A Retrospective [Original recording reissued]

Saetia | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (May 13, 2003)
• Original Release Date: 2007
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Original recording reissued
• Label: Level Plane
• ASIN: B00009NH65
• Average Customer Review: 4.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (12 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #167,048 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Notres Langues Nous Trompent

2. The Sweetness and the Light

3. An Open Letter

4. Woodwell

5. Corporeal

6. Ariadne's Thread

7. From the Firmament

8. Postlapsaria

9. Endymion

10. Roquentin

11. The Poet You Never Were

12. Some Natures Catch No Plagues

13. The Burden of Reflecting

14. Closed Hands

15. Venus and Bacchus

16. One Dying Wish

17. Becoming the Truth

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

11 of 11 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars a retrospective, April 20, 2004

By 

A. Kohler "andysavestheday" (Louisville, KY) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: A Retrospective (Audio CD)

Can I explain Saetia? No. Can I tell you what they sound like or anything pertenant to making a desicion on whether you should buy this cd? No. So I'll make this short and sweet.

Attempt at describing Saetia's sound: Melodic and violent, chaotic and collected. Moving from one to the other quite easily, often times in the same song. Heavy on the screams, the vocals sound like, gasp, there is some actual meaning to what is being said. They are loaded with emotion. Emotion = emo right? Could be, I dunno, don't really care, cause Saetia sounds pretty damn good. One of those bands that can't be pigeon holed.

Attempt at describing Saetia's histroy: I've got no clue. All I know is that it says in the back of the booklet that they were a band from Feb 1997-Oct 1999. Again, according to the back of the booklet, they released one LP, a 7", and a demo cassette, as well as a random comp song. Far to little, that's how much material Aerosmith should have released. A band this good should have stayed together and released more, but what can you do?

The CD itself: Contains 22 songs total, 17 of which are listed. What the last five are, I've got no idea. But it's five more songs, and that's not something to complain about at all. Recording quality may not be the best ever, but the music more than makes up for it. 22 songs for like 12 bucks? Sounds like a deal to me. Level Plane put out this release, a great label that not many people know of.

*I get scene points for doing this review and likeing this band, but since I loath the notion of any tribulization of any scene or music in general, you can have them. You're welcome.

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars total neccesity, January 9, 2004

By A Customer

This review is from: A Retrospective (Audio CD)

for anyone getting into "screamo", this chronicle of this amazing and influential band is a must. buy it now.

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Saetia=legends., July 26, 2003

By 

Jack (Sumner, Washington United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: A Retrospective (Audio CD)

Saetia was emo before emo changed into garbage. Saetia was hardcore before hardcore became kids screaming like cookie monster. Saetia is noise therapy. Saetia is the greatest hardcore band ever.