What Are You Listening To?

[SteveO]

I love these guys,,,their live sets are awesome !

THE CAT EMPIRE "the cat empire" cd,2003.

debut set from these aussie guys....
i still fond it difficult to catagorize this album and the band in general. some stuff sounds quite cuban, some greek styles, some salsa,jazz, ska, its all there, not your usual modern music at all...
my favourite track here has a bit of a Kinks feel to it(their quieter 'sunny afternoon' type stuff), i could really imagine Davies doing it well...
anyway, the album peaked at #15 here but eventually went double platinum for the boys, their highest charting single off it was "the chariot" which reached #34 here, yet "hello" made it all the way to #12 in the "land of the long white cloud"(new zealand)...
a strange album, but i like it!

I LIKE THIS ALBUM

worst track: manifesto
best track: the wine song
track that sums up the album as a whole: hello

tracks:

1. how to explain? **
2. days like these **
3. the lost song **
4. the chariot ***
5. hello ***
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0G8Ip_FLwGI live
6. one four five **
7. the rhythm **
8. the wine song ***
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hgkHd6eBfoE audio
9. nothing **
10.beanni **
11.the crowd **
12.manifesto *
13.all that talking *

3s=3
2s=8
1s=2

rating: 2.0