Major General

Franz Nicolay | Format: MP3 Download

Product Details

• Original Release Date: January 13, 2009
• Label: Fistolo Records LLC
• Copyright: 2008 Franz Nicolay
• Genres: Alternative Rock/Hardcore & Punk, Alternative Rock/Singer-Songwriters, Rock/Singer-Songwriters
• ASIN: B001P5L96I
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #183,380 Paid in MP3 Albums (See Top 100 Paid in MP3 Albums)

Customer Reviews

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5.0 out of 5 stars I saw them & fell in love, December 12, 2010

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Roseanne Jones - See all my reviews

This review is from: Major General (Audio CD)

Franz Nicolay was opening for a band I went to see and I liked him much more than the band I went to see in the first place. They have many more albums available at their shows, now the regret sets in for not buying them. This one is awesome and I love it!

5.0 out of 5 stars Surpasses Expectations, May 12, 2009

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E. A. Montgomery (Florida, USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Major General (Audio CD)

Every music fan has an album close to their heart that they want the world to hear. Sometimes the world shows up to listen. It might be the year it's released, it might be a decade or more later, but the acclaim grows and everyone pretends they always loved it. Major General is that album. I don't want you to wait to hear it, I want you to join me in loving it now.

To say this is a side project from the keyboardist of The Hold Steady wouldn't be entirely accurate. There is so much music in Franz Nicolay that the multiple bands he plays with can't hold it all. If you told me he'd recently put together an album of prog / country / acid jazz fusion, I'd believe you. In fact, I was a little afraid that's what Major General would be. It isn't. It's a toe tapper, a breath stealer, a masterpiece of indie rock that offers something different around every corner. Clever lyrics bounce through complex compositions. A song about the Dead Kennedys slides in next to a jazz influenced lounge piece. It's eclectic, but in the good way.

If you listen to only one track, try Confessions of an Ineffective Casanova, a rollicking ride through failed relationships with the truthful lines "Sometimes I ain't quite right / It's not the same as being wrong"

Track Listing

Jeff Penalty

Hey Dad!

World/Inferno vs The End Of The Evening

Dead Sailors

Do We Not Live In Dreams?

Confessions of an Ineffective Casanova

Note on a Subway Wall

Quiet Where I Lie

Nightrasong

X-Games

This World Is An Open Door

Cease-Fire, or, Mrs. Norman Maine

I'm Done Singing