Customer Reviews

Warnings/Promises

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Idlewild is a great band, and from I've heard so far I love this album. But, I will be buying the EMI import WITHOUT the COPY PROTECTION. I don't carry expensive original cds in my car - I make cdr copies because in the car it is easy (inevitible) to scratch a cd. Amazon's description of a COPY PROTECTED disk states that it may not play in car cd players. I listen to cds more in my car than I do at home. BOYCOTT COPY PROTECTION NOW!

How does the new Idlewild album sound? I couldn't tell you. I received my copy today and tried it on 4 different cd players and the thing did not work on any of them. Not only is this a copy-protected cd, but it's a listen-protected cd as well. Thanks, Capitol!

I was, yet another, scammed by this copy protection. Close to 10 different CD players including mine, friends, families, as well as my computer could not get this thing to play.

What's the point? Great CD... I have heard the non-copy protected, but... BUYER BEWARE!

I was extremely pissed off when I saw that "content protected" logo on the CD. I traditionally rip all my CDs into iTunes to play on my iPod. I don't buy digital albums because they can be lost in the event that my computer crashes. I predict this CD will flop, because it doesn't enable rock fans to make legit copies as they desire. Copy protection is evil and vile, and the record label should be ashamed of itself.

This album is one of my favorite albums of all time and although it has a different sound than the other albums, it was a long time coming. cos Idlewild has been in transition from punk rock to more softer lyrical music for a while. Just look at their albums, every new one there is less punk/hardness. But I believe there new album (being released next year) might take a step backwards and again come with a more edgier sound. This is a great CD and I highly recommend it if you like any Idlewild. Oh and for Everyone who is giving this CD a bad rating just cos of the copyright protection is ridiculous, we dont want to know about your problems, this is a review of the album. Anyway I actually got the hard copy of this album off of amazon.com and it works fine in all my players.

i also ordered this through bmg and could not get the darn disk to work on any of my stereos, i ended up throwing it out and downloading the songs from a site that they're probably trying to keep me from using in the first place.
the songs are good, but not as good as "the remote part". if you don't have any of idlewild's disks get "the remote part", i wouldn't buy this disk at any price.
f.y.i. dave atell's cd "shanks for the memories" also has copy protections on it so you can't download it the computor or ipod - avoid. there should be a site with a list of all cds with copy protections on them that don't allow you to download the songs to your computor/ipod, i would gladly never buy any cd with those protections.

like many others i purchased this cd not kmowing the extent of its copy protection. my ipod is my prime source for listening to music ... it plugs into my home system, car system, and goes with me when i travel.. TO Make a disk unable to be tranfered onto your PERSONAL media player is just plain wrong. DO NOT SUPPORT IT!

I don't believe that almost all the bads reviews of this album has nothing to do with Idlewild music. I'm aware that Copy protected cds are just crap, but why all the bad reviews goes for this album?? That's crap too. This is a fantastic album, period. I've been a long time Idlewild fan and even if they have changed their sound, I believe they did it for good. Great album from a great band. I support your local (scottish) poets!!

There is perhaps no more accurately titled release this year than Idlewild's fourth offering Warnings/Promises. The "warning" is to long time fans of the band that have come to expect the "slightly more punkish and raw REM sound" the band has displayed before. Those sounds are not here. The "promise" is that this is somewhat a work in progress and maybe the new sonic direction will hold an even greater payoff. Still sounding very much like REM at times the band's new direction takes it more to the folk end of the rock and roll formula with some outstanding results. Love Steals Us From Loneliness, I Understand It, and El Capitan are top notch songs with jangled guitars, harmony and hooks. It's a completely satisfying disc that holds a great deal of promise for the future. Fans of REM should really give this a listen. Oh, by the way this band is also from Scotland.

I just got into Idlewild earlier this year. I first heard "Love Steals Us From Loneliness" and "A Modern Way of Letting Go" and I just fell in love with them. So I get both "Warnings/Promises" and "The Remote Part". I pop "Warnings/Promises" in my CD player.....and the damn thing doesn't play. I try my portable CD player, then my car CD player. I haven't tried my pc yet cause I know it still won't work. And I was really looking forward to hearing more of this CD. I am very dissapointed with whomever idea it was to include the damn CD copy protection, because it also works as a CD listen protection. "Warnings/Promises" needs to be changed to "Warnings". I'm glad I got it from BMG for free and that I also got "The Remote Part".