The Coral [Enhanced]

The Coral | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (March 4, 2003)
• Original Release Date: 2003
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Enhanced
• Label: Sony
• ASIN: B00008J2Q9
• Also Available in: Audio CD  |  MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 4.4 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (28 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #68,657 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

12. Goodbye (Video)

13. Dreaming Of You (Video)

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

6 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Tired of new retro? Hear's a breath of VERY fresh air., March 5, 2003

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P. Funky (Tampa, Florida United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: The Coral (Audio CD)

I am a fan of new retro bands like The Walkmen, The Strokes, Frech Kicks, The Hives, etc, etc. But it gets old at times. When I saw this band, The Coral, on Conan O'Brien a week or so ago, I was immediately at attention. They played the song "Dreaming Of You". I just knew that I had to hear more. As soon as I did, I immediately began to wonder how I would possibly describe them to my friends. I can hear so many old Rock n'Roll influences in the music, that it's hard to pick one. The Beatles is the best way to describe it, in a different way than other bands. If you ask most rock bands nowadays the top five bands that influenced them the most, 9 out of 10 would say The Beatles, but, for The Coral, it is in a much more direct sense. I wouldn't be surprised if they started as a Beatles cover band by the way they sound, in the same way that is not surprising in the least bit that The Vines started as a Nirvana cover band. But don't think for a second that only Beatles fans will be interested. I am a mainly ska and punk (or ska-punk if you'd prefer to mix the two) guy myself. But this is still one of my favorite new bands, along with Authority Zero, Maroon 5 and Andrew W.K. See what I mean about varied musical tastes loving this band? This is the most original, incredible music I've heard in a LONG time.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Not since the Stone Roses...., March 5, 2003

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R. sigler "kozmo99" (Dallas, TX USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The Coral (Audio CD)

After buying music from the UK scene since I was fifteen, the freshness was wearing off - until now. The last album that had this kind of impact on me was Oasis' "Morning Glory", and that album has always been a guilty pleasure. Before that, only one other release gave me goosebumps - The Stones Roses debut lp. Now, The Coral ain't the Roses, but it's better than almost any of the overhyped records from last year, including the Queens Of The Stoneage (ok, a U.S. band) and The Music, which were just "ok", at best. So, what's so special about this one - it's so over-the-top, with pop, psych, reggae and anything else they thought would fit into the stew. But, the main thing that makes it work is that it never sounds derivative, as so many other guitar acts do. There's a bit of Beefheart, Beatles, Wedding Present and lord knows what else. It's not going to be to everyone's taste, but if you give it a chance, you'll find this to be one of the most rewarding acts to come out of the UK in years.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Whoa....trippy man..., February 14, 2006

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Matt London (Tucson, AZ) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The Coral (Audio CD)

I had never heard of The Coral but their song Dreaming of You is featured in an episode of Scrubs. It is a damn fine pop song and I had to check out the rest of the album. So...no other song on the disc sounds remotely like it. This disc seems like something put together by late 60's and early 70's acid/psychedelic bands. I hear influences by early Aerosmith, Pink Floyd, Santana, Donovan, maybe some Moody Blues and Jefferson Airplane. No one song has the same exact sound influence but it is all so groovy and funky. You would never guess by listnening that it was a modern artist or recording.

So that is a description, but does it rock? Hell yeah. I first listened to it in my car but if you have a pair of headphones, jam it on your MP3.

I am just old enough to recognize the roots of this stuff but not quite old enough to have been in my musical prime while those roots were in the forefront. I like bands like Franz Ferdinand, The Killers and the like and as another reviewer said, this is not that sound at all. I do see some minor connection to the White Stripes, but mostly due to a persistent heavy bass line throughout this album.

So to summarize:This is real retro rock. The era is 60's/70's psych rock as opposed to 80's punk & garage, but truly cool music. I am going to definitely try another disc from The Coral after completely digesting this one. And "Dreaming of You" is probably one of the better pop songs I have heard recently.