Simpatico

Velocity Girl | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (June 14, 1994)
• Original Release Date: June 14, 1994
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Sub Pop
• ASIN: B0000035GE
• Also Available in: Audio CD  |  Audio Cassette  |  Vinyl  |  MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 4.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (8 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #182,029 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Customer Reviews

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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars The Best Selling Sub-pop album.. pop bliss, April 22, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: Simpatico (Audio CD)

Velocity Girl Scores with their sophmoric release, absolutely outshining their first release, Copacetic. This is the melange of pop and crafty vocal harmonies that we have come to expect from Indie veterans Velocity Girl. Broken up in 1997, check out Sarah Shannon's new outing : Starry Eyes.

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Simpatico Never Gets Old, November 17, 2005

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C. Wainwright (Yuba City, CA United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Simpatico (Audio CD)

This is the first Velocity Girl album I picked up and it's still my favorite Velocity Girl release. From the opening driving riffs of "Sorry Again," this album is relentless, sugary power pop. It's hard to pick a favorite track because they are all so finely crafted, with one song seeming to blend seemlessly into the next, but if I had to I'd pick "The All-Consumer." Sarah Shannon's voice is perfectly suited to the music and on "The All-Consumer" she is accompanied by Archie Moore on harmonies that are simply brilliant.
The lyrics are equally gripping. On "Tripping Wires," Shannon warns, "You know I never liked boys prettier than me, I warned you ... I don't want to know what hides inside infatuation." Brian Nelson adds little guitar hooks here and there that play off the rhythm guitar of Moore.
This is the perfect driving record with its high-energy, hook-filled sugary power-pop (with the exception of the beautiful ballad "Hey You, Get Off My Moon"). "Simpatico" gets me singing along every time and turns a normally boring drive along country roads into a pure pleasure.
And for any price less than $2 this album is a steal! Take it from me, you won't regret purchasing this album.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Perfect Alterna-Pop, November 24, 1998

By A Customer

This review is from: Simpatico (Audio CD)

Easily their best album. The lead singer's voice coupled w/the harsh yet poppy rhythym guitar blend perfectly. The lyrics are very fun. We need more bands like this. In the era of soul searching, I hate life lyrics this band is a refreshing change of pace. Too bad this album is 4 years old and the band has split up. : - (