Out of Our Minds

Auf Der Maur | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (April 6, 2010)
• Original Release Date: 2010
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Phi Group Inc
• ASIN: B0036OWPK0
• In-Print Editions: Audio CD  |  MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 4.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (15 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #45,831 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. The Hunt

2. Out Of Our Minds

3. Isis Speaks

4. Lead Horse

5. Follow the Map

6. 22 Below

7. Meet Me On the Dark Side

8. This Would Be Paradise

9. Father's Grave

10. The Key

11. The One

12. 1000 Years

Editorial Reviews

A multidisciplinary artist, MAdM was born in Montreal Canada. From 1994-1999 she was a member, songwriter and bass player for Hole culminating in the album "Celebrity Skin". In 2000 she joined The Smashing Pumpkins for their farewell world tour. In 2004 "Auf der Maur", her first solo album, was released by Capitol Records / EMI worldwide. MAdM is preparing the release up of her new multimedia project "Out of Our Minds", featuring her this Album, a Film, a Comic Book and a Web experience

Customer Reviews

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18 of 18 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A Great Rock Album!, April 7, 2010

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Philip L. Ingrassia - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Out Of Our Minds (MP3 Download)

This is going on my list as one of the best rock albums of 2010 so far. It's a very ambitious song cycle that has some hard rock and prog overtones. It's reminds me in some ways of a 70s art-rock record, which is not always a bad thing. The title track, Isis, Meet Me on the Darkside, and The One are standout tracks. Fathers Grave is a slow burner duet with Danzig. In an era of downloaded singles, this is a true throwback -- a rock record to listen to all the way through.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Meet her on the darkside, July 9, 2010

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E. A Solinas "ea_solinas" (MD USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Out of Our Minds (Audio CD)

I've been waiting six long years for Melissa Auf Der Maur to FINALLY put out a follow-up to her brilliant solo debut. And apparently my waiting is over with the release of "Out of Our Minds," a brilliantly incisive, fiery chunk of hard-edged rock'n'roll that leaves your hair standing on end and your ears tingling. Forget those little guitar-swinging teenagers -- this is a true rock chick.

It starts off with "The Hunt," a thumping wild-blooded instrumental that serves as an intro to the rest of the album, but is a little weak on its own. Then there's the sinuous title song, with Auf der Maur crooning languidly, "If you're listening, come in/If there's a fire, I need a desire..."

And after that, it REALLY takes off -- Auf der Maur roars through sensual bass-rockers, languid twisting guitar melodies that blossom into epic rockers, a bouncy powerpop song or two ("Follow the Map"), darkly alluring hard-rock ("Meet Me on the Darkside"), a yearning flickering little rock song ("The Key"), wild mythically-flavored stretches of bass'n'drums, and a spiky finale full of flames and grime. And she even has a couple of bittersweet songs that rest on acoustics, such as the soft slow buildup of "This Would be Paradise."

The best part of the album: "1000 Years," which starts off slow and simple, but expands into a supernova of white-hot wildness ("Before Adam/Before Eve/the lizard sang this melody/now it's twisted/and it's town/by felines and all you BORES!"). It's no "I Need I Want I Will," but it's still a brilliant song.

After six years you'd expect Melissa Auf Der Maur to sound a little different, and she does -- "Out of Our Minds" isn't as heavy and raw as her self-titled debut, which was basically a shot of pure hard-rock right into your veins. The bass is a little more muted, and there are some quieter, more contemplative moments instead of wall-to-wall rocking like last time.

So, fair warning: This is not "Auf Der Maur" reheated. Where that album boiled over, this one simmers and steams.

That said, it was a little hard to warm up to the slower-moving instrumentals like "Lead Horse" or "This Would Be Paradise" -- they sound like B-sides tacked into the album. The rest of the album is good stuff though, with heavy ringing riffs twining at the heart of songs like "Isis Speaks" and "Meet Me On The Darkside," spurts of flaming bass, sharp drums and flickers of keyboard. There's a storm in the heart of these songs, and when it breaks out Auf der Maur is nothing short of brilliant.

And her voice is utterly lovely -- she can sneer, snarl and murmur her way through the songs with a note of mockery, but she sounds even better when she just bursts out and sings (such as at the climax of "Father's Grave"). Her lyrics are the weakest part of the album -- they're not bad, but they are still kind of clumsy ("Suspect I've rejected/I have wounded/Truth be told/I've been bad/ashamed, to blame...").

I don't know if Melissa Auf Der Maur is out of HER mind, but "Out of Our Minds" is a solid, strong sophomore albm -- and here's hoping she doesn't take six years to put out her third!

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars out of our minds- madm, June 22, 2011

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This review is from: Out of Our Minds (Audio CD)

Its a good album, it needs a few listens though to really appreciate it! If ur a fan our madm then u should really enjoy it, if not I suggest getting her first album (which is amazing) then buying out of our minds!