Spill

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No Safety's KFR debut combines Discipline-era KING CRIMSON with a touch of BEEFHEART. A highly requested classic, released in 1992. Features Zeena Parkins(electric harp and accordion), Ann Rupel (bass), Chris Cochrane (guitar), Tim Spelios(drums), and Doug Seidel (guitar).

Perfect From Now On
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Magnificent New Beginning for this band in 1997

Listen to it at least six times

first album of theirs that i've heard; got me hooked

This is Music

Amazing

Perfect From Now On
Built to Spill
Manufacturer: Warner Bros / Wea
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Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B000002NC4
Release Date: 1997-01-28

Randy Described Eternity
I Would Hurt A Fly
Stop The Show
Made-Up Dreams
Velvet Waltz
Out Of Site
Kicked It In The Sun
Untrustable/Part 2 (About Someone Else)

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Built to Spill's three previous indie releases (on C/Z, Up, and K) established a new pop standard, born from lo-fi experimentation, carefully crafted hooks, plaintive vocals, and brilliant, snaky guitar lines. For their major label debut, Perfect from Now On, frontman Doug Martsch, who leads a revolving cast of musicians, has created his most ambitious album to date. Gone are the compact, simple ditties that characterized the band's recent recordings, replaced by the kind of longer epics that typified its C/Z debut, Ultimate Alternative Wavers. The songs--some clocking in at eight or nine minutes in length--combine the laidback intensity of Pink Floyd and Neil Young with a Beatles-meet-Pavement modern, pop aesthetic. It's at once dreamy, spooky, and spine-tingling and if there's any truly unexplored territory in rock music, you can be sure Built to Spill are in the vanguard. --Adem Tepedelen

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Magnificent New Beginning for this band in 1997.......2007-03-30

Perfect From Now On is Built to Spill's third album and gained widespread attention when it was released in 1997. A long vast & epic voyage through 8 noise shifting songs. Perfect From Now On was at the time their tightest sounding album yet, and first major-label release on Warner Bros. Perfect from Now On is filled w/ wailing guitar effects and groove-laden blissful jams. So many twists and turns throughout. Just more of a broadened scope, deeper range and timelessness here.
Yes, these are LONG songs, approaching times between 5 and 9 minutes each. This release reminds me a bit of Neutral Milk Hotel. PERFECT FROM NOW ON is filled with colorful rawness, a beautiful mess.
While their next album "Keep It Like A Secret" is catchier, shorter and poppy.
At this time(1997) the band consists of Doug Martsch: singer/guitarist - his vocals are farther ranging, more matured & more exquisite then on "There's Nothing Wrong With Love," Along w/ band -also adding MORE muscle, depth & volume; takes it's listener on a real experience of adventure
Brett Netson: bass & guitar; and drummer Scott Plouf.
Built to Spill is one of the more important talented bands that more people need to hear. Constantly changing styles and band members w/ each release. And this is their most creative, mesmerizing, most psychadelic sound put out by them. Favorite song: "Kicked It In the Sun." - I also LOVE opener: "Randy Described Eternity" - "I Would Hurt A Fly" - "Velvet Waltz" - "Untrustable/Part 2."
To me this is close to PERFECTION and my Favorite Built to Spill record so far as of 2007. 5 stars!

Listen to it at least six times.......2006-11-21

All I have to say is if you give this album six listen throughs, you'll be done for. The first time I put this in a didn't care for it, but I had loved, "What's Wrong with Love" and I had heard this was an amazing album, so I kept at it. By the 3rd listen I knew something was up, something way beyond the surface. What at first just seemd liked a mass of loud guitars fell apart into a deep, rich, melodic symphony of gigantic porportions. By the time I got to listen number 6 I was done for. Now I can't get this album out of the CD player. Where with other albums I seem to be able to wear them out after a number of listens, this one just won't go away. This is an album with a very large complex number of layers. Get it now!

first album of theirs that i've heard; got me hooked.......2006-08-29

I found songs on this album from online music sites that play songs within the same or similar genre as artists or songs that you input. I heard a couple songs from this album, then decided to get the album. After listening through it a few times, I got hooked. This isn't your conventional guitar/bass/drums rock band. These guys implement all types of sounds into their music. Though their songs are long (they range from 6 to 11 minutes each), they are great to listen to.

This is Music.......2006-08-05

Perfect From Now On was hard for me to get through at first, but after each listen I grew to love it, and it is now one of my favorite albums.

I say to the person who just bought this album, or is even considering this album, to have patience.

