All About Eve [Original recording remastered] [Import]

Product Description
Part of the 'New Wave Renaissance' series. Japanese reissue of 1988 album is scheduled to include one bonus track. Details TBA. Mercury. 2004.

All About Eve,All About Eve,Universal Japan,Alternative Pop/Rock,Goth Rock,Pop,Rock,Rock/Pop

Average customer rating: more mature than the debut album, An all-time favorite some real music here Good but check out their first disc too!

Scarlet and Other Stories All About Eve Manufacturer: Polygram Int'l ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music Goth | Goth & Industrial | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music General | Rock | Styles | Music Pop Rock | Pop | Styles | Music Rock | Imports | Stores | Music Similar Items: All About Eve Best of All About Eve Iceland Strange Times ASIN: B000006SE1 Release Date: 2003-02-24

Tracks:

1. Road To Your Soul
2. Dream Now
3. Gold And Silver
4. Scarlet
5. December
6. Blind Lemon Sam
7. More Than The Blues
8. Tuesday's Child
9. Pieces Of Our Heart
10. Hard Spaniard
11. The Empty Dancehall
12. Only One Reason
13. The Pearl Fisherman

Album Description

Low price reissue from Spectrum of 1989 album for British folk-inspired goth act. 13 tracks. 2003.

Customer Reviews:

more mature than the debut album,.......2005-09-07

this album is more evolved & I think, better crafted than the first album, maybe the first was too commercial, the second one somehow seems to contain much more lyrical content & maturity.
yet still retains the characteristic/individualistic style.
some of my fave aae tracks are here: but I think the one i go back to the most is "pearl fishermen" as it is altogether just so beautiful & i love the harmonies.

An all-time favorite.......2004-12-29

Julianne Regan sadly will probably never receive her due for having one of the most beautiful, heartfelt, gorgeous voices in music. It's sad that AAE left this passionate, romantic style for a more electric / shoegazer mode but that's "growth" for you. Here, the original lineup deliver songs of such emotional richness and instrumentation. As the artwork and lyricism show, these recordings possess an autumnal feel, something to listen to when it's cold outside but warm in. Huge credit has to go to the production quality and musicianship - everything is perfect. The album before this is also a keeper; more hippie rock than this, but sublimely wonderful just the same. If there is a heaven, the voice of Julianne will greet upon arrival.

some real music here.......2004-05-06

it surprises me how many AAE reviews mention that AAE is "outdated", or their cd's might be "embarrassing" in your music collection or that "you should listen to them in secret" and many, many other mindless and hopeless claims that are only backed by the fact that most of today's music listeners are so brainwashed with the crappy stuff that's put on the radio that they just dont have any relevant criteria by which to judge good music. it doesnt get heavy airplay like evanescence so it's not worth a listen. its topic is about seasons, fairies, and legends so it's deemed 'embarrassing'. it's a shame that music like this has fallen into total disregard due to stupid labeling and a growing 'interest' in a so-called music with continuous rants about society or getting dumped by that girlfriend/boyfriend. there's
nothing this band lacks: terrific songwriting, a music that stimulates your imagination everytime you hear it, beautiful, strong vocals and some of the best guitar solos you'll get to hear. solos usually bore me to death but here, the guitarist plays with his soul and the feeling is almost palpable. "December" is one of my alltime favorite songs and its closing solo has discouraged me from wanting to learn guitar playing because i can never be that good.
there are albums that i can never tire of , with tunes which pop constantly in my head when i'm in a certain mood and 'Scarlet...' is one of them.
Other similar bands: (early)3rd and the mortal, and 'nighttime birds'-era The Gathering.

Good but check out their first disc too!.......2003-03-29

Imagine the...child of the Catherine Wheel and Jewel. Or the lovechild of Loreena McKennit and Hole. Or the Mission UK and Evanescence.

Does that help? AAE have a bit of the ethereal, folk-rock sound mixed with a full bottom and heavy, swirling guitar sounds.

And, if you like this one, check out their eponymous first disc.

Average customer rating: The Lady of Shalott with a 4/4 beat More About ALL ABOUT EVE Melodic and energetic! A highly recommended band! Lovely album but their next one was even better

All About Eve All About Eve Manufacturer: Polygram Int'l ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music Goth | Goth & Industrial | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music General | Rock | Styles | Music Pop Rock | Pop | Styles | Music CDs $7 - $10 | Goth | Goth & Industrial | Alternative Rock | Today's Deals in Music | Formats | Music All Bargain Titles | Goth | Goth & Industrial | Alternative Rock | Today's Deals in Music | Formats | Music All Bargain Titles | Alternative General | Alternative Rock | Today's Deals in Music | Formats | Music CDs $7 - $10 | Pop General | Pop | Today's Deals in Music | Formats | Music All Bargain Titles | Oldies | Pop | Today's Deals in Music | Formats | Music Rock | Imports | Stores | Music Similar Items: Scarlet and Other Stories Iceland Best of All About Eve ASIN: B000001FNT Release Date: 1990-10-25

Tracks:

1. Flowers In Our Hair
2. Gypsy Dance
3. In The Clouds
4. Martha's Harbour
5. Every Angel
6. Like Emily
7. Shelter From The Rain
8. She Moves Through The Fair
9. Wild Hearted Woman
10. Never Promise (Anyone Forever)
11. Apple Tree Man
12. What Kind Of Fool
13. In The Meadow
14. Lady Moonlight

Album Description

Hit 1988 debut album for goth-inspired British indie act. 14 tracks.

