Coming to Terms [Extra tracks, Import]

Arco | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (December 12, 2003)
• Original Release Date: 2003
• Number of Discs: 2
• Format: Extra tracks, Import
• Label: Import [Generic]
• ASIN: B00013WW8O
• In-Print Editions: Audio CD  |  MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,599,379 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

Disc: 1

1. Speak

2. Alien

3. Flight

4. Driving at Night

5. Babies' Eyes

6. Accident

7. Movie

8. Grey

9. Into Blue

10. All This World

See all 11 tracks on this disc

Disc: 2

1. Distant Lies

2. 20000 Ft

3. Sleep

4. Cry

5. No-One at the Wheel

6. Lie

7. Someone Else

8. Here

9. At Least

10. Doubts Remain

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Amazingly Gentle., August 2, 2001

By 

Eric Swanger (Chicago, IL USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: coming to terms (Audio CD)

I cought a listen of this album on a listening station at a record shop in my neighborhood just today. I was pleasantly suprised! They are really fantastic, and I think better than most acoustic-driven bands out there. Much of the music has the feel of 1970's ballad, complete with introspective lyrics, warm strumming guitars, and soft vocals. Even though I hate comparing bands to other bands, I think it would be difficult to describe their sound without saying that they are reminiscent of Low, or Mojave 3 especially. But different enough to make the experience interesting. Chris Healey's voice wraps around you like a blanket, or a boy you've always secretly wanted to kiss. The music is always very gentle, but sometimes escalating into a little electrified tangent, with drums, plugged in guitars, strings, and hey-even a horn or two. The song "into blue" is haunting, reminding me of Cat Power in the melancholy department. My other favs are "speak," "driving at night," and "movie." If you like music in the genre of Low/Mojave3/Cat Power, then you will likely enjoy this album. It is slightly less morose, and more melodic than the forementioned. A great CD for a grey day.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Acutely heartbreaking, December 11, 2002

By A Customer

This review is from: coming to terms (Audio CD)

I first heard Arco when I downloaded an MP3 from a Web site. I think the track was "Driving at Night," a song which has been in heavy rotation with me for months. "It's like driving at night / when the illusion / I'm going somewhere / keeps me alive / Driving at night / in this confusion / better to travel / never arrive." Sure, it sounds depressing, and quite a few of his songs ultimately ARE, but Arco's songs and lyrics are so finely crafted and poignant, you almost can't help yourself. Others will see similarities to East River Pipe, Red House Painters or Mojave 3, and those comparisons are warranted, but Arco is by no means an also-ran or copycat. Other standout tracks on this too-short LP include "Alien" and "All This World."

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Arco - just buy it before it's gone, September 5, 2002

By 

geoffbuckley (Rochdale, England) - See all my reviews

This review is from: coming to terms (Audio CD)

Probably in my top 10 all time albums (& I'm an old scrote) - an album of both bleak futility and genuine truth. Plus (in the UK) it's on Dreamy Recorders, who are top.
Don't think about it - you'll grow to love this more than most if you like your music simple and affecting