Amazing.......2006-04-26

I can't believe it took me until 2006 to discover Built to Spill...It only took one listen to their earlier release "There's Nothing Wrong With Love" to decide that I'll be spending the rest of the year catching up on all their music. For the moment, I can't stop playing this CD.

Keep It Like a Secret

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My ears bled...... but in a good way.
It's a keeper
This album is god
Secretly the best indie band of the last 10 years.
The Best by the Best

Keep It Like a Secret
Built to Spill
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ASIN: B00000HZFH

Tracks:

The Plan
Center Of The Universe
Carry The Zero
Sidewalk
Bad Light
Time Trap
Else
You Were Right
Temporarily Blind
Broken Chairs

Amazon.com's Best of 1999

Doug Martsch is enough of a guitar god to fill Keep It Like a Secret, one of indie rock's strongest 1999 major-label releases, with blazing solos. He's also ambivalent about the whole thing, which allows him to highlight the album with "You Were Right," a despairing litany of classic-rock lyrical hooks. --Rickey Wright

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Most guitar heroes make their mark by doing something extravagant, like playing with their teeth or with their instrument in flames. Doug Martsch of Boise, Idaho's Built to Spill has acquired his guru status by simpler means--he combines his trippy, meandering guitar style with classic pop structures. Martsch also wins points for singing about small-scale moments as well as huge moral abstractions, from watching TV to contemplating the center of the universe. By subtly balancing the forest of dense guitars with Martsch's oddly prosaic yet uncannily beautiful singing, Built to Spill hold the rare achievement of making music that's rooted yet allows you to fly. "Time Trap" begins with a harplike guitar line floating above a heavy wave of distortion, drifts into a reggae pattern, and eventually rises to the high step of musical theater. The charming and funny "You Were Right" decides once and for all which of the classic-rock clichés ring true. "You were wrong when you said, 'Everything's going to be all right' / You were right when you said, 'We're all just bricks in the wall.'" It is a richly deserved analysis from alt rock's heroic Everyman. --Lois Maffeo

Customer Reviews:

My ears bled...... but in a good way........2007-06-08

Bought the CD on a recommendation from a friend that I trust... and once the disc was in my car playing... I pretty much just broke the player so the disc can never be ejected. It's on a perpetual loop.... and i'm good with it. Finally someone who knows how to write a lyric and make it pleasant to listen to. Read all the rest of the reviews if you wanna know what it sounds like... Yeah, it's the thinking man's Nirvana... yes it's the Radiohead knock-off that will actually get you laid... but more than that (if there is more than that ever)... it's just good music and you find yourself veering off the road saying "Damn, this is a good disc!". Enjoy. And congrats to Built to Spill.

It's a keeper.......2007-05-24

After my third listen today to this album I felt the need to write this review. It is interesting that the reviewers who didn't like this album generally liked "Perfect From Now On." I think the other BTS albums are fair to good, but I consider "Keep It Like a Secret" to be a masterpiece. The chord progressions and the layered guitar work bring a deep sweetness to the music. The songs are groovy, rocking, and mellow all at the same time. I'm not talking about incredible speed like Yngwie; it's that he does it just right and it sounds fantastic. Go ahead and say that he's not that great of a guitarist. It's just like the joke about how many guitarists does it take to screw in a light bulb: twenty one. One to screw it in and twenty to say, "I can do that." I am very glad I investigated this band further. This is their best album, and one of the best albums I have ever heard. It has five or six songs that are excellent, whereas one might consider an album with three or four decent songs to be a "good" album. The next time I go to my part time job at night I am going to play this cd accordingly: track 1, volume 9; track 2, volume 8, tracks 3 and 4, volume 10, and I'll have to see after that.

This album is god.......2006-10-06

No words for "Keep it Like a Secret." Hands-down one of the greatest albums of the 1990's. Doug Martsch is a god. I just saw them live for the first time last week and it was incredible. Opened with "The Plan" and closed with a heartbreaking version of "Carry the Zero." Magnificant.

Secretly the best indie band of the last 10 years........2006-03-10

Doug Martsch had already been fooling around in Treepeople and the slightly legendary Halo Benders before 1994's instant classic 'There's nothing wrong with love' came out. This album had some great songs, riddled with melancholy and full of melody.

Succesor 'Perfect From Now On' had it's moment but was not near as good. And then this album came out and Doug was back.

