Isola

Kent | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (September 15, 1998)
• Original Release Date: September 15, 1998
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: RCA
• ASIN: B00000AFYH
• Also Available in: Audio CD  |  Audio Cassette  |  MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (56 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #118,252 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

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7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Just when I thought the Swedish music scene was dead..., December 22, 1999

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* bea * (Stockholm, Sweden) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Isola (Audio CD)

The CD-cover with the aeroplane showed up and became a musical master piece, a classic album in every Swedes record-collection. When I look back at kents old albums I cant find any similarities compared to Isola which raise the group to what I call perfection. Then when you thought kent had reached perfection at the most limited kent -rate of what a classified album should sound like, they did it again... Trust me, the next album is such a wonderful musical journey that makes Isola look like a small dot on the Italian map. With a big smile on my face I'm happy but still surprised that kent continues to reach new heights and develop into one of the Swedish bands I'm most proud of and kent will always be by my side in my head phones when I want to listen to high quality music.

Summary: Isola is a timeless album. The music is very melancholic with new refreshing sounds such as the lyrics which is refined to me as the most beautiful ones ever written in the Swedish language, but it's significant to remember that there is really a huge difference between the English and Swedish lyrics so I can't admit that I adore the English version as much as the Swedish one, although the translation turned out to remain very kentish ; - )

Kräm on kentare around the world !

8 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars STOP COMPARING!, January 17, 2000

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Kenneth Shaw (Reno, NV) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Isola (Audio CD)

YES radiohead is great, yes the smashing pumpkins are great.. but to compare Kent to either one of those bands, or any other band is a disgrace. You can't see Kent as yet another "radiohead" or another european pop band. Simply put, they are in a league of thier own and it would be unfair to compare them to anyone else. It is also a discrace to say they are just "another trendy american pop band" nothing could be further from the truth! there is a reason they don't get any airplay in america, they are to good. ISOLA is a great album with overwhelming emotion that you can feel through his voice, every song has meaning and feelings. If you want an album that you can honestly feel good about spending your money on this is the one. Also, be on the lookout for thier newest release called "Hagnesta Hill" this is another great album that we can only hope will be released in English.

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars How did this go unnoticed?, April 14, 2003

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S. K. Zimmerman (Issaquah, WA United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Isola (Audio CD)

Largely ignored in the USA (except for some college radio stations), Kent's album Isola is, five years after its release, still one of the best cd's I've ever heard. There aren't many cd's that have been made in the last ten years that make you feel like you've rediscoverd music...that there's still something beautiful being created out there. Belle & Sebastian's "If You're Feeling Sinister" and Bright Eye's last two albums have also had that kind of effect on me. Kent's sound is both sonic and ethereal with lyrics that are surprisingly good, especially considering that the English version is translated from Swedish and still comes across with more intelligence and relevance than 90% of american musicians. Curiously, Kent's follow-up to Isola, entitled Hagnesta Hill, sounds older and less mature...though there are many tracks that make the album worth buying. Isola really is worth every penny...if only to discover that music can transcend and still rock these days.