Way Beyond Blue [Import]

Catatonia | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (June 17, 1997)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Import
• Label: Warner Bros UK
• ASIN: B000006TSD
• Also Available in: Audio CD
• Average Customer Review: 4.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (9 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #368,308 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Lost Cat

2. Sweet Catatonia

3. Some Half Baked Ideal Called Wonderful

4. You've Got a Lot to Answer For

5. Infantile

6. Dream On

7. Bleed

8. This Boy Can't Swim

9. Painful

10. Whale

11. For Tinkerbell

12. Way Beyond Blue

Editorial Reviews

Debut album from the highly acclaimed Welsh indie pop/ rockoutfit led by female vocalist Cerys Matthews. 12 tracks,including the singles 'You've Got A Lot To Answer For','Bleed', 'Sweet Catatonia' and 'For Tinkerbell'. 1996 release.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Melodic pop-rock at its finest, January 20, 2000

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"txeba" (Madrid, Spain) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Way Beyond Blue (Audio CD)

I often wonder why terrific British bands such as Catatonia never reach the United States. Is it due to bad promotional techniques or the lack there of? Then I wonder why such bland, nondescript music coming out of the American market is successful, i.e Googoo Dolls,Machbox 20, Fastball etc. What happened to melody? I wish I knew.

Living in Britain, I came across Catatonia, a Welsh band, who's female lead singer posesses a childish, yet coarse voice which make her vocals bittersweet and unique. The compositions are second to none. The opening track of "Way Beyond Blue" is "Lost Cat"; a charming pop song which contains some of the best harmonies I've heard since the Beatles. This album is pop-rock at its finest and is full of a balance of raw-edged tunes with lush melodies and harmony with great ballads as well: there's something exciting about this music. Its too bad that most American music fans are oblivious to such a wonderful group as Catatonia.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars There was life before Mulder and Scully!, May 23, 2000

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Ben Elliss (Reading, UK) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Way Beyond Blue (Audio CD)

Two years before Catatonia exploded in popularity, this debut album was released. The style is similar to their next two albums, if a little more intricate here. It doesn't show the all-round quality of 'International Velvet' (and Cerys somehow doesn't sound quite as Welsh here as she's sounded on their recent stuff!) but this CD does have some gems.

'You've got a lot to answer for', 'Sweet catatonia' and 'Way beyond blue' are the highlights of early Catatonia. 'You've got a lot...' is the best, as we witness Cerys at her most humorous as she sings us through the scenario of a possible pregnancy: 'My DNA'll be past it's sell-by date...'. Sweet - check this album out.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Catatonia made me fall in love with Wales, December 25, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: Way Beyond Blue (Audio CD)

This cd should be one of the 10 albums of this decade-it is so beautiful and touching. it worths every cent and I really recommend it to anyone on earth...Cerys will make you cry.