Grey Oceans

CocoRosie | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (May 11, 2010)
• Original Release Date: 2010
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Sub Pop
• ASIN: B003D8MZ86
• Also Available in: Audio CD  |  Vinyl  |  MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 4.1 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (12 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #66,929 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Editorial Reviews

CocoRosie are two American-born sisters, Sierra and Bianca, who started making music together in Paris in 2003. Their first album, La Maison de Mon Rêve, was released in 2004 and their second album, Noah s Ark, followed in 2005. Their third and, to now, most recent album, The Adventures of Ghosthorse and Stillborn, came out in 2007. All three of these albums were released worldwide on Touch and Go Records and earned critical acclaim both overseas and at home.

The nomadic duo (currently and temporarily residing in New Mexico) spent much of 2008 writing and recording in Buenos Aires, Melbourne, Berlin, New York, and Paris, finding amazing and diverse musicians to collaborate along the way. The result is their 11-song Sub Pop debut, Grey Oceans, due out May 11th, 2010.

Customer Reviews

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11 of 12 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars 'Grey Oceans' has more to offer than its title suggests, May 14, 2010

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Andrew J. Pirie (Bozrah, CT) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Grey Oceans (Audio CD)

Cocorosie have gone off and made a quieter, more introspective record. A solid one at that. While previous efforts have gone a bit awry with some of the sampling choices - much of this record works as a collective whole. Everything from Middle-Eastern-tinged "Smokey Taboo," to 1950's crooning "Lemonade" and the hip-hop-baroque-piano noodling of "The Moon Asked The Crow"- CocoRosie keep building on their ability to build a patchwork of styles and make it work.

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars magical!, August 17, 2010

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DAVID - See all my reviews

This review is from: Grey Oceans (Audio CD)

Cocorosie is probably my favorite band right now. I found out they were playing a few hundred miles from where I lived so I hitchhiked down there and caught their performance. It was one of the best shows I've ever seen. Their style is uncategorizable, very personal and unique. I've listened to Grey Oceans a number of times now and it just keeps sounding better and better. Perhaps not quite the tour-de-force that was The Adventures of Ghosthorse and Stillborn, but awesome in its own way. Experimental, cutting edge, poetic, with a certain earnest charm that's all too rare in today's jaded musical climate. I tend to get choked up when I listen to these girls. I'm going to see them again next month and I'm sure I'll love it even more now that the songs on Grey Oceans have sunk in a little. I listen to good music all day long, I'm like a walkman junkie but they really stand out for me, the stuff they do just gets to me. Magic, mystery, tears, exquisite beauty and just plain fun! Thanks, guys!

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Cocorosie at it again, May 21, 2010

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Rod Redux "RR" - See all my reviews

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This review is from: Grey Oceans [Vinyl] (Vinyl)

I enjoyed this album. Cocorosie is an acquired taste and this latest album is a bit experimental, even for them. There were a couple songs that I would describe as hit or miss, but there were just as many musical passages that gave me a shiver of delight, and several tracks I liked instantly. Not as good as Noah's Ark, but definitely worth purchasing. The album is a very cool translucent blue, the sleeve art laughably horrible (on purpose, I hope)!