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Track Listings
| 1. The Only One |
| 2. Shake It Out |
| 3. I've Got Friends |
| 4. You, My Pride & Me |
| 5. In My Teeth |
| 6. One Hundred Dollars |
| 7. I Can Feel A Hot One |
| 8. My Friend Marcus |
| 9. Tony The Tiger |
| 10. Everything To Nothing |
| 11. The River |
Editorial Reviews
2009 release. In the two years since the release of their 2007 debut, Manchester Orchestra have played over 300 shows and made fans across the globe. They have toured in support of Kings of Leon, Black Rebel Motorcycle Club, Brand New, Say Anything and Clap Your Hands Say Yeah. They have performed at festivals around the world including Coachella, Bonnaroo, Lollapalooza, Reading / Leeds (UK) and Laneway (Australia). While the debut was an attention-getting shot across the bow, Mean Everything To Nothing, produced by Joe Chicarelli (My Morning Jacket, The Raconteurs, The Shins), presents a substantial leap forward in sonic textures and song craft.
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14 of 17 people found the following review helpful
By J. Robertson
Format:Audio CD
Ok, for starters, for anybody who loves Manchester Orchestra's first album I'm Like a Virgin Losing a Child, this album might initally come as a shock because it has an entirely different tone and production. It has a much heavier edge to it and the sound has more of a polish to it. These aren't bad qualities by any means, but the sound is noticeably different.
That being said, the same qualities that made the previous album impossible to stop listening to all the way through, over and over, are all here again. This has to be the freshest band I've heard in what seems like a decade. The songwriting is superior to anything that's been offered up in ages. Andy Hull's voice, and the palbable unity of the way this band plays together creates songs that can bring you to tears in one instance while at the same time hitting you squarely in the solar plexus with riffs that tighten your flesh and invite the adrenaline to course through your veins.
The most noticeable quality is the beauty contained within every finely crafted song. In a world that grows increasingly more vacant daily, these guys have once again produced nothing short of musical integrity. Cheers Manchester Orchestra! Absolute brilliance!
That being said, the same qualities that made the previous album impossible to stop listening to all the way through, over and over, are all here again. This has to be the freshest band I've heard in what seems like a decade. The songwriting is superior to anything that's been offered up in ages. Andy Hull's voice, and the palbable unity of the way this band plays together creates songs that can bring you to tears in one instance while at the same time hitting you squarely in the solar plexus with riffs that tighten your flesh and invite the adrenaline to course through your veins.
The most noticeable quality is the beauty contained within every finely crafted song. In a world that grows increasingly more vacant daily, these guys have once again produced nothing short of musical integrity. Cheers Manchester Orchestra! Absolute brilliance!
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
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Either you like how they sound or not so I suggest you try the samples before you decided to buy.
You probably heard of them from their radio hit "I've Got Friends" but you'll be amazed to see how great their other songs are as well.
It's definitely worth at least one listen through once or twice and you'll find plenty of songs which will make your favorites list.
You probably heard of them from their radio hit "I've Got Friends" but you'll be amazed to see how great their other songs are as well.
It's definitely worth at least one listen through once or twice and you'll find plenty of songs which will make your favorites list.
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
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The fact that this is a rock band and not an orchestra, and is from Atlanta, GA and not Manchester, UK, does not influence my feelings on the music. Let's not forget the Bay City Rollers were not from Michigan, they were Scottish. Hmmm.
In "Mean Everything To Nothing", Manchester Orchestra evokes the thrill of "alternative" revealing its secrets (and rendering its moniker useless) to the mainstream ca 1991-1993, as though seminal Smashing Pumpkins and Nirvana records from those days were implanted in their DNA.
Silversun Pickups, while playing in the same ballpark as Manchester Orchestra, has probably done a better job thus far at starting to carve its own identity out of this template. Manchester Orchestra, despite leader Andy Hull's burgeoning gift for melodic hookiness, still lurks under the long shadows of their genre/influences...
