Universe of Geoffrey Brown [Import]

Captain Sensible | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (March 9, 1999)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Import
• Label: Blueprint UK
• ASIN: B00000G6I6
• Also Available in: Audio CD
• Average Customer Review: 3.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #680,527 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Holiday In My Heart

2. Come On Geoffrey Brown

3. Getting To Me

4. Street Of Shame

5. Geoff Loosens His Tie

6. Home

7. Govt. Dirty Tricks Dept. WC1

8. Life Up In The Stars

9. The Message

10. A Trip To Cornwall

11. The Universe Of Geoffrey Brown

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Uber Hipsters may not "Get" this one with NO TREND, December 9, 2005

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D. Garcia "cordedpoodle" (Los Angeles) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Universe of Geoffrey Brown (Audio CD)

Those who are looking for the latest greatest trendy hip sound that some under assistant west coast promo man is pushing are going to be disappointed with this one.

Those who think... maybe 4.5 stars...

This is a little story, about a misunderstood thoughtful guy with a creepy unthinking wife and the cute bike riding girl he finds and the creepy corporate business types who don't understand him and the aliens who pick him to be the person with whom they will first communicate because he's a good guy. Star Wars fans looking for silly grandiosity need not apply. The story is slowly fleshed out between the songs. The songs support the story. The songs are mostly well crafted "nice pop" tunes with some Jimi Hendrix thrown in for good measure. The Captain is not stupid. Many of us think he WAS the Damned. He knows about guys like Terry Riley too. There are some subtleties here.

Anyway like the title says it's about the "WORLD" of Geoffrey Brown, his viewpoint on the world and his fortune (the girl) or misfortunes (his wife, his bosses). Of course it's really Captain Sensible's view point that is being exposed here. Bicycles, environmentalism, anticorporate resistance, neighborhoods, good natured humor and beautiful good hearted normal girls who don't try to be uber hip.

I don't think the Captain thinks to much of the trendy trendy trendy Uber hip fringe so I don't really think he cares if they will like this or not. It's a modest overlooked jem in the Captain's discography. I suspect he likes it a lot although it didn't sell very well. I like it a lot.

5.0 out of 5 stars My Favorite Album of All Time, January 3, 2010

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J. Pate "frankenhooker" (Austin, TX) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Universe of Geoffrey Brown (Audio CD)

The greatest album ever in my opinion. I've bought the disc three times in my life and have given it as a present probably 4 or 5 times.

1 of 12 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars dont bother, September 27, 2001

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ben redares (haifa Israel) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Universe of Geoffrey Brown (Audio CD)

i got this cd 6 years ago and i didnt listen to it even 3 times the production is amateur it sounds like a long pathetic demo.the music is also popish trash.there is so much other good music to check out ,i cant understand why would anybody want to buy this one.