Cor-Crane Secret

Polvo | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (April 13, 1993)
• Original Release Date: May 6, 1992
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Merge Records
• ASIN: B0000019ME
• Also Available in: Audio Cassette  |  Vinyl  |  MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (8 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #212,723 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Editorial Reviews

Review

- "...amazingly tight songs dominated by dual, masterful guitar....The album's ever-changing textures, rhythmic patterns and tones, laced with clear and gentle J. Mascis-like vocals, make it the band's dreamiest and prettiest release to date..." --Spin

- "...rife with tension and competing ideas, a dialectic that arises out of noise meeting silence....deeply affecting, exhilarating and cause for great excitement..." --Option

"...unsettling, but fascinating...Polvo can generate potent noise..." --Reflex --This text refers to the Vinyl edition.

Product Description

The first of many critically acclaimed albums from the Chapel Hill guitar rock innovators who ruled the 90's with an iron, artfully de-tuned fist. 1992's "Cor-Crane Secret" is an ambitious debut, showcasing what would become a signature approach to rock music: tweaked, sprawling in scope, and adorned by serpentine melodies straddling the border where east meets west. A classic; long out of print on vinyl. --This text refers to the Vinyl edition.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars First full-length from underappreciated geniuses, August 2, 1999

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[e-mail] (Georgia) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Cor-Crane Secret (Audio CD)

Perhaps some will think I am using the word "geniuses" loosely, but I'm not. Polvo are a truly incredible band. At first, one's ear may hear the dissonance and nothing else, but with time the underlying melodies come through, the non-structure reveals its structure, and what at first seems like chaos becomes an enjoyable listen. This album is classic Polvo - great melodies, guitar work to blow the mind of any six-string geek, and a sense that these guys really care about what they're doing. It's a shame that these guys are no longer around. Do yourself a favor and buy this album, along with all other Polvo releases. It's a higher quality of music.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Brilliant, July 26, 2000

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C Cronin (England) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Cor-Crane Secret (Audio CD)

When i first heard this album i didn't quite understand it, but it seems that polvo have totally broken the rules when it comes to making music. The guitarists never play the same guitar line as each other and their arrangements are very strange. They do (strangely) have a strange sense of melody and the songs are very good. I think that this album will be appreciated most by those who play guitar as it will broaden their horizons. There is only one problem with this album, it's not long enough - but maybe that adds to the mistique.

4 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars brilliant, August 23, 1998

By A Customer

This review is from: Cor-Crane Secret (Audio CD)

Cor-Crane Secret find's everyone's favorite out of tune indie band giving us another masterpiece. This is the type of record you put on and leave on, not skipping any songs. Every song is amazing and the intro to vibracobra is sure to pull you in. Unfortunately, this band is no longer with us but great albums like this and their other early work will always remain as fresh and important as when they were initially released.