I Trawl the Megahertz [Import]

Paddy McAloon | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (June 17, 2003)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Import
• Copy Protected
• ASIN: B0000942QB
• Also Available in: Audio CD
• Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (11 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #367,515 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. I Trawl the Megahertz

2. Esprit de Corps

3. Fall from Grace

4. We Were Poor...

5. Orchid 7

6. I'm 49

7. Sleeping Rough

8. Ineffable

9. ...But We Were Happy

Editorial Reviews

The debut solo album from the singer/songwriter behind Prefab Sprout. The album is mostly instrumental with Paddy singing on only one track, which features Paddy's trademark music & lyrics. Nine tracks. Liberty/EMI. 2003.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

17 of 18 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars This is the Universe in music on a CD, June 4, 2003

By A Customer

This review is from: I Trawl the Megahertz (Audio CD)

Being a Prefab Sprout fan I'm partial to anything the great Paddy Mcaloon would do. However, this suite of songs, almost brought tears to my eyes. Here are some of the most thoughtful and beautiful chamber orchestra arrangements with spoken word and radio snippets and sound waves. Paddy may have lost most of his sight, but his heart and spirit remain unique, stellar, crystal, sweeter astral vista baby!

11 of 11 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Stick with it, January 13, 2006

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J. Thomas Graham (Houston, Texas) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: I Trawl the Megahertz (Audio CD)

For me, a Prefab Sprout fan, it took repeated listenings over a year to appreciate the instrumental tracks. I was skeptical. It really requires the patient, attentive, analytical mode that one would use for classical music. It's not a Prefab Sprout album, it's not really pop music, so immediate gratification is not what you should expect. I'm writing this because at first I couldn't find the emotional content- but in the end, it's there, the same soul that we know and love from Prefab Sprout, expressed in a fuller, more complex way.

7 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Better than Prefab Sprout!, July 7, 2003

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SpaceCowboy (Oslo Norway) - See all my reviews

This review is from: I Trawl the Megahertz (Audio CD)

I find Prefab Sprout a little bit boring at times, although I recognize McAloon's tremendous talent as a songwriter. Prefab Sprout and McAloon's singing in particular just sound too anemic to me. Maybe the latter is why I like this album a lot, since it's mostly instrumental.

Because this solo effort is a different story. It balances perfectly between the pretentious/hackneyed and the honest, deep-felt and believable musical expression it actually is. It is truly a cinematic experience, but unlike many scores it doesn't end up tedious or boring. Symphonic chamber-pop, beautifully melancholic.

If you like to listen to Air, Tindersticks, Scott Walker, Lamb Chop and old lounge lizards like Martin Denny, this is definitely something for you. It bears quite a few similarities to Davis/Evans "Sketches of Spain" and "Porgy and Bess" too, but by far much more on the upbeat and poppy side.

Perfect soundtrack to hot and sunny summer days.