Now I'm a Cowboy (+4 Bonus Tracks) [Import]

Auteurs, Auteurs | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (August 18, 2000)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Import
• Label: Emi
• ASIN: B00004Z3AZ
• Also Available in: Audio CD  |  Audio Cassette  |  MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (6 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,266,483 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars More sinister pop on the Auteurs second album, December 28, 2002

By A Customer

This review is from: Now I'm a Cowboy (Audio CD)

This is the outstanding follow up to the Auteurs first album New Wave, and Haines loses no momentum. The album is more dark then the first while keeping that refined glam noir rock feel. The album opens with the menicing Lenny Valentino, the rocking single off the album that scored the highest for the Auteurs on the UK charts. The album deals with film icons, crime, bohemian existence and child abduction(something Haines will touch on fully in After Murder Park). This is a must for fans of the Go betweens, the Smiths,Suede,Bowie,pixies, and the Only Ones.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars "champagne highs and giddy lights", April 24, 2004

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mwreview "mwreview" (Northern California, USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Now I'm a Cowboy (Audio CD)

The Auteurs have a very unique sound. At first I did not like this album but, because it was odd in an interesting sort of way, I kept listening to it and the sound grew on me. It has a very soft, semi-folk, alternative sound; a little like Bettie Serveert (especially the guitar on "New French Girlfriend") but very posh British. Luke Haines' vocals are a little raw, but quiet and free which suits the music well. The lyrics range from the interesting to the bizarre; for instance, "A Sister Like You": "Two sisters sighed, Said we might as well be lovers, We're so close, Just like blood brothers." The cello and occasional oboe give the album the air of sophistication. My favorite tracks here are the ones that rock like "Lenny Valentino" (an excellent opening track) and the catchy "Chinese Bakery." It is a solid album. I recommend it to fans of alternative folk and very British-sounding music.

5.0 out of 5 stars Upper Class, July 28, 2005

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Tezcatlipoca (Espinho,Portugal) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Now I'm a Cowboy (Audio CD)

"Now I'm a Cowboy" is the second álbum to come out of the dark mind behind the Auteurs,Luke Haines, and it's almost as impressive as their debut.

Even if they didn't reach the commercial heights of other similar acts the Auteurs remain one of the quintessential british acts of the 90's reaching for inspiration in the Kinks or David Bowie but often transfiguring their influences into much darker visions via Luke Haines' vitriolic songwriting.

Fans of Bowie,the Smiths or Suede shouldn't be disappointed with this one.