00 - Sit Down & Listen To.nfo
General Information
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Album: Sit Down & Listen To
Artist: Hooverphonic
Copyright: 2003
Genre: Electronic
File Information
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Number of Tracks: 14
Total Duration: 0:57:57
Ripped By: NMR
Files Created on: 30-Oct-2015 23:42:36
NFO Created: 02-Nov-2015 11:48:31
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Track List
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File Size MB Duration File Name
01 29.57 0:04:50 01 Antarctica (Live)
02 19.69 0:03:23 02 One (Live)
03 35.29 0:05:57 03 Inhaler (Live)
04 28.92 0:05:11 04 Jackie Cane (Live)
05 26.12 0:04:21 05 My Autumn's Done Come (Live)
06 30.28 0:04:43 06 2 Wicky (Live)
07 17.24 0:02:58 07 Frosted Flake Wood (Live)
08 20.28 0:03:40 08 Eden (Live)
09 21.16 0:03:47 09 Vinegar & Salt (Live)
10 19.30 0:03:24 10 Sad Song (Live)
11 39.33 0:05:54 11 Someone (Live)
12 16.57 0:02:33 12 The World Is Mine (Live)
13 22.35 0:04:00 13 Sometimes (Live)
14 24.44 0:03:16 14 The Last Thing I Need Is You (Live)
Description
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Sit Down and Listen to Hooverphonic, also known as Sit Down and Listen To, is
an album by the Belgian band Hooverphonic. It was recorded live with an
orchestra, but without any audience and was released in 2003. Acoustic sessions
features 14 tracks including a beautiful rendition of Lee Hazelwood's 'My
Autumn's Done Come' along with the new single 'The Last Thing I Need Is You'.
Could it be that this, their fifth CD, far from being a rehash of their earlier
releases, is the most accomplished, rich and satisfying of all their efforts?
YES!
Though I love all their CDS, each one contain a few tracks that are throw-
aways, too similar in melody and production to the other songs on the same CD.
NOT SO WITH "Sit Down and Listen To: The Live Theatre Recordings."
It's title a line from the tune, "Lullaby of Broadway," this disc plays like Hooverphonic Unplugged meets 1960's
French Cinema Soundtracks to produce one hell of a super chilled jazz-vocal
menu on half the songs, and Edith Piaf meets Dusty Springfield to serve up
smoldering torch songs on the rest!
ALL the best songs from "A New Stereophonic Sound Spectacular,"
"The Magnificent Tree" and "Jackie Cane" are represented here; the only mar
being the short shrift given "Blue Wonder Power Milk," arguably
Hooverphonic's best CD before "Sit Down." After hearing these haunting reworkings, I longed to hear "Magenta" in a similar vein.
The best of these rearrangements is "2Wicky," from their debut, in which Geike Arnaert kindles the tension in this song with a staccatto phrasing that eventually breaks into an all-consuming, feverish singing! Running a close second is "Sometimes" from their fourth release, a stripped-down, peppier version that mines the essential sunniness is this previously snowy song. Finally, "Vinegar & Salt" from "Magnificent Tree," turns a saucy song into a dirge delivery of chilling proportions, building into a bonfire of a eulogy!
All is not brilliant retread, however. Two previously unreleased tracks, "My Autumn's
Done Come" and "The Last Thing I Need Is
You" buttress an already rock-solid album. Shockingly, "The Last Thing" could be an Alanis Morrissette song, with it's frank lyrics and get-back attitude! But it's still essentially Hooverphonic -quirky lyrics, odd time-signatures and minor-key melodies. If this is the sign of things to come, this spunky triphop, then I will be sitting down and listening for a long time to come!
Review by Daly Mavorneen, Amazon.com
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