$13.49  The Shins - Oh, Inverted World |
$11.99  Frou Frou - Details |
$20.99  Garden State - DVD |
$13.99  Various Artists - Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind |
$11.99  The Postal Service - Give Up |
 [Larger view] | Various Artists - Garden State
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 a guilty pleasure... BECAUSE YOU POSEURS STOLE IT! | |
| i'm good... i'm good... Well, anyway, I have to say straight off the old bat that I have been a huge shins fan since before this cd/album/record/soundtrack/narwhal. I have not actually seen garden state, anyway. Well, There be no bad songs on the whole album. Especially the ones by the shins. Oh well. Every song on this album is perfect for just sitting back with a cup of hot tea, reading a book, and feeding your salmon. The shins "new slang" will haunt you and take over your life. I'm serious. Even the Iron and wine cover o' the postal services "Such Great Hights" holds up well, much to the suprise of me and the entire unicorn population. oh well. I am sure that this album will be a favorite of mine and yours for years to come, so until tomorrow dear friends...
Stay out of the daylight! Isaac | |
 I'll try and say what hasn't been said yet | |
| There are five tracks on this disc that took my heart away.(2,8,9,11,12) The soundtrack of the movie is better than the movie itself. Infact the times in the movie that this music is played enhances watching experience.
The best song on this disc is "One Of These Things First" by Nick Drake. What it did was that it introduced a great musician who although not still be alive can be cherished in melody and memory alike.This song will remain in my memory for years to come and I'll look back and think of just about everything that nothingness holds. "Caring Is Creepy" by The Shins is a song that reaches great levels in its truly free rage of sound. Its the ideal song to listen to both before and after you bungee jump for the first time. I request all you people out there to give it a shot. "Lebanese Blonde" is groove personified while "Let Go" searches for the absent feeling of amusing love my life lacks. Yes it is the most magical song on the album. Infact,ladies and gentleman , this is the song that made the movie for me. I can't imagine Garden State withoutthe wave of electricity that Let Go lends to it. "Such Great Heights" is a great song even though it's a cover of Postal Service. With all due respect to Postal Service this song belongs to Iron and Wine because they made it theirs. It'll bring out the vocalist in you(the listener) just how it did for me.It reassures me of undeniable patience. I didnt like the fact that this album started with "Don't Panic" Dont get me wrong I love Coldplay but this song somehow didn't do it for me. The album would have sounded much better had the producers been wise enough to believe in themself. What they're looking to do is sell as many as records as possible owing to the first track.However,I can safely say this album doesn't need that type of reassurance to buyers. Thank you,Zach. I now know of a great artist called Nick Drake and own Frou Frou's record. Please check "Nick Drake - Bryer Layter" (album) if you happened to share your favourite song on Garden State with mine. And if you want something as magical as "Let Go" download "Letting The Cables Sleep" by Bush (N.O.W Remix) Cheers and hopes for more garden states, A music geek | |
| Best soundtrack in a long time | |
| I didn't get all that excited over the movie--just sort of felt "eh..." about it. However, I love, love, love this soundtrack! This is the best compilation of mellow traxx I've ever seen, and I am a fan of non-obscure mellow traxx spanning from the 1960s to the present, from elevator music to pop to slightly-under-the-radar artists.
Whoever compiled this soundtrack has impeccable taste in music. Mellow styles on this soundtrack span several genres, including electronica (Zero 7's "In the Waiting Line", Thievery Corporation's "Lebanese Blonde"); acoustic, one-voice stuff (e.g. Colin Hay's "I Just Don't Think I'll Ever Get Over You" and Nick Drake's "One of These Things First"); mall-ternative music ("Don't Panic" by Coldplay); and two difficult-to-categorize pieces by the Shins that are really good and sort of the cornerstones of the album. Many of the tracks make you feel the way you feel when the seasons change: ya know, wistful or whatever. But the wistful feeling from this album comes without the hokiness that would usually accompany a soundtrack specifically designed to evoke such an emotion. It's just good, folks. Get it. I hadn't bought a full album in a while, then took the chance on this, and I LOVE IT. Every track on this record is crisp, streamlined, simple--but not cold or lacking emotion. It's not for everyone, though: it's for people who like nice, mellow, relaxing music and want to hear the absolute best of it. For example, the Simon and Garfunkel fan--even an older one like my dad--might enjoy this record. (Record--sheesh! How old am I?) |
