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  • Audio CD (September 7, 1999)
  • Original Release Date: September 7, 1999
  • Number of Discs: 1
  • Label: Up.
  • ASIN: B00000K1MY
  • Also Available in: Vinyl
  • Average Customer Review: 4.1 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (15 customer reviews)
  • Amazon.com Sales Rank: #186,219 in Music (See Bestsellers in Music)

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1. All the Same
2. Golden Egg
3. Skeleton
4. Star You Left Behind
5. Empty Words
6. Birds
7. Fable with No Moral
8. Under a Cloud
9. Me and My Head
10. Two by Two
11. It Don't Mean Nothing
12. Bon Voyage
13. Smile
14. Let's Just Go

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The audacious concept of Quasi--a divorced couple playing mournful yet sometimes hilariously embittered songs on only keyboard or guitar and drums--is nicely at odds with the power and catchiness they generate. On their fourth album, former Heatmiser bassist Sam Coomes and indefatigable Sleater-Kinney drummer Janet Weiss fill their sound out with a varied palette of keyboard textures and, on two cuts, even a string section. Coomes twists Surf's Up-era Beach Boys style on the deceptively sunny "Under a Cloud," asks "How many hours can a minute hold?" on the sweeping "Me and My Head," and even gets momentarily positive on "Smile." Weiss, for her part, contributes "Two by Two," a brief, beautiful romance postmortem. Stripped down as it may be, Quasi's music is as elegant as Rufus Wainwright's baroque pop, and as magically pained. --Rickey Wright

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7 of 8 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Must be something good in the water in Portland, November 16, 1999
Well, I may be just another happy prole but the last two CDs from Quasi lead me to believe that there is still hope for pop music. Just how does Sam Coomes manage to wangle such a sound out of his beat up Roxichord? And finally in Janet a drummer who knows how to drive a pop song along to a delirious peak. The hook-laden choruses and careful attention to song structure reminds me of the 60s Kinks, Big Star and The Move. But the sound will remind you of no other band. The wall of sound fuzzed-out keyboards create a sonic world that belongs only to Quasi. And for my money, Sam's slash and slide guitar work - used judiciously on just a few tunes - is the best thing to happen to rock since the B-52's realized that you don't need all six strings to make some music. Forget what some jaded reviewers have to say here about the lyrics, because they are clever but real attempts at dealing with the aftermath of a broken relationship. By all means, buy Featuring Birds and Field Studies, and don't miss their awesome live show. It is practically a religious experience.
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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars Worthy, April 22, 2000
By "tksc" (NY USA) - See all my reviews
Quasi has yet to replicate their incredible live sound on record. Only 'R&B Transmogrification' comes close, although it is far too dry sounding. On this album Sam Coomes, once again, churns out some great melodies and great rhymes. However, much of the kick of the two previous albums are missing--which means that the sounds here are far removed from the burst of noise that one hears at a live Quasi show. For the great songs this album is lacking 1) the noise (the absence of the roxichord is evident on this album) and 2) Janet's versatile and kinetic drumming (ex. 'our happiness' on 'Featuring 'birds'').

The most effective songs here feature Elliott Smith on bass. His playing is, as always, very tuneful. And in the tradition of Led Zeppelin, Quasi has released 'Birds,' the supposedly featured track of the previous album, an album later (see 'Houses of the Holy). One false note is the obnoxiously long 'A Fable with No Moral.' As the title states: this song goes nowhere. This song should have been subtitled 'Empty Words.'

But despite my reservations, Quasi is infectious. The album ends with a gorgeous ballad ('Let's Just Go') that ends abruptly and we are left with the buzzing sound of the amps before the plug is pulled.

Go check 'em out live...

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5 of 6 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Quasi picks up where they left off., October 11, 1999
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Picking up where they left off may sound like a turn off, but when you make music this good, why change a thing? Its one thing to write decent pop-rock n'roll songs, but to make them so the listener wants to listen to them all day and all night is a relm many music makers can't claim to be in. Janet and Sam are in this relm. I had to warm up to the first handful of songs on 'Field Studies,' simply because they kind of lacked the punch of the starters on "R&B" and "...Birds" but was taken in completely by the time the album ended. Sam's lyrics(i think he wrote all the songs this time)and melodies are on once again especially with 'Me & My Head,' 'Two by Two,'and 'Smile.' Its amazing what he(they're) is able to fit into a bar of music. Sam is able to pen words that teeter perfectly between somewhat silly and simplistically deep and thoughtful. Janet is tops not only with the drumming but the sound of her drums is remarkable. Her voice once again compliments Sam's perfectly, giving the final result one of those "great-parts-in-a-song" butterfly feelings you get inside of you. 'Field Studies' is a bit smoother song structure-wise than the other Quasi offerings and isn't as fuzzy and distroted. It isn't one of those, "you need to listen to the whole thing at once" albums but each song on 'Feild Studies' in some ways links itself or segues perfectly into another song; much like 'The Soft Bulletin' by The Flamming Lips earlier this year. Needless to say, its a very wonderful music listening experience.
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3.0 out of 5 stars Quasi-good
This album is an interesting one in the Sam Coomes repertoire, but the songs are a little repetative. Read more
Published on January 30, 2006 by Daniel C. Herr

4.0 out of 5 stars Ehh
(3 and 1/2 stars)

After listening to the brilliant R&B Transmogrification and Featuring "Birds", I am compelled to ruefully write that Sam and Janet have let me... Read more

Published on March 12, 2003 by A. Bubul

4.0 out of 5 stars slow moving and loathing
This album is not for everyone. It's rather slow moving most of the time and some of the songs (The Golden Egg, The Star You Left Behind, A Fable With No Morale) fade forever into... Read more
Published on June 23, 2001 by Blane

5.0 out of 5 stars WOW!
This album was suggested to me by a friend, and i had never heard of Quasi before this. But WOW, what a great album. Read more
Published on March 23, 2000 by RadioEdit

5.0 out of 5 stars Would sound great on a Victrola
Boy Howdy, do I love this record. The songwriting is superb and simple. The interesting thing is that the songs sound like they're from the thirties or forties. Read more
Published on March 2, 2000 by Jack McGuire

4.0 out of 5 stars Quasi = Brian Wilson + Elliot Smith
An almost perfect pop record. This divorced husband and wife duo grind out great pop song after song on Field Studies. Read more
Published on February 12, 2000

3.0 out of 5 stars Quasi-psychedelic
Young band reinterprets (regurgitates?) the psychedelic sides of the Beatles, Beach Boys and Moody Blues with modern "indie" sensibilties. Read more
Published on February 7, 2000

5.0 out of 5 stars Awesome Album
I had never heard any of Quasi's music before this. I really like Sleater- Kinney (Janet's other band) so I thought it would be worth checking out. Turns out I was right. Read more
Published on December 7, 1999 by Megan

2.0 out of 5 stars Boring, spacey music
I bought this album because one of the band members is in Sleater-Kinney and the other played with Elliott Smith. Don't expect that level of genius here. Read more
Published on November 10, 1999 by Joseph Kugelmass

5.0 out of 5 stars Friggin' Awesome
It just picks up right where "Featuring 'Birds'" left off. I'm happy to see that Sam Coomes is feeling better and glad that Janet Weiss is staying consistent. Read more
Published on October 4, 1999

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