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Don't let the headless CGI dancer on the cover fool you. While Stand Up has a more organic feel than 2001's radio-ready Everyday, it is hardly an invocation for carefree days spent twirling on the grass. Instead it is a call to arms that carries over much of the insurrectionary spirit the Dave Matthews Band brought to 2004's Vote For Change Tour. Matthews, sounding rawer than ever, swerves between optimism ("To change the world you only start with one step," he sings on "You Might Die Trying") and angst ("See the man with the bomb in his hand/ Everybody wake up," goes "Everybody Wake Up [Our Finest Hour Arrives]"), while producer Mark Baston, best known for his small-time work with big-name pop acts like Beyonce and 50 Cent, responds by putting the marching band rhythms of Carter Beauford in the front and galvanizing the music with a crisp R&B edge, most evident in the totally - okay, partially - crunk "Stolen Away On 55th & 3rd." --Aidin Vaziri
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The DVD side of the DualDisc will feature a 20+ minute film featuring the making of STAND UP with in-depth interviews with DMB at their recording studio in Charlottesville, VA.
--This text refers to an alternate
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245 of 311 people found the following review helpful
Format:Audio CD
I've been listening to Dave Matthews Band for 15 years now. For awhile, every album they put out got better and better. And then came "Everyday." They moved past their traditional acoustic folk/rock success with a new producer and an edgier sound. I initially hated that album, but grew to like it. With their last album, "Busted Stuff," they began to move back to their roots, only to drift again with the release of "Stand Up."
I don't know where they were going with this album, but it's a much different sound than we've heard in the past. If I didn't recognize (somewhat) the vocals of Dave Matthews, I might even think it's from a different band. Hopefully I'll grow into this album as well, but after several listens since it's release, I've grown tired of trying to find anything worth listening to.
This album sounds like it is filled with tracks that didn't make the cut for "Everyday." It has that over processed feel but lacks the 4 or 5 great tracks that made "Everyday" a decent album. So far I've found two tracks that I don't mind listening to: "Old Dirt Hill" and "American Baby," and even those aren't very good. The problem with the songs on this album is that they're too repetitive and they lack the great lyrics and instrumental riffs that make Dave Matthews Band's music so great. You hear the same chords and lyrics over and over and over. It's almost as if they took the first minute of each song and looped it several more times. I don't even recall hearing Boyd Tinsley's violin at all on this album. They even put two lame "throwaway" tracks on this album so you're only getting 12 songs. They did that on "Before These Crowded Streets" as well but at least that song was decent. These two just sound like a bunch of noise.
The other big failure with this album are the vocals. Dave's voice sounds way too gravelly and hoarse during the entire album. He's always had somewhat rough vocals but this has been part of his charm. His voice on this album sounds like he's been smoking cigarettes for twenty years.
My biggest complaint with this album however, isn't the music, but the decision to include DRM (Digital Rights Management aka copy protection) on it. The album includes Sunncomm's Mediamax DRM. If you play it on your computer, it will install software (whether you ask it to or not), that you can virtually never uninstall. Studios somehow think this will stop copyright infringement. It doesn't. This does nothing but prevent legitimate owners from enjoying the music. People WILL find a way to rip this album and pirate it, regardless. The DRM makes zero difference in terms of piracy. Studios still don't get this. So be prepared to have problems trying to play this on your iPod if you get it.
I'd like to give this album 2.5 stars if I could, because I think I'll come to enjoy a few of the songs after several more listens, but it just really lacks the intensity and enjoyment that the band's past albums have had.
Update: 5 January 2012 - I have listened to this much more since my initial purchase almost seven years ago, and I think my review still "stands up." This is a really disappointing DMB album.
I don't know where they were going with this album, but it's a much different sound than we've heard in the past. If I didn't recognize (somewhat) the vocals of Dave Matthews, I might even think it's from a different band. Hopefully I'll grow into this album as well, but after several listens since it's release, I've grown tired of trying to find anything worth listening to.
This album sounds like it is filled with tracks that didn't make the cut for "Everyday." It has that over processed feel but lacks the 4 or 5 great tracks that made "Everyday" a decent album. So far I've found two tracks that I don't mind listening to: "Old Dirt Hill" and "American Baby," and even those aren't very good. The problem with the songs on this album is that they're too repetitive and they lack the great lyrics and instrumental riffs that make Dave Matthews Band's music so great. You hear the same chords and lyrics over and over and over. It's almost as if they took the first minute of each song and looped it several more times. I don't even recall hearing Boyd Tinsley's violin at all on this album. They even put two lame "throwaway" tracks on this album so you're only getting 12 songs. They did that on "Before These Crowded Streets" as well but at least that song was decent. These two just sound like a bunch of noise.
