Curved Glass [Import]

Hopewell | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (December 4, 2001)
• Original Release Date: 2001
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Import
• Label: Phantom Sound & Vision
• ASIN: B00005K3QZ
• Also Available in: Audio CD  |  MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 4.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (6 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #624,241 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Angel Is My Watermark

2. In the Small Places

3. There Is Something

4. There Is Nothing

5. Christmas Now

6. Moon Man

7. Safe as Milk

8. Lazy Day

9. Watermark (Reprise)

10. The Fish

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

5.0 out of 5 stars Wow - still resonating in my skull., March 5, 2008

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Geographer "Paul" (Desert, USA) - See all my reviews

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This review is from: Curved Glass (Audio CD)

The grinding, echoing space that Hopewell carves out on this album is like a giddy isolation tank, and the sound deserves high volume or a good set of headphones. The Hopewell experience reminds me most of the crushing joyful feeback accomplishments of the traditional heavies, like Velvet Underground, as well as the masters of more recent noisy neo-psychedelia, including the Flaming Lips, rather than of the lighter Merry-Go-Round or Beatles production style of bands like Kula Shaker. This stuff actually vibrates its way into your head.

For those who started with the later work of "Hopewell & the Birds of Appetite," as I did, you will find the vocals heavily buried under the roiling harmonic noise. For me: a very good thing, though others may prefer the more lyrical sound of the later work. This album has replaced everything else in my CD changer for the moment.

5.0 out of 5 stars pretty darn great, December 14, 2003

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adamo "aortiz22" (chicago, il United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Curved Glass (Audio CD)

takes the rev thing to another place. Well-produced, balances the bizarre-noise thing and amazing melody perfectly. "Christmas Now" is one of the best songs written in the last 5 years.

3.0 out of 5 stars better than rev, May 20, 2003

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P. R Sundeen "luciusweet" (omaha, ne) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Curved Glass (Audio CD)

i bought this cd before i was aware of the rev members. i don't care for the rev but somehow love this cd. usually very picky with my music, so a bit confused why i like this so much. best line- "do you ever wonder why, the morning sky..."