This Is Our Music [Enhanced, Original recording reissued, Original recording remastered]

Galaxie 500 | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (April 29, 1997)
• Original Release Date: 1991
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Enhanced, Original recording reissued, Original recording remastered
• Label: Rykodisc
• ASIN: B0000009QO
• Also Available in: Audio CD  |  Audio Cassette  |  Vinyl  |  MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 3.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (14 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #161,146 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Editorial Reviews

From the Label

In late 1989 and early 1990, Galaxie played frequently in Europe, especially in the UK, garnering rave reviewsacross the board. In the spring of 1990, Dean decided to move back to New York while his bandmates stayed in Boston.They recorded their third album, This Is Our Music, in the summer of 1990, again with Kramer. The album’s title wasnicked from Ornette Coleman’s classic for Atlantic, recorded 30 years earlier. Although This Is Our Music wouldeventually become Galaxie 500’s swan song, it seems like another subtle step forward in the band’s brillianttrajectory. There are more blended vocals, Naomi’s best singing on record (a cover of Yoko Ono’s "Listen, the SnowIs Falling"), and another set of stunning originals. The box set includes a few fantastic out- takes from thissession, including the Young Marble Giants’ "Final Day" and a ripping leap through the Velvets’ "Here She ComesNow," as well as a cover of the Rutles’ classic "Cheese & Onions," recorded for a Rutles tribute record assembled byKramer. The press reaction to This Is Our Music was classically adulatory. The band played the UK festival circuit, embarked on their first full-blown American tour, and seemed on the verge of another major evolutionary leap, when Dean announced he was leaving the band.

Customer Reviews

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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Garbage? Hardly., July 10, 2004

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Paul H. "rmj84" (USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: This Is Our Music (Audio CD)

I must admit that it took me many listens to This Is Our Music before it truly sunk in as a piece of slow-moving dream-pop genius. Galaxie 500 create a lush epic where guitars both acoustic and electric swirl together in a gorgeous haze. The record opens with the incredible "Fourth Of July," which for a long time ruined the album for me. This song is perhaps Galaxie 500's strongest, and to me, everything that followed just could not hold a candle to it. But after a while, and after getting heavily into the work of My Bloody Valentine, Slowdive, The Velvet Underground, and Low, the other songs on the record began to show themselves as unique, brilliant entities. "Hearing Voices" and "Spook" are surreal pop tunes, while the superb "Summertime" and a cover of Yoko Ono's "Listen, The Snow Is Falling" are lavish guitar epics that give Dean Wareham a chance to let loose while all the sounds build to a monumental crescendo. If you decide to explore this record by Galaxie 500, do not let initial disappointment scare you away. Like all great records, This Is Our Music takes time to infiltrate one's consciousness as a piece of extraordinary artistry.

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars There's a reason Galaxie 500 broke up after this album..., May 12, 2006

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Penstrome (Los Angeles, CA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: This Is Our Music (Audio CD)

...Dean realized he and his bandmates could never top it. In parting, Galaxie 500 left their short-lived career without a blemish. A perfect end for a near-perfect band.

Essential in every respect.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars i wrote a poem on a dog biscut, but your dog refused 2 look, June 8, 2005

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loctgruv (phila, pa) - See all my reviews

This review is from: This Is Our Music (Audio CD)

at it. And so begins "4th of July", probably one of my favorite Galaxie 500 lines ever, next to "I stayed @ home on the 4th of july, and i pulled the shades so i didn't have to see the sky, and i decided to have a bed in , but i forgot to invite anybody"
Only Dean Wareham's fractured genius can paint a picture of isolation and self-doubt in this way, and his detached storytelling verses remind me of "The Gift" in a sillier setting. "Sorry" has this cool dreamy haze going on, as does "melt away", and "king of spain pt. 2" with its delicate percussion and waves of guitar gently drifts along. Find your own classics, own this lp. I can't speak for the reissue because I have the rough trade orig.