Life's Hard & Then You Die [Import]

It's Immaterial | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (July 11, 1995)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Import
• Label: EMI Europe Generic
• ASIN: B00000714K
• Also Available in: Audio CD  |  Vinyl  |  MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 4.9 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (24 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #34,091 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

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8 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars They came, they went, this stayed, April 4, 2002

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A. G. Bailey "Dadge" (Birmingham, - United Kingdom) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Life's Hard & Then You Die (Audio CD)

Two guys from Liverpool - couldn't sing, couldn't play their instruments - produced one of the best albums ever made! Moral: the muse will out.

The upbeat tracks are really inventive - Driving Away From Home, the architypal road song; Rope, giving us all hope; Ed's Funky Diner, where your fellow customers are everyone you ever wanted to meet.

The downbeat tracks are just so affecting - The Better Idea, reminding us there are still those worse off than us; Hang On Sleepy Town, a beautiful love song.

In between there's the epic tension of everyday life in Happy Talk and the tongue-in-cheek philosophizing of Space.

Finally, the great Humanist anthem that is The Sweet Life.

Cherish. Thanks, guys.

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Yes, rebuild your 80's library with the essentials, January 4, 2001

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S P Brady - See all my reviews

This review is from: Life's Hard & Then You Die (Audio CD)

I would think that the only reason people even know about this band is that they owned this amazing album once before and are contemplating getting it back.

I remember seeing the video for SPACE back in 87' and had to have it. I would have been happy with just that one good song on the album but to my surprise there were so many more, in fact the whole album is great.

If I had to limit my collection to 5 albums from the 80's this would have to be in there.

These songs are still fresh an inventive. In fact if you were to play Ed's funky Diner on the radio today people would think it's a new hit song.

This is the 3rd time I have bought this album and the last was most expensive, you would never see this in a record store these days, thank you Amazon!

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Tongue-In-Cheek and All The Better For It!, August 10, 2002

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Oscar North "oscarnorth" (Wiltshire) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Life's Hard & Then You Die (Audio CD)

I wasn't in any way expecting what I found on this Album when I bought it in 1987, but to say it's one of my Top 20 favourites of all time would slightly understate the case. There is something indefinable about the music here that both captivates and unsettles, with the chart-entering 'Driving Away From Home' bearing litle resemblance to the rest of the selection.

This is an intelligent and extremely well-realised Album that belies its simplistic origins. For those of you who are genuinely moved by soaring harmonised vocals (courtesy of The Christians), ironic folk rendition, rolling Spanish guitars and tongue-in-cheek meanderings, I would seriously recommend this to you (and I'm a Dance music fanatic!). It's TheThe, Alanis Morissette and World Party all combined, and has a humour that is slightly left-of-centre.

It's Immaterial undoubtedly knew they'd produced a winner for Siren/A&M Records, but in the same way the album is produced they would have just winked knowingly and acknowledged it all with a wry smile. I too am glad there are people around the globe who have listened to and cherish this disc. Recommended.