Customer Reviews:

The Lady of Shalott with a 4/4 beat.......2002-03-10

As if the Pre-Raphaelites had discovered rock n roll.

Picture a gypsy girl, legs dangling off the back of her wagon trilling folk songs which speak to a pastoral, idyllic childhood, while a team of muscular, well trained electric guitars pull the wagon through a cool forest glade of luscious production, leaves still glistening and dripping with the very latest in digital reverberation.

That's what All About Eve sounded like in 1988 - and that's what it sounds like now, the only difference being it sounded pretty cool back then. Now, it's as dated as a Camelot on Ice. Come to think of it, it's rather a lot like Camelot on Ice.

All the same, it's pretty music, and in tracks like Wild Hearted Woman and Martha's Harbour, has a commendable air of ballsy pre GirlPower feminism about it.

They're all great tunes, for the most part, and the best get well and truly anthemic (most notably Shelter From The Rain which, with its foreboding synth pads, shimmering acoustics and snarling guitars rumbles collossally across the soundscape as if Punk Rock had never happened). And the quieter moments stand up, and if anything outdo the bombast: Julianne Regan's almost unaccompanied rendition of the traditional She Moves Through The Fair is truly beautiful (if a little blighted by over production and what little arrangement there is behind it).

So it's difficult to isolate what hasn't lasted about the sound. I think it may be that it's just too earnest. All About Eve takes itself just a bit too seriously, which - when one is singing about gypsies, secret gardens and a brightly shining lady in the moonlight, is a bit rich - and it inevitably sees the band sail a tack too close to Spinal Tap's Stonehenge for it to be taken seriously, at least not once you've emerged from puberty and/or the Nineteen Eighties.

Still, when you put it on the shelf with its contemporaries - Queensrÿche (note umlaut!), Poison, the Mission, the Sisters of Mercy - by no means is All About Eve a candidate for most embarassing record in the collection.

Pull the curtains, and no one will know you still listen to it.

Olly Buxton

More About ALL ABOUT EVE.......1999-12-08

Magical melodies and angelic vocals set in a timeless style. A beautifully "lyric oriented" album of floaty,soft tunes with style unlike anyone else. Take a listen for yourself and enjoy more about All About Eve.

Melodic and energetic!.......1998-12-22

I've been listening to this CD and "Scarlet and Other Stories" for several years now, and I'm still enthralled by her balletic parade of music and voice. This music is a rare gem.

A highly recommended band!.......1998-12-11

All About Eve is pure soul-music for us "melancholy" types whose favorite season is the Autumn. I agree that Eve's second album, "Scarlet and Other Stories," is even better than this one. I have been known to purchase music "sound-unheard" (see also Lir's "Magico! Magico!"), and that's how it happened with "Scarlet." The ultra-visceral vocals of Julianne Regan and far-away, descanting guitar work of Tim Brecheno combine to produce a truly fantastic sound in all their work!

If you're the type who can "see" music as you listen, this album will definitely paint pictures in your mind, especially cuts like "Every Angel," "Like Emily" and "In The Meadow." If you like "orchestral" rock-n-roll with fantasy-laden female vocals and stellar guitar work, you should hear this album (and their others, too). I would say that Eve is similar in style to artists like Heart and Stevie Nicks, although Julianne and Stevie do not sound alike vocally. A better vocal comparison would be with Terri Nunn (Berlin) or Aimee Mann ('Til Tuesday).

I have also heard a medium-quality tape of Eve's import "Ultraviolet," but have been unable to find it on CD. Same enchanting sound, although the intentional distortion seems a bit gratuitous at times, and the vocals are somewhat buried. I would really like to hear a cleaner copy of that one, so I hope Amazon will pick it up soon.

Lovely album but their next one was even better.......1998-07-13

I really like this CD -- the interplay between Tim Brecheno's layered guitars and Julianne Regan's lovely vocals, and the melodic ethereal songs. And I love their next CD -- "Scarlet and Other Stories" much More -- Fantastic songs and a more Electric sound than this one. Again, Tim and Julianne really Shine together! I hope amazon.com will be offering "Scarlet and Other Stories" in addition to this fine CD. I'm also looking forward to the Imports from this band -- especially their Live show!

