Enigmatic: The String Quartet Tribute To Radiohead

Tribute to Radiohead (Artist) | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (July 1, 2003)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Vitamin Records
• ASIN: B00009UW0Z
• In-Print Editions: MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 3.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (7 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #220,116 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars A problem of Production, January 2, 2009

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A. Webb (Arlington, VA United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Enigmatic: The String Quartet Tribute To Radiohead (Audio CD)

I've actually seen The Section Quartet perform Radiohead songs live, in a small club venue, and the results there just blew me away. The passion and reverence the group had for the songs combined with the power that came with these wooden instruments rocking together in harmony together put a vibration through my body and mind. It was a fun night out, and if they come by your neck of the woods, I recommend that you check it out.

Even though this is the same group playing the same arrangements on this CD, I can't recommend it. The laziness and insufficiency of the production quality of this music is a crime. It sounds as if it were recorded with one microphone pointed at the group from across a soundproof room. Without individually mic'ed instruments or a vibrant stereo mix, the music comes across as unbelievably flat. The sonic quality of the individual instruments are totally gone, particularly in the lower ranges, as the pulsing energy of the cello parts don't even get a quiver out of my bass speakers.

Please Section Quartet: go back and try this again, with a proper music recording setup this time... your music deserves it.

15 of 22 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Simple, September 15, 2004

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Jonathan (United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Enigmatic: The String Quartet Tribute To Radiohead (Audio CD)

Totally uninspired. They put Radiohead to a string quartet but there's no personality to it, they've just drained Yorke's voice away and replaced it with a replica on strings. If only they had brought their own vision to the work instead of trying to reproduce it on different instruments. To coin a phrase: there ain't nothin like the real thing.

5.0 out of 5 stars A must have for Radiohead fans, September 1, 2008

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J. Fraga "joenotsocool" (Michigan, USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Enigmatic: The String Quartet Tribute To Radiohead (Audio CD)

This is a great CD for anyone who is familiar with the work of Radiohead. A good way to tell how great a modern band is, is to listen to them performed in a classical setting. Most modern groups are repetitive and dry, while Radiohead's blend of classic chords and intense sound experimentation are amplified and then reinterpreted in a new form. Yorkes voice comes across as an important ingredient to this recipe, as it does in their music normally, but in this arena, it gives you the inconsistency to create emotion without words and covey the mood. Two friends of mine who hate Radiohead heard this in my car and asked for a copy, and when I told them it was Radiohead, they purchaced not only this CD but a few of their regular CD's. Also check out some of the other Radiohead CD's for strings and even piano. Enjoy. -Joe