Out of Nothing (Mcup)

Embrace (UK) | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (June 14, 2005)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Lava
• ASIN: B0007XT8D0
• In-Print Editions: Audio CD  |  Vinyl  |  MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (43 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #72,790 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Editorial Reviews

Amazon.com

Out of Nothing, the band's fourth album, is the best they have ever made. The McNamara brothers have buckled down to some serious songwriting (aided by Coldplay's Chris Martin on first single "Gravity") to produce a selection of songs that can all lay claim to the title "Classic".

Opening with the monumental "Ashes" it is clear from the off that this is not some huge stylistic leap. Instead Embrace have consolidated all they are good at (epic, heart-warming anthems) and finally made the album they have always promised. "Gravity" is exactly what you'd expect, a Coldplay tune as played by Embrace, but where as Chris Martin and the boys are often stark and fidgety Embrace cover the track in a lushness that makes you swoon. "Someday" has them coming across like the younger brothers of Spiritualised complete with a finale featuring a full-on gospel choir, "Wish 'Em All Away" is harmonica-soaked loveliness with a chorus that touches the heavens, and "Spell It Out" is a string-laden monster that has 'festival closer' written all over it.

The album ends as magnificently as it begins with a triplet of songs that takes the breath away. The gentle "A Glorious Day", atmospheric "Near Life" and magnificent title track prove just how far Embrace have come since the days of out-of-tune criticisms and gags about being Oasis' little brothers. Out of Nothing is a truly exceptional album that suggests that, far from being over, the journey for Embrace has only just begun. --Amazon.co.uk

Product Description

'Out Of Nothing' is produced by Youth (best known for his work with The Verve, Killing Joke and The Orb) features the band's signature souring rock balladry, complete with emotionally charged lyrics and dramatic production. During the recording of 'Out Of Nothing', Youth pushed the band to unbeknownst levels of musicianship, which resulted in enormous sales and mass acclaim. Atlantic. 2005.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

8 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Let me "Spell It Out" for you, April 21, 2006

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Aaron Blight (Westminster, Maryland United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Out of Nothing (Mcup) (Audio CD)

There's a natural tendency to take something unfamiliar and compare it to something familiar. That's what's happening here as Amazon reviewers are comparing Embrace to Coldplay. Perhaps it's unfair to Embrace to liken them to Coldplay because as a band, I'd think Embrace wants to stand on their own merits. However, if you're being so closely measured against the hottest rock and roll band in the world today, is that really a bad thing?

The truth is that on Out of Nothing, Embrace does sound like Coldplay. That doesn't change the fact that this album is an outstanding work. Embrace wrote these accessible, infectious songs themselves, and they perform them with first-rate musicianship and compelling vocal performance.

These guys haven't hit the radio in the States, but when payola runs radio, you're better off looking elsewhere on your own for new artists. The truth is that Embrace is better than most anybody who's new on today's radio. I discovered Out of Nothing on the internet several months ago, purchased the album, and it has been a constant spin in my CD player ever since. Every track on this disk is memorable. Songs move gracefully from the contemplative to the soaring to the driving and powerful. At all times the album is captivating. In my opinion, on Out of Nothing, Embrace measures up to Coldplay in every respect. If you're a fan of grandstand arena rock in the vein of Coldplay and U2, then trust me, you will enjoy this album. It's great!

8 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars The #1 Album in the U.K. This Week (Well Deserved), September 26, 2004

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Joe "Bagga" (Overseas) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Out of Nothing (Audio CD)

No missing ingredients here--Lyrics, melody, theme, musicianship, style, and substance all in abundance. They've held onto each of these elements through 7 years and 4 albums now. Better than Radiohead, (their alt prog rock style slowly grew stale) and Coldplay (radio overkill on the second album, which was a bit light on substance). Coldplay gave "Gravity" to Embrace as the new single, and it's a better song than anything Coldplay recorded except "Yellow." Sort of like Bowie giving "All the Young Dudes" to Mott the Hoople--dude, what were you thinking? At home and in the car, Embrace is played 10:1 over Radiohead, Pulp, & Blur, 7:1 over their buddy Chris Martin's band, and 6:1 over the last 3 Oasis & Suede albums. Competes 1:1 with the first 2 Oasis albums when they came out in 1994/1995 & the Stone Roses debut in 1989. High praise, indeed. Embrace have a pragmatic worldview: great song after great song run the gamut between the perfect and failed romance, but they trend positive throughout. And the melodies just keep soaking you in perpetual warmth. I don't do fan clubs, but the devoted fans in the U.K. who kept the faith going when the band's label went under deserve a lot of credit. This is a band that should never die.

6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A light is gonna shine at last for Embrace, June 23, 2005

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N. Clark "arnuphis" (Sacramento, CA USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Out of Nothing (Mcup) (Audio CD)

If you like Coldplay, then let me introduce you to the band whom you could argue, Coldplay owe everything to. Embrace have truly been a very fine and very unrated band here in the US for several years. If you buy X&Y and this CD, I know which one you'll end up playing for longer. I ended up buying this on import the moment it came out last year and I'm still playing it. Great to see it get a release here. I want to hear "Gravity" on daytime radio.

Great "comeback" album. buy it and help the, reach all the ears that will appreciate such fine songwriting.