Shelf-Life [Import]

Uri Caine | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (September 13, 2005)
• Original Release Date: 2005
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Import
• Label: Winter & Winter
• ASIN: B0009ENFD6
• In-Print Editions: MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 3.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #328,630 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Editorial Reviews

Bedrock’s second album goes fusion! Philly soul, funk, jazzy live music, drum ‘n’ bass and electronic elements merge into the new Bedrock sound – in addition to fake elements of TV music from the ‘70s and contemporary DJ sounds. Bedrock create a wave of nostalgia with this fresh concept that is enjoyable for young and old alike. Fun & hilarious – with Shelf-Life, the band finds its own identification!

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

7 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Disjointed, January 28, 2006

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afbg02 "afbg02" (San Francisco, CA United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Shelf-Life (Audio CD)

This disc missed the mark for me. It's a great lineup of talented people, but they just don't really seem to put a cohesive, interesting recording together. There are some good tracks, with ambient electronic elements and some actual instrumental improvisation. I generally enjoy electronic elements in jazz, eg: Dave Douglas or Craig Taborn and many other examples in the Blue Series recordings. The problem is that this disc falls back into a kitsch funk fusion far too often. There are a handful of tracks that are sort of playful replicas of 70's fusion. That might sound fun, but this sort of funk fusion was novel and relevant 20 years ago, and rehashing it fails to recreate either of those qualities. Perhaps I missed it, but I don't hear what new ideas the musicians bring to this sound. These tracks were so uninteresting as to prove distracting from the handful of good moments on the album. Essentially, after listening through the disc twice, I just don't really ever want to hear it again. I, for one, am dissapointed.

2 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Badass, July 1, 2006

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Christopher Barrick (Bloomington, IN) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Shelf-Life (Audio CD)

this album hits hard from the beginning, but changes it up like crazy.

uri caine is a musician very much in tune with what is happening in the music world, therefore the d n' b tracks sound like something squarepusher would have programmed, the hip hop tunes groove extremely hard, etc. this guy knows what's up!!

perhaps it is musician's music, for better or for worse