Sampler [Import]

Cardiacs | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (July 25, 1997)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Import
• Label: Alph
• ASIN: B000007UVR
• Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #722,201 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

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5.0 out of 5 stars Looking for something COMPLETELY different?, October 31, 1999

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Brian St. John (APO, AE USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Sampler (Audio CD)

Imagine this: A spectacular carwreck involving Frank Zappa, Michael Patton, Captain Beefheart, Bob Marley and Andrew Lloyd Webber as William Burroughs looks on and smiles knowingly to himself. Unfortunately, this just scratches the surface of this group's insane genius. Tim Smith, the Cardiac's main songwriter, has during this group's nearly twenty-year career single-handedly deconstructed the pop song several times over. This sampler is the perfect introduction. You might as well order their brilliant "Sing to God" while you're at it.

4.0 out of 5 stars A very good overview of Cardiacs' music, June 3, 2000

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tryptikon (Western AR, USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Sampler (Audio CD)

While nowhere near a "Best of" CD, this album gives the Cardiacs neophyte a very good overview of their output through the years. The sound of Cardiacs *has* to be heard rather than described. They reference a myriad of bands from The Beatles to Devo to Genesis, but in the end, perform a music uniquely their own. All of their albums except for their latest, _Guns_ , are represented here. Unfortunately, there is no new or unreleased material here, but it also proves that Cardiacs are not out to make a buck on the completists out there, either. Kudos to them for that. This is a very good compilation, "worthy of ovation", as the band themselves would put it.