The Good Nurse

Five-Eight (Artist)

Product Details

• Audio CD (June 16, 2000)
• Original Release Date: April 18, 2000
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Deep Elm
• ASIN: B00004SDDD
• In-Print Editions: MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 4.8 out of 5 stars See all reviews (6 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #282,354 in Music (See Bestsellers in Music)

Customer Reviews

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10 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars With all apologies to Radiohead..., November 3, 2000

By A Customer

THIS is the best album of the year. This may be the best album of the last five years. Every emotion you've ever been able to attach a name to is evoked within Mike Mantione's lyrics, and the music's depth shows itself a bit more with every listen.

Like so many other Athens musicians that never get due attention in today's glossy landscape, these guys should be on the cover of every music rag that matters.

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Completely Knock Me Out, September 12, 2000

By	JOSH BENTLEY (Athens, GA United States) - See all my reviews

Over the course of the past decade, Five-Eight have reinvented themselves again and again, transcending labels of "alternative", "indie", and "emo" and simply focusing on writing good music. After the arena-schlock of the overblown Gasolina LP, it's a return to form with the Good Nurse, a concept album of sorts regarding illness and recovery. The Classic Mantione Lyric count is high on this one, from "Why do we raise the dead with every argument?" to "You doctor's young and he's wringing from you every last breath/His oath tonight, it seems like hypocrisy", and new drummer Mike Rizzi adds a more complex musicianship to the band's sometimes punkish sound. A great, great album from Athens' least appreciated sons.

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Buy this album, December 20, 2000

By	Robin D. Hilton "rdh" (Washington, DC) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

The more I listen to this album, the more brilliant it seems. It makes me laugh, cry, and panic all in the same breath. I have to say I'd never heard of Five-Eight before this cd, and in listening to it, I'm amazed they're not one of the most popular bands in the US. They are easily among the most talented and remarkable groups producing vital music today. And "The Good Nurse" is a beautiful, rich and memorable album. I will listen to it again and again, for a very long time and always get something new from it.