Mourning Widows [Original recording]

Mourning Widows, Nuno | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (January 14, 2011)
• Original Release Date: 1998
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Original recording
• Label: Bruno Graffitti
• ASIN: B0011V9EDG
• Also Available in: Audio CD  |  MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 4.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (25 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #113,727 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. All Automatic

2. Paint the Town Red

3. The Temp

4. The Air That You Breathe

5. I Wanna Be Your Friend

6. Hotel Asylum

7. Over & Out

8. Love Is a Cigarette

9. Too Late

10. True Love in the Galaxy

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12 of 13 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars a new sound once again, May 24, 2000

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R. de Veer (Holland) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Mourning Widows (Audio CD)

People, go buy this album! It's brilliant. It's something of a mix of Nirvana, Radiohead and Van Halen, with some extra rhythmic influences added. The songs sound a bit less `poppy', or catchy, than on 'schizophonic'and everything sounds like it's been recorded live, which is a good thing if you ask me. Also, Nuno makes more use again of the brighter, sharper guitar sound as opposed to the darker sound used on Schizophonic. As for the tracks; instantly likeable are tracks 1, 2, 8 and 9, with catchy tunes and great music. The opening riff of `paint the town red' is the best one I've heard in a long, long time. On all songs, the rhythms are great. I wish more bands would pay attention to that aspect of music. Only downside of the album I can think of is that most solo's sound like improvisations over one or two chords. Nothing bad really, but no `miniature compositions' anymore, as was the case with Extreme every now and then. It does make it sound very spontaneous though, and it shows Nuno's extreme musicality.

6 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Nuno at his aggressive best, May 31, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: Mourning Widows (Audio CD)

When purchasing this CD, I knew that I would not be disappointed because Nuno has not done it yet. I love his Extreme work and "Schizophonic" is a brilliant album. Mourning Widows is better than I could have hoped. It contains the kind of material that drew me to his work originally. It is nasty, aggressive, and at the same time, very melodic. I can not stop listening to this disc. I think that its his best work to date. If you are a fan of his "Extreme" work in particular, BUY THIS CD!!!

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Not as good as Extreme's material, but...., May 13, 2000

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Barry "Calvin" (USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Mourning Widows (Audio CD)

It's definitly worth a listen. It's definitly worth a purchase. It's simply an amazing guitar outfit for the Portugese born guitarist, and Boston native Nuno Bettencourt. While lacking the imagination that was always displayed in his music with Extreme, Mourning Widows carry's it's own bag. The album starts off with the rocker All Automatic. It would put artists like Santana & Metallica to shame. It's a dizzy, rowdy, musical track. The highlight's of Mourning Widows would be Paint The Town Red (great sound, like the Smashing Pumpkins), The Air That U Breathe (echos of Red Hot Chilli Pepper's here), Hotel Asylum (clearly the most original track on the record), Love Is A Cigarette (an all out Guitar flexing circus), Too Late (Nuno at his best since leaving Extreme), True Love In The Galaxy (atmospheric in sound, has a super-natural feel to it, the guitar solo at the end of the song is breathtaking). Though, ironically the best tracks on this record are the bonus tracks. Sex In A Jar & And The Winner Is... are both solid tracks. The Temp which is not a bonus track is fat as well. My overall rating is 9/10. 5 stars here at Amazon.com.