Jaws of Life

Fine China (Artist) | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (April 19, 2005)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Common Wall Media
• ASIN: B000BT8XFE
• In-Print Editions: MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #396,369 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Editorial Reviews

By analyzing the scientific process capable of determining ethnic origin based upon a mostly arbitrary set of criteria, Fine China are obviously a British pop band. Science can often wrongly diagnose, as is the case here. Fine China are actually from (drum roll, please) Phoenix, Arizona. England is also an arid land consistently reaching upwards of 100 degrees Fahrenheit, right? I thought so. Science and art fuse flawlessly once again.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Gem under a rock, December 15, 2005

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T. Herrera (Staten Island, NY) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Jaws of Life (Audio CD)

There's often two categories of indie these days - 'mainstream indie' and 'indie indie' and maybe there's even 'indie indie indie'. I don't know if Fine China is in the last category of indie, but this Jaws of Life CD is definitely one of the best new records I've heard in 2005. I caught 'My Worst Nightmare' one night listening to XMU (indie radio) and I bought the entire CD to check it out -- I was not disappointed - they have taken a step up from 'When the World Sings' and bettered their production value, their lyrics, and their variety. This album is yet another this year that is flying under the radar and is well worth checking out.

4.0 out of 5 stars Great Potential, May 15, 2006

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Dr. Steven W. Cohen (Plantation, FL United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Jaws of Life (Audio CD)

This band has enormous potential. They need to market themselves better, I have only heard their music occasionally on XMU-43, and not Sirius 26 (L.O.C.). A person cannot even purchase one of the the other 2 CD's (2002 release "You Make Me Hate Music") except from their website. Although the singer(Rob Withem) sounds like he is on drugs half the time (slurred speach), the lyrics and the music overall are very good. The singer's voice is almost irritating at times and his droning can be annoying on few songs (press skip button). They have flashes of brilliance on several songs. Here are the best songs 1. Prosecute Electocute #11 (excellent!), R-Rated Movie #1, 3. Cells Divide #4, 4. My Worst Nightmare #10. In addition tracks #2,3 and 6 are decent. These guys have been together for 9 years and have 3 full lenghth CD's. I own hundreds of discs from this genre and this band is definetely one to keep an eye on. They are similar to Pilate, Stabilo, sproll, 16mm, The Ghost is Dancing and Jets Overhead. All of which I highly recommend! Overall 4 Stars and worth the price.