The other big failure with this album are the vocals. Dave's voice sounds way too gravelly and hoarse during the entire album. He's always had somewhat rough vocals but this has been part of his charm. His voice on this album sounds like he's been smoking cigarettes for twenty years.
My biggest complaint with this album however, isn't the music, but the decision to include DRM (Digital Rights Management aka copy protection) on it. The album includes Sunncomm's Mediamax DRM. If you play it on your computer, it will install software (whether you ask it to or not), that you can virtually never uninstall. Studios somehow think this will stop copyright infringement. It doesn't. This does nothing but prevent legitimate owners from enjoying the music. People WILL find a way to rip this album and pirate it, regardless. The DRM makes zero difference in terms of piracy. Studios still don't get this. So be prepared to have problems trying to play this on your iPod if you get it.
I'd like to give this album 2.5 stars if I could, because I think I'll come to enjoy a few of the songs after several more listens, but it just really lacks the intensity and enjoyment that the band's past albums have had.
Update: 5 January 2012 - I have listened to this much more since my initial purchase almost seven years ago, and I think my review still "stands up." This is a really disappointing DMB album.
11 of 12 people found the following review helpful
Format:Audio CD
The 1 star is for the copy protection. I don't steal CDs, I upload them to a computer hard drive to stream through a high end audio system. People have always found a way around these copy protections. When they do find the way around, suddenly this protection only becomes a pain for those that are legitimate owners.
14 of 16 people found the following review helpful
Format:Audio CD|Amazon Verified Purchase
I used to love DMB, but their last couple of CD's have really been terrible. "Stand Up" is probably the worst of the bunch. Gone are the long jams you grew used to with DMB. Instead we get slick, polished tunes that last 4 minutes. I'm also tired of Dave making political statements on his CD's.
I won't buy another DMB disc until Steve Lilywhite returns as producer.
Save your money and don't bother with "Stand Up".
I won't buy another DMB disc until Steve Lilywhite returns as producer.
Save your money and don't bother with "Stand Up".
Most Recent Customer Reviews
Still a great album
Reviewing another DMB's consumers stars for this album, I couldn't stop to think how injustice is to give less than three stars to it. Read more
Published 10 months ago by Victor M S Delgado
Not DMB and Not Worth It
I have listened to DMB since 1995. My first album was Under the Table and Dreaming, the second Crash, and so on. Read more
Published 10 months ago by UnsungAnthem
older
When I first bought the album I barely listened to it. I put it on sometime last month and have listened to it every night since. Read more
Published 14 months ago by Naomi Smile
Complete Satisfaction
CD was delivered in good time and in exactly the condition it was promised. I hope all my future online shopping experiences are as smooth and as satisfactory as this was.
Published 16 months ago by pmaureeno
Not bad, but not great
First I just want to say, this album is a completely political album, and obviously shows that Dave is an anti-Bush democrat. Read more
Published 19 months ago by Kerin
Pretty good, if you like music
I don't listen to a lot of music these days. I just listen to sports talk and stuff when I'm in the car. Anyway, I got this CD as a birthday present and it's pretty good. Read more
Published 21 months ago by Rayscann
Stand Up....
...and walk out on Dave Matthews Band! Honestly, has any "songwriter" done more with less? I have seen bands of high school kids write and perform better music. Read more
Published 22 months ago by J. Rossi
Mediocre
WTF?
Dark,dreary and artificial sounding.
The drum mix bites,and the unnecessary use of drum machines/sequencers add an aspartame/corn sweetener taste to this... Read more
Dark,dreary and artificial sounding.
The drum mix bites,and the unnecessary use of drum machines/sequencers add an aspartame/corn sweetener taste to this... Read more
Published on April 10, 2010 by PGM
DMB
The best DMB cd in my opinion. It is a great cd by one of the greatest bands/
Published on March 16, 2010 by Rev. Brian Waddell
Amazing Band! Amazingly bad album!
This album is pretty terrible. I really tried to like. i really did. but it's full of pop songs that don't go together and have no soul to them. Read more
Published on June 4, 2009 by Joshua D. Ogden
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