Bright Ideas [Import]

Product Description
Japanese pressing of 2005 album with an earlier release than the domestic and one exclusive bonus track. P-Vine.

Bright Ideas,Portastatic,Pony Canyon,Rock,Rock/Pop

Average customer rating: Arguably the finest release of Mac's career Portastatic's second great pop rock album - fans will definitely love it The gray area between Superchunk and Portastatic I love it

Bright Ideas Portastatic Manufacturer: Merge Records ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music Lo-Fi | Indie & Lo-Fi | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music Indie Rock | Indie & Lo-Fi | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music General | Indie & Lo-Fi | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music General | Rock | Styles | Music Pop Rock | Pop | Styles | Music Similar Items: Z Fox Confessor Brings the Flood War of the Wakening Phantoms Tanglewood Numbers Coles Corner ASIN: B000A2H862 Release Date: 2005-08-23

Tracks:

1. Bright Ideas
2. Through with People
3. White Wave
4. I Wanna Know Girls
5. Little Fern
6. Truckstop Cassettes
7. Soft Rewind
8. Registered Ghost
9. Center of the World
10. Full of Stars

Customer Reviews:

Arguably the finest release of Mac's career.......2006-04-23

Or at least the best release of Portastaic's career. I've been a huge Superchunk fan for years, but I admit I had written off Portastatic as nothing more than an outlet for Mac to indulge in his more experimental urges. I had only previously owned Portastatic's "Nature of Sap," which, though I enjoyed it enough, was most defintely experimental in nature and I never felt compelled to play over and over. In an attempt to fill the huge void of a lack of new Superchunk material, I decided to give Portastatic another chance. I had read about Bright Ideas on other review sites and decided to give it a shot. Bright Ideas is every bit as good as Superchunk's best material, and Mac has really matured into a first class songwriter. There's not a bad song on it, every song is catchy and memorable. Buy it and keep indy music alive.

Portastatic's second great pop rock album - fans will definitely love it.......2006-01-04

Portastatic is the new project by ex-Superchunk member Mac MacCaughan. Though I haven't heard any other Portastatic albums and although this is their seventh (wow) studio album, I think I can be knowledgable in saying that this is a great good album. The album starts off well with several great tunes like the title track "Bright Ideas", "Through With People" and "I Wanna Know Girls". The rest of the album isn't as easy to get into, but they'll definitely grow on you. It's kind of cheesy at times, but not so much so that it'll turn you off. The singing is similar to Superchunk although Mac seems like he's whispering with a raspy voice most of the time. Lyrically the songs are pretty memorable if not eventually forgettable. They're relatively simple and easy to sing along with. The production is very good as well as the musicianship. I'm giving this "5" stars because every track here is very good, and the first three songs are great. Not everyone will like it but I think Superchunk and indie/pop rock fans will really enjoy it Highly recommended!

Highlights include:
"Bright Ideas"
"Through With People"
"I Wanna Know Girls"
"Truckstop Cassettes"
everything else is slightly less than good (so still worthy of listens)

The gray area between Superchunk and Portastatic.......2005-10-31

Portastatic has always been an interesting side project, prolifically releasing albums and EPs full of 4-tracked bedroom recordings, experimental gems, oddball covers and quirky production explorations. The last few years has seen Mac's "band" picking up steam, offering consistently more streamlined CDs like 2003's rewarding "Summer of the Shark" and the "De Mel, De Melao" EP of tropicalia covers.

Portastatic has become a bonafide band while Superchunk takes a break (bassist Laura Ballance is a mom now!), with 'Chunk guitarist Jim Wilbur assuming bass duties and Mac's brother Matt ensconced in the drum seat. The result is that -- predictably -- they sound like a band rather than a collection of lovingly self-produced songs.

"Bright Ideas" flows with a bigger sound and groove from start to finish, with the possible exception of the title track which references Mac's recent lo-fi history. There's even a little -- is that Southern Rock? -- in the arrangements and solos, allowing Mr. McCaughan to exercise his Badfinger, Springsteen, and Dylan ghosts. The songs are a little more expansive musically, but every bit as tightly written as we've come to expect.

I love it.......2005-09-10

Portastatic was one of the big acts at the recent Noise Pop festival in San Francisco. There was a lot of exciting surrounding his performance. I saw Superchunk in San Francisco back in 1992 at the height of their popularity. They were the hot band to check out back then, like The Arcade Fire is now. Mac McCaughan has been very productive all these years. I put this album on with an open mind. I felt like the songwriting was very distinct and unique. All the songs were very up. This album does have a lot of good qualities of 1980s indie rock. There are attributes of songs like "I Wanna Know Girls" that just seem great. It's not overkill. This is one of those albums that will be in the background but people will remember at the end of the year. Some people who have been around for a while should be making music like this. Maybe he is not the best looking guy, but the music is fit.

