Iceland [Import]

All About Eve | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (February 4, 2003)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Import
• Label: Jam Tart UK
• ASIN: B00007ESBV
• Average Customer Review: 3.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #733,043 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Last Christmas

2. Walking In The Air

3. December Revisited

4. Melting

5. Cold

6. A Winter's Tale

7. December Amnesia

Editorial Reviews

2002 winter themed release from the folk influenced British indie act includes covers of Queen's 'A Winter's Tale', Wham's 'Last Christmas', & two versions of their classic, 'December' (Revisited & Amnesia Mix). Jam Tart.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

5 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars A whistful piece of christmas music, May 16, 2003

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Arthur Gill (York, United Kingdom) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Iceland (Audio CD)

Lets get something straight. This is *not* meant to sound like Scarlet.., Ultraviolet etc. This is 'technically' a side-project from Andy and Julianne. It is a mellow, almost ambient soundtrack to winter. I found *almost* all of the album to be wonderfull to listen to on Christmas morning, opening presents, the smell of roast potatoes drifting from the kitchen to the living room. The fact that there are covers of 'the snowman' and 'last christmas', should scream that this is a different type of offering from AAE, and it sounds it! Do not expect what some may call 'The All about eve sound'. Juliannes' vocals once again wash over you like a warm breeze, and the production whilst not of a big budget offering, is adequate to instill the mood that was intended. Go into this with an open minded approach, and reap the rewards!

4 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Sublime Atmospherics, May 16, 2003

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A. J. Bates "zalamanda" (Hampshire, UK) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Iceland (Audio CD)

The oft-underestimated Eves return to the studio (after many years in the wilderness) with a winter-themed mini-album. Iceland is effectively part of the All About Eve reconstrunction / reinvention project, and was created without a full band in attendance. Nevertheless, it is full of startlingly atmospheric music, with Julianne's exquisite vocals atop a shimmering, icy backdrop of noise. Worth the price of admission just for the revelation that behind Wham's cheesy 'Last Christmas' there was, in fact, a brilliant pop song struggling to escape. Then there are the new tracks - Melting stands out as a fabulous, chill-down-the-spine slice of vocal atmospherics.
This release is a new chapter in the history of a band who have never really been content to stand still. They made a big impact in the 80s with folk-tinged guitar goth-pop, notably the acoustic ballad Martha's Harbour. Martha retired to the country long ago, but Julianne is still in fine voice and is bravely forging ahead with a new, relevant sound that is more mature and just as beautiful as the older stuff.

1 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Horrendous, September 25, 2007

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David West "David West" (Hebron, KY, United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Iceland (Audio CD)

Vapid and vacuous. This needs to be buried in a snowdrift and, with any mercy, never found again.
The entire album went by without me doing anything but get more and more annoyed...that I bought it.
F...you know what I mean?