'The Plan' blasts from the speakers and is the perfect opening song with a great simmering ending with at least one great sliding gutiar note. 'Centre of the Universe' is a fresher song followd by the rolling 'Carry the Zero', again with a great ending in which the song completely changes with breaks, new melodies and new sounds.

Martsch shows that besides writing a basic good song there is more you can add before the guitar solos get too boring and longwinded, something the previous album suffered from somehow.

Other favorites are 'Else' based on a simple but effective bass line and the brilliant 'You Were Right' (spot the songs).

Together with Lou Barlow, J Mascis, Frank Black and Evan Dando Doug Martsch is one of the heroes of late 90's, early 00's guitar orientated indie-style rock. Even though it's on Warner he still maintained that status. A legend in the making, like his hero Neil Young. A perfect album that after 8 years I can still listen to every day.

The Best by the Best.......2006-01-25

Simply put, Keep it Like a Secret is the culmination of the greatest three album run in indie rock history.

My story with this album is something like MWM's just below. It's a little embarassing but it must be told. I bought this album when it came out in '99. Somehow, I didn't get it. Somehow, I stopped listening to it almost immediately. And somehow, I eventually sold it back. It wasn't until 5 years later that I got back into BTS via There's Nothing Wrong With Love. I quickly got every BTS recording including obscure stuff like the BTS/Caustic Resin EP. Having seen them in NYC last year, I feel comfortable now calling them my favorite band.

I too regret my lost time with this band, but my failure to connect immediately with them is not a random thing. This stuff comes at your ear from a different direction than you may be used to and it MUST be listened to several times before you start to get it. You hear the word "angular" used a lot to describe BTS and whatever that means it seems to convey this facet of their music. Great music is often uncomfortable to hear the first time and BTS was because it truly is something different, an advance in the history of rock music.

Humorously enough, my brother, who has similar musical taste to me is caught where I was 5 years back. He owns this one and never spins it. I burned him There's Nothing Wrong With Love and Perfect From Now On and he shrugged them off after one listen. Dude, if you're reading this, get into this band already.

For those new to BTS, this is a great place to start. There are definitely moments on their previous two albums that I would consider my favorites (Car, Big Dipper, I Would Hurt a Fly), but this is probably their most consistent and accessible album overall.

This band tends to be compared to Sonic Youth, Modest Mouse and Pavement, but if you're like me, you find those bands either too avant garde, too angry or too arch (respectively) to truly love them and setlle for liking them instead. While similar, Built to Spill are humble and earnest enough to connect with emotionally and they are adventurous and experimental without resorting to pointless noise. Get this, then go to town on their whole catalog, then wait breathlessly for "You in Reverse" in April.

You in Reverse

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Favorite Album by my favorite band of all-time
very good - but not their best...
You In Reverse
I know we're getting older . . .
Damn near perfect

You in Reverse
Built to Spill
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Tracks:

Goin' Against Your Mind
Traces
Liar
Saturday
Wherever You Go
Conventional Wisdom
Gone
Mess With Time
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Amazon.com

It took Doug Martsch five years to complete this album so what's another two minutes? That's precisely how long it takes to sit through a nail-biting instrumental intro before the singer chimes in and you realize that, whew!, he still has it. The quirky, Idaho-born indie-rock group's first album since 2001's Ancient Melodies of the Future, is positively radiant. The meandering melodies have been reigned in but the songs still don't feel like they're rushing to get anywhere, even on the double-paced "Conventional Wisdom." On tracks such as "Liar" and "The Wait" the spacey guitar solos are tempered by sweet touches of slide guitar and a back porch rhythm. Meanwhile, there's a definite Neil Young influence creeping through "Wherever You Go" and "Gone," which makes the band that was weird enough to inspire Modest Mouse weirder than ever. --Aidin Vaziri

Album Description

One of the most critically acclaimed of Modern Rock bands, Built To Spill returns with its long-awaited album, the first in five years. Putting aside extensive overdubs and an atmosphere sweep, You in Reverse captures the organic, loose, impromptu feel of the band's jams. Led by influential alt-rock hero Doug Martsch and sprouting new influences and a fresh feel, Built To Spill drives ahead with You in Reverse.

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Favorite Album by my favorite band of all-time.......2007-05-18

I feel compelled to write my first ever review for a CD on amazon.com because this album is THAT GOOD.

