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Phantom Planet ~ The Guest
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Having Mitchell Froom and Tchad Blake as your record producers is roughly the equivalent of having musical life insurance. In addition to the pair's outstanding work together in the Latin Playboys, Froom has produced Crowded House and Suzanne Vega, to name two, while Blake has mixed or engineered seminal groups from the BoDeans to the Bangles. That said, the danger in hooking up with such a studio-savvy pair is the sheer force of their dominance, and unless an artist has real vision, the star of the show will inevitably be the ensuing sonics, not the songs. While fledgling pop combo Phantom Planet write breezy, accessible, jangly, upbeat songs that only occasionally speak to darker themes (the mildly cynical "Turn Smile Shift Repeat" and wistful "One Ray of Sunlight"), The Guest feels maddeningly measured, as if every chiming guitar part were scripted and directed for maximum sheen. In other words, it's toothless. If a band can't stretch in the presence of Froom and Blake, when can they? --Kim Hughes
Product details
- Is Discontinued By Manufacturer : No
- Language : Unknown
- Product Dimensions : 5.62 x 4.92 x 0.33 inches; 3.84 Ounces
- Manufacturer : Sony Legacy
- Original Release Date : 2002
- Run time : 53 minutes
- Date First Available : July 27, 2006
- Label : Sony Legacy
- ASIN : B00005YVQA
- Number of discs : 1
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Best Sellers Rank:
#258,936 in CDs & Vinyl (See Top 100 in CDs & Vinyl)
- #278 in Jangle Pop
- #6,361 in Indie Rock
- #23,782 in Alternative Rock (CDs & Vinyl)
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Wow, because I can't believe how many people think this is any good? I decided (because I was suspicious of my opinion) to wait for a few more cycles through the CD player before I wrote this. It's been over a month and probably ten complete cycles through... All I can say is:
Over-rated!
The singer is so over-the-top emotional on every track I'm exhausted by the third song. He needs to just relax a little bit, it's surely not life or death in pop music (is it?) I mean really, what is he 25 years old, for Gods sake, take a pill. The playing is tight and the band does nice stuff but it's also very "heard it before" for me, most of these songs, including the OC soundtrack "HIT" are kinda stereo typical of this genre today, radio rock. It's really not that good.
Try Rooney or Myracle Brah or Owsley, right here on Amazon, same Genre much better music...
Just my 2 cents:
I give it 4 stars because otherwise Amazon hides it in 3 days...
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歌詞はちゃんと読んでいないのですが、曲を聴いている限りだと全部せつないようなイメージです。でもその切ない感じがすごくいいです!!!
私は寝るときや勉強するときによく聴きます、なんか妙に集中できるというか心地よくなります。
どっぷりと落ち込んでいる時になど聴くと癒されます。
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