Turning Into Small

All Natural Lemon & Lime Flavors | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (May 20, 1999)
• Original Release Date: April 7, 1998
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Gern Blandsten
• ASIN: B000006PUB
• Also Available in: Audio CD  |  Vinyl  |  MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 4.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #269,821 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. You Can Never Tell

2. Your Imagination

3. Puzzled into Pieces

4. Lattershed

5. When Things Come Falling

6. In Between and After

7. False from Above

8. Snowflake Eye

9. Emergency Turn Off

10. Paradigm Somehow

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars enter dreamland, August 16, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: Turning Into Small (Audio CD)

anlalf have made a quintessential dream pop album. the music will envelope the listener in a swirl of sound and euphoria. tracks like "puzzled into pieces", "paradigm somehow", and "you can never tell" will bombard your senses with an overwhelming splash of bliss. you can obviously compare this band to my bloody valentine, but anlalf add their own dimension and twist to what mbv opened the door to. "turning into small" is the perfect album for the shoegazers of the world.

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars An Eccentric Treasure Dream, August 23, 2004

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Mr. Moonlight (St. Louis, MO USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Turning Into Small (Audio CD)

ANLALF are often compared directly to the likes of My Bloody Valentine and Stereolab, but I believe this is selling them short. While these influences are incredibly apparent, they are never taken for granted. On "Turning Into Small" the band blends surreal pop ether with eccentric electronic loops and twitches. The faded, whispy vocals floating inside the warm textures are reminiscent of MBV but are used to different purposes, which are more playful than passionate. This album in compared with their others, offers a more "electronic-heavy" approach, while it doesn't outweigh the atmosphere the band often possesses, it is a little more direct on this offering. With the right ears, this is one album that will not disappoint, instead bringing you back to further and ultimately enjoyable listenings.

3 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars GREAT undervalued gem of an album, October 12, 2004

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Sir Grand Citizen (Earth) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Turning Into Small (Audio CD)

This is a great album for lovers of the "shoegaze" sound, for fans of layered, warm guitars and blissed-out headspace. The songs are quite dark and almost ominous, yet the album doesn't weight-down at all.
Very highly recommended.