Place in the Sun

Friends Of Dean Martinez | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (November 9, 2004)
• Original Release Date: 2004
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Evolver
• ASIN: B00067Z26O
• Also Available in: Audio CD  |  MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (7 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #125,026 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Customer Reviews

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23 of 26 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Dischordant, much rougher than Calexico, OP8, June 27, 2000

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W. Kunert (Sacramento, CA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Place in the Sun (Audio CD)

I wanted to warn anyone who like me, made this their first venture into FOMD, by way of recommendation after discovering the melodic and beautiful music of Calexico and OP8. There's nothing wrong with this album, it's well-crafted. It's just not what I was looking for. Unlike the other music mentioned, this is quite heavy on the squealing electric guitar solos with distorted organ and fuzzed-out minute-long passages of crashing "noise". Very few relaxing passages and very little of the pedal steel and acoustic Ennio Morriccone western style I was expecting. No horns. I wished a reviewer had made me aware of this.

6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Dreamy, April 8, 2000

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Petra (SF CA USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Place in the Sun (Audio CD)

Dreamlike and beautiful, this is a mature offering from the Friends. Bill Elms' liquid guitar lines create a mood that's languid and elastic, like a hot summer afternoon. Not a bad evolution for a band that originally formed with the intention of playing weddings.

The opening track, "A Place in the Sun," is elegant and lazy. "Siempre Que," a lovely, lyrical offering, is artfully peppered with subtle percussion. The CD overall is gorgeous and retains FODM's characteristic eerie howl, but I do kind of miss the rough exuberance that infused their first album.

In general: marvelous.

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Magnificent desert western sounds!, March 21, 2000

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J. Kooi Jr. "jan k." (groningen, netherlands) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Place in the Sun (Audio CD)

One of those cd's where you can imagine the non-existent movie that oughta come with sounds like these! Imagine Calexico sleeping with Ennio Morricone and using some weird drugs together, travelling to the Arizona/Texas desert and jamming together! By far the best Friends Of Dean Martinez cd so far and the first one where everything falls into place! Genius!