it appears there was a good reason for that since Jon Fratelli is one of the lead vocalists. This album is definitely worth a listen! They're also quite good live and if you get the chance I recommend seeing them. Honestly, I like this duet inspired music better than The Fratellis, but if you're already a fan you should like this too.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Geez -- this is a really great album!, October 4, 2010

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John Dziadecki (Louisville, CO USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Codeine Velvet Club (Audio CD)

I can't understand why this group flew so far under the radar. This is a first class act with great vocals and performances in a classy retro rock and roll. Jon Lawler (Fratellis) and Lou Hickey -- great synergy these two -- front a high energy band that really know how to play! Check out some of their 'live in Glasgow' videos on YouTube that need to be released on Blu-ray. The CVC apparently has disbanded with the principals going forward with solo recording careers. Gosh darn. I hope they come revisit their CVC personna every now and then.

Highly recommended.