One Day I'll Be on Time

The Album Leaf, Battles | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (May 22, 2001)
• Original Release Date: 2001
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Tiger Style
• ASIN: B00005IAHJ
• Also Available in: Audio CD  |  Vinyl  |  MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (21 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #71,286 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Editorial Reviews

Amazon.com

Anyone who's been blindfolded and left to navigate a space by touch rather than sight will already have at least a passing familiarity with the work of the Album Leaf, solo project of über-instrumentalist Jimmy Lavalle. With the Album Leaf, Lavalle moves from the punk rock of his earlier bands, Swing Kids and the Locust, to the post-rock purveyed by his other current band, Tristeza. Using the typical tools of his kinder, gentler trade--tasteful percussion, gossamer guitar, and minimal electronics--he creates new forms and structures in his entirely instrumental songs, and makes listening a synesthetic experience. Songs like the aptly titled "Story Board," textured with field recordings of wind and traffic, as well as a conversation between Lavalle and sometimes-engineer Rafter Roberts, conjure different images in a dreamy mental movie. But it's songs like "Asleep," which convey movement as realistically as a gentle shove, that really show off Lavalle's songwriting powers. In One Day I'll Be on Time, open-minded fans of jazz, electronic, indie rock, and hardcore can find something that will almost literally reach out and touch them. --Sarah A. Sternau

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

11 of 11 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars One of the most beautiful albums I have ever heard, April 17, 2003

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Alex (Granville, Ohio United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: One Day I'll Be on Time (Audio CD)

I saw The Album Leaf in March supporting Sigur Ros at the Cleveland, OH show. Of course, Sigur Ros blew me away, but The Album Leaf suprised me so. I had heard of them, but hadn't heard the band, and the second the tape loops kicked in, i felt so alive. It was such a moving display of pure human emotion. I later bought "One Day I'll Be On Time," and i am still floored. Of course, they are best seen live, but this album will do for me anyday. The orchestration is pure bliss. The music speaks for itself, and I feel that I personally connect with each and every song on this disc. I feel such a wide array of emotions, everything from first loves to reliving my childhood memories to feeling sorry for the kid sitting alone at lunch in grade school to falling in love for the first time. There are only a handful of albums that make me feel infinite, and I truly believe that in time this may be one of the classics in my collection. I really hope that The Album Leaf will tour with Múm someday, as I feel it would be the perfect insturmental/organic music show. Thank you for making me feel infinite. Thank you for making me feel happy to be alive.

8 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Amazing Stuff., April 24, 2002

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"piccolo4162" (Saint Louis, MO United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: One Day I'll Be on Time (Audio CD)

I'm a fan of a lot of different kinds of music (heck, my three favourite bands are the Get Up Kids, Phish, and Bjork.) I ordered this album along with Death Cab For Cutie's "We Have The Facts and We're Voting Yes" and the Pixies "Surfer Rosa." Both of them were good, but when I put this disc in, I was pretty much just blown away. The Album Leaf have an really unique sound, combining acoustic guitar and bass lines with all kinds of fun electronical instruments. All the songs on here are good, but my favorites are "Gust of...", "Wet The Day", "The Audio Pool", and "Asleep." Wet The Day is one of the most beautiful songs I have ever heard. To think that just one guy wrote and recorded 90% of this album is really cool. If you're a fan of Her Space Holiday, Bjork, Radiohead, Death Cab For Cutie, Sigur Ros, Portishead, Garbage, or pretty much ANYTHING I'd recommend this CD!!!

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Beautiful, July 15, 2004

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This review is from: One Day I'll Be on Time (Audio CD)

I hardly know how to describe this album in a way anyone else would understand, except maybe if you know anything about the idea of the Music of the Spheres. Then I could say that I think the Album Leaf has created that music on earth. It's music to listen to when you're floating in space. If you've never floated in space, you might not recognize it, might not get it, might not love it. But if you have, this album will be like going home. And