Triumph for Man [IMPORT]

Mew

Product Details

• Audio CD (December 25, 2006)
• Original Release Date: 1997
• Number of Discs: 2
• Format: Import
• Label: Sony Bmg Europe
• ASIN: B000JLPNWK
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #244,571 in Music (See Bestsellers in Music)

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Track Listings

Disc: 1

1. Wheels Over Me

2. Beautiful Balloon

3. Wherever

4. Panda

5. Then I Run

6. Life Is Not Distant

7. No Shadow Kick

8. Snowflake

9. She Came Home for Christmas

10. Pink Monster

See all 14 tracks on this disc

Disc: 2

1. Studio Snippet #1

2. Say You're Sorry [Atfm Session]

3. Beautiful Balloon [Acoustic]

4. Web [Demo Version]

5. Chinese Gun [Demo Version]

6. Studio Snippet #2

7. I Should Have Been a Tsin-Tsi (For You) [Demo Version]

8. Wheels Over Me [Demo Version]

9. Superfriends [Demo Version]

Editorial Reviews

Product Description

Import only digitally remastered two CD reissue of the Danish Modern Rock band's 1997 debut album includes a bonus disc featuring nine tracks (demos, acoustic tracks and more). The band recently relocated to London and have achieved commercial success and received critical accolades for their And The Glass Handed Kites release. 23 tracks total. Exilbris. 2006.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars A Pricey Introduction, June 4, 2008

By	Kurt Harding "bon vivant" (Boerne TX) - See all my reviews (TOP 500 REVIEWER)    (REAL NAME)

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Guess this happens a lot. A band debuts with a CD that goes essentially nowhere but subsequent successes convince them (or their record company) that the time is right to capitalize on rising popularity by reissuing what few had the chance to hear the first time around. Tempt the fan with a slew of extra tracks and voila, the band has a real chance of making the till sing! Sometimes that tactic works and sometimes it backfires. I think that these days it works more often than not, so that releases of early, "rare" cuts, demos, and outtakes are becoming ever more widespread.
My first taste of Mew came with their third and fourth albums. I enjoy their brand of alt-pop, so I picked Triumph For Man up to get an earful of their beginnings. And even though this CD is not half as polished as some of their later work, there is much that is enjoyable.
My favorites among the songs that constituted the original release are Then I Run, She Came Home For Christmas, I Should Have Been A Tsin-tsi (for you), and finally Coffee Break which stylistically, is much different from the rest of the songs on the disc. On the second disc, I most enjoy Say You're Sorry, Web, Chinese Gun, and Wheels Over Me. Most will agree that the "studio snippets" could have been omitted as they add nothing useful to the listener's pleasure.
Though none of the aforementioned songs is particularly memorable, all are at least enjoyable. Triumph For Man gives the listener about an hour and a half of decent alt-pop and while it is a pricey introduction to Mew, it is one that gives the fan a chance to hear how the soaring, dreamy alt-pop Mew is known for now came to be.

5.0 out of 5 stars clap your hands and raise your hoof, January 6, 2009

By	J. Case "a Dapper Dan man" (North Wherever) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

It's a great album. And a debut at that. Gorgeous, confident, occasionally fumbling, but very worthwhile. If you even have an inkling of interest in Mew you'll need to hear it all the way through.

0 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Mew's Debut, August 6, 2007

By	Kal Peduzzi (Somewhere Else) - See all my reviews

This is the rerelease of Mew's 1997 debut, A Triumph For Man. It is incredibly awesome. If you're a big enough fan to pay the money for importing, then do so immediately. If you're not a big fan, then you probably don't have Frengers and And the Glass Handed Kites yet, so hurry up and do that. Then buy this, and the new rerelease of Half the World is Watching Me.