Sell Sell Sell [Import]

David Gray | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (August 19, 1996)
• Original Release Date: April 16, 1996
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Import
• Label: EMI Europe Generic
• ASIN: B000002SVX
• Also Available in: Audio CD  |  Audio Cassette  |  MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 4.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (29 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #10,444 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)
  • #40 in Music > World Music > Rock

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68 of 71 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars "White Ladder" fans take note, September 26, 2000

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Jonathan J. Casey (the twin cities) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Sell Sell Sell (Audio CD)

Ironically, now that he's a proven seller, fans can finally get ahold of "Sell Sell Sell" again. The title track is one of David's most powerful, scathing songs, featuring a haunting sound creted by strumming his electric guitar above the neck. Despite excellent songwriting and his always powerful voice (and even free promotional cassettes handed out at his shows during the tour to support this album) "Sell Sell Sell" marked the end of the first part of David Gray's career. While not as inorganic as "White Ladder," David does favor a heavier sound on this record, utilizing a full band on many tracks and electric guitars. His quiet, powerful songs do rear up, occasionally, and I think "Smile" is one of his best in this vein. It's a really beautiful, fragile love song. He's been playing "Late Night Radio" (a would-be hit that got a lot of rotation on Radio K in Minnesota) and "Everytime" in shows lately, but my favorites would have to be "Smile," "What Am I Doing Wrong?" and "Forever Is Tomorrow Is Today." I still like his first two records the best, but this is a great record nonetheless, and I'd recommend it to new and old fans alike.

26 of 26 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A Pinacle of Sorts, January 15, 2001

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Robert Powers (Chicago) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Sell Sell Sell (Audio CD)

This was the first David Gray album I owned, and I've come to regard it as perhaps his best. The standard rock and folk styles David Gray had been working with on the previous two albums are present here as well; in my opinion this is where they gel most sucessfully.

If you've only heard White Ladder, be warned that Sell Selll Sell has none of its techno-tinged stylings. The first two songs are straight-ahead electric rockers, as are several others scattered further in the album. Overall it's a more musically upbeat album than the somewhat reserved White Ladder; it's also more musically cohesive than its two predecessors (though that's splitting hairs -- all four albums are terrific.)

If you want to get just one of Mr. Gray's earlier albums, I'd recommend this one to start with.

14 of 14 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Many colors of Gray......., July 11, 2000

By A Customer

This review is from: Sell Sell Sell (Audio CD)

The third release from the UK singer-songwriter is a great collection of soaring dylanesque songs. Whilst maybe lacking the cohesiveness of his first release "A Century Ends" and the sheer beauty of his current release "White Ladder" this is a welcome addition to the collection of anyone who enjoys great songs. Standout tracks include Late Night Radio, Gutters full of Rain and Folk Song. He was dropped from his record company shortly after this release, and subsequently released White Ladder on his own label which is now something like 9-times platinum in Ireland. Buy the other albums if you havn't heard him, but this one will surely follow quickly.