Elm Street

Lanterna

Product Details

• Audio CD (September 18, 2001)
• Original Release Date: September 18, 2001
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Badman Records
• ASIN: B00005NVK1
• In-Print Editions: MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 3.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #148,858 in Music (See Bestsellers in Music)

Editorial Reviews

Product Description

'Elm Street' the compelling all instrumental follow up to their acclaimed debut album 'Lanterna.' 'Elm Street' transcends whatever label or genre put on it. Equally at home in collections of rock, new age or ambient music, it is simply a beautiful collection of songs suitable for every moment of the day listening. 2001 Badman Records release.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

20 of 21 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars True late-nite driving music, September 18, 2001

By	William Merrill "eclecticist" (San Antonio, TX United States) - See all my reviews (TOP 1000 REVIEWER)    (REAL NAME)

If you heard the first Lanterna CD, this one's even better. Making use of loads of reverb on lingering electric and slide guitar tones to create a certain atmosphere, the Lanterna sound is ideal accompaniment for a drive down some lonely highway late at night. As with the first album, Elm Street is entirely made up of instrumentals. Most of them could be considered "rock," but it's rock like the slide guitar passages on Chris Isaak's "Wicked Game." The guitar there was by James Calvin Wilsey; here it's Lanterna leader Henry Frayne on the frets. It's a guitar sound that conjures up the soul of the night, not in a spooky way, but in portraying nighttime's quiet and empty spaces. Another comparison would be '60s surf-rock instrumentals, but slowed way down so the notes are allowed to expand. Some of the tracks on Elm Street border on the "ambient" style, especially the spectral 12-minute closing cut, "Dog Days."

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Instrumental post-rock with a purpose, November 27, 2004

By	I am the "mindfunker" (Live from Kolob) - See all my reviews

Light guitar melodies repeated over a sparse rhythm section give these songs a light, nimble feel. But the chord changes and effects leaven this mood with a dose of melancholy. The earlier tracks on the album are the best, and track two is worth the price of the CD. Excellent background music for light reading, good conversation, or kicking back with the headphones.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Beautifully boring, March 14, 2009

By	IRate - See all my reviews

3 1/2

Frayne is a pro at walking a fine line between spirited and lifeless gently-reverbed guitar instrumentals, and Elm Street is no exception. There is a bit of variety here, although forays into electronica feel more contrived than Lanterna's patented desert highway strumming. Still ES survives intact on the right side of a quality release.