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Athletes
 Black Swan $19.98 Great tracks but is it just me or they sound just like Eddie Money?? Joel was certainly inspired by Eddie for his vocals! Love that retro feel to their music.  Tourist $14.98 3 1/2 With the handful of breathtaking tracks obviously overshadowing a majority of more straight-ahead emotive rockers, Athlete are still able to compete in the Coldplay big leagues with this underappreciated offering.  Beyond the Neighbourhood $11.94 I must have told a thousand people how wonderful Athlete's first album was. It was quirky, unique, melodic, I could not have been more effusive than I was, when talking about it. I gritted my teth when "Tourist" came out, and tried ever so hard to like it, but the depth of "Vehicles and Animals" was definitely not present on this second cd. Then "Beyond the Neighbourhood" was issued. What a huge disappointment. Athlete had held so much promise, and now, they seem as if they are just another band putting out sappy radio songs. I do not mean to denigrate those who gave this recording a positive review, but please listen to "Vehicles and Animals." It is truly one of the greatest pieces of popular British music to be released in twenty years. "It's the simple things like the robots Stevie G. draws...." |
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