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Edward Sharpe & The Magnetic Zeros
 
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Edward Sharpe & The Magnetic Zeros

Edward Sharpe & The Magnetic ZerosMP3 Music
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  • Original Release Date: July 14, 2009
  • Format - Music: MP3
  • Compatible with MP3 Players (including with iPod®), iTunes, Windows Media Player
 
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This band is awesome , the more i listen to this CD the more I love them! Lisa Devalentino  |  28 reviewers made a similar statement
I love their music style, but what really makes this album great is the variety of the songs. Gordon Harms  |  23 reviewers made a similar statement
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255 of 264 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars They play like innocent kids. And make you want to. December 14, 2009
Format:Audio CD
When it's time to name the Song of the Year, list-makers who don't put "Home" in their Top Five may come to feel...sheepish.

That's because there's a medicine show coming your way, guaranteed to cure whatever ails you. And the best service someone like me can provide is to prepare you for it. That's simple: you're going to dance. Pretty much from minute one. With whomever you're with. With strangers. And with a massive, how-did-this happen grin on your face.

Maybe you could know a bit more. Like: there is no "Edward Sharpe" in the 9-to12-member band that that calls itself Edward Sharpe & The Magnetic Zeros. Alex Ebert. the lead singer, looks like a guy who's just back from an ashram in India: underfed, long hair up in a bun, loose white shirt and pants, and bare feet. The female lead singer is so enthusiastic and awake --- a knockout in a thrift-shop dress, cardigan sweater and running shoes --- that you can't take your eyes off her. "A beautiful woman," Proust wrote, "is an invitation to a happiness she alone can fulfill." That is Jade Castrinos.

I love everything about this crew --- its large cast, its back story, and, most of all, its simple formula for happiness.

Okay, so the lyrics are mostly unabashed cornball ("Alabama, Arkansas/ I do love my Ma and Pa/ But not as much as I do love you"). I love how the song starts with a whistled echo of an Ennio Morricone theme from a Clint Eastwood western. I love the band and its soloists. Most of all, I'm a sucker for the refrain: "Home, let me come home/ Home is wherever I'm with you.
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69 of 78 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars It's like a koala bear crapped a rainbow in my brain! August 12, 2009
Format:MP3 Music
I heard "Home" on the radio yesterday and couldn't wipe the smile off my face. That track is an instant all time fave of mine, and the album is great.
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40 of 47 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars instant fun streaming out of your speakers August 18, 2009
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How to describe this sound - rich, dynamic, eclectic: mix one part Arcade Fire, one part Johnny Cash (sprinkled with a pinch of June Carter), toss in some Sgt. Peppers era Beatles, oh and don't forget the AM GOLD. I am just in love with this album.
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17 of 18 people found the following review helpful
4.0 out of 5 stars Not really my taste, but I like it. December 12, 2009
By yowza3
Format:MP3 Music|Amazon Verified Purchase
After stumbling upon "Home" on hypem, I saw their album was just $5 on Amazon. After listening to previews of the other songs on the album, I went ahead and bought it. I don't usually listen to this genre of music but I actually am liking the CD so far. "Home" is already a favorite, as well as Jade, Janglin', and a few others. Their music is different from what I usually listen to, but the purchase was well worth it.
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9 of 9 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars A Wonderful Record February 21, 2010
Format:Audio CD
This is an incredibly good record.

I hesitated to buy it. How can a band produce something like "Home" and not have the rest of the record sound like repitition or duds? "Home" sounds like a perfect candidate for a "one-hit wonder" band.

But that is not the case.

This record is full of invention and wonder; originality combined with allusions to other masters. I hear so many sounds that make me go "who is that like?" and if I remember I think "no - it is reminiscent, but not a copy". And they just layer it all on you, over and over, track after track. Creating their own original experience.

Incredible. Thanks, Brooke, for turning me onto this.

Oh - and the car radio or YouTube or little things stuck in your ears do not do justice. You need to hear it play (loud) where the drum pounds through your chest and the piano rings in your ears and the horns blare in your face and you dance and smile.
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29 of 40 people found the following review helpful
3.0 out of 5 stars Freight train that loses steam January 13, 2010
Format:Audio CD
I heard the song "Home" on a mix tape and really liked it. It was fun and sweet and had an intricate simplicity I really enjoyed. I got the full album and it starts off amazing. Lots of interesting and catchy tunes. About half way through though, this album loses all steam. It gets thin and boring and somber. The happiness that made me pick the album up disappeared. I found myself wondering how much longer the songs were because they were just dragging on forever. To me, this would be a great album if it was cut in half. It feels like the first chunk is fun and original, and the latter is just unneeded filler.
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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful
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I heard "Home" while in the car on the local radio station, WTTS, one day in late July. I was instantly drawn to it. Both voices in this particular track, the more and more I hear it, are so intense and melodic that I have to rank it as one of my top tracks of the year. The lyrics are even equally intense for this track, and probably tugged at my heartstrings a bit. And this bit of information is the sole reason I am giving this record 3 stars, instead of 2. I've listened to this album a few times now, and I just don't feel it. "Home," to me, is the only track I feel through my bones. Every other track, lyrically and musically, has done nothing for me. Alex Ebert's voice constantly throughout the entire record reminded me of Bob Dylan's... I just kept flashing back to that era. This is an extreme compliment, as I think Dylan owned one of the best voices in music history. Which is why with each track, I was hopeful. However, I just don't feel it. I am obviously in the minority here. I will continue to listen to this album on occasion, and hope it grows on me.
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Most Recent Customer Reviews
4.0 out of 5 stars Pretty good album
A lot of good stuff to be found here. I don't listen to it from beginning to end personally but it is nice to have in some of my bigger playlists.
Published 7 days ago by Rummie McLush
5.0 out of 5 stars Great lesser known band.
I saw Big Easy Express on direct tv with This band, Mumford and Sons and Old Crow Medicine Show and I liked this band immediately. I love Mumford and Sons as well. Read more
Published 24 days ago by The Grinch
3.0 out of 5 stars The Family?
Yes, I like their hit song, "Home", but after seeing them perform it on Letterman, I got frightening memories of the Manson family.
Published 25 days ago by Talos
4.0 out of 5 stars Pretty good stuff
I bought this because I will be seeing them with Mumford and I wanted to familiarize myself with their music prior to the show. Read more
Published 28 days ago by CLE+Schmit
5.0 out of 5 stars Groviness to the max!
i gave it 5stars, it's a great album, great buy. press play, and spark one up! you will not be disapointed.
Published 1 month ago by Juan Daniel Ruiz
5.0 out of 5 stars Good folky fun
How cute is this band? I love them and I think anyone can enjoy this. It's folky and energetic and it's just such a great, fun album.
Published 1 month ago by ashleydottir
5.0 out of 5 stars Great album
This is one of the greatest albums I have ever listened to. I can't believe it took me so long to finally order it.
Published 1 month ago by Nicholas Rubenstein
5.0 out of 5 stars Worth the hype
I'm usually not one to buy an album when it gets overplayed, but these guys are great. Looking forward to hearing more from them in the future.
Published 1 month ago by slapsomeducttapeonit
2.0 out of 5 stars To slow.
One or two of the songs are good but the rest all sounds the same and puts me to sleep.
Published 1 month ago by Bruce Prior
5.0 out of 5 stars Love.
One of the best new bands out there. And I'm not one to love new bands, but you should give both their albums a try and I promise you won't regret it.
Published 1 month ago by Vee
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