Selected Ep [EP]

Lilys | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (March 20, 2001)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: EP
• Label: File 13
• ASIN: B000051JRK
• Also Available in: Audio CD  |  Vinyl  |  MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 4.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (8 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #532,353 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars not a landmark, but quite good, March 21, 2001

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Daniel (Columbus, OH United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Selected Ep (Audio CD)

Lighten up, it's only a few songs. Don't try to compare it to 'The 3 Way', or 'Better...' This is more of a stop-gap one-off than a "major opus" and, seen in that light, I'm very happy. Hey, they lost the demos to a couple of these old songs & felt it would be cheeky to record them for posterity with all of their newfound studio prowess. Consider it a quick love note to fans everywhere. The results range from dicey (the 2 short instrumental experiments-whatsits) to epic masterpiece (Won't Make You (Sleepy)). In between we get an interesting backward-look through the new-improved lens via the Byrdsian "The Any Several Sundays" and a really quirkily-compressed Neo-Eno "Touch the Water" which yes they've covered twice before, all 3 times in a different tonal universe. Perhaps this song is a good indicator of what their future full-length work might sound like. Who can say? In any case, it's cheap enough to justify the brevity, but frankly I'd buy about anything from Kurt for a whole lot more. His throwaways are worth more than most bands' career highs.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars The Lilys take a look back at where they've been, January 19, 2001

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Jeffrey Jotz "You'll know him when you find him" (Rahway, NJ USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Selected Ep (Audio CD)

This brief collection of early, unreleased Lilys recordings (from the _In The Presence of Nothing_ era) when they were unabashed Yankee shoegazers sounds much different than the Lilys today, who are now unabashed fans of mid-60s Kinks/Zombies psych-pop.

Fans of the retro-60s Lilys will enjoy their version of "Touch The Water," done originally by the Apples In Stereo.

However, I remember listening to the Lilys back in their Anglophile days, and the full-sounding, textured 6:45-minute opus "Won't Make You (sleepy)" brought back all those nice memories of a simpler day. By far the best song on a short CD-EP of oddities and fan favorites.

4.0 out of 5 stars Eh...with one notable exception, November 6, 2008

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O. Gamble (Kansas City, MO) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Selected - EP (MP3 Download)

Lilys music can be really hit or miss. But the track "Won't Make You Sleepy" is one of the better songs I've ever heard by any band. It sounds simple but it's brilliantly conceived and executed. Just a really great song. Unless you come to really like the band, it's hard to recommend downloading anything else off this CD.