Yours, Mine & Ours

Pernice Brothers | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (May 20, 2003)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Ashmont Records
• ASIN: B000095J6M
• In-Print Editions: Audio CD  |  MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (33 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #148,971 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

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11 of 11 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars 4 only because its not long enough, June 20, 2003

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Argyllsox (New jersey shore) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Yours, Mine & Ours (Audio CD)

Joe Pernice has got to be one of America's best songwriters. I don't think he has done a bad song yet. Either alone or with the Scud Mountain boys. He is a true treasure everyone should know about.

1) The weakest shade of blue: perfect example of a "no depression" style think Jayhawks. Killer hooks, catchy as hell chorus.

2) Water Ban: once again killer hooks, brilliant harmonies.

3) One foot in the grave: rockin, catchy, excellent tune, top down driving in the summer. Great!

4) Baby in two: The highlight of the CD. Possibly one of the best songs to come out in 2003. Just killer!

5) Blinded by the stars: not missing a beat here killer hooks, choruses that stay in your head forever. Perfect.

6) Waiting for the universe: rockin tune, great hook.

7) Judy: another gem, second best on the CD. lonely, in love.

8) Sometime I remember: switched up a bit, Wilco like, but still good.

9) How to live alone: saddest song I have heard. Great, amazing melody, beautiful.

10) Number two: perfect finish, saying good-bye to the day. Warm, soft, longing, painful, beautiful.

This CD is obviously hook laden and just feels like summer. sorry for the repetitive review, wish i could say more, but it truly is just one amazingly catchy, singable, intelligent batch of songs on par with their prior CD. lyrics are amazing, funny, twisted but all beautiful. Its sort of a blend between the smiths, the smithereens and the Jayhawks. Buy this CD now

9 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Keeps Getting Better, May 23, 2003

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"pmacfunk" (Fairfax, Ca United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Yours, Mine & Ours (Audio CD)

The sad truth is that no one will appreciate what a wonderful songwriter Joe Pernice is until he's sitting in a rocking chair sucking on ice cubes. It'll be the year 2063 and some crappy band called Astrobutt will cover one of the gems on "Your Mine & Ours" and suddenly every pretentious Rolling Stone, Spin, and CMJ writer will gush about how great and under appreciated he was. The truth is that since the Scud Mountain Boys "Massachusetts" (one of the top 10 albums of the '90s, you can't argue that) through Big Tabacco and the Pernice Brothers "The World Won't End", Joe Pernice has consistently provided us with some of the best broken-hearted-emotive-cry-in-your-beer pop songs.

"Yours Mine & Ours" continues Joe's run as the best thing you haven't heard of. If you're thinking of buying this album, do it. You'll be happy you did. The album is chock full of the 70's AM radio melodies that you just can't get out of your head delivered in Pernices trade mark breathy/throaty vocals. It's guitar pop that's true to itself. It knows what it is and why it's good. It doesn't try to convince you that it's hip or wry or clever. Why this record isn't being added to radio playlists all over the country as an antidote to the soul crushing mediocrity of Cold and Kelly Clarkson will be a mystery that haunts Joe Pernice into his rocking chair days.

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Pop Music Never Sounded So Good, June 2, 2003

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Christopher C. Najewicz (Schenectady, NY USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Yours, Mine & Ours (Audio CD)

When I hear someone say "pop" music I usually think of the homogonized recapitulated garbage that is on the current and never-changing playlist at any of the zillions of radio stations in the US. Clearly Joe Pernice doesn't care. If you thought it would be hard to top 2001's "The World Won't End" and it's lush, even orchestral arrangements, you were correct. Guess who did it? The Pernice Brothers. "Yours, Mine & Ours" is a step away from the simple-sweet overtones in TWWE. The album boasts more great songs from lyricist extrodinaire Pernice. Even better is the production by band member Thom Monahan. Though the melodies have changed from TWWE, "Yours, Mine & Ours" offers a great variety of emotion and sound.