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Track Listings
| 1. What I See |
| 2. No More |
| 3. Depression |
| 4. Six Pack |
| 5. Thirsty And Miserable |
| 6. Police Story |
| 7. Gimmie Gimmie Gimmie |
| 8. Spray Paint (The Walls) |
| 9. Room 13 |
| 10. Rise Above |
| 11. Bonus Track 1 |
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Dirty Projectors - Rise Above - Dead Oceans - DOC001
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17 of 20 people found the following review helpful
Format:Audio CD
Rise Above is Dirty Projectors front-man (and only permanent member) Dave Longstreth's attempt to, get this, rewrite Black Flag's album Damaged from memory. But this isn't a collection of covers - what he's ended up with here is a pile of ethereal, amazing music with the characteristic complex Projectors harmonies, syncopation, and turn-your-head-around compositions that bears no resemblance to Black Flag, despite the fact that they share the same lyrics. Take "Police Story", the most iconoclastic track. It's a soft, flowing, reed-heavy piece with an opening that feels somewhere out of Debussy, at yet the lyrics go, "This f*cking city, it's run by pigs, they take away the rights from all the kids."
The amount of re-imagining it took to create these tracks makes the album something for the annals of pop music art-history. Interesting museum installation idea: play Rise Above on one side, Damaged on the other, and see if your head explodes.
The amount of re-imagining it took to create these tracks makes the album something for the annals of pop music art-history. Interesting museum installation idea: play Rise Above on one side, Damaged on the other, and see if your head explodes.
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
Format:Audio CD
...and maybe I am one too! People who critique this disc often talk about "oddness for oddnesses sake" or some such thing. Yeah, yeah, you want to find a Diamond in the Rough, one who doesn't wear some kind of MFA cred on his sleeve. I get it... OK, you guys, good luck searching the dystopic digital universe for the next Robert Johnson - and even if you find him, David Byrne and Bjork will be collaborating with him, TOO! - before you know it. The only questions that matter are these: Is this music beautiful? - answer:yes; Is this music amazing? - yes again. Is David Longstreth pretentious?............well.....sometimes...I gotta admit...The timbre of his voice - like some kind of horrible extreme parody of "sensitive". Oh well, nothing and nobody is perfect...except Amber and Angel - my God, they are really awesome. What would they do with their lives if they weren't drinking the DP Kool - Aid? Something as good? Better? Or would they become members of that bizarre breed of hardened Rock Freelancers? A horrible thought...hopefully not that. As I trudge through this universe, I become more and more convinced that people love everything about music - except music. Well, there is some incredible musical music here - and according to me, it doesn't get TOO much in the way of whatever it is that they are trying to "say". OK, it's not as immediate as the Sex Pistols - or even Gang of Four. But it fits into a playlist where Ligeti, Konono # 1, Pere Ubu and Cecil Taylor live happily together - take that Nico and your Muhly - ists! And you too, BOAC and your Bangling Woods! Some people just are congenitally incapable of playing Nature to your Culture (thank you Barbara Kruger), even if or when they try!
4 of 6 people found the following review helpful
Format:Audio CD
I'm a big fan of the dirty projectors. They put on an awesome show & their records are never lacking. I own this album, Slaves Graves & Ballads, and New Attitude. All are fantastic. This CD specifically I could play on repeat forever & it wouldn't get old.
I would agree with the 2 star review, in that yes this band is different. If you can't handle some intentional off beat non-traditional usage of vocals, guitar and drums dirty projectors is not the band for you. I would definitely not compare them to Clash or the Arctic Monkeys though.
I would agree with the 2 star review, in that yes this band is different. If you can't handle some intentional off beat non-traditional usage of vocals, guitar and drums dirty projectors is not the band for you. I would definitely not compare them to Clash or the Arctic Monkeys though.
Most Recent Customer Reviews
5.0 out of 5 stars
A Brilliant and Successful Experiment
Rise Above, as anyone looking at this page is most likely aware of, is Dave Longstreth's attempt at recreating Black Flag's seminal album Damaged from memory. Read more
Published 19 months ago by C. Thompson
5.0 out of 5 stars
Intresting twist to Black flags Damaged and a very interesting band
Not really into the orginal album that this was taken from but I can respect it. Dave has a way with rock and I believe soul beacause it heavy on the rock punk reggae side with a... Read more
Published on August 24, 2008 by Yoshu Brown
5.0 out of 5 stars
underhead/misunderstood/beautiful
Ignore the other person. This cd is beautiful, intricate, and creatively composed. I haven't heard much like it, which can be bad, but in this case, it's good. Read more
Published on October 14, 2007 by David Michael Worthington
2.0 out of 5 stars
Superficial initial impressions
Let me just start off by disclosing that I know nothing about this band's history. Before I bought this album I'd never heard of Dirty Projectors. Read more
Published on October 9, 2007 by Elmo
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