With a little emo-screamo here ("Shake It Out", "The River"), maybe a little Jane's Addiction there ("I've Got Friends"), a thick slab of Black Sabbath here ("Pride", and they should send Tommy Iommi a check), Nirvana there ("In My Teeth"), Bright Eyes flare-ups here and there, Manchester Orchestra still might have a ways to go to implant themselves in someone else's DNA, but they're sure making a joyfully tortured noise as they try to crack the code. A particularly fabulous part, for me, was the outro of "Everything to Nothing", an unexpected circus waltz trailing out of the body of the song as though viewing it from above, in a dream.
3-1/2 stars.
In "Mean Everything To Nothing", Manchester Orchestra evokes the thrill of "alternative" revealing its secrets (and rendering its moniker useless) to the mainstream ca 1991-1993, as though seminal Smashing Pumpkins and Nirvana records from those days were implanted in their DNA.
Silversun Pickups, while playing in the same ballpark as Manchester Orchestra, has probably done a better job thus far at starting to carve its own identity out of this template. Manchester Orchestra, despite leader Andy Hull's burgeoning gift for melodic hookiness, still lurks under the long shadows of their genre/influences...
With a little emo-screamo here ("Shake It Out", "The River"), maybe a little Jane's Addiction there ("I've Got Friends"), a thick slab of Black Sabbath here ("Pride", and they should send Tommy Iommi a check), Nirvana there ("In My Teeth"), Bright Eyes flare-ups here and there, Manchester Orchestra still might have a ways to go to implant themselves in someone else's DNA, but they're sure making a joyfully tortured noise as they try to crack the code. A particularly fabulous part, for me, was the outro of "Everything to Nothing", an unexpected circus waltz trailing out of the body of the song as though viewing it from above, in a dream.
3-1/2 stars.
Most Recent Customer Reviews
4.0 out of 5 stars
Great album!
This is a great album!! Manchester Orchestra have put together a really great collection of songs here. Definitely worth the buy
Published 2 months ago by Kersten
4.0 out of 5 stars
Attack, artistry, and decay.
Fierce and tight, with vocals and guitar walls and negative emotional energy that brings to mind music like 9 Inch Nails; Manchester Orchestra's "Mean Everything to Nothing" is a... Read more
Published 17 months ago by Joshua G. Feldman
4.0 out of 5 stars
Good for a more modern band
I grew up with grunge. I heard "shake it out" and thought it was a great tune. This dude can write some lyrics for someone so young. Read more
Published on March 20, 2011 by Nicholas A. Deni
5.0 out of 5 stars
Just about as solid as albums can get.
Yeah, yeah, this album is probably on every trendy vegan uptight New York magazine's top list too because now it's cool to like Manchester, but those of you who first fell in love... Read more
Published on May 12, 2010 by Josh Gaines
4.0 out of 5 stars
looking for meaning, finding nothing?
I read a few bad reviews, all saying its "meaningless."
This was not my favorite record but it's definately one that after time grew on me. Read more
This was not my favorite record but it's definately one that after time grew on me. Read more
Published on February 25, 2010 by MIKE LEE
4.0 out of 5 stars
An Orchestra With Rock Guitars & Screaming
After listening to Manchester Orchestra's first two singles, it's almost impossible not to buy their album. Read more
Published on February 14, 2010 by Flap Jackson
5.0 out of 5 stars
micahbree
Best album of the year by far. Ten times better than Lady Gaga. Manchester Orchestra FTW!
Published on January 10, 2010 by Micah Breedlove
4.0 out of 5 stars
A great, honest album
Manchester orch. have done it again. expect a blend of silversun pickups style lyrics mixed with a poppy soaked musical background. greta album. one of the best of 2009
Published on January 9, 2010 by E. Brown
5.0 out of 5 stars
Best Album of the Year
Saw these guys open for Silversun Pickups and bought the album at the show. Like any great album, it took several listens for this to grow on me, but grow it certainly has, to the... Read more
Published on November 20, 2009 by Chris
5.0 out of 5 stars
The Perfect Mix: Indie/Mainstream. Gritty/Clean. ETC, ETC...
Manchester Orchestra is a band that came out of nowhere for me. Upon further research though, I come to find out that they had a highly praised debut album, "I'm Like A Virgin... Read more
Published on November 7, 2009 by Patrick F.
Listmania!
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