Drawn to the Deep End

Mustain Gene, Gene | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (March 4, 1997)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Polygram Records
• ASIN: B000002GNG
• Also Available in: Audio CD  |  Audio Cassette  |  Vinyl
• Average Customer Review: 3.9 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (14 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #157,346 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. New Amusements

2. Fighting Fit

3. Where Are They Now?

4. Speak To Me Someone

5. We Could Be Kings

6. Why I Was Born

7. Long Sleeves For The Summer

8. Save Me, I'm Yours

9. Voice Of The Father

10. The Accidental

11. I Love You, What Are You?

12. Sub Rosa

Editorial Reviews

Now stocking their '97 released record. Featuring the singles for 'Fighting Fit', 'Where Are They Now?', 'Speak To Me Someone' & 'We Could Be Kings'. Standard jewelcase. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Gene's Disintegration, February 22, 2001

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"bowieclone" - See all my reviews

This review is from: Drawn to the Deep End (Audio CD)

With the crushed romanticism and emotional bleakness Drawn to the deep end recalls The Cure's Disintegration (*****) and with its strings and inevitable melodrama Suede's Dog Man Star (*****) will also come to mind. The fact that it bears close comparison to these albums is an indicator of the masterpiece that Gene have produced. A quite beautiful record.

4.0 out of 5 stars The best song The Smiths never wrote..., July 25, 2007

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boomerhead "a reviewer" (East Coast, USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Drawn to the Deep End (Audio CD)

...was Gene's "Where Are They Now?"

Of course, Morrisey and Co. started it all. I also generally prefer Marr's jangly 60's guitar over the more bluesy, so-called "pub" sound of Gene. But while the Smith's up-tempo, early numbers were unmatched, Morriseys penchant for draggy, pointless, dirge-like numbers always brought their albums down a few notches.

Not so with Gene. Gene's moodier pieces typically had better direction and melody. Rossiter's writing and delivery managed to be more poetic and heart-felt than Morriseys.

"Where Are They Now" is the whole reason I looked into this band. It is almost a Britpop answer to "Stairway to Heaven." Lovely and tender at first, changing gears midway to a stirring and gripping mid-tempo climax (without the shrillness Morrisey would resort to).

Perfection is a series of refinements, and sometimes the followers are part of part of the process.

4.0 out of 5 stars a tale of two halves..., October 11, 2005

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M. Lohrke (Saratoga Springs, UT) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Drawn to the Deep End (Audio CD)

in classic britpop mode, gene released a pretty decent debut album in 'olympian' then absolutely smashed it with their second release, 'drawn to the deep end.' martin morrissey, er, rossiter finally stopped invoking the mozzer mystique in favor of his own vocal styling. the results are more than satisfying. rozzer has a very nice voice. steve mason, for his part, was always an underrated guitarist. it's too bad because he lays down some serious riffage on 'drawn to the deep end.'

the first half of the album is hit after hit after hit. 'drawn...' is a much more complex album than it's predecessor, relying more on tempo shifts, trickier arrangements, and a bit more rawkish sound. the albums to stand out tracks, 'where are they now?' and the outstanding 'we could be kings' show just how much the lads had learned and grown while writing and recording their second album. the second half of the album isn't nearly as interesting as the first (except for 'the accidental'), but the first half of the album provides the listener with more than enough sophisticated ear candy to warrant the purchase.

sadly gene never reached the fame reached by oasis, blur, the verve and others. and sadly they disappeared without so much as a blip on the radar. for those of you who missed gene the first time around, their first two albums are worthy additions to the britpop canon.