Flight & Crash

Hot Water Music | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (June 5, 2001)
• Original Release Date: 2001
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Epitaph / Ada
• ASIN: B00005JIYB
• Also Available in: Audio CD  |  MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 4.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (17 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #149,453 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. A Flight and a Crash

2. Jack of All Trades

3. Paper Thin

4. Instrumental

5. Swinger

6. A Clear Line

7. Choked and Separated

8. Old Rules

9. Sons and Daughters

10. Sunday Suit

11. She Takes It So Well

12. One More Time

13. In the Gray

14. Call It Trashing

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Another solid effort., June 7, 2001

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dredpirateroberts (Lemon Grove, CA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Flight & Crash (Audio CD)

As a long time fan of these guys I have mixed emotions about this album. The objective side of me really likes this one, but the biased fan in me is not completely satisfied.

The song writing, musicianship, and energy are all top notch and on par with their earlier releases. There is no filler here - all the songs are good. Each song stands up on its own and also works together well as a whole album. I found it hard to pick "favorites", but I really like 'Paper Thin', 'Choked & Seperated', 'Old Rules', 'Jack of All Trades', 'A Flight & A Crash', and 'She Takes it So Well'.

There are only a couple nitpick things about this album that knock it down a few pegs for me:

First off - there is a lack of the "call and response" type of vocal work that really set these guys apart from the crowd. The two guitarists/vocalists played off eachother really effectively on previous albums. They did a lot of singing under and over each-other. Sometimes singing completely different lines at the same time. This had become one of the "trademarks" of their sound. This album suffers slightly because they don't incorperate this style of vocals nearly as much as they used to.

Secondly - The production of, or over-all "sound" of 'A Flight & A Crash' is a little more polished. I wouldn't go so far as to say that it is "over-produced", but there is something about it that sounds a little more "flat" than I'm used to. At times the music all kinda washes together. There is a little more of that so called "Wall of Sound" quality that seems to happen with high energy rock bands sometimes when they record on a bigger budget with more main stream production. I just felt like I could hear each seperate instrument better and more clearly on the last three albums.

So, overall, 'A Flight & A Crash' is another really good album by Hot Water Music. Some minor flaws in my opinion, but still well worth having in your collection. Still better than 99% of the bands out there.

5.0 out of 5 stars Best Band Ever!, March 7, 2011

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Grandmaster J - See all my reviews

This review is from: Flight & Crash (Audio CD)

Love love this band. They are off the hook. Even better live! This album is a must have. Every album HWM puts out is a must have. One of the best base players you'll ever hear,actually follows the drummer. Vocals are awesome. They sound like Men when they sing. Not like chicks like most bands these days. Drums off the hook. Catchy tunes, great guitars.

5.0 out of 5 stars One of the Best from the Best, August 3, 2006

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Tom Cody "Tom" (Lansing, MI) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Flight & Crash (Audio CD)

This album is one of the top 2 best albums from HWM. In 2001 the band underwent a clear change from their older raw style, to a new "cleaner sounding" record. The bottom line is that if you want the best record from their 1994-2000 era, buy "Fuel for the Hate Game". If you want their best record from 2001 until they broke up in May 2006, buy "A Flight and Crash." This record will not dissapoint.