Radio Caroline [Original recording reissued]

Area | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (July 7, 1998)
• Original Release Date: 1998
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Original recording reissued
• Label: Projekt Records
• ASIN: B000007SQ7
• In-Print Editions: MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (6 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #538,777 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars You don't know what you're missing, October 11, 2002

By A Customer

This review is from: Radio Caroline (Audio CD)

I've been listening to Area since the late 1980s. If you've never heard Lynn Canfield's voice mingling with Henry Frayne's guitar, then you are missing one of the greatest mixtures in all of indie music. Radio Caroline remains my favorite of all Area's works with Fragments of the Morning coming in second. If you like the voice and the guitar but want something a little more upbeat, try Moon Seven Times ... Canfield/Frayne formed M7X after Area disbanded.

1 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Better late than never., March 26, 2004

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George (Tampa, FL United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Radio Caroline (Audio CD)

Here it is the year 2004 and I'm just now listening to this CD. With the exception of two songs this album is fantastic. This group is alot like October Project. "Bury my Lovely" and "Return to Me" are great songs. I wonder if OP fashioned thier music after Area. October Project came along around 1995. I love "Micheal Writes His Parents" and "This One". The lead singer's voice is almost hypnotic and guitarists style accents her vocal talents. I plan to sample more of this unique group.

0 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Dream station, December 12, 2001

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D. C. Harold "dharold" (London) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Radio Caroline (Audio CD)

If only a Radio station really did play songs like these. The hard but longing vocal of 'Sweet Revenge' hangs above Henry Frayne's endless guitar sound while songs like 'One Desire' and 'Transmitter' have a propulsion absent (though not generally missed) from most of Area's recorded oeuvre. It's not as strong a collection as Perfect Dream, but it's charms are open to years of rediscovery. Buy this, you fool!