Stereo Fuse

Stereo Fuse | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (November 5, 2002)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Wind-Up
• ASIN: B00006JYB5
• In-Print Editions: MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 3.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (20 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #202,460 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Editorial Reviews

Amazon.com

Few bands would opt to bookend their debut album with slightly different versions of the same cover song. Given the chance to show the world what you've got, why trust someone else's vision? So it can be surmised that the Dallas-based quartet Stereo Fuse feel confident that the rest of their self-titled disc will leave its own thumbprint. For the most part, they're right--Stereo Fuse, the album, is crunchy, no-frills (if not wildly original) rock given great ballast by Colin Hill, a vocalist so intense his spit practically flies from the speakers. The vaguely metallic "Live Like a God" and "Breathe" are strong examples of Stereo Fuse's fierce guitar-bass-drums growl hugging Hill's screech. But as is often the case, greater joys are found in subtler moments. The aforementioned cover of Material Issue's doe-eyed love song "Everything" puts the band on a slow boil while "Allison"--a relatively sunny pop statement--delivers a sucker punch with its dark lyrics condemning a dead junkie. On "Hey You" the band draws power from a "la la la" chorus while the pleading and insistent "Super Hero" is a hit in waiting. A bit of editing would have spared us the unbearably cliché "Heaven Beside You," but that's a small complaint in the scheme of things. --Kim Hughes

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars A great starter album, January 27, 2003

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Laura (Willowbrook, IL) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Stereo Fuse (Audio CD)

Stereo Fuse, in my opinion, will make it big. Compared to all the other alternative rock groups, they have a fresh, cool sound. The singer has a great voice, and you can really tell in "Everything" as well as the acoustic version. Although this song is a remake, it's what made them famous. There are some great songs on this album - Allison is a really cool slower song with a great beat, and if you listen to the lyrics, it makes you think. Super Hero is good too - good drums and guitar, a little faster. Heaven Inside You - another great slower song with a chorus that makes you want to sing along. So, "Everything" is not the only good song on this album. I recommend this CD - I can almost guarantee that they'll have some more great albums.. The only negative I can think of is that a couple of the faster songs sound kind of alike and the chorus almost blends in with the rest of the song, but for their first album- it's a hell of a good start. They put on a GREAT concert, too! A great CD to kick back and relax to, and a nice break from all the trendy, typical alternative band sounds.

3 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Are you buying it just for Super Hero?, September 8, 2003

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M. Scott Walters "-mscott-" (Ithaca, NY) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Stereo Fuse (Audio CD)

As a whole, the album is rather disappointing. OK, but there's nothing really great here. Some of the tracks are better than others, but a few are downright bland and even annoyingly repetative. Even on the first time through I hit the skip track button on a few that got on my nerves.

If you're buying it just for Super Hero (or some other single track you want), don't count on wanting the rest of the album. Check out one of the used copies. Probably a better value for your money that way if you have to have it.

3 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Poor Album - Blame it on the love of Rock and Roll, January 5, 2003

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Amr Darwish (Egypt) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Stereo Fuse (Audio CD)

I am very much into alternative music, and bands like MB20, Third Eye blind, SWIM, Stroke 9, Far too Jones and many other. I thought this album will join my great collection of CDs, but I was wrong. I bought this album after I read couple of reviews here. Sometimes the hunger to hear new good alternative music makes me try my luck with such new bands. To cut it short, this CD has one and half good song. The rest is pure trash. All the songs are poorly written and boring. I wonder how can a band make a whole new CD based on one good song!! Steroe Fuse don't have any depth in their songs and you can feel this in their short lyrics that they keep repeating them over and over in their songs. I don't recommned this item and I think it is a waste of money.