Hats off to the Buskers

The View | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (May 8, 2007)
• Original Release Date: 2007
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: 1965 Records/Sbme
• ASIN: B000O5B8E8
• In-Print Editions: Audio CD  |  Vinyl  |  MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 4.1 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (10 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #205,441 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

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8 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars An Antidote To Emo And Nu Metal, March 13, 2007

By 

Alan Dorfman - See all my reviews
(VINE VOICE)   

This review is from: Hats Off to the Buskers (Audio CD)

Brought to America by the people who gave us The Strokes and The Libertines, Scottish band The View is a quintessential, supercharged British Power Pop outfit specializing in sub-3:00 slices of controlled mania. Already stars on the other side of the ocean thanks to the catchy hits "Superstar Tradesman," "Wasted Little DJs" and the current "Same Jeans" (I've worn the same jeans for four days...), The View wears it's influences on their sleeves and veddy British they are - Oasis, The Clash, Madness, Squeeze and even T. Rex. Yet somehow the impression I kept getting was that of Herman's Hermits on crystal meth. Not that that's a bad thing.

Spurred on by the fantastic work of lead guitarist Pete Reilly, The View is angst-free fun which could bring back pogoing and other frenetic dancefloor gyrations. Songs like "Dance Into The Night," 'Skag Tragedy" and "Don" are almost epileptic fits set to music - and you can't help responding.

And yet it's the shambling, acoustic "Face For The Radio" that sticks in my memory, perhaps because it brings the goings on to a screeching halt halfway through before they hit full speed ahead immediately following. Maybe we all just needed the chance to catch our breath because The View's "Hats Off To The Busker" is one wild ride.

Climb aboard.

7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Most under-rated album, January 4, 2008

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!an (Beat City) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Hats off to the Buskers (Audio CD)

This is not a disposable record. It did not get the attention that the Arctic Monkeys or The Fratellis had despite the superior song writing, superb arrangements and unique vocal attitude. Although they're actually Scottish, if you never get another brit-pop CD again, get this one; you'll never get tired of it.
~!an

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Hobbit Rock, June 8, 2007

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Mr Raoul DiMarzio "Raoul DiMarzio" (Surry Hills NSW) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Hats Off to the Buskers (Audio CD)

The View thrill with this their first album, a breakthrough record in the emerging genre of Hobbit Rock. Oddly proportioned small men often communicating in an unintelligible babble, influences are broad and range from the Libertines, Kings of Leon and 1980's underground Scottish performance artists, the Krankies. If you like your rock to be made by small people with big hairy feet, and to sound satisfyingly similar to lots of other bands - Hats off to the Buskers is an essential purchase.