Retrograde

Friends Of Dean Martinez | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (June 24, 1997)
• Original Release Date: June 24, 1997
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Sub Pop
• ASIN: B0000035IK
• In-Print Editions: MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #163,361 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

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11 of 11 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Enchanted cinematic soundscape..., June 2, 1998

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This review is from: Retrograde (Audio CD)

Bill Elm (Giant Sand) plays the steel guitar that gives "Retrograde" its enchanted cinematic soundscape quality. Perhaps akin to Clara Rockmore's theremin, Elm's steel guitar acts as both lead guitar and voice on the instrumental classics. Many of the songs have a distinct Southwestern flavor. This music is sweet and dreamy, sometimes melancholic, and more romantic and suspenseful than the soundtrack to "Twin Peaks" or Ennio Morricone spaghetti western music. But don't let anybody try to convince you that this is easy listening; Friends of Dean Martinez (originally "Friends of Dean Martin, in hommage to the late, great lounge boozer) will keep you guessing (and dancing;) there's some real swingin' numbers here, even a bossa nova and a Pink Floyd tune!

9 of 11 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars one of my all-time favorites, July 6, 1998

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[e-mail] (Decatur, Ga.) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Retrograde (Audio CD)

These guys could have come up with a bucket of nacho cheese, but instead serves us a deisel martini. The delivery is an echo of the 50s and 60s lounge and norte-a, but the flavor brings images of corrossive metal screeching across a seering wasteland. It's like a roadtrip through bleached alkalai flats- turn off the airconditioning and settle in.

1 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Retrograde is GREAT !!!, January 19, 2002

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T. Jackson "shebangs" (Ocean City, Wa United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Retrograde (Audio CD)

This CD is excellent ! Real feel good music. Makes you want to grab your board and catch a few waves !