Ejector Seat Reservation [Import]

Swervedriver | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (October 21, 2008)
• Original Release Date: 2008
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Import
• Label: Sony Bmg Europe
• ASIN: B001ES1B2I
• Also Available in: Audio CD
• Average Customer Review: 4.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (12 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #197,047 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Single Finger Salute

2. Bring Me the Head of the Fortune Teller

3. The Other Jesus

4. Son of Jaguar 'E'

5. I Am Superman

6. Bubbling Up

7. Ejector Seat Reservation

8. How Does It Feel to Look Like Candy?

9. Last Day on Earth

10. The Birds

Editorial Reviews

Limited edition digitally remastered and expanded digipak edition of this 1995 album from the British Shoegazing legends featuring three rare bonus tracks ('Maelstrom', 'The Directors Cut Of Your Life' and 'Just Sometimes') and additional liner notes from the band. 16 tracks total. Sony/BMG. 2008.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

9 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A stunningly mature, complex, and overlooked masterpiece, July 1, 2000

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Noah Green (New York, NY USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Ejector Seat Reservation (Audio CD)

No finer band has had as many career troubles as Swervedriver. Whether it was labels dropping them, labels dying underneath them, or personnel changes, Swervedriver consistently faced seemingly arbitrary obstacles that prevented them from blowing up into the phenomenon they deserved to be. Nowhere is this more apparent than on this record, a departure from their earlier "shoegazer meets the MC5" sound and a move towards an incredibly complex, mature songwriting style. This record did come out at the beginning of the Oasis-driven Brit-pop revival period, and some of the songs seem to bear the stamp of that time. But that's not because Swervedriver were imitating Oasis. What the band was doing was writing thoughtful, melodic pieces that fell solidly into the English singer-songwriter tradition. And, whereas Oasis simply reproduces that tradition verbatim, Swervedriver attempted to move the tradition into a new direction shaped by the sound of Swervedriver's earlier albums. The middle section of this record, including "I Am Superman", "Bubbling Up", "Ejector Seat Reservation", and "Candy" pull this off most effectively. "Bring Me The Head Of The Fortune Teller" and "The Other Jesus" bear the most resemblance to Swervedriver's earlier sounds; "Son Of Jaguar E.", despite its title's allusion to the Swervedriver classic "Son of Mustang Ford", actually veers away from the early sound and straight into traditional Brit-pop, as does the masterpiece, "Last Day on Earth." Naturally, Swervedriver's knack for undeserved label trouble prevented this record from being released in the states. It is worth every penny of the import price. And while you're at it, buy all their other albums, too.

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars ESR, August 15, 2000

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C Cronin (England) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Ejector Seat Reservation (Audio CD)

War, famine, poverty are all pretty bad. But lets face it, the biggest injustice ever is that swervedriver aren't the biggest band in the world. They should have achieved it with mezcal head (or even raise) but this album was the one that should have made them a household name. It didn't, for a number of reasons: 1 - they got dropped by creation about two weeks after it's release, 2: It wasn't released in America, 3: No support from radio or MTV, 4: Oasis released one of the biggest albums in the history of british rock the same year. The truth is that Swervedriver were destined to be the biggest band in the world, but somewhere along the line they got screwed - repeatedly. This album was overflowing with potential hits and should have made them stars. It's not fair - But hey, life's not fair. Adam, Jimmy, Steve and Jez should have been the new Beatles. This album is criminally overlooked/underrated.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars The Great Lost Swervedriver Album, September 7, 2006

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G. Smith (Edmonds, WA USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Ejector Seat Reservation (Audio CD)

They'd already mastered blazing sonics over Raise and Mezcal Head, so Swervedriver push into new pop turf (read: less shoegazery, though they always rocked much harder than the rest of that scene) on ESR with astounding success, only to be dropped by their US label just prior to release. Creation released it in Europe but didn't support it one measly whit. Some record store kid had an import stashed under the counter way back when, and for whatever reason saw fit to sell it to me.

Every Swervedriver record is some degree of awesome (well, maybe 99th Dream tops out at "great"), but ESR is the one that'll stand the test of time. They toss some T-Rex and Who into their melange, get more gnarly and direct on a few songs, and uncork a handful of true classics that still boggle the ears all these years later. "Last Day on Earth" and "The Birds" are both stunning combinations of sonic pleasure and chest-expanding emotion. Were I forced at gunpoint to pick one SWD CD, this'd be the one.