Cypress/Afoot

Let's Active | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (August 12, 2003)
• Original Release Date: 1983
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Collector's Choice
• ASIN: B00009PBGG
• Also Available in: Audio CD
• Average Customer Review: 4.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (13 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #147,384 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Easy Does

2. Waters Part

3. Lowdown

4. Gravel Truck

5. Crows on a Phone Line

6. Ring True

7. Blue Line

8. Flags for Everything

9. Prey

10. Co-Star

11. Ornamental

12. Counting Down

13. Grey Scale [*]

14. Every Word Means No

15. Make up With Me

16. Edge of the World

17. Room With a View

18. In Between

19. Leader of Men

20. Two Yous [*]

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

14 of 14 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Unbelievably Good, August 12, 2003

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Scott McFarland (Manassas, VA United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Cypress/Afoot (Audio CD)

This is some of the best rock/pop to have been recorded in the 1980's. It was perhaps too good, too deep to be perceived by the masses as such, despite the fact that bandleader Mitch Easter was a reigning "hip priest" due to his role in R.E.M.'s first three records and a host of other projects.

Easter's production of these records is rather great, full of pastoral sounds and colors layered on top of the band. His material is rather strong. The band play rather well. All in all, it's the state of the art for independent music circa 1984 and it's astonishingly good. However good you think this might be, it's better. In a fairer world, this would have been bigger than U2 or R.E.M. (as would the dBs' first two albums).

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars pure pop euphoria !, July 12, 2005

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Chase Leon (United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Cypress/Afoot (Audio CD)

If heaven is going to have a "pop" soundtrack playing at all times, then my friends, this is THE CD that should fit the bill. It is about as irresistable and satisfying as a pure pop album can be, with plenty of goodies and surprises in store for all pop and rock fans. Why this band didn't become a household name in the 80's will forever be a mystery and a big mistake. Simply put, it doesn't get any better than this. I would highly encourage music lovers in general to purchase this CD. You absolutely, positively can not go wrong. Your money will be well invested.

10 of 12 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Pop perfection, August 16, 2004

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J. Brady (PAWLEYS ISLAND, SC United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Cypress/Afoot (Audio CD)

Incredibly smart yet accessible. Instantly catchy but not disposable. And more playful than the ( mostly ) willfully obscure early REM. These two long - unavailable albums ( on one cd, no less...YES !! ) are, simply put, some of the best pop music of the 1980's.