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Something Different

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SOMETHING DIFFERENT is an album answering the question "what if Lost And Found recorded with other instruments?"

So, Lost And Found offers their orignal sound (which I prefer) on the first nine tracks. Then, on the next nine, they have other instruments added. I like this, too, but I prefer traditional speedwood.

After the eighteenth song, wait and there will be a Bluegrass version of "Multiply" and if you wait after that, there will be a song called "1980" that Lost And Found did not write - but was written by a guy who was writing down thoughts as he reads the newspaper. It sounds like a sarcastic in-your-face, "we're America, and we can do what we want" piece of music. I think Lost And Found sang it just because it is sarcastic and they enjoyed playing it.

I love the fact that Saskatchewan is included. The one song I sometimes do not listen to is "Your Memory." I really like the song, but it can make me sad and it really makes my sister sad. It is about remembering loved ones who have passed on. It is extremely important to my life because I was just getting over the death of a good friend when I actually got to sit and listen to the song (I didn't own the CD yet and was listening to a friend's copy).

If you like Lost And Found's traditional style, but want these songs, just stop the CD after the first nine tracks. If you'd like to hear what Lost And Found would sound like with a full band, get this CD and listen to the last nine tracks.

Then you can decide if you prefer listening to the first half or second half or like both equally well.

But it still gets 4 stars. Honestly, I think the plain old speedwood versions of the songs are way better, with the sole exception of Can't Take Away. The rest of the songs just seem weird played with electric instuments, and the drums just make it seem like it isn't Lost and Found.
I would still definitely reccomend this album, but only after getting the Speedwood albuls, Something, etc, all of which were 5 stars in my book. Then again, I don't like most music with drums and electic instruments, so if you do, maybe you will like them on this cd. Either way, just the speedwood versions are well worth getting the cd for, and I also love the last hidden track (1980).

Lost and Found sounds like nothing else I have ever heard. In the midst of the endless sea of over-produced, hyper-commercialized "popular" Christian music and the recent trend of artists jumping on the praise and worship bandwagon with its "7/11" songs, L&F is a refreshing change. I love the depth and poetic nature of many of their lyrics; songs that speak not only of our passion for God but also embrace and proclaim timeless truths and doctrines...often pulled directly from the Word...not that every L&F song is serious...many of them are just fun! Their music has a raw, unrefined edge to it...and it is so original in style: most of the time just an acoustic guitar and piano played in their signature "speedwood" style.

"Something Different" really is something else. As you've probably gleaned from other reviews it's a part a / part b CD. Part A includes 9 songs in the typical "like nothing else I have ever heard" style: speedwood (piano, guitar, and the occasional additional instrument). Part B is the same 9 songs but done in a more produced, studio sound (for some reason whenever I listen to Part B I think of late 90's REM...but then when the vocals start I remember it's Lost and Found).

As far as the lyrical content of the CD, "Something Different" is yet another fine installment by L&F. Of the 9 songs, only "Your Memory" gets skipped when my wife and I are listening to the CD (we just don't get this song). I think that anybody who can make me want to sing along with a song about a Canadian province (Saskatchewan) must be a fairly gifted writer. "Raise Him Up", "Multiply" and "Remember" could each be used in a P&W setting. The electric version of "Multiply" is kinda flat but is easily made up for with a third version...bluegrass...which is mighty nice (track 19). The final song on the cd (track 20) is a hyper-sarcastic-patriotic-in-your-face-we're-America-and-we-can-trash-the-planet-if-we-want-to diddy, "this is America, love it or leave it." I'm pretty sure it's meant facetiously...I hope...

"Something Different" is the latest, greatest installment from L&F...and is a must have for any fan.

You know, when I first heard of this album, I couldn't wait to hear the added-to versions with other instruments and artists. I was incredibly surprised to hear that they were still better raw and un-touched. That said, the new versions are still incredible, but nothing to the "Lost and Found" versions. This is an excellent album by and excellent group, see a concert if you ever get the chance! They are as good as on the cd and hilarious in-between songs! Stein Auf

Lost and Found has done it again. This album is great for all the right reasons. If you have never heard them perform, then you don't know what to expect. Purchase this album anyway! There is a reason that this song writing/playing duo consistently receives 5 star ratings on Amazon, they maintain artistic and theological integrity by not bowing to corporate producers. This is playful music with an intense message, but this particular album is even more intriguing than their previous releases because it offers us an insight into their other sound.

Michael Bridges and George Baum's previous recordings have always centered on their message, leaving their music well played, but still raw from a production format. Some listeners have viewed this a s a plus, others a minus. This time they have given us both, there are 9 songs on this CD, each offered twice. The first time through, it's the same Lost and Found that we have come to know and love. they play just like they're in concert, straight through with no studio reworking. The second time through, they offer the same songs reworked with more musicians, different instrumentation... the works. This is their "what if..." album, but like their previous recordings, it is also "Something Different."