Coral [Import]

The Coral | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (September 10, 2002)
• Original Release Date: 2008
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Import
• Label: Sbme Import
• ASIN: B00006AKOH
• In-Print Editions: MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 4.1 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (18 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #297,371 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Spanish Main

2. I Remember When

3. Shadows Fall

4. Dreaming of You

5. Simon Diamond

6. Goodbye

7. Waiting for the Heartaches

8. Skeleton Key

9. Wildfire

10. Bad Man

11. Calendars and Clocks

Editorial Reviews

Picture the scene if you will, you're sat in your parents' front room in Liverpool with the Syd Barrett-era Pink Floyd rolling the spliffs, Frank Zappa and the Mothers of Invention jamming in the corner, and The La's looking on in wondrous bemusement before joining in. Mad? Possibly, but that is the scene that rolls through the mind as The Coral's debut long-player comes to an end. A more disparate and yet strangely coherent collection of moods and styles you will not hear this year outside a supremely eclectic compilation. 'The Coral' is the sound of a band saying 'Why don't we try this' as they attempt to distil all of their influences into one exhilarating musical soup - which is kind of the whole point of debut albums. And while most bands wouldn't dream of throwing in anywhere near as disparate a range of styles, that only makes the end result more unique. Weird but mostly wonderful. 11 tracks. 2002.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

13 of 14 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars English bands are getting COOL again!, August 19, 2002

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"malenurseman" (Nebraska) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Coral (Audio CD)

I spent the majority of the early nineties salivating with anticipation any new british band that carried a psychedelic side to them. Remember when you first heard the Inspiral Carpets? Stone Roses? Ride? Those bands led you to the past incrementally or haphazardly and you discovered The Teardrop Explodes, Echo & the Bunnymen, Syd-Barret, and you realized...there has been great music to find all along. Sometimes you just have to look harder. I was so anxious to hear the Coral after reading that they were from Liverpool and were embracing the Psych-scene. If you love the Teardrops, the La's, by way of early bluesy Captain Beefheart, this album will positively KNOCK YOUR SOCKS OFF. The vocalist sounds amazingly like Julian Cope. Syd Barrett is in there bouncing around too. Why is this so special to me? Maybe it's because I get a chance to appreciate all over again a new breed of bands that follow in the footestps of their forebarers yet have their own sound. The Coral provide a great soundtrack to the latest (and possibly greatest) resurgence of psychedelia (it's like the tide you know, ebbs and flows, always coming back). We need the Coral and their brethren if for no other reason than to celebrate the real joy of music for music's sake. forget the calculated hit-machine, this is the real deal. if your 20, new at college, get it. You will be on your way to being part of a worthwhile scene worth further investigation. Thanks to Amazon for having it available.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Yowzers..., January 21, 2003

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A. Haynes (Sydney, NSW Australia) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Coral (Audio CD)

Well... talk about a surprise... I heard the song "Goodbye" on the radio a few times, really liked it, took a chance on the album... and boy am I glad I did!

I can't claim to be an expert on 60s psych music (I have a H.P. Lovecraft CD, some Doors CDs and early Pink Floyd, but not much else), but I can definately hear the influence in these guys. The vocalist doesn't sound a whole heap like Jim Morrison, but he *sings* very similar to Jimmy, and I would classify the Doors as the closest comparison to The Coral that I could come up with. People may call them clones, but if it's good music, it's good music.

As for the hype, well, I live in Australia and had never heard of these guys except for the one song I mentioned above, which was played a few times on an Australian indie station... 99.9% of Australians would have no idea who these guys are, so I'm certainly unaffected by any hype. This is just plain quality music, and very refreshing after the music of the 90s (with the exception of the likes of Radiohead, Tool et al), and even more-so, the shamefull 80s...Can't wait to hear what else these guys come up with on their follow up, but this is certainly a tough act to follow...

If you are interested in music that's a little "out there", yet whilst remaining wholly accessible, this is the cd for you!

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Arrrrrrrrrr Matey, February 7, 2003

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T. Snyder "TS" (AZ) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Coral (Audio CD)

If you didn't look at the booklet, you could almost envision seeing this album made thirty years ago, somewhere around the end of the 60's. It has a real timeless feel to it. At times it sounds kind of like the Doors - mostly because of the prominent use of the organ in some songs. At times though, it sounds kind of campy and pirate-y (hence the Arrr matey), but I can live with those couple instances. Overall very impressive debut. Good stuff.