No Disassemble

Slow Runner | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (January 24, 2006)
• Original Release Date: 2006
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Red Int / Red Ink
• ASIN: B000CPH9W0
• Also Available in: Audio CD
• Average Customer Review: 4.4 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #258,609 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. No Disaddemble

2. Break Your Mama's Back

3. The Sea Is Never Full

4. Everything Is Exactly What It Seems

5. You're in Luck

6. Happy

7. Streamlined

8. 12.19.03

9. Redneck Bar

10. Class of '86

11. Don't Let Them See Me Like This

12. Moody Suburban Teenage Love Song

13. Unlisted

Editorial Reviews

Amazon.com

Here's a list of the bands that will be name-checked in this review, or should be, just to get it out of the way: Thom Yorke, the Eels, Rufus Wainwright, the Wrens, Pinback, and Ben Folds. Slow Runner revolves around Michael Flynn, a keyboard-pounding frontdude who notably won a John Lennon Songwriting Scholarship. He sounds quite a bit like Yorke and his songs tend to have a lot in common with Wainwright and Folds, but the band flesh out arrangements interestingly enough to where this sounds like a mix tape of three or four bands. It's a strong debut, with lyrics that are self-deprecating but not overly so, and they're smart ("my loneliness is so refined it's streamlined"). It's nothing to totally lose your cool about but definitely a worthy soundtrack to late night driving while lost or something equally moody and chill. –Mike McGonigal

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Amazing., April 12, 2006

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R. Allegretti (USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: No Disassemble (Audio CD)

I first saw Slow Runner when they opened for Jump, Little Children backin Feb. 2004, when they were playing under the name "Michael Flynn". Their live shows are phenomenal. Their recordings are quite a bit different from the live experiance, but certainly not in a bad way. I simply cannot take this CD out of my CD player! Each track is an absolute gem, full of talent, meaning, and pizaz.

I highly reccomend this band, and this CD.

www.myspace.com/slowrunner

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Terrific CD-Play it over and over and do not tire of it at all!, December 28, 2007

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Georgie Cavitt "an avid book reader" (Evans City, PA United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: No Disassemble (Audio CD)

Picked this up on a whim with a few other highlighted "Try These" CD's at Best Buy. Was really surprised on first listen - it was good! But, now that I can't seem to remove it from my player, it sticks in my head and is totally enjoyable as background to whatever I am doing at the time. I can't imagine anyone not loving this one. I'm sure glad I gave it a chance!

6 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Great first album., January 24, 2006

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Danny Mullis (Charleston, SC USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: No Disassemble (Audio CD)

Michael Flynn and Slow Runner have put together a superb first recording. "You're in Luck" is just one of many songs from this CD that gets in your head and won't leave. Slow Runner is another example of the great music coming out of Charleston, SC (Jump Little Children, Michael Bellar, Hootie and the Blowfish, Cary Ann Hearst).