Built to Spill is my favorite band of all-time. This is my favorite album by BtS. When I see reviews here and there about BtS albums, I consistently see that many people have many different favorite albums (except nobody really loves Ancient Melodies of the Future, though it is still a solid album). People say There's Nothing Wrong with Love is amazing; Perfect From Now On is an epic piece of artwork; and Keep It Like a Secret is stellar. I agree with all of those opinions. I say that You In Reverse shows the most growth by the band in any album, and it took five years to achieve. This is the first LP release by BtS that I have lived through as a die-hard fan, so yes, I feel biased because I felt the anticipation before its release and the cathartic release of joy after listening to it tens of times in the first several months.

YIR is a successful mixture of older BtS sounds. I am referring to the epic, long, flowing, stream-of-consciousness songs from Perfect From Now On and the catchy, powerful, rock songs from Keep It Like A Secret. On YIR, you'll experience the same poignant, relevant, timeless lyrics found on all albums. You'll find a return to longer songs (a la PFNO) with some sweet, upbeat riffs (a la KILAS). There is tight, meandering guitar-work with lengthy interludes and bridges using a number of amps. It is a fully matured, calculated, refreshing effort by the world's greatest band. The band feels "for real" in YIR, and not over-produced or fake in any way, which is the way the band felt after producing their previous album (AMOTF).

Also, this last paragraph is a general overview/review of Built to Spill's overall sound. If you like this album, then you will not be disappointed by other BtS albums. On that same note, if you like other BtS albums, you will definitely enjoy this one. Give it a chance.

very good - but not their best..........2007-03-26

Some inspired work here, as with most Built to Spill records, but not quite up to my favorite, "Keep it Like a Secret". Well worth a listen, especially "Liar", "Conventional Wisdom", and the Neil Young-ish "Wherever You Go".

You In Reverse.......2007-01-30

The last BtS CD had it's moments but now Doug Martsch keeps doing what he has always done with BTS, making an album that is equally good as the second one before it. You can place this album somewhere between the masterpiece Keep It Like A Secret and Perfect From Now On.

PFNO had songs that meandered on for minutes; it wasn't BTS's easiest album.

The Boise, Idaho based band sounds like it has always done, even though it has took them almost five years since the last one. Neil Young type guitar playing, a great wall of sound that will sweep you from corner to corner in your crazy little head. Again Martsch uses all the songwriting and soundtricks to his availibility; sudden chord-changes in the song, speeding up and down during the song.

Don't expect a completely new BtS album, that time is over, but if the consistantly keep making albums like this we have a lot of things to look forward to in the future.

And yes, this album again has some perfect singles. My favorite has to be 'Conventional Wisdom' with it's J Mascis-like riff on which the entire song is founded and which almost sound like a later Sebadoh song. Halfway through the song it gets cheery and upbeat and a little slower, a perfect song for live shows to draw it out over 10 minutes.

'Liar' doesn't sound new but it still sounds great. Carried by a great bassline it goes on for a few minutes until at minute 3 is slows down even more to end with a great little drumroll.

It's nothing new and doesn't come near the trilogy 'Nothing WRong With Love' to 'Keep It Like A Secret' but it still beats most of the indie rock of the mid 00's, as they alread were in the mid-90's

I know we're getting older . . ........2007-01-09

but this one isn't all that any of the previous albums are. It's good, solid rock with typical Built to Spill lyrics. Could be better, could be worse, but certainly not pioneering new ground. But are you really looking for that from BtS still?

Damn near perfect.......2007-01-08

After a long break, Doug Martsch stormed back with his band for an unlikely comeback that is stronger than anything else the band has ever released. While it's not necessarily anything "new" from Built To Spill - if you're familiar with the band, everything here is going to sound familiar, too - but it's all done perfectly and with such raw abandon and emotion that this could almost be considered their best performance on record. You would be hard-pressed to find better straight-up, driving guitar rock than "Mess With Time" or "Conventional Wisdom" this year, and if album opener "Goin' Against Your Mind" doesn't grab you, well, you're just dead inside.

Bring Enough to Spill Some

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Bring Enough to Spill Some
Chuck Love
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Denial Feels So Good

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To Live Without It = Best.
You can't deny it. Sorry. . .

Denial Feels So Good
The Spill Canvas
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To Live Without It
Appreciation and the Bomb
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Album Description

Honored as one of the 100 Bands To Watch for 2007 by Alternative Press, The Spill Canvas primes the poppunk pump with Denial Feels So Good, an EP preceding the band's full-length major-label debut album expected in the fall. After earning fans from Los Angeles to the U.K. with acclaimed indie albums and emotional live performances, The Spill Canvas is ready to make a big-time splash on the rock scene.

