Song Is a City [Import]

Eskimo Joe | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (December 4, 2006)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Import
• Label: Festival Records
• ASIN: B0002ADW62
• Average Customer Review: 4.4 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #263,968 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Come Down

2. From the Sea

3. Life is better with you

4. Older than you

5. A Song is a city

6. Don't let it fly

7. I'm So Tired

8. Seven veils.

9. Smoke

10. Carousel

11. This Room

12. Car Crash

Editorial Reviews

Following their gold selling debut album 'Girl' (2001), Perth trio Eskimo Joe deliver their stunning sophomore album. It's comprised of 12 stunning tracks, including the first single 'From The Sea', & an enhanced component that includes nine live acoustic tracks recorded at the Evelyn Hotel in Melbourne in 2003. Festival/Mushroom. 2004.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

5 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars awesome, September 18, 2004

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Music Pro Merlin "Merlin" (NYC) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Song Is a City (Audio CD)

Never heard of the band before. Heard some interesting snippets in a surf shop. Bought the CD and fell off my chair listening to it. Fresh and Fantastic. Shades of Police. Move over the Strokes - these Aussie boys are going to take over New York! Hope the boys are not Pauline Hanson fans.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars No sophomore slump, November 1, 2004

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Adelaide Drew "eltharion_doa" (Adelaide, Australia) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Song Is a City (Audio CD)

Eskimo Joe hail from the vibrant music scene in Perth, Western Australia, though they've been around for long enough that they've outgrown their roots. They've also grown up since their first album (Girl) and the music on ASIAC reflects that.

The older, more mature tone of the CD is demonstrated on the title track, which is probably my favourite - it's more experimental and it shows where Eskimo Joe could push themselves if they really tried. Unfortunately, the rest of the CD isn't as adventurous, most of the songs being quite straightfoward pop rock. This isn't necessarily a bad thing - Smoke, Older Than You and Seven Veils are heaps of fun and demonstrate the added focus which EJ bring to their new music. Don't Let It Fly and This Room are more rocky numbers, though they still pack a good punch with fine lyrics and strong hooks.

Eskimo Joe do miss a few boats - Carosel is jangly and discordant, and sounds very out of place, whilst a couple of the other songs don't work perfectly either (Car Crash, I'm So Tired). But when they're at their best, as they are on lead single (and comfortably the best track on the CD), From the Sea, Eskimo Joe demonstrate the ability to combine great pop music with some quite ambitious rock. In the end, that's enough to make what could have been a fairly average album into a very good one.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars They've done it...., January 10, 2006

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Tom Sorrell "Feel the Gunz" (Sydney, AUS) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Song Is a City (Audio CD)

From the modest power pop of their first mainstream release girl, Eskimo Joe are certainly a band that have grown up in a hurry. A Song is a City includes some of the best material released by an Australian band in years, and is a sharp, melodic and cohesive album perfect for a drive along the ocean. Best song would have to be From the Sea - surely one of the best modern Australian releases. Just like the ocean, it draws you in, and then blows you away.