Stand Up [Dual Disc]

Dave Matthews Band | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (May 10, 2005)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Dual Disc
• Label: RCA
• ASIN: B0008D5HMK
• In-Print Editions: Audio CD  |  MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 2.9 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (617 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #111,457 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Dreamgirl

2. Old Dirt Hill (Bring That Beat Back)

3. Stand Up (For It)

4. American Baby Intro

5. American Baby

6. Smooth Rider

7. Everybody Wake Up (Our Finest Hour Arrives)

8. Out Of My Hands

9. Hello Again

10. Louisiana Bayou

11. Stolen Away On 55th & 3rd

12. You Might Die Trying

13. Steady As We Go

14. Hunger For The Great Light

Editorial Reviews

Amazon.com

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," on "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

Product Description

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.

Customer Reviews

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245 of 310 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Probably the only "bad" Dave Matthews album I own, May 11, 2005

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Scott - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Stand Up (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.

8 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars dissappointing, June 5, 2005

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sadie "sadie" (NY) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Stand Up (Audio CD)

Not much more to say other than that the album as a whole is dissappointing. The album lacks the energy and inspiration that usually defines the Dave Matthews Band. It is not the band America fell in love with.

8 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars It's just not Dave, and it's not good, June 5, 2005

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Joshua Pearl (Port St. Lucie, FL) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Stand Up (Audio CD)

Like most reviewing this CD, I've been a fan of DMB for a long time, seen them live a bunch, etc... This CD is really not DMB, it's their new sound, and to me, it's lazy and I couldn't find one melody worth even spending .99 cents online to download. For those who are giving this CD 4 or 5 stars, I really think you're being too generous or letting your love for DMB's old stuff influence your judgment here. Bottom line for me is if you're new to Dave, you'll never want to ever listen to this album, and if you've listened to Dave for a while, odds are you won't like this new sound, it's pretty boring and not very musical.

Here's something weird as a side note, all of Dave's "pop, new sounding stuff" has had black, white and gray covers, and all of his older, good music has been colorful. Think about it, Everyday, Some Devil and now this piece of garbage, although I have to say Everyday and Some Devil were both pretty good.