Private Transport

Editorial Reviews
Album Description
Brilliant debut album from an international parade of popstars featuring 13 wonderfully eclectic songs about love and travel recorded between San Francisco and Melbourne over a period of a year. Heartfelt lyrics and ace vocals courtesy of The Lucksmiths Tali White, paired with music from a truly collaborative cast including members of The Lucksmiths, Sodastream, Poundsign, The Fairways, The Aislers Set, Red Raku, Art of Fighting, The Killjoys, and Blackeyed Susans. Highlights include the jangling-guitar travelogue "Jet-Set…Go!" which takes in Spain, Yorkshire, Las Vegas and Thailand before its joyous finale in San Francisco…"The Photographer," a strum and bass still life memory of a sea-side moment sung over a loping, looping bass line, with layers of acoustic guitars and frantic drums… and "Siamese Couplets", a lazy hip-hop/pop tune with junky percussion, a soaring chorus and lyrics that attempt to capture the sensory overload of south east Asia while maintaining the distinction of being the first and possibly last song on Matinée to be rapped. From odes to breakfast and London to stripped-back heart breakers and instrumental laments, "Private Transport" is a refreshingly diverse album that exceeds the potential of such a distinguished cadre.

Private Transport
Average customer rating: 4.5 out of 5 stars
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 Private Transport
The Guild League
Manufacturer: Matinee Recordings
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B000087HET
Release Date: 2003-01-06

Tracks:

  1. Jet-SetGo!
  2. The Neatest Hand
  3. Cosmetropolis (London Swings)
  4. Balham Rise
  5. The Photographer
  6. Baggage Handling
  7. Dangerous Safety
  8. What Adults Do
  9. Siamese Couplets
  10. Gravity
  11. A Maze of Greys
  12. Cornflakes
  13. A Faraway Place

Album Description

Brilliant debut album from an international parade of popstars featuring 13 wonderfully eclectic songs about love and travel recorded between San Francisco and Melbourne over a period of a year. Heartfelt lyrics and ace vocals courtesy of The Lucksmiths Tali White, paired with music from a truly collaborative cast including members of The Lucksmiths, Sodastream, Poundsign, The Fairways, The Aislers Set, Red Raku, Art of Fighting, The Killjoys, and Blackeyed Susans. Highlights include the jangling-guitar travelogue "Jet-Set…Go!" which takes in Spain, Yorkshire, Las Vegas and Thailand before its joyous finale in San Francisco…"The Photographer," a strum and bass still life memory of a sea-side moment sung over a loping, looping bass line, with layers of acoustic guitars and frantic drums… and "Siamese Couplets", a lazy hip-hop/pop tune with junky percussion, a soaring chorus and lyrics that attempt to capture the sensory overload of south east Asia while maintaining the distinction of being the first and possibly last song on Matinée to be rapped. From odes to breakfast and London to stripped-back heart breakers and instrumental laments, "Private Transport" is a refreshingly diverse album that exceeds the potential of such a distinguished cadre.

Customer Reviews:

4 out of 5 stars Jetset.......2003-06-21

I have to admit I'm an unuabashed fan. I couldn't get the little hook 'Jetset, Go' out of my head after hearing it on the radio and chased down the CD and liked it a whole lot.

5 out of 5 stars Album of the Year?.......2003-04-12

The Guild League deliver an amzing album, with styles ranging from rap to ballads to a cappella, while making the whole thing work seamlessly. Without question one of the best new bands to come along in years, and a must-have.

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