Average customer rating:

Keepsakes: A Collection All About Eve Manufacturer: Umvd Import ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music Goth | Goth & Industrial | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music Dream Pop | Indie & Lo-Fi | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music Shoegazing | Indie & Lo-Fi | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music General | Rock | Styles | Music Pop Rock | Pop | Styles | Music ASIN: B000ECXCAE Release Date: 2006-03-20

Tracks:

1. Flowers in Our Hair [Extended]
2. In the Clouds
3. Calling Your Name
4. Paradise [1989 Remix]
5. Martha's Harbour
6. Every Angel [7" Remix]
7. What Kind of Fool (Autumn Rhapsody)
8. Wild Flowers [BBC Session 1988][#]
9. Candy Tree [Live][#]
10. Wild Hearted Woman [Live][#]
11. Our Summer [Live]
12. In the Meadow [Live][#]
13. Gold and Silver
14. Scarlet
15. Road to Your Soul
16. Drowning
17. December
18. What Kind of Fool 2006 [#]
19. Empty Dancehall (Revisited) [#]

Tracks:

1. Farewell Mr. Sorrow
2. Strange Way
3. Rhythm of Life
4. Wishing the Hours Away
5. Dreamer [Tim Palmer Mix]
6. Touched by Jesus
7. Are You Lonely
8. See Emily Play [#][Demo Version]
9. Phased
10. Freeze
11. I Don't Know [Alternative Version][Alternate Take]
12. Some Finer Day
13. Infrared
14. Outshine the Sun
15. Let Me Go Home
16. Keepsakes
17. Raindrops

Average customer rating: THE BEST OF BETTE! One of Gerhardt's Best Simply superb! Priceless for all old movie fans

Classic Film Scores for Bette Davis Manufacturer: RCA ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Korngold, Erich Wolfgang | ( K ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Newman | Newman, Alfred | ( N ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Waxman | Waxman, Franz | ( W ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music General | Korngold, Erich Wolfgang | Composers | Modern, 20th, & 21st Century | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music General | Classical | Styles | Music Movie Soundtracks | Soundtracks | Styles | Music General | Soundtracks | Styles | Music General | Vocal Pop | Pop | Styles | Music Orchestral Pop | Easy Listening | Pop | Styles | Music Classical Music | The Sony BMG Masterworks Store | Amazon.com Label Stores | Stores | Music Similar Items: Now Voyager: The Classic Film Scores of Max Steiner Captain Blood: Classic Film Scores for Errol Flynn Casablanca: Classic Film Scores for Humphrey Bogart Sunset Boulevard: The Classic Film Scores of Franz Waxman Captain from Castile: Music from Alfred Newman Film Scores ASIN: B000003EM2 Release Date: 1991-07-01

Tracks:

1. Warner Brothers Fanfare/It Can't Be Wrong [From Now, Voyager] - National Philharmon
2. Blindness (Judith's Theme) /Winter/Resignation [From Dark Victory] - National Philharmon
3. Main Title [From A Stolen Life] - National Philharmon
4. Elizabeth [From the Private Lives of Elizabeth and Essex] - National Philharmon
5. Forsaken [From Mr. Skeffington] - National Philharmon
6. Main Title/Stanley and Roy/Finale [From in This Our Life] - National Philharmon
7. All About Eve
8. Main Title [From All About Eve] - National Philharmon
9. Waltz [From Jezebel] - National Philharmon
10. Main Title/Rosa Moline/Train, the/Rosa's Death [From Beyond the Forest] - National Philharmon
11. Carlotta [From Juarez] - National Philharmon
12. Main Title [From the Letter] - National Philharmon
13. Main Title/Henriette and the Children/Love Scene/Finale/End Cast [from - National Philharmon

Customer Reviews:

THE BEST OF BETTE!.......2003-11-23

For those who cherish those Bette Davis Golden Oldies as I do, you'll not want to be without this CD. All her most memorable film scores are here: Warner's fanfare introduces the exquisite "It Can't Be Wrong/Charlotte's Theme" from "Now, Voyager", Steiner's poignantly haunting score for "Dark Victory" the suitably regal score for "All About Eve" by Alfred Newman and the instantly recognizable theme for "A Stolen Life" - again by Max Steiner.

Korngold's score for "The Private Lives of Elizabeth and Essex" is fine as are the various scores for "Deception", "The Letter" and "All This, and Heaven Too" & "In This Our Life". When Davis made "Dark Victory" she was a bit "upstaged" by Max Steiner's score towards the final fade-out of the film. Judy Traherne ascends the staircase, says good-bye to Daffy and Don (her dogs) and quietly insists that her maid Martha leave her alone, undisturbed to die in peace: "beautifully and finely". During this shot, the angels are singing ethereally and Davis flung herself at director Edmund Goulding during reheasal and demanded: "Damn it, who's playing this scene? Max or me??" No fears. It worked. Beautifully.

