Girls & Weather [Import]

The Rumble Strips | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (September 24, 2007)
• Original Release Date: 2007
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Import
• Label: Universal UK
• ASIN: B000RHR7LG
• In-Print Editions: Audio CD  |  MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 4.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #480,467 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. No Soul

2. Alarm Clock

3. Building A Boat

4. Girls And Boys In Love

5. Oh Creole

6. Motorcycle

7. Time

8. Clouds

9. Don't Dumb Down

10. Cowboy

11. Hate Me (You Do)

12. Hands

Editorial Reviews

2007 debut album from the hotly-tipped Britpopsters. The Rumble Strips have recorded a truly classic British album from somewhat eccentric origins in Devon, the four young men from Tavistock have fashioned a set of songs steeped with huge, life-affirming choruses all awash with the optimism of youth. Includes the single ‘Girls And Boys IN Love, which has been snapped up as the lead track from the forthcoming Simon Pegg Film Run Fat Boy Run. 12 tracks. UMTV. --This text refers to an alternate Audio CD edition.

Customer Reviews

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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars lotsa fun..., December 21, 2007

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R. S. Chaney "deBruno" (Kentucky, US) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Girls & Weather (Audio CD)

This album is lotsa fun. The performances are so exuberant they very nearly left me breathless. This group has a wonderfully soulful take on brit-rock. It's odd to hear this stripped down approach ,achieved without PRO-TOOLS I'm guessing,produce something so rousing.It makes me realize just how badly wrong other groups do get this sound.

5.0 out of 5 stars Nice rocking CD, February 27, 2009

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Brian D. Six "SiriusBomb" (Columbus, OH, USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Girls & Weather (Audio CD)

I love the raw feeling of this CD. They have a great opinion of what rock and roll is and should sound like, and pull it off very well. Their sound is less refined than most mainstream music, and the imperfections are what make it so great.

"Cowboy" is a must listen!

4.0 out of 5 stars Finally . . . a good British band with a terrible name, May 9, 2008

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Robert Hammond "RobbieLee" (Oshkosh, WI) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Girls & Weather (Audio CD)

Okay, with a name like The Rumble Strips I was thinking these guys were a po dunk local band that have a cousin who's a recording exec.
But outside of their silly name, these Brits are, in fact, far from a joke. They have great energy, and probably the most unique arrangement of songs I've ever heard from a Brit-pop band since the Beatles. They remind me of The Matches vocally, and the song writing bats near The Yellow Submarine-era Beatles.
Their intrumentation may come across as hokey the first listen, but all the songs (save Motorcycle, which is as close to a dud as the Strips come) have polished melodies and soul, and show little wear, even after many listens. Very, very close to 5 stars, but that stupid Motorcycle song is a thorn in their flesh.

They also have a song on Run, Fat Boy, Run. Which is a good movie, though not Pegg's best showing.