Great Divide [Import]

Semisonic | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (April 9, 1996)
• Original Release Date: April 9, 1996
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Import
• Label: Mca UK
• ASIN: B000002OZU
• Also Available in: Audio CD  |  MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (36 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #73,766 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

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SEMISONIC GREAT DIVIDE

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15 of 15 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars 2 kinds of songs, 1 great album, April 17, 2000

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"high_life2" (Rockville, MD) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Great Divide (Audio CD)

I got this album for $9 after I heard "If I Run" on the radio in 1996, and I've been a Semisonic fan ever since. About half the album is somewhat similar to "If I Run", which is a catchy little rock song it's tough not to like. I think "FNT" was on a movie soundtrack, and that's also a decent representation of what you can expect to hear on Great Divide.

The catchy, easy-going rock songs aren't the only reasons to get this album, though. Sometimes the band slows things down and just offers you a sad little love song or two. "Falling" may be my favorite song by the band, and other medium-paced songs like "Brand New Baby" and "The Prize" have grown on me enormously.

Great Divide is similar to Semisonic's more recent, first truly mainstream offering, Feeling Strangely Fine, which rode on the success of the single "Closing Time". I prefer Great Divide, but if you enjoy either album, you'll probably like the other one, too.

Semisonic get a little more excited on Great Divide, and it's a little rockier of an album -- possibly a better fit for fans who like "Closing Time" or "Singing in My Sleep" -- than Feeling Strangely Fine, but the band's style hasn't really changed.

Great Divide is an album that first caught me because I loved a few of the songs (If I Run, FNT, Down in Flames, Falling), but now it's an album I love because it really doesn't have any bad songs. My favorite albums are the ones I never use the forward button on, and Great Divide is one of those. The songs really grew on me, and the songs that didn't use to do much for me are now among my favorites.

7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Gentlemen, Roll Down Your Windows, July 30, 2004

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Dave (IL) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Great Divide (Audio CD)

Great Divide has lived in my CD player for 8 years now, and I think it's safe to say that I'll never get sick of it at this point. The funny thing is that, the first few times I listened to it, only a couple of songs struck me. Of course, the scrumptious "oo-ooh!" chorus of Delicious grabbed me right away, and FNT sizzles with electricity from the first listen, but most of the songs seemed less stellar. That didn't last long though. These songs are my adopted babies now.

I hesitate to label an album that didn't crest 100,000 copies sold as the greatest album of all time, but I will at least say that Great Divide is by far the best car soundtrack I've ever heard. Roll down those windows and crank it up!! I'm getting an adrenaline rush just thinking about it.

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Almost better than Feeling Strangely Fine!, February 16, 2005

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thecolourpink... "Sasha P" (Akron, OH) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Great Divide (Audio CD)

As a devout Semisonic fan, saying that 'Great Divide' is better than 'Feeling Strangely Fine' (one of the great rock albums of the 90's) is almost sacreligious, in a way. But I'm saying it. From the moment you first hear the opening lick to 'F.N.T.', you're sucked in for life. The whole album does that to you. I still don't know what my favorite song is, because they're all so good, but it's between 'F.N.T.', 'If I Run', 'Across the Great Divide', 'Falling', and 'In Another Life.' If you like your music with a beat that brings out the inner optimist in you, then buy this album!