Pretty Together

Sloan | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (April 23, 2002)
• Original Release Date: 2002
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: RCA
• ASIN: B0000658HK
• In-Print Editions: Audio CD
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (21 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #456,131 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. If It Feels Good Do It (full length)

2. In The Movies

3. The Other Man

4. Dreaming Of You

5. Pick It Up And Dial It

6. The Great Wall

7. The Life Of A Working Girl

8. Never Seeing The Ground For The Sky

9. It's In Your Eyes

10. Who You Talkin' To?

11. I Love A Long Goodbye

12. Are You Giving Me Back My Love?

13. Your Dreams Have Come True

Customer Reviews

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5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Pretty 'Together', January 2, 2002

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Eliot Wilder "eliotwilder.com" (Boston, MA USA) - See all my reviews
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Always the bridesmaid but never the bride in the United States, Sloan apparently hasn't lost hope of catching the bouquet outside its native Canada, where the band remains wildly popular. But you have to wonder if a modern-day foursome that trades on Beatlesque harmonies and comely hooks can make much of an impression in these grim times. "Pretty Together," Sloan's follow-up to the shiny '70s power pop of 1999's "Between the Bridges," is loaded with plenty of goosebump-raising vocals, all of which leap to the fore on the opener, "If It Feels Good Do It," an expression that best describes the vibe this group exudes. The Who is the other major influence here, evident on the shake and rattle of "In the Movies" or the supercharged riff-a-rama of "Pick It Up and Dial It." It's all ebullient and deliciously whipped, performed with a go-for-broke spirit. Maybe they've yet to spark the international frenzy currently buzzing around the ultra-hip Strokes, but after listening to "Pretty Together," you'll have to admit that Sloan has it pretty together.

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Typical Sloan greatness, October 22, 2001

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Joshua Benton (Dallas, TX USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Pretty Together (Audio CD)

When I first heard Pretty Together, I was disappointed: the songs seemed weak and disjointed, not fully fleshed out, and the '80s references didn't excite me much. But I also didn't like Between the Bridges the first time I heard it, and repeated listens kept that CD in my player for many months. So if you don't like PT, give it a few more chances and you'll change your mind -- it's really a very remarkable work, if more melancholy than their previous albums put together.

It's a strong album for all four Sloaners. Patrick gives a typical Patrick rocker in "If It Feels Good," but "It's In Your Eyes" has a hypnotic backbeat and is my favorite song on the album and "Your Dreams Have Come True" is sweet enough to roll over the closing credits of a John Hughes movie. Jay's "Dreaming of You" and "Are You Giving Me Back My Love" are both strong, but "Who You Talkin' To" is gorgeous. Chris is more contemplative than usual (it'll be interesting how his songs on PT work out in concert), and Andrew is his usual baroque self ("In the Movies" is very good).

Twice Removed is still the gold standard by which Sloan albums should be judged, but this one's right up there. Now if they'd only play down here in Dallas, the world would be perfect.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars really together, November 15, 2001

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this is a wonderful album. as with many sloan albums, you must do time with it. visit the website. read the bio. do a google search. you may learn the fact that there are 4 equally strong singer/songwriters in this band. that's one more than the beatles, folks. i suggest you spend some time mapping song to writer - and then span this map across 6 albums, you start to understand the brilliannce of sloan. a drummer that sings like a painter, a nice guy that sings complex poetry, a natural-born bathroom mirror trained rockstar, and a rocker that knows it's easy to blow minds...and chooses to do it.

spend time with this band. but don't sweat it if you don't have the time. just know that sloan IS that person you made suggestive eye contact with back when you had game. a heartbreaking empty spot you can certainly live with. yeah, you'll kick yourself someday...kick yourself very hard. you forgot to live a little bit harder. you slacked on sloan, dummy!