Realistic [ORIGINAL RECORDING REISSUED]

Ivy

Product Details

• Audio CD (August 26, 2003)
• Original Release Date: February 14, 1995
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Original recording reissued
• Label: Unfiltered
• ASIN: B0000AYLJ6
• In-Print Editions: MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 4.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #148,775 in Music (See Bestsellers in Music)

Editorial Reviews

Product Description

Ivy shines again on this full-length of melodic pop, with "Get Enough" snagging the band's first Melody Maker Single Of The Week. Originally released, 1994. Re-issued by Unfiltered Records, 2003.

Customer Reviews

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4 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Classic Ivy, well made, January 11, 2005

By	Travis M. Owens (Syracuse, NY USA) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

I first discovered Ivy after hearing 'Apartment Life' and loved it, even if some people said the guitars riffs weren't original. Ivy has a delightfull pop appeal to them.

I was biased to believe this album wouldn't be as good as their other work since it's now 11yrs old but surprisingly if they had released it today, I wouldn't have even suspected it was older material. Ivy's sound hasn't changed much, and in this case it's a good thing.

If you loved Apt Life, then get 'Realistic' as I would call it the sister album, same exact style, 90% as good as the original.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars An indiepop classic, revisited, July 21, 2009

By	Matthew Watters (Vietnam) - See all my reviews

Although Ivy themsleves (actually a trio of Americans Andy Chase and Adam Schlesinger, with Andy's French-born wife, Dominique Durand) were rather notoriously dissatisfied by Kurt Ralske's minimalist, indiepop production of this record - they have opted for a slightly more orchestral pop approach on subsquent, self-produced albums - the stripped-down, jangly-guitars approach suits Ivy just fine. This 1994 release still contains their best batch of songs on a single album, every one of them memorable, hummable and emotionally affecting, and the melancholy but somehow propulsive quality of it all makes this an ideal album to listen to on lonely road trips. Dominique was also singing at the time with a less confident, more whispery quality, along with a charmingly heavy accent, which successive years of living in the US have tended to water down. Ivy might nowadays even find the exceedingly twee cover art a bit embarrassing, but for those of us who remember the twee era fondly, Realistic is a keeper. Make that: a classic.

5.0 out of 5 stars Fantastic, September 5, 2009

By	Steven Javorniczky - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

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Do yourself a favour and have a listen to this band, we first heard there music in the Stephen King movie Kingdom Hospital, they are a great easy listening group, the female lead singer has a great voice and every song is a hit, try them out and you will never look back, they rock.