Shangri-La [Import]

The Blackeyed Susans | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (February 17, 2004)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Import
• Label: Import [Generic]
• ASIN: B0000B00I9
• In-Print Editions: MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #715,625 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

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5.0 out of 5 stars Less rock, plenty of roll!, November 4, 2003

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Andrew Ballem (Fitzroy North, VIC Australia) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Shangri-La (Audio CD)

This album has been a long time coming, with the band having played these tracks since I first saw them back in 1999. It's been worth the wait though, with a distinctly grown-up sounding bunch of songs, performed by a band of such talented, talented musicians. The band describes the content as "Less rock, more roll" and this is evident through the instrumentation of double-bass, lots of piano and, as always, the wonderful guitar stylings which have become a trademark. Add to this the brilliant drumming and a horn section on a few numbers and you have a real treat.

The standout song for me is the title track, "Shangri-la" which is full of piano and an oh-so-foot tapping drum line: it's very hard not to get caught up in it. Vocalist Rob Snarski is an old-hand at taking the listener into the worlds they create, and you can almost see the neon-lights of the perfect fool's paradise. This contrasts with the dark "Deliver me" which will send (sorry about the cliché, but hey) shivers down your spine, and the beautiful "Lost Horizon", delivered with such tenderness.

An album which is suited just as much to Winter as it is Summer, Shangri-la is the kind of timeless work that you don't get enough of these days. Highly recommended!