Incident At The Metropolis

Tribeca

Product Details

• Audio CD (October 4, 2005)
• Original Release Date: October 4, 2005
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Granada Music
• ASIN: B000BGQXR2
• Also Available in: MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 3.7 out of 5 stars See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #335,425 in Music (See Bestsellers in Music)

Editorial Reviews

Review
“…the most intriguing aspects of several classic popular music styles. No-compromise writing, intense performances, and vocals…” --Don Dixon, Producer: REM, Matthew Sweet, Marshall Crenshaw

Product Description
Lush, Progressive Pop for intelligent music lovers who wonder what happened to the spirit of stylistic diversity the Beatles paved the way for 40 years ago.

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Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars THE BEST ALBUM YOU'VE NEVER HEARD!!, November 13, 2005

By	C. Tregellas (Los Angeles, CA) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

I laughed when I read the other review of this album. Whoever wrote that review must be a mainstream, top-40 listener with very little taste or musical intellect to have had such little appreciation for what I think is one of the best new bands I've heard in years! This album BLEW ME AWAY!!! The originality and intricacy of the melodies are prodigal and the quality of production is refreshingly fine-tuned. The songs are euphorically thought-provoking, taking you on 9 very distinct journeys throughout the album. Think "steely-dan-like" melodies and vocals with the perfectionistic production of Jamiroquai. Tribeca has managed to perfect the art of true songwriting. If you appreciate TRULY OUTSTANDING music, you MUST buy this album....otherwise go listen to The Killers.
Truly sophisticated music for (apparently) only truly sophisticated listeners.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Intelligent, nuanced songwriting for fans of Beatlesque genre-hopping, January 29, 2006

By	David N. English "Conceptualized" (Austin, TX) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

This band is doing something that I don't hear any other band out there doing. Taking risks. Big ones, that pay off the more you listen to this album. At first, it's an odd listen, full of throw-back styles ranging between obtuse indie pop and straight up jazz. The long melodies and dense arrangements leave you a little disoriented. But it's so well-done you know there's something up. By the 3rd or 4th listen, I was getting it. Layers of lush strings, pianos, chiming guitars and stacked vocals reveal harmonic depth, melodic innovation and stylistic blendings that you won't hear anywhere else. It's not edgy in the sense of the production or vocals, but edgy in the sense of it taking so many risks and doing it's own thing. I think of American Music Club, Rufus Wainwright, Tears For Fears. Iconoclastic artists who you can't really compare other people to. There are a couple of poppy tunes that casual music fans will dig, but in general, this is for serious music listeners who have an ear for intelligent, nuanced songwriting and a lush, ambient sound.

0 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Yawn. Yanni. Yo-Yo Ma. New Age Garbage., October 18, 2005

By	Joreen Washington - See all my reviews

Almost fell asleep during the first -- and every subsequent -- track on this unendingly boring album. No tempo changes, every song mid-tempo, undecipherable lyrics, cliched melodies -- it's all here, folks, and it's all just a big old honkin' sonic BLATT. B-o-r-i-n-g. Fans of "Gaucho"-era Steely Dan and fans of England Dan and John Ford Coley *might* -- MIGHT -- find this collection of indistinguishible vagely entertaining.

I, however didn't.

I resent the fact that I will never get those 50 minutes of my life back -- what a waste.