One of Gerhardt's Best.......2002-07-26

This is one of the best albums from the classic film scores series conducted by Charles Gerhardt with the National Philharmonic Orchestra. Max Steiner composed most of the scores represented here. Max Steiner was one of the greats. My favorite cut is the "main title" from A STOLEN LIFE. This tune was uesd again in A SUMMER PLACE with Troy Donahue. Both films have their central settings in New England. This tune greatly captures the feeling of the land and sea and the people living on the New England coast. This is a lush and beatiful cd.

Simply superb!.......2002-01-14

This is one of about a half dozen or so recordings of classic film scores conducted by Mr. Charles Gerhardt, performed by the National Philharmonic Orchestra, and produced by Mr. George Korngold (Erich Wolfgang Korngold's younger son). These recordings were made in the 1970's, and with, perhaps, one exception, have yet to be equalled much less surpassed! Almost single handedly, they have shaped the film scores of today and made CDs of same a major profit center for the recording industry. Don't just buy this one; grab anything that has Mr. Gerhardt name on it!

Priceless for all old movie fans.......2000-03-13

I have had this album for years and was thrilled to find it is out in CD. This is a must have for anyone who loves old movies, especially movies of the '30's and '40's. The music is beautiful and fully orchestrated by the National Philharmonic. Each selection elicits all of the atmosphere and attendant feelings of the film for which it was written.

Average customer rating:

All About Eve/Leave Her to Heaven Manufacturer: Film Score Monthly ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD All Works by Newman | Newman, Alfred | ( N ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music General Modern | Modern, 20th, & 21st Century | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music General | Classical | Styles | Music Movie Soundtracks | Soundtracks | Styles | Music General | Soundtracks | Styles | Music Similar Items: Untamed The Swan Adventures of Huckleberry Finn Fantastic Voyage A Man Called Peter ASIN: B0006SSPPI Release Date: 2005-01-11

Tracks:

1. Main Title [From All About Eve]
2. Prologue [From All About Eve]
3. Award [From All About Eve]
4. Eve's Narration [From All About Eve]
5. Friendship Begins [From All About Eve]
6. Margo [From All About Eve]
7. Exit Music [From All About Eve]
8. Party [From All About Eve]
9. Theme for Piano [From All About Eve]
10. Liebestraum/Liebestraum 2 [From All About Eve]
11. Eve's Dream [From All About Eve]
12. Audition [From All About Eve]
13. Margo and Bill [From "All About Eve"]
14. Karen's Decision [From All About Eve]
15. Beau Soir [From All About Eve]
16. Eve's Success [From All About Eve]
17. Karen's Guilt [From All About Eve]
18. Margo and Bill's Reconciliation [From "All About Eve"]
19. Karen's Resignation [From All About Eve]
20. Real Eve [From All About Eve]
21. Eve's Photo [From All About Eve]
22. Phoebe's Arrival [From All About Eve]
23. All the Eves [From All About Eve]
24. Encore [From All About Eve]
25. All the Eves [Stereo][Version]
26. Encore [Stereo][Version]
27. Prelude [From Leave Her to Heaven]
28. Ash Ritual [From Leave Her to Heaven]
29. Bar Harbor [From Leave Her to Heaven]
30. Unrest [From Leave Her to Heaven]
31. Homicide [From Leave Her to Heaven]
32. Arsenic [From Leave Her to Heaven]
33. Redemption [From Leave Her to Heaven]

Average customer rating:

Now Playing on Marco Polo Manufacturer: Marco Polo ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Movie Soundtracks | Soundtracks | Styles | Music General | Soundtracks | Styles | Music General | Classical | Styles | Music Compilations | Classical | Styles | Music 4-for-3 Classical | 4-for-3 Music | Stores | Music 4-for-3 Soundtracks | 4-for-3 Music | Stores | Music 4-for-3 All Music | 4-for-3 Music | Stores | Music Similar Items: Legendary Film Composers ASIN: B00006JIAD Release Date: 2002-09-17

Tracks:

1. Overture - Malcolm Arnold
2. 'Look Out! It's King Kong Coming!' - Max Steiner
3. The Next Morning - The Order - Erich Wolfgang Korngold
4. Prelude - The Scroll & Storm - Victor Young
5. Death Of Merit - Alfred Newman
6. Invasion - Landing - Franz Waxman
7. Campfire - Up There! - Water Trough - Gold Digging - Cave-In - Max Steiner
8. All About Eve Suite - Alfred Newman

