The Nineteen Hundreds

Amanda Green (Performer) | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (September 9, 1999)
• Original Release Date: September 9, 1999
• Number of Discs: 1
• ASIN: B00002AMFB
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #851,173 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. The Zebra Longwing

2. Silver Dollar

3. Sequin

4. People

5. Nothing's Ever Gonna Happen, Is it?

6. (Grandma Green)

7. Gut Feeling / Slap Your Mammy

8. Heaven Held The World

9. Antonin

10. Beak

11. Me and My Wife

12. Sugar Blossom

13. Walls Come Down

14. Secret Song

15. Jericho

16. (Churchills)

17. Scram

18. Glory

19. (Clara)

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Unsung UN-popgirl fo the new millenium!, January 18, 2002

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Chris Heuer (San Francsico, CA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: The Nineteen Hundreds (Audio CD)

Everything about this album makes you wonder why The Strokes get so much attention and why great, unsigned talent remains hidden away in the wide open crevices of the late night local club scene. From the opening thunder and rain of The Zebra Longwing, to the closing organ music of Clara (Amanda's grandmother playing her organ), Amanda takes us on a ride through her excelectic musical wonderland. This album, her sophomore follow-up to the ground breaking "Junk and Stuff", is such a refreshing, intricately playful piece of work, you will find it hard to believe you have not heard of her before.

The variety of vocal stylings range from subtle and touching ballads like 'Glory' (which was wanted as a key song by the producers of the Versace murderer's movie of the week, but which Amanda would not let them have) to the octave scaling depths of 'Sequin'. It isn't often that you find someone who can perform their own backup vocals on an album, and keep the faith so perfectly with a live performance absent the enhancements of the studio. Musically, this is one tight production. The Nineteen Hundreds is a shining example of Amanda's mastery of the piano, keyboards and lead guitar, combined with the powerful bass of Matthew Sabatella (an up and coming musical force to be reckoned with) and perfect timing of Derek Murphy on drums.

Favorite ballads are: Heaven Held the World (her vocals touch deeply into my soul with lyrics that ring oh so true) ; Me and My Wife (with a story of the simple life, filled with the self love that so many of us long for); When Walls Come Down

Favorite rock out songs are: The Zebra Longwing (what is it anyway, had to look it up on Google) ; Silver Dollar (you talk like you won me over/ you talk and it never ends / you shine like a silver dollar/ but you're already spent); Sequin (down/ you gotta slow down/ I'm not kidding around/ you know you gotta slow down/ its hard to survive/ without living a lie/) ; Antonin (here comes her Umberto Eco side) ; Beak (put that diamond back!)

This is a must have album for any serious indie lover. If you cant stand the driveling cacophony of the stale pop that makes it to the radio, Amanda Green is waiting to show you the Nineteen Hundreds.

PS - The video for "Why Do I Have to Die", which is on her first album, is simply exquisite.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars amazon hold music, February 5, 2002

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Tori Pearce (Portland, Or USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: The Nineteen Hundreds (Audio CD)

The song Heaven Held the world is wonderful. Working at Amazon.com i am sometimes put on hold while waiting for a different department Amanda's song is on our hold music and it is catchy and wonderful to listen to while waiting.

2 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Amanda is the coolest chick in the whole world, December 6, 1999

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Robbie Gennet (Los Angeles, CA United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: The Nineteen Hundreds (Audio CD)

This is a great record that only gets better with every listen, and Amanda is an artist worth supporting. Buy this record!