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Hip Hop Kid Pop Manufacturer: Bright Ideas Productions ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Pop | Styles | Music General | Pop | Indie Music | Stores | Music ASIN: B0002VNYXW Release Date: 1994-09-01

Tracks:

1. Hip-Hop Kid Pop
2. Hold On
3. Forever
4. Freedom
5. Whatever
6. Aahs Squad
7. Confidence
8. Club Crocodile
9. Go For It
10. KADY Kid Corps
11. With You
12. Now Is the Time
13. I Promise

Album Description

Positive music for today's kids. Pop music the whole family enjoys.

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Bright Ideas' Best: "Positive Music for Today's Kids!" ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD ASIN: B0007ZG9QM

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Bright Ideas For A Better Tomorrow Manufacturer: Quark Records ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD ASIN: B00023BXZQ

Product Description

Track list: 1. Vicka's House Of Plastic 2. Back To Waxahachie 3. Under The Harvest Moon 4. Dance Of The Geminids 5. Bright Ideas For A Better Tommorow 6. Jackalopes In The Yard 7. N.M. 203 3 a.m. 8. Flatland Serenade 9. Llano De San Agustin 10. Monica's Secret 11. Marfa Lights 12. Where Do We Go From Here? Clever titles on instrumentals are a double-edged sword. Sure, it's amusing to pick up a CD and read off names like "Vicka's House of Plastic," "Dance of the Geminids," and "Jackalopes in the Yard," but odds are, you're gonna have some preconceived notion of what those songs sound like before you even hear them. Cooper's keyboard instrumentals, true to form, don't really sound as far out as the titles would imply, but they're still a lot of fun. Mostly piano-based, Bright Ideas for a Better Tomorrow is a sprightly, mid-afternoon type of album, with its synthier numbers being nothing that would scare an old Windham Hill listener, but it's the more organic tunes that are the highlight. Cooper's piano originals pump along like a lost Peanuts special, just a touch more jolly and less jazzy than Vince Guaraldi's finest, but something to bring out the kid, or the bright ideas, in you.

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Bright New Ideas From Capitol Mazzy Star , School of Fish , Beastie Boys , Richard Thompson , The Cages , Gary Brown , Doug E. Fresh , The CaveDogs , Holly Cole Trio , and Sweet Jesus Manufacturer: Capitol ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Rock | Styles | Music ASIN: B000Q34Z84

Product Description

1) 3 Strange Days - School Of Fish 2) Life Is A Highway - Tom Cochrane 3) Hang On Lucy - Wildside 4) I Made Love (4 Da Very 1st Time) - Little Shawn 5) Pass The Mic - The Beastie Boys 6) World Around - Levitation 7) Put Your Trust In Me - Richard Thompson 8) Where's My Daddy - Bemshi 9) Peace & Rain - Cages 10) Don't Make Me Beg Tonight - Gary Brown 11) Bustin' Out - Doug E. Fresh 12) Disengaged - Low Pop Suicide 13) Helluvatime - Slik Toxik 14) What's It Take To Pull A Hottie (Like You)? - Mellow Man Ace 15) Boy In A Plastic Bubble - The Cavedogs 16) Same Axe - John Scofield 17) God Will - Holly Cole Trio 18) Blue Flower - Mazzy Star 19) Phone Freak Honey - Sweet Jesus

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Bright Ideas Portastatic Manufacturer: Pony Canyon ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music Indie Rock | Indie & Lo-Fi | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music General | Rock | Styles | Music Pop Rock | Pop | Styles | Music Rock | Imports | Stores | Music ASIN: B0009V1EIM Release Date: 2005-08-15

Album Description

Japanese pressing of 2005 album with an earlier release than the domestic and one exclusive bonus track. P-Vine.

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Lucky Day Manufacturer: Bright Ideas Productions ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Pop | Styles | Music General | Pop | Indie Music | Stores | Music ASIN: B0002NU118 Release Date: 1997-09-01

Tracks:

1. Lucky Day
2. Express Yourself
3. Summer Vacation
4. Work Out
5. Quiet Mind
6. One of the Bunch
7. Give it a Try
8. What If?
9. Food Pyramid
10. Best Friends
11. Silent Prayer

Product Description

eleven childrens songs on cd Lucky Day, Express yourself. Summer Vaction, Work out, Quiet Mind, One of the Bunch, Give it a Try, What if, Food Pyramid,Best Friends, Silent Prayer

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1. Classic Instrumentals, Vol. 1
2. Collaborations [Import]
3. Collection of Short Stories [Import]
4. Compact Story of [Import]
5. Damage Done
6. Devil's Answer [Import]
7. Devils & Dust [Import]
8. Doin' Things We Shouldn't Do
9. Drinking from the Water Clock [Explicit Lyrics]
10. Emotions (Reis) [Extra tracks]

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