Return to the Last Chance Saloon [Import]

Bluetones | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (December 28, 1999)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Import
• Label: Polygram Int'l
• ASIN: B0000084TS
• Also Available in: Audio CD
• Average Customer Review: 4.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #250,031 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Tone Blooze

2. Unpainted Arizona

3. Solomon Bites the Worm

4. U.T.A.

5. 4-Day Weekend

6. Sleazy Bed Track

7. If...

8. The Jub-Jub Bird

9. Sky Will Fall

10. Ames

11. Down at the Reservoir

12. Heard You Were Dead

13. Broken Starr

Editorial Reviews

Spectrum, blued008, Jewel Case 14 Track 2004

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Not too bad, May 7, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: Return to the Last Chance Saloon (Audio CD)

After being a Stone Roses fan for years, I think the Bluetones can cut it. I'm not saying they are the great Manchester band, but many of the songs are great. I enjoy this album and suggest buying it if you like the Roses, Charlatans, or Primal Scream.

2 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars A satisfactory album that will keep the 'Blue Army' happy., July 11, 2000

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David Groves (England) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Return to the Last Chance Saloon (Audio CD)

Alot had changed in British music since the Bluetones firstappeared in 1995. No longer is melodic pop/rock the fashion and withthis in mind, it was not surprising when this album did not sell as well as its predecessor. Despite this, it is actually quite a good album. Though perhaps not as consistant and certainly not as easy to pin-point, the album does contain some very good tracks. With a more American feeling running through it, tracks such at 'Tone Blues' and 'Unpainted Arizona' are unlike the usual Brit-Pop sound. However, the band still tend to excel when they stick to great, simple, melodic pop/rock. '4 Day Weekend' is one of two great tracks on the album using a cracking guitar riff and double-time drumming that shows why Brit-Pop is still the most interesting, exciting musical form around. (This song did not even make the top twenty in the British single charts when just two years earlier it would have undoubtably threatened the top ten). The likeable but dragging 'If...' is inoffensive but not particularly inspired except within the chorus itself. Whereas, the lazy 'Sleazy Bed Track' show how the Bluetones have started to widen their sound fitting together the sleazy subject matter and the correct insrumentation well. The second, and last great track on the album is the anthemic 'Ames'. It threateningly builds up before gloriously exploding into the chorus, where Mark Morris is allowed to show his vocal range. With a great rock guitar and melody throughout, this song is one of the most potent things produced by the band. 'The Jub Jub Bird' and 'Heard You Were Dead' work well, and show the rarer, darker side to the 'Tones. The album is littered, however, with too many insufficient, light pop songs ('Sky Will Fall, Solomon Bites The Worm' and 'Broken Star') which stops it from reaching its full potential. But, overall,the LP does show why the Bluetones still have remained with such an underground following years after the Brit-Pop boom.

2 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars England's best kept secret!, August 22, 1998

By A Customer

This review is from: Return to the Last Chance Saloon (Audio CD)

The latest Bluetones album is amazing....more so than their freshman Expecting to Fly. Last Chance Saloon's songs are better crafted and superbly performed. The Morris brothers have again shown up Brit's babes by producing a well-rounded and well-written extravaganza for the ears and mind.