Concretes [Import]

Concretes | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (May 2, 2003)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Import
• Label: Licking Fingers
• ASIN: B0000EM5W7
• Also Available in: Audio CD  |  MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (15 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,503,530 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Say Something New

2. You Can't Hurry Love

3. Chico

4. New Friend

5. Diana Ross

6. Warm Night

7. Foreign Country

8. Seems Fine

9. Lovin' Kind

10. Lonely As Can Be

11. This One's for You

12. Concretes for Computers [CD-ROM Track]

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

16 of 18 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars A beautiful, if inconsistent, album, July 26, 2005

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Head ChImp (PVP, CA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: The Concretes (Audio CD)

The Concretes have made a beautiful album that sounds exactly like a combination of Mazzy Star and Bettie Serveert. Just like those two bands' albums, there are some stunningly gorgeous songs and others that are more mediocre. Overall, this album is very strong and depending on the listener's mood, one song may stand out at any given time. It starts out with "Say Something New", which feels like one of those songs I will still love listening to decades from now. There are several other standouts, "You Can't Hurry Love" and "Foreign Country" come to mind, that make this an album to listen to in its entirety. This is not a Top 40 single and filler album like most of the garbage out there, this is a complete album. Listen to it and enjoy. (Check out any Mazzy Star's "So Tonight That I Might See" or Bettie Serveert's "Dust Bunnies" if you like this.)

14 of 18 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars like a reverb soaked party in the sky, July 4, 2005

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J. Riley (San Francisco, CA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The Concretes (Audio CD)

I checked out The Concretes because I heard their song on the Target Ad. Not ashamed of that in the slightest and I am so happy that I followed my ears. This album is a real joy to listen to. It's not so artistic that it leaves you wanting a good tune (because all of the melodies are memorable and lovely), but it is so unique in it's approach.
I heard that the band used something like 24 people to record this album, and that's what it sounds like. It sounds like a bunch of good friends (talented Swedish friends) got together in each other's living rooms and made a sparkling, elegant pop album.
My favorite song on the album is probably still Say Something New (the one from the comercial), but the next two are wonderful too. Can't Hurry Love is a fun driving song with a great hook about...well, read the title. And I believe the next song Chico is an ode to the singer's cat, but it's basically just a song about how nice it is to have a friend when a romance has failed. Foreign Country is a great song too, as are the whole collection.
If you like bands like Sigur Ros, Coldplay, Beck (Sea Change style), The Innocence Mission, The Flaming Lips, all glittering semi-sad pop, you might really enjoy this record.

5 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars A Sweet Surprise, January 13, 2005

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A. French (New York) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The Concretes (Audio CD)

The Concretes deliver a refreshingly sweet debut drenched with early 60's harmonies and cooled off with a charm reminiscent of The Velvet Underground. Tracks like "Say Something New" and "You Can't Hurry Love" are instantly catchy and yet soberingly melancholy. The combination keeps the album from becoming too saccharinely sweet. Vocalist Victoria Bergsman's cool delivery compliments the nine piece collective's musicianship perfectly. Overall the Concretes prove that the Swedish talent pool grows deeper every day.