A Different Lifetime [Import]

Product Description
2001 album for the UK indie-pop act, includes the first single, 'The Flaming Lips'.

A Different Lifetime,Spearmint,Hitback,Indie Pop,Rock,Rock/Pop

Average customer rating:

A Different Lifetime Spearmint Manufacturer: Apricot Records ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD ASIN: B00005LW6M Release Date: 2001-08-20

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I'll Be W.H.U.P. Manufacturer: Caze Entertainment, Inc. ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Rap & Hip-Hop | Styles | Music ASIN: B000CAGLL0 Release Date: 2003-01-21

Tracks:

1. Introduction - Whup
2. I'll Be .... - Whup
3. Ride Wit Us - Whup, Blokade, Ruby Rube
4. Dajanara - Whup
5. Feel Free 2 Luv This - Whup, Blokade, Ruby Rube
6. Southern Bread - Whup, Ruby Rube
7. Diamond in tha Back - Whup
8. How Many - Whup, Blokade, Ruby Rube
9. Same Ole Hustlin? - Whup
10. Funeral [interlude] - Whup
11. Written in Blood - Whup, Ruby Rube
12. Nuff Said - Whup, Ruby Rube
13. U Cross Me - Whup, Blokade
14. Momma Told Me - Whup, Mr.G, Ruby Rube
15. What?d What What - Whup
16. Conspiracy [poem] - Whup
17. Conspiracy - Whup, Blokade, Ruby Rube
18. Time Wait 4 No Man [outro] - Whup, Blokade
19. 2 CD Bonus Tracks - Whup

Average customer rating: Joy and Drama A Flawed Masterpiece

A Different Lifetime Spearmint Manufacturer: Hitback ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | 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 Rock | Imports | Stores | Music ASIN: B00005N9GQ Release Date: 2005-09-05

Tracks:

1. It Will End
2. Distant Star
3. Stealing Beauty
4. Julie Christie!
5. Suddenly
6. Scottish Pop
7. Wrapped Up Together
8. Moment in My Mind
9. Go
10. Flaming Lips
11. Solace
12. Different Lifetime
13. Single Again
14. "I'm So Sorry..."
15. "... You Are Forgiven"

Album Description

2001 album for the UK indie-pop act, includes the first single, 'The Flaming Lips'.

Album Details

Their Second Album and Another Classic, Previously Unavailable for Two Years.

Customer Reviews:

Joy and Drama.......2002-03-15

Spearmint are one of those journeyman underground Britbands that Anglophiles love to discover and claim as their own until some big bad American major ruins them by making their music easily available in "the States". That's not bound to happen with their fourth release, A Different Lifetime, a song cycle about how we all indulge in that self-fulfilling prophecy of ruining relationships. "It Will End" is song one, setting the tone for the joy and drama of the 14 tracks to follow. Along the way, they pay tribute to "Scottish Pop", "Julie Christie!", and "The Flaming Lips", to name three jaunty cuts, and peter out towards the end when singer/guitarist Shirley Lee finds himself "Single Again". They're not as assertive as Stereophonics or wimpy as Belle & Sebastian (to whom they pay homage on "Scottish Pop"), but their enthusiasm is catchy. Recommended for Anglophiles (like me) everywhere.

A Flawed Masterpiece.......2001-09-07

Its probably best not to judge this album at all by the first single, "The Flaming Lips". Its a good song, but fails to suggest the breadth and feeling of Spearmint's latest album. "A Different Lifetime", like "Oklahoma!" has a bit of "concept"iveness to to it, but, unlike its predecessor, aims much higher in its artistic aspirations, and hits much closer to the heart. In its entirety, the album attempts to capture in epic, two-part manner the lifespan of a relationship, from first meeting to sorrowful parting to a bit of final reconciliation. Along the way, their are several great songs with clever words and beautiful melodies, including the lovely "Scottish Pop", "Julie Christie!" and the foreshadowing opener "It Will End". A few noticeable flaws perhaps prevent this album from becoming an indie-pop classic. The most obvious of these is the singers use of vulgar language in a romantic context. He ought to take a lesson from pop history and realize that this never works well. The first line of "Wrapped Up Together" really ruins the whole atmosphere of the song for me. If it had only been changed to something like "Loving in the afternoon...", we all would have gotten the point anyway, and the overall mood evoked would have been much closer to what it sounds like the band was going for. However, if you're like me you'll just skip this track, for the next one "The Moment In My Mind", which amply covers the "bliss" stage. The songs in part two are all "about saying goodbye". Overall, I like part one better musically, but the second, sadder part does offer some very poignant lyrics. I would say this is easily the band's best work to date. Not as many great singles as "A Week Away", but more consistant and better produced.

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