I Sold Gold

Aqueduct | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (January 25, 2005)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Barsuk
• ASIN: B000784WTK
• In-Print Editions: MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 3.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (9 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #20,810 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)
  • #52 in Music > Alternative Rock > Indie & Lo-Fi > Lo-Fi

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9 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Excellent "under the radar" album, March 4, 2005

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Paul Allaer (Cincinnati) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: I Sold Gold (Audio CD)

I found out about Aqueduct from the excellent folks at the internet-only station woxy.com ("the future of rock'n'roll"). I loved what I heard and purchased the album. As the liner notes make clear "David Perry is Aqueduct... Aqueduct is David Perry". Aqueduct is pretty much a one-man synth-based band (Perry), assisted on some tracks with drums and guitars. If you're not familiar with Aqueduct, imagine a mix of Flaming Lips with Grandaddy, with a splash of Beck and the Faint, although that description does not do justice to the unique sound of Aqueduct.

"I Sold Gold" (11 tracks, 37 min.) starts off with a blasting "The Suggestion Box". The album mixes up harder charging tracks (the pulsing "Growing Up with GNR"--with multiple references to Axl) with more delicate songs, such as the excellent "Heart Design", the highlight of the album in my book. "Laundry Baskets" is another standout. The instrumental "GameOver" is the weakest track, but it is followed by the excellent closer "The Tulsa Trap", a look back to Terry's origins in Oklahoma.

This album will not sell a bezillion, or even million copies. What a shame. This is an excellent album. Aqueduct is coming to Cincinnati soon, and I can't wait to see how the songs from "I Sold Gold" will translate in a live setting.

9 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars The best CD of 2005, February 27, 2005

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indie rox - See all my reviews

This review is from: I Sold Gold (Audio CD)

Aqueduct is the newest thing on the indie scene. The band was "discovered" by Ben Gibbard (front man for Death Cab for Cutie and The Postal Service) in Tulsa, Oklahoma and soon after packed up and moved to Seattle, where they were signed to Barsuk Records (the biggest indie label around).

Aqueduct is really just one person, David Terry. The people who perform with him alternate, but the current band make-up consists of Andrew Rudd, Chris Barnes and, of course, David Terry. David Terry began recording his music in his bedroom, after coming to the realization his musical career wasn't going anywhere.

In an interview with the Rolling Stone, Terry recalls a time on a bus ride between San Francisco and Los Angeles, "I kept seeing signs for the huge aqueduct that's basically giving life to the desert in Southern California. I was like, 'I am going to make my own music.'"

And that's what he did. This CD is perfect! I first heard the song "Hardcore Days and Softcore Nights" on The OC and couldn't get the chime-like song out of my head. So after a long search I found the CD and haven't stopped listening to it since.

The CD is thirty-some-minutes of excellence. It starts out with "The Suggestion Box" where he blows off some steam about a not-so-loving lover. Then it shoots right into the best song on the album "Hardcore Days and Softcore Nights" which is the song you may have heard from this band at a party and if not, then as a featured artist on the Fox phenomenon The OC. I was expecting it to stop here and to sink into a state of "blah." Fortunately, it just kept going!

Terry manages to pull of an excellent balance between indie and pop music, which is most likely what moved Isaac Brock (Modest Mouse's front man) to invite Aqueduct to open for Modest Mouse.

I wasn't sure what to rate this CD because I haven't owned it that long, but I can't find ANYTHIHNG wrong with it. This CD is catchy, humorous and most of all, entertaining. It's definitely worth the ten dollars to buy this CD and I promise it will remain in your CD player or walkman for many years. Although a debut album, the sound is so mature that it deserves every one of its five stars.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars it's a fun cd, July 18, 2006

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rhododendron (BC, Canada) - See all my reviews

This review is from: I Sold Gold (Audio CD)

I normally don't listen to this type of weird electronic/piano/etc music, but I like Aqueduct when I need a change.

I heard The Suggestion Box on the radio, and loved the song. The other songs took some getting used to, but they're all good.

The best songs are The Suggestion Box and Hardcore Days and Softcore Nights.

Other standout tracks are: Growing Up With GNR, Heart Design, Tension, and Frantic.