Low Rises

Baby Ray (Artist) | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (June 27, 2006)
• Original Release Date: June 27, 2006
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: dren records
• ASIN: B000GDIAIK
• In-Print Editions: MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #665,632 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Editorial Reviews

Review

“Mission of Burma, The Cars, The Pixies... if any band has picked up the flag, it’s Baby Ray" --The Onion

Product Description

Do you want to be fools together? With the release of its fourth album, Low Rises, Baby Ray wants to know. Recorded in 1999 and 2000, then shelved and now revived by Philadelphia's dren records, Low Rises is a labyrinth of do-it-yourself pop/prog/psych rock aiming arrows in every direction, much like Baby Ray.

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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Variety Pack of FUN!, June 29, 2006

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Henry R. Kujawa ("The Forbidden Zone" (Camden, NJ)) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Low Rises (Audio CD)

I was inclined to like Baby Ray's LOW RISES before I put it on. I dug the cover art, and the song titles were just the kind that grab me: "King Kong", "Devil Ray", "Rocket-O", "Superb****". On first play, I was reminded of 34 SATELLITE... LOUD, catchy, good beats. Somewhere between alt country, grunge & techno, with lyrics that are a bit hard to make out, nearly lost in the sound mix. But as the album goes on, WHAT'S THIS? Jungle drums on one song ("King Kong"), a loud instro ("Devil Ray"), something that reminds me vaguely of early-70's top-40 pop "Rocket-O"), another that brings to mind THE LOVIN' SPOONFUL ("You Could Go To College"), and vocals that remind me of BADFINGER ("Pidgeon S***"). I've ALWAYS liked "variety" (The Beatles' REVOLVER, The Move's SHAZAM, anything by The Monkees!) so this album is grabbing me more than most of the stuff from Dren Records so far. They keep challenging me with the material they release, most of it's not really "my thing"-- but THIS one I can see really growing on me!

The other BABY RAY reviews pegged the band right. Get a copy if you can! You won't regret it.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Welcome Back, July 10, 2006

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Artie Fufkin (Polymer Records) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Low Rises (Audio CD)

This new album makes it quite clear why this band has been marked as "the next big thing" to come out of Boston. It rocks with enough hooks to catch Moby Dick, or perhaps, Moby Grape. The vocals' vivid imagery remind me of Frank Black at his best and the guitar playing reminds of some cosmic cross between adrian belew and mick ronson. this is one fine, consistent album with not a single weak track.