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A Hundred Patterns

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It's a pity that the tracks can't be sampled, or even listed, at the time that I write this. The CD includes 11 songs, melodic, upbeat, with female vocals and harmonies, clever lyrics, with an unobstrusive background dash of 60's bubblegum style organ. Other bands that have some similarities to The Icicles include The Eames Era, Cub, & The Concretes, all of whose music can be heard on Amazon. If you're a fan of this type of music, I'd recommend The Icicles. Of the 11 songs, all are good and 5 or 6 have migrated to my mp3 player for long term listening.

When I got my cellphone, it came preloaded with this cool ringtone called "Sugar Sweet." No, it doesn't have anything to do with The Nutcracker, but I was intrigued by the 30 seconds of the song that came with the phone, so I searched out the group and got the full song. I dug it. It's a lite pop rock song that sounds more of a 60s track than a 00s track. It's catchy and I love the guitar work in it. It keeps a nice melody and ends up to be a pretty good song. The next step was to check out The Icicles' album, and this produced different feelings altogether. In fact, I felt like I was hearing different variations of "Sugar Sweet" musically on ever song, with different lyrics thrown in to keep it different.

I really wanted to love the album, but every song sounds the same, with the best being truly saved till the last track. Is it lack of creativity, or lack of material, or did they just find a proven formula, and stick with it for every song? All possible, but I think it's just lack of talent, because every song has the same instruments. So it might have been because nobody wanted to get left out, or this is all you can really do with what they had to work with. In either case, it unfortunately doesn't pan out on this album for The Icicles. So pick up "Sugar Sweet," and leave it at that.

If you need a boost, pop this disc into the player. Without being chirpy, this little group makes joyful noise. I'm really impressed with mood elevation that it brings.

It would make a great gift for a tweenager with a beginning interest in rock.