Olympian

Gene | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (June 6, 1995)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Polygram Records
• ASIN: B000002GM0
• Also Available in: Audio CD  |  Audio Cassette  |  Vinyl
• Average Customer Review: 4.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (13 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #194,511 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Haunted by You

2. Your Love, It Lies

3. Truth, Rest Your Head

4. A Car That Sped

5. Left-Handed

6. London, Can You Wait?

7. To the City

8. Still Can't Find the Phone

9. Sleep Well Tonight

10. Olympian

11. We'll Find Our Own Way

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars 90's work of art..., September 6, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: Olympian (Audio CD)

Gene's "Olympian", at once chilling, raucous, and ambitious, stands as one of the greatest albums of the 90's. In all honesty, the record does not carry one weak song, although the title track easily dwarves the rest. The B-sides to singles "Haunted By You", "Sleep Well Tonight" and "For The Dead" would be a good investment, as they could also be rated as early Gene classics.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Essential Neo Classic, July 26, 2003

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"audiosorcer" (San Jose, California United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Olympian (Audio CD)

Gene's lyrics are ecstatically profound and well versed. "Car That Sped" was a great empowering song- " You got to do it on your own, I can't help you anymore..." "London, Can you wait?" reverberates echoes of great songwriting bands like The Smith and Suede.
I have listen to this CD over and over again. I have not gotten tired of it yet. Their words are still true today.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars yes..., October 24, 1998

By A Customer

This review is from: Olympian (Audio CD)

This is really a lovely CD. Disregard the Smiths comparisons right now. While the influence is obvious, Gene never sounds derivative--similar they may sound, but you really can't picture Morrissey writing songs like these. There isn't a song here that I don't like, most of them blending indispensable tunes with a genuine poignancy that you don't see much of in modern music. The best songs, I think, are the title track; Truth, Rest Your Head; and A Car that Sped (that rhyme REALLY annoys me), but they're all good. Buy it before it becomes unavailable stateside due to an utter lack of interest on the part of metal-deafened American listeners.