Hard Road: Restrung [Import]

Hilltop Hoods | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (June 25, 2007)
• Original Release Date: 2007
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Import
• Label: MSI:OBESE
• ASIN: B000Q3633O
• Also Available in: Audio CD  |  Vinyl
• Average Customer Review: 4.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (7 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #249,887 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Hard Road Restrung

2. Stopping All Stations Restrung

3. Conversations from a Speakeasy Restrung

4. An Audience with the Devil Restrung

5. Monsters Ball Restrung

6. Breathe Restrung

7. What a Great Night Restrung

8. Obese Lowlifes Restrung

9. City of Light Restrung

10. Clown Prince Restrung

11. Medley: The Captured Vibe Restrung

12. Medley: Recapturing the Vibe Restrung

13. Roll on Up

Editorial Reviews

2007 release from the Australian Hip Hop group features da Hoods reworking their 2006 album The Hard Road to incorporate the Adelaide Symphony Orchestra (ASO). New features to look out for on 'The Hard Road Restrung' include a brand new bonus track as well as new Hilltop Hoods and guest verses to accommodate to this innovative approach. Obese Records.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars The Single Finest Hip Hop Album I own, September 19, 2007

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Gorilla "-Gorilla" (Boston/Vienna) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Hard Road: Restrung (Audio CD)

Until I heard "Nosebleed Section" at a party a few weeks back, I'd never even heard of Hilltop Hoods. I was impressed with their stuff - the vocal skill, writing, and creative production was among the best I've heard in the last couple of years.

Taking a chance, I got "The Hard Road (restrung)" and popped it into my drive. Rarely have I been so surprised, impressed, and simply rocked by an album. It's genius! A great idea, fantastic production, and overall...a fresh breath of air in a genre where most of what's easily available is subpar garbage with value only for die-hard fans of rims, hard talk about losing friends to violence, and generally insecure posturing.

This is simply great music. Totally different from what you expect, and it (surprisingly?) works. No fillers. All meat. A quick summary:

Beats/Arrangements: 10/10
Production Value: 9/10
Theme/Flow: 9/10
Interesting Lyrics 9/10
Vocal Skill 9/10
Overall Value 10

I've been able to play this for people who generally HATE hip hop. I've played it at a party and in someone's car - both with awesome results (several people actually came up to me and asked what I was playing, then wrote it into their phones). I play it when I'm working out (it's fantastically motivating/driving stuff!). I play it when I'm relaxing.

Standout tracks seem to be The Hard Road, Breathe, The Captured Vibe, and Recapturing the Vibe. Just the way the first track drops in had me grinning. Powerful stuff. Not to be missed if you like fantastically produced, innovative music. Worth it.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Seriously good album ... but 40 BUCKS?!?, November 14, 2008

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Thomas R. Boward (St Davids, PA United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Hard Road: Restrung (Audio CD)

I D/L'd this album from alternative sources and love it. I've been listening for a week now and will move this to the keepers archive. The lyrics are top notch, the mixing is superb, and listening to the baseline without moving any part of your body is like trying to stifle a sneeze. You just can't.

My rule is that anything I keep, I buy. So, I logged in today to purchase this and found it was [...]. I'm not sure how on Earth this can be. The CD is very very good, but it's not [...] good. I'm actually not sure I can name a single CD that's [...] good. Hell, I'd be hard pressed to name a [...] good CD.

My conclusion
If price is not an issue for you, get this. You'll love it. If you can't stomach spending that kind of green on a single music CD, then buy it used, or acquire it in another manner and figure out some other way to support the group. They earned some compensation for this - it's art.

5.0 out of 5 stars Outstanding, February 3, 2011

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Jacob Mcconnell "McConnell Man" (Pennsylvania) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Hard Road: Restrung (Audio CD)

So, I started listening to the Hilltop Hoods a few years ago with such amazing tracks as Nosebleed Section, Elevation, The Clown Prince, and The Sentinel. Recently, I stumbled upon this restrung album and I have to say I love it. There is something truly uplifting about putting a sick track with an orchestra. The Captured Vibe/Recapturing The Vibe Restrung is seriously right up there with Nosebleed Section for awesome tracks to snowboard with (which is primarily when I listen to the Hoods).

If you want sweet music to theme your life to, you found it with the Hard Road: Restrung.