Hawaii

High Llamas | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (September 24, 1997)
• Original Release Date: July 29, 1997
• Number of Discs: 2
• Label: V2
• ASIN: B000004BSA
• Also Available in: Audio CD
• Average Customer Review: 4.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (18 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #142,123 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Cuckoo Casino

2. Sparkle Up

3. Literature Is Fluff

4. Nomads

5. Snapshot Pioneer

6. Ill-Fitting Suits

7. Recent Orienteering

8. The Hot Revivalist

9. Dressing up the Old Dakota

10. Doo-Wop Property

11. Theatreland

12. A Friendly Pioneer

13. Cuckoo's Out

14. Peppy

15. There's Nobody Home

16. The Hokey Curator

17. Campers in Control

18. Double Drift

19. Island People

20. Incidentally N.E.O.

See all 27 tracks on this disc

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

9 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars magnificent and complicated, September 20, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: Hawaii (Audio CD)

This is a difficult but extraordinarily significant recording. The Llamas seem to have ingested the whole history of American music -- from Stephen Foster to Paul Whiteman to Brian Wilson (especially Brian Wilson) and beyond -- and they have created a marvelous tapestry of sound. Do not be fooled by those who call this group derivative. They are the most intelligent and musical post-modern synthesists at work in classical or pop. For the first time in many years, the vanguard is in pop music.

6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars wall to wall sublimity, September 30, 2001

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ned good (the real world) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Hawaii (Audio CD)

I'm not ashamed of the hyperbole: Hawaii is a masterpiece of pastoral bliss-out, and whatever debt they owe to Brian Wilson/Burt Bacharach(a charge far more tiresome and unoriginal than critics purport the HL to be) is paid back in spades with woozy, pretty compositions laced with the sarcastic lyricism that the High Llamas have largely dispensed with in the years since. I'm in the minority as I think they've gotten exponentially better through the years(Snowbug and Buzzle Bee are among the most spiritual pieces of music I own) but Hawaii has a peculiar, airy charm all its own, and makes for a wonderful starting point. 5 out of 5 with no reservations

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Start here.., November 10, 2000

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William Wood (Sydney, New South Wales Australia) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Hawaii (Audio CD)

Let's forget all the comparisons to other bands and forms.This is the real thing,if I were to put together a list of my favourite 100 discs of all time this would be on it.This is music of a different present time,perfectly concieved and executed.This would be my favourite High Llamas disc and where I would recommend newcomers begin with this great band.

I love the way this develops on disc,building and dissolving sounds to create a musical whole that is unique.Ignore the dodgy cover art...start here.