Average customer rating: A very pleasant surprise Breathtakingly beautiful

Keepsakes: A Collection All About Eve Manufacturer: Umvd Import ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music Goth | Goth & Industrial | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music Dream Pop | Indie & Lo-Fi | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music Shoegazing | Indie & Lo-Fi | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music General | Rock | Styles | Music Pop Rock | Pop | Styles | Music Similar Items: Iceland Uninvited, Like the Clouds ASIN: B000EGEVX2 Release Date: 2006-03-13

Tracks:

1. Flowers In Our Hair (Extended)
2. In The Clouds
3. Calling Your Name (Previously Unavailable On Cd)
4. Paradise (1989 Remix)
5. Martha's Harbour
6. Every Angel (7" Remix) (Previously Unavailable On Cd)
7. What Kind Of Fool (Autumn Rhapsody Mix)
8. Wildflowers (Bbc Session 1988) (Previously Unavailable)
9. Candy Tree (Live From Hammersmith Odeon 1988) (Previously Unavailable Version)
10. Wild Hearted Woman (Live From Hammersmith Odeon 1988) (Unavailable Version)
11. Our Summer (Live)
12. In The Meadow (Live From Hammersmith Odeon 1988)(Previously Unavailable Version)
13. Gold & Silver
14. Scarlet
15. Road To Your Soul
16. Drowning
17. December
18. What Kind Of Fool 2006 (Previously Unreleased New Recording)
19. Empty Dancehall (Revisited) (Previously Unreleased New Recording)
20. Farewell Mr Sorrow
21. Strange Way
22. Rhythm Of Life
23. Wishing The Hours Away
24. Dreamer (Tim Palmer Mix)
25. Touched By Jesus
26. Are You Lonely
27. See Emily Play (Previously Unavailable)
28. Phased
29. Freeze
30. I Don't Know (Alternative Version) (Previously Unavailable)
31. Some Finer Day
32. Infared
33. Outshine The Sun
34. Let Me Go Home
35. Keepsakes (Brand New Recording)
36. Raindrops (Brand New Recording)
37. Flowers In Our Hair (Dvd)
38. In The Clouds (Dvd)
39. Wild Hearted Woman (Dvd)
40. Every Angel (Dvd)
41. Martha's Harbour (Dvd)
42. What Kind Of Fool (Dvd)
43. Road To Your Soul (Dvd)
44. December (Dvd)
45. Scarlet (Dvd)
46. Farewell Mr Sorrow (Dvd)
47. Strange Way (Dvd)
48. Dreamer (Dvd)
49. Phased (Dvd)
50. Some Finer Day (Dvd)
51. Let Me Go Home (Dvd)
52. Going (Live Pop Profile & Performance Of Every Angel 1988) (Dvd)
53. Top Of The Pops Performance Of "Martha's Harbour" 1988 (Dvd)
54. Top Of The Pops Performance Of "What Kind Of Fool" 1988 (Dvd)
55. Daytime Live Performance Of "Scarlet" 1990) (Dvd)
56. Daytime Live Performance Of "More Than The Blues" 1990 (Dvd)
57. Top Of The Pops Performace Of "Farewell Mr Sorrow" 1991 (Dvd)
58. What Kind Of Fool (No Tarot/Kids Version) (Easter Eggs) (Dvd)
59. Martha's Harbour (Totp 4/8/88) (Easter Eggs) (Dvd)

Album Description

3 CD set that includes a limited edition DVD (PAL/Region 0). Keepsakes has been overseen, compiled and assembled by Julianne Regan, the front woman and founder of All About Eve. Collecting together all their hits, including the top 10 'Martha's Harbour' and the other 9 top 40 hits, alongside favorite live recordings and BBC sessions, this is a definitive All About Eve release. The DVD portion features all of the AAE promo clips along with TV performances from Top Of The Pops, Going Live and Daytime Live, and includes the classic Top Of The Pops performance of 'Martha's Harbour' and more, plus a 16 page booklet packed with photos from Julianne's personal archives, handwritten lyrics and sleeve notes by the legendary music journalist Dom Wills (one of the Stud Brothers). Universal. 2006.

Customer Reviews:

A very pleasant surprise.......2006-03-26

I think "Keepsakes" appeared in my Amazon recommendations as I am a big Cure fan and I think the two bands have a bit of gigging history together. I remember Robert Smith saying he was a fan but I only ever heard a couple of singles. Anyway I ordered a copy as it seemed like a good way to get everything I could possibly need in one handy package. And I have to say, I'm very glad I did.

The first thing that struck me is that All About Eve are much more guitar heavy than I had thought. The guitar solo at the end of "In The Meadow" is pure metal, "What Kind of Fool" sounds like it could have been mixed by Danny Lohner and the new title track is very classy indie rock. Obviously, the memory of "Martha's Harbour" had overshadowed anything else I'd heard over the years. Having said that, you can't ignore a classic, well crafted song and "MH" is precisely that. It was nice to hear it again after so long.

