Script [Enhanced, Import]

The Script | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (September 23, 2008)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Enhanced, Import
• Label: BMG/Arista
• ASIN: B0019MLVEM
• In-Print Editions: Audio CD
• Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (12 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #158,321 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. We Cry

2. Before the Worst

3. Talk You Down

4. The Man Who Can't Be Moved

5. Breakeven

6. Rusty Halo

7. The End Where I Begin

8. Fall for Anything

9. If You See Kay

10. I'm Yours

11. Anybody There [*]

Editorial Reviews

2008 release. The Script is made up of three Irish lads from Dublin who are now currently based out of London, England. The trio's music boasts the kind of artful twists sure to turn all preconceptions on their head. This is a whole new brand of Celtic Soul, blending Hip Hop lyrical flow with Pop melodiousness, state-of-the-art R&B production with anthemic Rock dynamics, classic song construction with gritty contemporary narratives. It's got all the emotion and passion you would expect from across the Irish sea, but it is glittering in its modernity, universal in its singalong addictiveness and global in its syncopation, music for the feet, heart and head. This 10 track album showcases the band's fine talent with a batch of beautifully written songs. Phonogenic.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Following The Script, September 6, 2008

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Paul A. Kirwan (Ireland) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Script (Audio CD)

This Irish Trio have certainly taken flight with this No. 1 album in the UK and Ireland. The hit singles 'We Cry' and 'The Man Who Can't Be Moved' are certainly well-crafted pop ditties and if you like these, you will like the album. Nice melodies, nice production and that for me is the problem. Everything is too nice and clean. A more 'live' feel to the rockier numbers like 'Talk You Down' might have given the album more 'edge'. Nevertheless, a fine debut and suggests that there is more to come from this talented trio.

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars The Script are rewriting the playbook..., November 3, 2008

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Dabraat (Virginia) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Script (Audio CD)

Adding to the previous reviews: The Script, hailing from Dublin, are calling themselves a Celtic Soul band. Two of the band members, Danny O'Donoghue and Mark (sometimes Marc) Sheehan were members of a boy-band called Mytown in the late 1990s, and Mark is purported to be one of the top choreographers in Ireland. I find this interesting, in that they gave up the dancing completely, refocused on songwriting and playing, and are probably about to break huge in the states. Mytown got a huge advance and flopped badly, despite a lot of help from big US producers. The main dance numbers were very derivative, but the ballads were good. You could see and hear the talent in their videos (go on YouTube).

My HS age son has been playing The Script's songs for his friends and they are all going crazy on iTunes and YouTube.com, and god-knows-where-else, since they can't buy the album in the US yet.

Great vocals from the three official bandmates, including the drummer Glen Power, very catchy songs with soul, rap, reggae, hints of U2, and some very smart lyrics. We Cry's cool rap/soul foundation and political lyrics grab the kids hard enough to get them to listen to the great ballads of Breakeven (amazing chorus) and The Man Who Can't Be Moved. I found 'If You See Kay' pretty on the surface but a little cloying... the lyric refers to the singer as sweet f.a. without Kay, meaning he is nothing, or sweet f*&K-all, a common UK term (also the title of the old Sweet song). If You See Kay, also spells out the word (F_U_C...), if you catch my drift, so I feel they got a little too clever here, ruining the sentiment for me.

The best thing about The Script though are their amazing live performances. Danny changes up the songs virtually every time he delivers one live, and I have a lot of versions I prefer to the albums. Check out their appearance on Live at Abbey Roads on Sundance, or some of their live performances on balconies, tv shows, etc. on YouTube. They are gonna blow up in the US. Good looking kids, with great songs, great vocals, great performances. How can they miss...The Script is already written in platinum. One day they should drop the instruments and dance a little, too...

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars The Script, February 14, 2009

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P. Bylczynski (Wisconsin) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Script (Audio CD)

I saw this band on a "Live at Abbey Road" segment on the Sundance channel. They are fantastic! They performed "We Cry" and "A Man Who Won't Be Moved" and the songs just wouldn't get out of my brain. I looked online and found some interviews and video's of this Irish Band and was hooked. I love this CD and highly recommend it to anyone.