Interventions and Lullabies

The Format

Product Details

• Audio CD (October 21, 2003)
• Original Release Date: October 21, 2003
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Elektra / Wea
• ASIN: B0000DD51N
• In-Print Editions: MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 4.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (103 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #11,646 in Music (See Bestsellers in Music)

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

8 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Best Produced Album of 2003, August 8, 2005

By	elle (San Francisco, CA) - See all my reviews

The Format is one of those bands that are hard to market, so I guess that's why Atlantic hasn't done a damn thing to promote them. This album is beautifuly put together and will definately stand the test of time. No CD collection is complete without it. Let's see how many more cliches I can use before this review is over. You know how many CDs have that one song you have to skip over because it bores you or you hate it, well, this album doesn't have any songs like that. After I bought this album it never left my CD player for a whole month. Just go buy the album and support this band so they can hopefully put out a new CD soon.

7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars a mess to be made, a canvas all layed, October 17, 2005

By	Carlie S (Palatine, IL USA) - See all my reviews

The Format is a groundbreaking and revolutionary band that successfully combines rock, alternative, and indie music into one triumphant album, "Interventions and Lullabies". This album includes quite a diverse collection of songs. "On Your Porch" and "A Save Situation" are both beautiful acoustic ballads with moving vocals, while "Tune Out", "Sore Thumb", and "Wait, Wait, Wait" are all easy to sing to as well as just being feel good songs. The strong point of this album I believe is its stirring lyrics. They are both thought-provoking and alluring, along with poetic. "Interventions and Lullabies" is a record you can listen to time and time again, no matter what kind of mood you're in. The Format does a wonderful job with this one, creating an enduring piece of art that will be appreciated well into the future.

7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Effortlessly Perfect Pop Rock for All Tastes, October 22, 2003

By	Mister Thom Yorke (Shreveport, LA) - See all my reviews

It would probably be easy for critics to dismiss the Format's excessively cathcy brand of pop rock for being too bland or the lyrics for not having enough depth, but that would be missing the point entirely.

The Format, like tour mate Rocket Summer, are one of the few bands out today who drop the pretensions of emo and mainstream rock. Instead of jumping around on stage and spining their guitars around their bodies, the Format stop trying so hard to be a rock band and in the process effortlessly make the perfect set of pop songs. These gems are great in the way Kool-Aid and spinning in your chair until you become dizzy are great, because they're just fun.

It's happy, drum on your steering wheel, tap your toe, sing along genius. All areas of the albums track are packed full of simple yet undeniable hooks that will stay with you for some time. They are one of the few artists that could use shakers, hand claps and tambourine in one song and pull it off flawlessly.

Think Phantom Planet, Rocket Summer, or maybe even Ben Folds. Whoever you think they sound like, you're certain to fall for the Format.