Love at the End of the World (Dig)

Sam Roberts | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (February 17, 2009)
• Original Release Date: September 17, 2008
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Rounder / Umgd
• ASIN: B001F4YH0E
• Also Available in: Audio CD  |  MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 4.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (6 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #83,883 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

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7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent listen, April 3, 2009

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Paul D. "frontman" (Connecticut) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Love at the End of the World (Dig) (Audio CD)

Super nice album, very easy to get into and listen to, and this is a direct testimony to excellent songwriting. This is the type album that blows away anything else on what could be considered the mainstream radio.

For instance, the song "oh maria" would most likely appeal the fans of the most poppy songs going, to say the "Maroon 5" crowd, but it is a super sweet indie rock song and its a real shame that there are albums this great that people will probably never hear.

So if you read this, rest assured that I hate albums that are filled with fillers and drivel, and that this album is a solid purchase. Just be warned, you will be sing "Lions of the kalahari" all the time.

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars This is a great album, June 3, 2009

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C. Schmidt "a reader" (USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Love at the End of the World (Dig) (Audio CD)

As of this writing, there are three reviews on this terrific CD, and that bums me out. I wish there were hundreds of reviews, because this piece of work deserves to sell! Sell! Sell!.

I'm not on the band's payroll, and I never knew of Sam Roberts until I heard Detroit 97 on the radio, which was enough to get me to the store to buy the CD. As it turns out, that's now my least favorite song on the album, which will--as of June anyway--go down as my favorite new CD of the year. Sure, the songs are a bit derivative, but they steal from my favorite influences, Mick Taylor-Stones, Dylan, Crowded House, the Beatles, Death Cab for Cutie, and in the end, who cares if they're derivative or not? All music builds on itself. This music is so fresh, and smart, the vocals excellent, the songs are perfectly constructed, they breathe, they rock..and they were made by a real band, not some studio construction. The drums, the guitars..it sounds live, even though the vocal harmonies reveal plenty of overdubbing.

When so much of the music I hear on the radio today is absolutely pathetic, this is a breath of fresh air..I wonder why it isn't getting more airplay here in this country, from what I understand it debuted at #1 in Canada, which is where these guy's come from.

Anyway, great CD...I love it.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Another great album from Sam Roberts Band, April 18, 2010

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J. Vajgrt (Fort Collins, CO, USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Love at the End of the World (Dig) (Audio CD)

This is yet another great album from an under-appreciated Canadian musician. "Love at the End of the World" is another gem full of catchy hooks, thoughtful and reflective lyrics, and good old straight-ahead rock n' roll. I my opinion, this is their best album to date. I loved the previous two LPs from this band, but I'll admit that I found the production of their second album "Chemical City" to be a bit muddy. That's not an issue at all on this recording, and the songs themselves are expertly crafted. I think that this band just keeps getting better, and I can't wait to hear what they do next.

Personal highlights for me include the title track, "Oh Maria," "Them Kids," "Words & Fire," "Up Sister," "The Pilgrim," and the unsuppressibly sunny finale "Detroit '67."

Check it out! It's definitely worth your time and money.