Shibboleth

Shibboleth | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (March 1, 2003)
• Original Release Date: March 1, 2003
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Shibboleth
• ASIN: B0000X5G8S
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #747,567 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. A Penny For Your Brain

2. Vietnam

3. Old Fashioned Speed

4. Edgar Meyer Winter

5. Indegencia

6. The Corner of Sacco and Vanzetti

7. Moe and Lester

8. Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Jerk

9. The Last Salt Fork

10. Emergency Blues Broadcast System

11. Bicycle Built for Two Mormons

12. Rheostat Twilight

13. Whatever Happened to the Cheap Life?

14. Ceiling Fang

15. The Concrete Twitch

16. Sicklerville

Editorial Reviews

For just a moment, you are stranded in an elevator with the least-popular members of T-Rex, The Carpenters and The Kinks, along with George Jones’ hairpiece. The elevator shudders somewhere between the mezzanine and rooftop grotto, and suddenly you are rocketed skyward by the excruciatingly serene tones of Shibboleth. Forty-five minutes later the bell dings and you’re on your way back to the lobby.

The debut album from Shibboleth is a fond voyage through the murky histories of American and British rock. No musical stone was left unturned, except for those that seemed to be rather heavy or slippery. In those rare instances, raucous guitar or organ solos were recorded to distract the listener and regain their trust. Lustful rocking numbers and winsome country laments debate with carnival lunacy as avant-noise dawdles in the kitchen.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Happy Virus Music, May 11, 2005

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curtis martin (Redmond, WA, USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Shibboleth (Audio CD)

This is a great album full of music that is impossible to describe in simple buzzwords. I would say it was "original" but it reminds me of so many different things: sixties sitcom themes, classic Kinks, touches of instrumental Zappa, elevator music, surf, pop, game show music, the sounds of a carnival in a parking lot, even hints of country-western. Mostly, it's happy music--but not the crap-happy music of contemporary pop radio or the "I'm ironically superior to you" satisfaction of most "alternative music." This is the kind of "happy" that randomly bounces between "genuine joy," "retard glee," and "pre-snap postal worker giddiness." Although they don't really sound like him, the attitude this band exudes reminds me most of classic Jonathan Richman. At first listen, you might think "what the hell is this?" But after the second, you won't be able to get the tunes out of your head.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Happy Sounds, May 1, 2008

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Barb (Dallas TX) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Shibboleth (Audio CD)

This CD is so original and just super cool. It is edgy, bouncy and soooo happy. Shibboleth blends their unique sounds in a quirky and a little bit goofy way. Prepare yourself for a fun and decidely different trip. It is mainly instrumental so don't expect vocals. Shibb is not quite jazz and not quite rock/pop--their sound lends a new twist. You will find after listening that your spirits are somehow lifted and you are just in a better mood. What more could you ask from music?