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Music : Where Have All the Merrymakers Gone?
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Where Have All the Merrymakers Gone? by: Harvey Danger List Price: £8.99 CD-Charts Price: £7.98 You Save: £1.01 (11%)Prices subject to change. |
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Binding: Audio CD EAN: 0731455600025 Label: Decca - Pop Manufacturer: Decca - Pop Number Of Discs: 1 Publisher: Decca - Pop Release Date: August 03, 1998 Running Time: 43 minutes Studio: Decca - Pop Sales Rank: 38313 MPN: 556000 Disc 1:
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Editorial Review: Amazon.co.uk Review: There's a disturbing trend in the Northwest: bands are getting way over-hyped before their first full-length record (which is often mediocre and disappointing) even hits the streets. Seattle's Harvey Danger, however, deserved the buzz that their debut CD generated. Where Have All the Merrymakers Gone? was quite simply one of the best Emerald City records released in 1997. It has the pop accessibility of vocalist Sean Nelson's high-register croon (not unlike Jeremy Enigk), and the energetic and dynamic punch of a band--guitarist Jeff Lin, bassist Aaron Huffman, and drummer Evan Sult--that had developed its chops together for more than four years. Harvey Danger have drawn all the worthwhile elements from 1990s indie rock and created a sound that is at once their own, yet completely familiar. Lin's guitar is full and confident, ranging from full-on power chords to buzzing melodies, while Huffman frequently takes the leads with his fat, distorted bass humming away. Sult ably links the two with a minimum of flash and pretence. Nelson's clear-as-a-bell vocals and sardonic, clever, and frequently emotional lyrics are both the album's strongest and weakest aspects. Occasionally his verbosity overcomes the music and his almost condescending sniping becomes a little tiresome. However, these are minor complaints in the big picture, because songs like "Carlotta Valdez", "Flagpole Sitta", and "Problems and Bigger Ones" are true gems, and for a first effort, this is as close to flawless as a band can get. --Adem Tepedelen Customer Reviews
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 Rating:  - Good single, average albumAs is so often true, an album has a one or two great tracks and a lot of very average material. This is yet another one. I should have just bought Flagpole Sitta from iTunes. Don't get me wrong, it's not a bad album, just not a great one either. Personal taste I suppose.... Rating:  - Where Have All The Merrymakers Gone?Look past the odd album name, and start getting your head around Harvey Danger, because this album is terrific. Rock doesn't have to be about screaming the lyrics down the microphone or 5 minutes of head banging drumming. This album has everything. Flagpole Sitta is addictive, Problems And Bigger Ones is great, Woolly Muffler is pure genius, Private Helicopter is fantastic for sing-a-long, the list is endless. Practically every single track on this album has it's own unique tune or melody that can appeal to all fans of rock/grunge music. The lyrics are easy going, there's no drowning in screaming, this is a fantastic adrenaline pumper of album. Air guitars at the ready, it's Harvey Danger. Top notch album. Rating: - Buy this now!Truly an amazing band, and one truly amazing album. If you like good music then you will definately like this! Flagpole sitta is of course the supreme track on this album, but please dont forget to listen to Jack the Lion or Old Hat...in fact listen to them all because this is a brilliant selection of tunes from the suprisingly unheard of Harvey Danger. The vocals and lyrics are the main focus as they should be, as they are damn good, backed up by good bass, and some heavy rock interludes. It all makes for hours of good listening I assure you! Rating: - Intelligent Kicking US Punk Rock!This little known US band have featured on films like American Pie and TV shows such as Dawson's Creek. They combine the intelligent lyrics of They Might Be Giants with the kicking Punk Rock sound of Green Day and the Foo Fighters. There are songs about Hitchcock films and fantasy helicopter flights with ex-girlfriends. You must turn up the volume for Flag Pole Sitta! God knows why this band aren't bigger outside of the USA. Probably cos groups like West Life dominate the European market. Shame. Rating: - Thank you USA importsI am proud to admit that I have got to have seen every overly-predictable US teenie-bopping sit-com style movie, and as a Brit, this is fairly difficult as we have to wait around six monthes longer than you in the states to recieve such gifts! However, I am less than pleased that you continue to ignore the killer songs featured in the films when it comes to making the OST! 'Flagpole sitta' is one of those catchy/scratchy/angry songs that takes residence in the muscially-charged brain cells and refuses to budge! So please, pay the price and put the tunes on the soundtracks so that I don't have to search for hours to find the American imports - eh! Well done boys! |
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