The best stuff here though is the new material. "Raindrops" will be a future classic and "Keepsakes" will be filling every Goth club dance floor if there's any justice in the world of music. Club DJs will be lapping this stuff up.

The DVD is a great addition to the set and best of the bunch are "Phased", "Strange Way" and "The Dreamer", as the band look particularly cool.

All in all, a very welcome surprise and for fans of The Cure, Lacuna Coil and The Church, you cannot go wrong here.

Breathtakingly beautiful.......2006-03-15

In music today,the very pinnacle of the world of assumed pereftion is the greatest hits compilation. This is where a band and its creators self-congratulate in all they have achieved and - of course - this achievement is always immense and everything between the band members and their creators is always wonderful. By order.

By contrast All About Eve are one of the few bands around who are not directly guilty of doing this - but their one-time record label Mercury most certainly are. I refer here to "Winter Words" (1992) which, with intentional bad timing, was released by Mercury on the same day as their fourth album "Ultraviolet" (recorded with a different label). The sleeve notes on "Winter Words" gave no hint whatever that the group were in turmoileven though the very music proclaimed what they would not. Of course by that time turmoil had become self-destruction. Fourth album "Ultravoilet" bombed and the band disbanded just three months later.

It's been thirteen years since then and the band has split, re-formed, split again and reformed again so many times since that you have to wonder how they keep going or - more importantly - how they keep hold of their fans. Well, it's quite a simple answer really - their music is wonderful. Not safe or perfect like today's ubiquitous anodyne manufactured rubbish, just plain brilliant.

So fast forward to today and we have "Keepsakes" which is a Julianne Regan-lead (rather than record label-lead) double CD/DVD set nevertheless produced by Mercury and ensconsed with 1989-era graphics. Glitzy production may now be at odds with reality though. Since the group re-formed in 1999 - circumstance and desire on both sides have brought a level of intimacy between Julianne, the band, and the adoring hordes that is rarely seen elsewhere. Therfore, in the real world the outdated big-label mask of perfection All About Eve used to wear has not been maintained. Great cracks now appear in that visage through which the light of reality shines unhindered, but since "Keepsakes" comes from the same label that brought us "Winter Words" one has to wonder if anyone will try to plaster up those cracks?

No.

Turning first to the track selection - and immediately one sees that this isn't the obvious greatest hits material. Certainly all the hits are present, although not necessarily in original single versions, but otherwise the selection is eclectic - "Calling Your Name" is present, but not "D for Desire," "Freeze" but not "Mine" - and "Let Me Go Home" is the only post-99 song (not counting the four new ones). It also includes in "Farewell Mr Sorrow" and "Strange Way" two songs that once invited original guitarist Tim Bircheno to get lost while at the same time including 3 new (or remixed) compositions by him.

Clearly we're going to have to turn to the sleeve-notes to get some answers here and there we find "We're a semi-suicidal hydra" from Julianne on page one, and it continues like that throughout.

You should, therefore, be warned that not all the sleeve-notes make for entirely comfortable reading, especially when Julianne writes of the second album "I don't think I've wept as often in my life as I did during the making of Scarlet." Of course those of us who own "Scarlet and Other Stories" might well have suspected thatt from the music, but now we know it for a fact, it gives a whole new dimension to the tracks from that album that are here: the denied wish that is "Scarlet," the depths of the soul "Drowning," and the despeate wish to go back corret things in "December."

As to other highlights, we start, naturally, with "Flowers In Our Hair" but also get "In The Clouds," as fresh today as it ever was. "Martha's Harbour," despite now being out of fashion, is still beautiful. Also worthy of mention are the Dave Gilmour and Marty Wilson-Piper spectaculars that are "Wishing the Hours Away" and "Are You Lonely," and "Farewell Mr Sorrow" which is one of the greatest break-up songs - right up there with Lush' "Cioa" sheer "get out of my life" energy. Ultraviolet's "Infrared" is still mesmerizing and the recent "Le Me Go Home" has lost none of its energy since 2004's release.

Of the remixed songs, today's version of "What Kind of Fool" is much darker than the original whereas, conversely, the new version of "The Empty Dancehall" - featuring Tim for the first time in seventeen years - is very nice and wafty, with a little bit of trip-hop going on in the background that fits it very well. The totally new songs are "Keepsakes" which is written in the style we have come to associate with "modern" All About Eve and it deals well with it's quite deep subject - the reuniting of two ex-lovers meeting in the coldness of reality's light - realising that they still have things to offer each other (though you equally read it as a dedicaiton of the album to the listeners). "Raindrops"is an original Tim composition and there is a hint of the Bristol sound but it works very well with Tim's style of playing. It is a beautiful song that could make a very saleable single.

