You See Colours [Import]

Delays | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (March 13, 2006)
• Original Release Date: 2006
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Import
• Label: Rough Trade
• ASIN: B000E1IGAG
• In-Print Editions: Audio CD  |  Vinyl
• Average Customer Review: 3.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (8 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #96,728 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. You & Me

2. Valentine

3. This Town's Religion

4. Sink Like A Stone

5. Too Much In Your Life

6. Winters Memory Of Summer

7. Given Away

8. Hideaway

9. Lillian

10. Out Of Nowhere

11. Waste Of Space

Editorial Reviews

Southampton's Delays release their brand album You See Colours. This is the follow up to their top twenty-debut album Faded Seaside Glamour. The album is preceeded by the first single 'Valentine'. 11 tracks. Rough Trade. 2006.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

15 of 15 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars If you're reading this review..., March 27, 2006

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oxxo (san francisco) - See all my reviews

This review is from: You See Colours (Audio CD)

...then its likely that you already know about this group. In fact, you've probably already nabbed this album and are looking for evidence that someone likes it as much as you do. I'm one of those people. In fact, I think I like it better (as a whole) than Faded Seaside Glamour.

This is technically The Delays second full-length album, however they've recorded at least as many songs for B-sides to their singles (all of which are worthy of tracking down, I might add). Of these, Ride It On, Whenever You Fall I Die & Lost In A Melody are must-haves.

Delays records definitely have that Phil Spector-ish "wall of sound" texture--big, layered melodies that would sound lush coming from transistor AM radios. The effect is a perfect compliment to Greg Gilbert's powerful falsetto. The lyrics can be downright indecipherable at times, but you won't care cuz the melodies are so addictive.

Check out the archived live performance by the Delays from 7/28/2004 on KCRW.org.

7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars I Didn't Think It Possible, March 15, 2006

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C Smith "JustJames.org" (CUYAHOGA FALLS, OH, United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: You See Colours (Audio CD)

I didn't think it was possible for the Delays to top their debut release - but they have. While "Faded Seaside Glamour" is more immediately catchy and refined, "You See Colours" comes at you in a much more intense manner. The songs are more mature, the musicianship is top-notch and the recording sparkles with fat bottom-end and soaring harmonies. The high points for me are Valentine and Winters Memory Of Summer, but there's honestly not a bad track on this release. The Delays put it all together - great songwriting, strong musicianship and excellent production in a genre-bending mix that has something for everybody. It's a shame these guys don't get more recognition here in the States. Buy it!

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A colorful wall of sound!!, October 31, 2006

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Nse Ette (Lagos, Nigeria) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: You See Colours (Audio CD)

The first time I heard anything by The Delays, I thought it was something by Blondie.

Delays are a UK quartet, and this CD (their second) has a catchy sunny synth rock sound with tight harmonies, and lead vocalist Greg Gilbert's falsetto (think Savage Garden) towering over with ease. Sugary sweet with an edge.

It's tough for me to pick standouts from an album this good. Everything is so melodic; `Too much in your life', `You and me' (with great cutting violins), the swirling synths of `Valentine' (with great scratchy guitars set to a dance beat), `Given time', are all beautiful upbeat songs, with the lone ballad being the closing track `Waste of space', which sounds dreamy and atmospheric.

Like the title says, very colorful pop music!