The Lost & Found [EP]

Rasputina

Product Details

• Audio CD (January 21, 2003)
• Original Release Date: January 21, 2003
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: EP
• Label: Instinct Records
• ASIN: B00007JGP7
• In-Print Editions: MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (14 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #84,733 in Music (See Bestsellers in Music)

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The natural result of your fave cello-rock trio meeting up in a dark alley with Page, Plant, Fogerty, Waters, Gilmour, Benatar, Manson, Reed and Cale! Instinct. 2003.

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11 of 11 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Victorian Rock & Roll?, September 5, 2004

By	Charles A. Miller (Kings Mountain, NC, USA) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

I don't know what the hell I was looking for at Borders Books this afternoon, probably some sort of earth physics tome, but luckily I wound up in the alternative CD section, where my eye fell on Rasputina for the first time. Truth told, my eye fell on a promo sticker reading "Rockin-Cello," and upon closer scrutiny it turned out to be Rasputina. Never having heard of them before, but being a person of good faith in music, I made the purchase anyway. I needn't describe the contents of "The Lost and Found"---those of you who know Rasputina don't need another analysis of the sound, and it's difficult to accurately describe it to a virgin who's never heard Rasputina before. These are covers, to be sure, of some old rock standards, but Rasputina poses no threat to the integrity of the originals. Rather, Rasputina manages to reinvent the songs in such a way that... well, imagine if you dropped the sheet music of Led Zeppelin's "Rock & Roll" into a time portal and it was recovered sometime in the mid-19th Century by a chamber music society. A chamber music society prone to imbibing absinthe, let's say, and completely uninhibited when it came to interpreting Led Zeppelin using classical instrumentation. That's the sound, or as near as I can describe it, of Rasputina. I found it charming, inventive, and sexy, and I became an instant Rasputina fan---so much so that I ordered all of their available music after a few listens to "The Lost & Found"... The only real drawback to this CD is that it's less than a half-hour in length. So much for the theory that this isn't a good introduction to Rasputina---it's a great introduction.

7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars fun collection of covers, June 14, 2004

By	naeelah (SC, United States) - See all my reviews

I have first edition of this, not the second, but I have heard the new additions (Bad Moon Rising and Fire & Ice) several times live.

Any cover has the potential to go horribly wrong, particularly when done on classical instruments, but Rasputina usually manages to pull them off nicely.

They're particularly effective on the slower and more soulful songs, such as "Wish You Were Here" and "Bad Moon Rising", which Melora claims is her "favorite song about the weather", and is done in a slower, more melancholy fashion than the original. I think it's a very pleasant reworking, and I even prefer it to the original (but I am, admittedly, not a huge CCR fan). My favorite song on the EP is probably Tourniquet, which is a very effective reworking. It uses drum programming to capture some of the industrial flavor of the original, but without any sense of aggression.

The big rock songs are a lot of fun and come off fairly well, I think. They have a certain wry sense of humor and if you can appreciate that, then you're sure to like them.

Three Little Piggies is cute at first, but can wear a little thin on repeat listens.

As with any covers, if you hold the originals in near sacred regard, then you probably won't enjoy this little album very much. But if you like quirky reworkings and enjoy a good cello rock song, then give it a shot. It's not the best starting point, if you're a new fan, but if you're an established fan of Rasputina, then it is definitely worth picking up.

Now, if only they'd record their cover of the Pretenders' "I Go To Sleep"...

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Enchanting, March 22, 2003

By	Erica Anderson (Minneapolis, MN) - See all my reviews (TOP 500 REVIEWER)    (REAL NAME)

I'm not really a huge fan of Rasputina. Other than "Lost & Found", I own "How to Quit the Forest" and that I wasn't really wild about. Still I was intrigued by their covers EP "Lost & Found". Thankfully I got lucky today and found a copy of "Lost & Found" in the used cd bins at my favorite cd store. Much to my surprise, I found myself enjoying every second of "Lost & Found". I found the vocals nowhere as annoying as I have in the past. As much as I loathe Marilyn Manson's music, I found Rasputina's version of "Tourniquet" quite enjoyable to listen to. That is probably because I could actually hear the lyrics. It was really interesting when Rasputina turned the old nursery rhyme of "The Three Little Pigs" be turned into a song. My favorite tracks were the covers of CCR's "Bad Moon Rising" and Pink Floyd's "Wish You Were here". All the songs on this 24 minute EP was very good tto say the very least. I wish Rasputina did a few more songs to make it a full-length album but still, it did made me a fan out of the band and for that I thank Rasputina for changing my mind about them.