Ulysses [Import]

Reeves Gabrels | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (October 3, 2000)
• Original Release Date: October 3, 2000
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Import
• Label: E-Magine Records
• ASIN: B00004YWZK
• Average Customer Review: 3.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #292,396 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Arrow

2. Lines

3. Thirteen Years (Della Notte)

4. Jewel

5. Accident

6. Trap

7. Yesterday's Gone

8. Standing

9. Party Puppet

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars EX-BOWIE GUITARIST + ROBERT SMITH... need I say any more?, August 27, 2003

By A Customer

This review is from: Ulysses (Audio CD)

UNBELIEVABLY GREAT! Discovering this record thru a friend, I've been playing it for over a month almost every day... it might be one of the truly great overlooked albums in recent years. Reeves Gabrels (ex-guitarist: David Bowie, Tin Machine) is obviously a very accomplished guitar player, but he proves here that he's a really fine songwriter too. Only one instrumental! The songs are strong and get better with each listen, I personally really like Jewel, Accident, Standing, Party Puppet, and Yesterday's Gone, which has The Cure's Robert Smith on vocals. (Most songs it's Reeves on vocals.) Other guests on the CD are David Bowie, Frank Black, Dave Grohl (Foo Fighters), etc. I HIGHLY RECOMMEND THIS CD! Five Stars.

5 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Welcome Back Reeves!, May 21, 2001

By 

Costas Tsiouklas (Balwyn North, VIC Australia) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Ulysses (Audio CD)

Reeves Gabrels is back. Back in a big way. The raging riffs and rough, gritty guitar work from "Squall" are there, however there is also an atmospheric, ethereal quality to his new release. The album begins full of energy and does not let up. Gabrels' playing is still quirky, eclectic and never dull. The recording quality is outstanding.

The only problem I have with this album is that it is way too short in duration. At just over 45 minutes it leaves you wanting more. Let's hope the next release is more substantial in length. In today's era of CDs, 45 minutes is unacceptable.

0 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Strong, but misleading, May 27, 2008

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Said Head (MN, USA) - See all my reviews

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This review is from: Ulysses (Audio CD)

I love Bowie's collaborations with Reeves Gabrels, including the under-rated Tin Machine, and I've been eying Gabrels solo records for a while, this one being the first I got. From hearing his work on Bowie's 90's albums especially, I fell in love with this guy's talents. This album, however, tends to show a different musician. While his work with Bowie is catchy and very original, about half this album is really exceptional above the average rock album. My favorites are 'Arrow' 'Thirteen Years' and 'Trap'. Some others, like 'Accident' and 'Party Puppet' are good, but fall a bit too repetitive to really work. Also, I can't stand Robert Smith, so 'Yesterday's Gone' is always absent in my player (I mean come on, Smith's own lyrics have the intellect of a depressed 11-year old and his music is hardly above mediocre despite the many years of experience he has had in the business; what a joke! He should hide behind his shaggy hair where he belongs).

But altogether, this album is really great! It's catchy, but not over-commercially so, and the balance between electronics and heavy guitar work, reminiscent of Bowie's 'Outside' and 'Earthling', is brilliant. If only it were a few tracks longer, I would've felt more satisfied with it.