As to the DVD section, this is the first time all the promos have been in one place at one time - and perhaps more than anything they chart the band's ups and downs. There is the exuberance of those from the first album to the stress apparent in Julianne's eyes in the ones from "Scarlet," and the recovery apparent in by "Farewell Mr Sorrow." The "Ultraviolet" era videos are also interesting in their own way. There are some TV appearances including the "Martha's Harbour" disaster - brave to include that.

In summary then "Keepsakes" is so much more than a greatest hits compilation - it manages to catch the very essence of All About Eve from their dizziest heights to rock bottom - and everywhere in between. It is *breathtakingly* beautiful.

Average customer rating: JULIANNE REGAN - FROM BEYOND THE GRAVE Sublime Atmospherics A whistful piece of christmas music yuckkk....

Iceland All About Eve Manufacturer: Jam Tart UK ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music Goth | Goth & Industrial | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music General | Rock | Styles | Music Pop Rock | Pop | Styles | Music Rock | Imports | Stores | Music Similar Items: Cinemasonic All About Eve Scarlet and Other Stories Let Me Go Home, Pt. 2 Return to Eden ASIN: B00007ESBV Release Date: 2003-02-04

Tracks:

1. Last Christmas
2. Walking In The Air
3. December Revisited
4. Melting
5. Cold
6. A Winter's Tale
7. December Amnesia

Product Description

1. Last Christmas
2. Walking In The Air
3. Winter's Tale, A
4. Melting And Cold - (previously unreleased)
5. December - (previously unreleased)

Format: CD

Customer Reviews:

JULIANNE REGAN - FROM BEYOND THE GRAVE.......2005-06-03

It's been a long time since the days when I worshipped this group. Recently got to hear this for the first time and despite the departure of some members, Julianne once again retains the ability to make my hair stand on end with her beautiful and especially haunting singing on this release. It sounds like a requiem. Or like something channeled from a dark, ghostly afterworld. Die-hard fans of their autumnal style years ago may be disappointed - lovers of beauty though will know this work is the truth.

Sublime Atmospherics.......2003-05-16

The oft-underestimated Eves return to the studio (after many years in the wilderness) with a winter-themed mini-album. Iceland is effectively part of the All About Eve reconstrunction / reinvention project, and was created without a full band in attendance. Nevertheless, it is full of startlingly atmospheric music, with Julianne's exquisite vocals atop a shimmering, icy backdrop of noise. Worth the price of admission just for the revelation that behind Wham's cheesy 'Last Christmas' there was, in fact, a brilliant pop song struggling to escape. Then there are the new tracks - Melting stands out as a fabulous, chill-down-the-spine slice of vocal atmospherics.
This release is a new chapter in the history of a band who have never really been content to stand still. They made a big impact in the 80s with folk-tinged guitar goth-pop, notably the acoustic ballad Martha's Harbour. Martha retired to the country long ago, but Julianne is still in fine voice and is bravely forging ahead with a new, relevant sound that is more mature and just as beautiful as the older stuff.

A whistful piece of christmas music.......2003-05-16

Lets get something straight. This is *not* meant to sound like Scarlet.., Ultraviolet etc. This is 'technically' a side-project from Andy and Julianne. It is a mellow, almost ambient soundtrack to winter. I found *almost* all of the album to be wonderfull to listen to on Christmas morning, opening presents, the smell of roast potatoes drifting from the kitchen to the living room. The fact that there are covers of 'the snowman' and 'last christmas', should scream that this is a different type of offering from AAE, and it sounds it! Do not expect what some may call 'The All about eve sound'. Juliannes' vocals once again wash over you like a warm breeze, and the production whilst not of a big budget offering, is adequate to instill the mood that was intended. Go into this with an open minded approach, and reap the rewards!

yuckkk...........2003-03-18

the obscenely high price tag of A.A.E. albums have never discouraged me from checking this truely awesome band whenever they released something new. but with "icelands" i think that the band is simply making fun of their fans with a collection of 'classic covers' and two truely ATROCIOUS remakes of their moumental epic 'December'. i can never forgive them that. snifff. sob.... there's no zero rating so i'll be content with one star... what a loss of time and money.

Average customer rating: Essential Early Goth/Post Punk

Return to Eden All About Eve Manufacturer: United States Dist ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music Goth | Goth & Industrial | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music General | Rock | Styles | Music Pop Rock | Pop | Styles | Music Similar Items: Iceland ASIN: B00006RYB4 Release Date: 2002-11-05

Album Description

Return To Eden is the first in a series of releases collecting together previously unreleased songs, demos, alternate mixes and rarities from the band's early days. Early singles include Our Summer and Lady Moonlight, produced by Wayne Hussey and Flowers In Our Hair which is complimented by an extended mix. This release is sanctioned by the band, being on their band own label Jam Tart and has sleevenotes by bassist Tim Bricheno reminiscing about their early days together as well as a collection of archive photos and lyrics.

