Our One Mistake

The Old Ceremony | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (October 17, 2006)
• Original Release Date: 2006
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Sonablast
• ASIN: B000J4QWCM
• In-Print Editions: MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 4.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #193,957 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Customer Reviews

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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Pop Noir?, November 2, 2006

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E. Starmer (Singapore) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Our One Mistake (Audio CD)

It's difficult to characterize this music - definitely connected with the Pop Noir traditions of the 30's and 40's but with an on target edge for today. This is a group to watch. Honing their style and getting better all the time. Django Haskins "smokey" voice is appealing. I love the connections with jazz and the addition of the cello and violin.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Music for anytime, anywhere, November 1, 2006

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R. Knox (Allentown, PA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Our One Mistake (Audio CD)

Music by The Old Ceremony is anything but old. The band respects traditions (they even dress up for concerts and use "classical" instruments (violin and cello)), but they add so much more. To hear that more, you'll have to get the album. The best way I can sum it up is to say they are fun, just really fun, and you'll be tapping your toes and clapping your hands in no time. You'll find yourself huming tunes while you're walking down the street and standing in the elevator. You just won't be able to help yourself.

The first half of Our One Mistake is strongest, but the whole album is a great mix of contemplative and just plain fun tunes. The lyrics are great, and I love the mix of instruments--piano (which at times sounds like an old upright in a smokey New Orleans bar (I love that!)), vibraphone, cello (after listening to this album, everyone will want a cellist in their band), violin, guitar, bass, drums, and a few other instruments I don't know the names of.

It's a great band, a great album, and I, for one, am bookmarking their website, anxiously awaiting their next album.

5.0 out of 5 stars The Old Ceremony - "Our One Mistake", June 22, 2007

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Marilyn D. Johnson "Malwolf" (Annapolis, MD) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Our One Mistake (Audio CD)

This is a magnificent recording with vocals and harmony slightly reminiscent of the darker side of the Beatles and Stones. Chilling and often unsettling in its depth and feeling this is something to play alone in contemplative mood. Truly one of most brilliant recordings of the decade.

These young men are musicians of the highest order with something powerful to say.