Program [Import]

Marion | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Import
• Label: Universal/Polygram
• ASIN: B00000GANK
• Average Customer Review: 3.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #518,330 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. The Smile

2. Miyako Hideaway(Full Length)

3. Sparkle

4. Is That So?

5. What Are We Waiting For?

6. Strangers

7. The Powder Room Plan

8. The Program

9. All Of These Days

10. Comeback

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars one of the best albums of the nineties, February 16, 2001

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V. Jonathan Facile (Sacramento, CA United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Program (Audio CD)

Ok, first of all I don't know what your all talking about. The Program is one of the best albums I've ever heard.. with soaring melodies, driving guitars, excellent lyrics... songs like The Smile, Comeback, Miyoko Hideaway, Sparkle, Powder Room Plan just so do it for me. Its britpop with a touch of glam thrown in. Very Dramatic.. very emotional. I personally prefer it to This World and Body.

4.0 out of 5 stars An even slice of indie rock., December 10, 2010

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Gobbeldygook - See all my reviews

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This review is from: Program (Audio CD)

Well Marion's follow up album to This World and Body, The Program carries the same sound over from the last album. Crunchy hard hitting riffs, with occasional use of acoustic and chorus affected guitars, and punchy bass lines. The lyrics of Jaime Harding are quite good, very direct, and he definitely takes ques from Morrissey. His singing on this album is also above what I expected in a way, he has a very powerful voice. Some stand out tracks for me were The Smile, Sparkle, Is That So, Strangers, and The Powder Room Plan, great guitar work and choruses in each. A few more acoustic numbers than the last album and the songs tend to be much longer in length. There is something here to be appreciated if you liked what Marion were putting out with the first album but it's not a clone of the first album with a new name on it, some call it a disappointment, I would call it growth. Either way Marion were and still are an unappreciated band that really deserve a listen.

1 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars good, but not as expected, June 22, 2000

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Juan Pablo Ramirez Gurria - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Program (Audio CD)

If you think that Program sounds like This World and Body, you're wrong. Program lacks of the creativity and power of Marion's first album: guitars are less distorted and the production seems to be less elaborated. It's obvious that Marion were short of ideas during the writing/recording of this album. Still, there are some good songs (Strangers, Smile, Comeback, Sparkle). If you're a Marion fan, you must definetely have to buy it; but if you only like brit pop and This World and Body didn't turn your world upside down, you can save that money and buy something else.