From the Ground Up

Antigone Rising | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (September 13, 2005)
• Original Release Date: 2005
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Lava
• ASIN: B000A3DG8U
• Also Available in: Audio CD  |  MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 4.4 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (53 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #132,414 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Editorial Reviews

You gotta believe...that's the message from Antigone Rising-five women whose Lava debut, From the Ground Up hits that place in your heart that Springsteen, U2, Aerosmith, and the greatest of the great bands reached in their young and hungry days. You know how rare this is. It's not just about writing terrific songs and playing them with a passion kindled through hundreds of nights in tiny, packed clubs until it's ready to blow through the roof and into the sky for the whole world to hear. Though, of course, Antigone Rising have done that.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

15 of 17 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Waiting, watching, wishing, May 28, 2005

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Erica Anderson (Minneapolis, MN) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: From the Ground up (Audio CD)

Earlier this week I caught a video on VH1 by Antigone Rising just as I was getting ready for work. I believe the video was for "Don't Look Back". I just loved the harmonies and the catchy melodies. I was quite surprised to find myself enjoying this song because my taste in music is usually off the beaten path from the mainstream. For the rest of the week, the band remained in the back of my thoughts. When I came across a copy of "From the Ground Up" I quickly purchased it (along with a couple of other cds). I really am not much of a country/rock fan. I find most country music irritating and most rock music rather dull. Thank heavens I cannot say that Antigone Rising's music is irritating or dull. The music is a good blend of rock and country. I thought it was interesting that Antigone Rising would work with Starbucks Coffee to put out a live album I(in a studio session with a few fans is more like it). Good way to introduce their music to new fans like myself. I like how raw and unpolished Cassidy's vocals are. Most of the songs I liked. I did think that "Happy Home" was a bit too twangy for my tastes. Singer Cassidy reminded me of Dixie Chicks' Natalie Maines whose voice I find rather grating, a lot of the songs on the album tends to go into country more times than I cared to listen to. I wasn't terribly impressed by "Waiting, Watching, Wishing" either. The song did not have the same emotional resonance on me like the other songs did. My favorite songs on the album has to be "Don't Look Back" (co-written with MB20's Rob Thomas), "She's Not Innocent", and "Open Hearts and Doors". I also love the beautiful ballad "Michael" which is about the death of a friend of one of the band members. No matter how many times I have listened to the song, hearing Cassidy sings this song brings tears to my eyes. Overall I immensely enjoyed what I heard on this live album. In the state of music today with overproduced female pop stars, the industry needs more women like the gals in Antigone Rising. This is music with soul.

9 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A little bit country, a little bit rock and roll, September 19, 2005

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Misty K. Turner (VA United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: From the Ground Up (Audio CD)

I admit - the name of the band was the first thing that drew me to this CD, where I originally saw it for the first time in a Starbucks. Despite their reputation as the world-conquerors of coffee, they usually also have good music taste. So last night I bought the whole thing off iTunes, and I must say that they're one of the best bands I've heard in a while.

Understand I am a fan of girl rock - if you don't like girls who sing in your rock music, they might not be for you. Every song on this CD is listenable, and I've yet to find one that's not - a rarity in today's market, where I find that most CDs have 2-3 good songs and the rest is filler.

They've got a tight sound, they've got a fun feel, and they've got it together - I truly, highly recommend!

6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Very Polished Live Album, February 10, 2006

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G. E. Williams "Nunah" (California) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: From the Ground Up (Audio CD)

Antigone Rising... I saw them on the Today show around Christmas, I wasn't really impressed. I kind of bought this album on impulse not really expecting much. Happily, I was very wrong. This is a great Album!

And although there might be inevitable comparisons to Amanda Marshal, and Melissa Ethridge vocally, (I don't think that is a bad thing anyway) the band has an old fashioned fullness of sound that is mostly lacking in today's music, and some very tight harmonies.

Classifying their genre is more complicated than some of the reviewers and critics have made it. The only thing that seems really Country about their sound is the lack of electric instruments, and personally I don't think acoustics actually equals Country. But that leaves the other side of the coin, without electric guitars predominating is it Rock & Roll? I don't know. I'll leave such battles to the kind of purist that said if George Benson sings it isn't Jazz.

What I do know is, I like this album very much, that many of the songs found me trying to sing along by the second playing, that I started calling friends about it after the first playing. If you like the sound of acoustics, if you like well written songs, if you like good harmonies, you ought to enjoy this album very much.