Downtown, Saturday

Nadine | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (December 14, 1999)
• Original Release Date: May 31, 1999
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Undertow Music
• ASIN: B00000JFJU
• Also Available in: Audio CD  |  MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 4.9 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (14 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #67,746 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)
  • #95 in Music > Indie Music > Alternative Rock > Rock

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

10 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Best alt.country Album since Son Volt's "Trace", October 20, 1999

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Brian D. Rubendall (Oakton, VA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Downtown, Saturday (Audio CD)

Not since the first Son Volt album in 1995 has there been as excellent an album from an "Alternative Country" artist. "Downtown, Saturday" flat out gets my vote for best album of the year. If radio had any imagination, these guys would rule the airwaves. The vocals are as hauntingly pretty as the music and the songwriting is breathtaking. A rare album that improves with every listen.

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A perfect album, March 7, 2000

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Brian C. Taylor "smug feldspar magnate" (Tallahassee, FL USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Downtown, Saturday (Audio CD)

The first time I listened to this, I said to myself, "Yeah, not bad, I can probably listen to this a few more times." After a few more times, I'm saying to myself, "What a great album. People don't make albums like this often enough." I hate to label things, but this is the best altcountry album I've ever heard. Somewhere between rock and country, with elements of soul, folk, and, yeah, even hip-hop (check out the first song's drum beat) combined to make a perfect album. I wouldn't change a thing. I'd add it to the short list that includes the Rolling Stones' "Exile on Main Street", Big Star's "Radio City", and the Clash's "London Calling". It really is that good.

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars music to hurt by, July 17, 1999

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Mark Mauer (Los Angeles, CA United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Downtown, Saturday (Audio CD)

I swear the music makes me ache like arthritis. Usually albums that try to be wrenching come off as overly sentimental and sappy; it's a tough line to walk, but they do it without ever looking down and faltering. Completely sincere, heartfelt, believeable and way too easy to relate to, get wrapped in and the next thing you know it's 2 in the morning, you've listened to it 6 times in a row and there's more empty bottles around then you remember opening. Recommended, but not necessarily for those who can't plumb the depths.