Kind of Light

The 88 | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (June 3, 2003)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Mootron Records
• ASIN: B00009B8F3
• Also Available in: Audio CD  |  MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 4.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (7 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #98,815 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

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6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars California sunshine distilled into intelligent pop songs, July 24, 2004

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A. Whitney (Silicon Valley, CA USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Kind of Light (Audio CD)

This is an excerpt from my review for Scoot! Quarterly Magazine:

The 88 was voted Best Pop/Rock Band by LA Weekly and I can see why. The album reminds me of a long summer weekend I spent in Venice Beach and the resulting rooftop party. The 88 sounds as if it has distilled whatever SoCal sunshine has been reverberating since 1960 into a solid collection of catchy rock and roll. Yet, the sunshine doesn't render it pop fluff. I imagine a youthful Ray Davies transplanted to a funky beach bungalow. Songwriter and lead singer Keith Slettedahl even sounds a bit like the Kinks' front man and utilizes bits of slide guitar and melodious vocals reminiscent of what made the Kinks stand apart from their peers. This is especially evident in the song No Use Left For Me, which deftly incorporates an accordion. My favorite song is Sunday Afternoon (not to be confused with the Kink's Sunny Afternoon) which can turn any car into a virtual Chevy Malibu convertible. I defy you not to sing along...even if its lyrics mention both God and prostitutes.

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Surprisingly great debut, December 21, 2003

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propertius (Brooklyn) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Kind of Light (Audio CD)

This really is a fantastic CD. There's a pretty major Kinks (circa Something Else)influence hanging over Kind of Light and the lead singer can sound eerily like Ray Davies at times. It'll be a shame if it gets lost in the shuffle due to lack of publicity. Possibly one of the best of 2003.

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Really smart, October 30, 2003

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Todd L. Eckert (Pittsburgh, PA United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Kind of Light (Audio CD)

This is a surprising record: the 88 is a local LA band and they live somewhere between XTC, Squeeze and T Rex. Even when you think a song might be kind of cheesy there's something that draws you deeply in and surprises your concept of pop music. I like them very much and think the record, while nothing to look at, is definitely worth the bucks. Big fat surprise.