Jj72 [Import]

JJ72 | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (December 6, 2000)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Import
• Label: Lakota
• ASIN: B00004Y39S
• Also Available in: Audio CD
• Average Customer Review: 4.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (21 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #823,366 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. October Swimmer

2. Undercover Angel

3. Oxygen

4. Willow

5. Surrender

6. Long Way South

7. Snow

8. Broken Down

9. Improv

10. Not Like You

11. Algeria

12. Bumble Bee

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Customer Reviews

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8 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Sweet youth how we missed you., September 3, 2000

By 

Bob Thompson - See all my reviews

This review is from: Jj72 (Audio CD)

Even if you've never seen a picture of this band before the minute you hear this album you will be able to tell how young they must be. There is so much youth in JJ72's debut album, so much angst and passion that it could only have been done by teenagers. Now depending on who you are that might be a bad thing. Silverchair were never my favorite group in the world either, but JJ72 seem totally authentic to me. Although occaisonally naive, JJ72's debut has so much life in it that I think anyone will be won over.

Opening track "October Swimmer" begins with the line "the dream of dying Mothers" and goes on to talk about "infantry victims looking for sympathy." It's not perfect but when those lines are delivered with such honesty and by a teenager with one of the most interesting voices around it becomes quite apparent that these guys (and one girl) are hard to dislike. Same with "Oxygen," their hit single. It begins gently with singer Mark Greaney quietly pondering about "airports and undergrounds, waiting to find the unfound." Then the chorus kicks in with it's massive guitar's as he yell's "you and I we're going so high/we don't need oxygen." Then after that eruption it suddenly turns all cozy again as a cello finishes the song up. "Oxygen" is absolutely great. The passion released in this song really makes you wonder if other groups are even trying. "Willow" is a beauty as is "Long Way South." "Snow" asks the rather silly question, "why won't it snow like they said it would." It's delivered with such charm though that you really don't care how stupid it is.

Surprisingly enough the album manages to hold you right through to the end. (It is exactly 45 minutes long.) Although they do not have experience JJ72 do have a whole lot of angst that they want to release. They may sound like kids sometimes but that's part of their charm. They may have to grow up for a follow up but right now they're just fine...

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars gonna be a classic - just you wait, November 17, 2000

By 

M. Fantino (San Francisco, California USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Jj72 (Audio CD)

I haven't felt this excited about an album since picking up the Pixies' Come On Pilgrim (and again when The Stone Roses had their debut). This one couldn't have come at a better time, I had the same five stale CD's in my player for weeks and everyday, I'd get up, put on my slippers and stand in front of my towering CD collection with the blankest of blank stares. It seems, for me anyway, that I have outplayed everything. Scary, huh.

I picked this one up many times at the store simply because the cover looked a little Joy Divisionesque. That's not a good enough hunch to go on, I know. But, as it turns out, JJ72's debut is quite a gem. It has a very friendly and cozy brit-pop feel, like Radiohead's Pablo Honey, and has the obscurity of a hidden secret ('cept in the U.K., where they are the biggest thing since ... hair).

The songs are instantly seductive and catchy, with underlying lyrics that make you wonder what's wrong with your life. Each song has a very autumnal aura to it, like they are beautiful fire-colored leaves fallen from your favorite childhood tree. There's not a bad song on the whole album.

I have the feeling they will become quite big in the rest of the world too, soon enough (certainly Japan). If I were you, I'd pick up this album now, so, later, when they are gigantic, you can say you were there first.

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars JJ72 kicks it off, September 9, 2000

By A Customer

This review is from: Jj72 (Audio CD)

I've been listening to JJ72 for a while now, collecting their singles and continually being amazed by what these teen-age rockers can do. While the album doesn't offer much new for those who've heard their singles, it still sounds just as good as it always does, and now its all collected in one place. The songs are really unlike anything I've ever heard before. The lyrical style takes a little getting used to (it's done entirely in falsetto) but I quickly learned to love it, and makes for an interesting contrast with heavy over-drive guiatars and bass. If there's any one problem with JJ72, it might be that they need to work on the lyrics a little more - I'm sure they all looked good on paper, but some of them sound just a little bit absurd when sung out loud. Over all, though, the album is very good, and I heartily recommend it.