This is a great collection for any fans of the band, putting into context their early development and giving an insight into their growing abilities as songwriters and indications of where their music later headed.

Customer Reviews:

Essential Early Goth/Post Punk.......2003-01-03

"Return To Eden" is the long-awaited collection of this seminal alternative band's early pre-Polygram singles and B sides! Finally, after many years, these tracks were made available again and for the first time, on an official band approved release.

The earliest singles, "D Is For Desire" and "Don't Follow Me, March Hare," are shaded with an early Cocteaus and Banshees vibe, but there was definitely a crackling spark of power and muscle apparent in these songs that set All About Eve on a plateau all their own. Despite some admittedly quirky lyrics, the music for "Suppertime" is outstanding, with the gorgeous jangle of overdriven guitars, interlocking bass lines and shuffling, snapping drum work that defines the Gothic Rock sound. In addition to the brooding Post Punk sensibility, there is as well a foreshadowing of All About Eve's mastery of catchy pop hooks and memorable melodies.

The driving gloom of "End Of The Day" is perhaps my favourite of all the first five tracks on the album. A thick bass line rumbles above deep mid paced drums, accented by eerie pinch harmonics and Julianne's unwavering alto. The song crescendos into a spiral of stark psychedelic guitar wizardry and continues to blast along at full force until the song draws to a magnificent close. "Love Leads Nowhere" is weighed with an even deeper melancholy, falling somewhere between early U2 and the manic Death Rock of the legendary Skeletal Family and Xmal Deutschland. The track is the perfect blend of dark mood and melody, and is another rarely heard masterpiece.

In addition to the early unavailable 12" singles and b-sides, a wealth of demo tracks and alternate versions of material recorded for the first album makes up the rest of this 70 minute compilation. Classic tracks like "In The Clouds," "Shelter From The Rain," "Every Angel" and "Flowers In Our Hair" appear in earlier, rawer and perhaps more aggressive forms here. The latter, "Flowers In Our Hair" appears in both its demo and extended forms, both of which are anthematic and powerfully animated gems of uplifting melancholia. That track had always been my favourite from the debut release, but these versions are twice as good.

"Our Summer," the band's second single and a track, which unfortunately did not appear on the debut album, is probably one of my all time favourite All About Eve songs. Two versions appear here, the 7" single mix as well as an extended mix. I honestly can't pinpoint it exactly, but the song is animated with such genuine sweetness and uplifting melodic power that I can't help but feel `good' every time I hear this song. Unlike much of the over produced and sappy drivel that defined mainstream 80s radio, THIS is what a nostalgic walk through summer fields should sound like, and "Our Summer" stands as one of my all time favourite songs.

I could gush about this disc for hours, but this is one of the most fantastic collections of vintage alternative and early Goth Rock material available today. If you have ever at all been curious about All About Eve, then this is the CD for you to begin your love affair with this band. If you are a longtime fan, then there is A LOT here to be thankful for to complete the band's `pre-discography.' Honestly, buy this now. You won't regret it.

* extracted and edited from my review at StarVox.net

Average customer rating: ok compilation, but nothing new

Best of All About Eve All About Eve Manufacturer: Universal/Spectrum ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music Goth | Goth & Industrial | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music British Folk | Traditional British & Celtic Folk | Folk | Styles | Music Folk Rock | Rock | Styles | Music General | Rock | Styles | Music Pop Rock | Pop | Styles | Music Rock | Imports | Stores | Music Similar Items: Scarlet and Other Stories All About Eve Iceland ASIN: B000025AAM Release Date: 1999-08-18

Tracks:

1. Our Summer
2. Lady Moonlight
3. Flowers in Our Hair
4. Paradise
5. Gypsy Dance
6. In the Meadow
7. Every Angel
8. Martha's Harbour
9. What Kind of Fool
10. Gold and Silver
11. Candy Tree
12. Road to Your Soul
13. Tuesday's Child
14. Different Sky
15. Farewell Mr. Sorrow
16. Wishing the Hours Away
17. Are You Lonely
18. Share It With Me

Album Description

All of the hits on one CD by this British folk/ goth act from the '80s. 18 tracks, including 'Our Summer', 'Flowers In Our Hair' and 'Martha's Harbour'. 1999 release.

Album Details

The First Time that the Hits from this 80'sfolk/Goth Act have Been Made Available on CD.

Customer Reviews:

ok compilation, but nothing new.......2005-09-07

this has all the "air-played" aae tracks, but doen't come close to "winterwords" material-wise,
it is a good collection to stick on the stereo if you merely want to hear the commercial best of (though I doubt this has never been what any die-hard aae fans have been about!) but material-wise it does sound a little tired in comparison to their other albums. (ps: i am biased. as a fan of aae material & not just released tracks, i've always found their best music has never been broadcast, but then, that is part of their appeal!)

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