Ode to Ochrasy [Enhanced]

Mando Diao

Product Details

• Audio CD (April 24, 2007)
• Original Release Date: August 28, 2006
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Enhanced
• Label: Mute U.S.
• ASIN: B000NIIUXI
• In-Print Editions: Audio CD  |  MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 4.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (10 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #57,911 in Music (See Bestsellers in Music)

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You'll surely be forgiven the faux pas of hearing hints of the Libertines in the twin-guitar, twin-vocal attack of Sweden's Mando Diao. They have the mannerisms, the loose raucousness, and the intense focus on melody that marks the combined work of Pete Doherty and Carl Barat--except Mando roughs it up without antagonism, under control but with a blast of hefty motion. Ode to Ochrasy is an on-tour album, documenting the band's 18 months on the road chasing the brilliant Hurricane Bar to every venue imaginable. Here they sound accustomed to the road chaos, taming it with jerking rhythms and chiming guitar interludes, not to mention ample character-driven lyrics where freaks and oddball clubgoers show up. They get barked-at and battered as the band throws two-part harmonies against the stuff of latter-day post-punks: a boozy blast, a smoky-room churn, a downright killer assemblage of riffs and roar. --Andrew Bartlett

Product Description

EXCLUSIVE U.S. ENHANCED CD WITH VIDEOS! ODE TO OCHRASY is MANDO DIAO's third album, co-produced by Björn Olsson (Soundtrack Of Our Lives).

Customer Reviews

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5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Rolling Stones meet the Beatles, October 18, 2006

By	Richard Blain "bk007" (United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Ode to Ochrasy (Audio CD)

This is the third album from Mando Diao, and is their best album. All their albums are great, but this one is excellent. If you ever wondered what the Beatles would sound like doing the harder songs of the Rolling Stones, then this is your band. There is not a bad song on the album (or on the second disc that came with the import version.) The highlights of the album are Long Before Rock n' Roll, The Wildfire, The New Boy, TV & Me, and Ochrasy.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Sometimes cocky works, June 22, 2007

By	M. Heywood "the guy in your base, killin your... - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

Similar to Kasabian, Mando Diao has proclaimed that their music is just as good if not better than anyone they have drawn their influences from. While some might see this as pretentious, such as I, it actually really really works for them. Without that type of attitude, I'm not entirely sure that they could have made all three of their albums as good as they are.

After looking back at both Bring 'Em In and Hurricane Bar, it's really impressive to see how far Mando Diao has come in such a small time. While I think I like Hurricane Bar better than Ochrasy just a little because I heard it first, Ode to Ochrasy is a great direction to go from there. So many of the songs are true classics and the styles are varied while remaining true to the Mando Diao formula. Such examples in my opinion are "Josephine" (One of my personal favorites), "Wildfire (If it was True)", and the title track "Ochrasy".

Let me also take this opportunity to recommend to everyone who likes Ode to Ochrasy or any of Mando Diao's albums to try very hard to see them live. They put on one of the most high energy shows I've ever seen, second only to Dir En Grey, though in an entirely different way I assure you.

In short, Ode to Ochrasy is an amazing album and will bring even more fans to Mando Diao than they currently have, which is growing fast. The same cocky attitudes towards their music like their previous albums and they show no signs of slowing down, pick this one up.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Mando Diao- Ode to Ochrasy, June 11, 2007

By	Kaylee Bustillos "D-Kale" (KY, USA) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

Mando Diao's new album 'Ode to Ochrasy' has a lot of the same feel of their last album, but better!
The single 'Long before Rock and Roll' is a very fun song.
And 'Good Morning Herr Horst' is a very fun dancing song.
To me all of the album makes me want to dance... And if the music can do that, then it's great in my eyes.
The last song on the album, 'Ochrasy', is beautiful but it's a bit slower. The lyrics and Bjorn's voice are amazing! Very good song to listen to over and over and over again and I never get tired of it.
But really, if you like Mando Diao you'll love their new album. And if you've never listened to them, but like The Beatles you'll most likely enjoy Mando Diao too!