Love This City [IMPORT]

The Whitlams

Product Details

• Audio CD (November 8, 1999)
• Original Release Date: 1999
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Import
• Label: Wea/East/West
• ASIN: B000034CP1
• Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars See all reviews (23 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #263,856 in Music (See Bestsellers in Music)

Editorial Reviews

Product Description
1999 release follows the Whitlams huge (in Australia) 1998 album Eternal Nightcap.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars An outstanding CD.., September 29, 2000

By A Customer

Split Enz meets Billy Joel ? Tom Waits with a smooth, lilting voice ? Catchy, memorable tunes wrapped around razor sharp lyrics.... The Whitlams are an outstanding band that writes and sings about contemporary Australian issues - gambling addiction, the Indonesian rape of East Timor, a city more intent on winning the Olympics than on housing its down and outs...

If that sounds too heavy, then this album isn't. Virtually every song is memorable. Every tune has the ability to seep into your consciousness and replay itself over and over. There are lots of nice harmonies and lovely musical passages. The band is supported by strings and brass to create a full, lush sound. Tim Freedman is an easy singer - only his lyrics bite.

Absolutely on a par with albums like "Piano Man" or "Heart Attack and Vine" when it comes to social comment, "Love This City" is far easier to listen to than either. It's a bit like being confronted by a mugger in a Salvation Army uniform.

6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars excellent, December 22, 1999

By A Customer

I bought this album cynical that the Whitlams could produce something as good as "Eternal Nightcap" twice. I was amazed to discover an album even better. One of those albums that gets better every time you hear it. My only regret is that it is difficult to get in the United States. '400 miles from Darwin' is an excellent commentary that proves that it is Tim Freedman's lyrics that separate the Whitlams from bands that are only "very good."

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars (You gotta) Love this CD!, April 3, 2000

By	Roz Brown (London, United Kingdom) - See all my reviews

The Whitlams are a piano-based pop outfit from Sydney (think Ben Folds Five meets Elvis Costello's lyrics). Their strength has always been in fine songwriting. Tim Freedman is the master of a clever lyric - example: 'It could have been the beginning of the end, if I wasn't already in the middle' from 'Thank You (for loving me at my worst)', an uptempo track or 'Time' which remembers old girlfriends - 'Been some months since she came around lying where she used to lie'. The orchestrations on this album are lush - lots of strings and brass. 'Love This City' has a fuller sound than their previous album 'Eternal Nightcap', which only adds to their beauty. Do yourself a favour - give this album a listen.