Customer Reviews:

To Live Without It = Best........2007-06-05

To Live Without it MAKES this EP. SUCH A GOOD SONG! Whole EP is great of course, even the covers and the remix, but that song is the best song, like, ever. HIGHLY recommended for fans of Spill Canvas

You can't deny it. Sorry. . ........2007-05-02

If there's one thing wrong with Ep, it's that it's an Ep and not a full-length. Five songs just don't seem to be enough. I was hoping, when I heard about its release, that they'd put "Rock Bottom" on this. Sadly, it is missing, and those who did not get that free download last year, will have to live without it. (Yet another pun. I apologize.) It's a shame really, because five songs seem so short, and one extra song might have rounded it off perfectly.
That being said how are the songs that ARE on the Ep? They're good. Very good. It starts off with a "remix" of their first single off of One Fell Swoop: "Staplegunned." This is so similar to the original that it hardly qualifies as a remix, so if you like the original, you should have no complaints about this remix. Following that is a Fleetwood Mac cover "Gold Dust Woman." I've not heard the original version of this song, I'll admit. Still, it sounds so different from typical Spill Canvas that I have to wonder if they didn't leave it quite the same. It's more blues than I'm used to hearing from this band, but Nick Thomas pulls it off quite well. It's track three that really makes this Ep worth buying. It's the first really new song on the Ep called "To Live Without It." I don't think I've ever heard Nick's vocals sound this good before. This song only makes me want to skip summer so I can get to the release of their full length faster. If you're a fan of their heavier stuff, you should love this song. After that, they slow it down for the rest of the Ep with "Appreciation and the Bomb." Nick's song writing abilities are so amazing. This song is so open, so melancholy. I would say that this song could be his best song ever. The Ep ends with another cover. This time it's of folk-singer Donovan. I'm not a big fan of Donovan, but I have heard the original of this version. I believe TSC pull is off masterfully. It is just a quick little folk song.
So, in short, Denial is perhaps not for a newcomer to The Spill Canvas, but for us fans who have been around since Sunsets, this is a gem. It may not hold off the pangs of longing for another full length, but it will certainly whet the appetite.

Ancient Melodies of the Future

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A Quality Effort
Underrated
If You like Modest Mouse...
Successful grown-up indie pop
BTS Virgin -- Only Way to Go is Up

Ancient Melodies of the Future
Built to Spill
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ASIN: B00005LK6L
Release Date: 2001-07-10

Tracks:

Strange
The Host
In Your Mind
Alarmed
Trimmed and Burning
Happiness
Don't Try
You Are
Fly Around My Pretty Little Miss
The Weather

Amazon.com

With a band like Built to Spill, the key to success is to chart a course through the future that mirrors the past. Built to Spill may be on a major label, but its linchpin, front man Doug Martsch, still writes all song parts himself and has a large hand in every album's production from start to finish. Martsch assembles the players--drummer Scott Plouf and bassist Brett Nelson--to take their parts in the studio and on tour, but he still holds all the musical cards. As a result, the Boise, Idaho-based trio sounds pretty much the same on Ancient Melodies of the Future as it did on 1997's Perfect from Now On and 1999's Keep It Like a Secret. That said, though, why change a winning formula? Martsch's mix of wry humor, Neil Young-influenced rock, and soaring indie-pop ballads has garnered him a Guided by Voices-like cult following that this album is in no danger of turning away. "In Your Mind" is the standout track, with Martsch's fitting assertion that "No one can tell me to listen / No one can tell me what's right / because nobody has my permission / and no one can see in your mind." The other tracks are tried and true BTS fare, bending guitar effects around straight-ahead rock ("Trimmed and Burning") or layering warm melodies atop Martsch's elliptical lyrics. Indie-rock fans looking for something wildly divergent or refreshingly different won't find either on Ancient Melodies, but those looking for a linear extension of BTS's past works should find a happy resistance to change in this latest release. --Jennifer Maerz

Customer Reviews:

A Quality Effort.......2006-06-27

I've been into Built to Spill for about 5 years and was lucky enough to catch them live in September of '05- Three guitars-What an aural onslaught! Any way..Ancient Melodies of the Future contains some BTS's BEST songs and they happen to be of the mellow persuasion -"Alarmed"-"words for fighting ,words for fun-they've all melted onto one" freakin great song."Strange" has a "stony summer's day" feel to it same as " You Are" and I cannot believe how many reviews I went through here and most of them did not mention one of the greatest songs by ANY band in the last 10 years ,"The Weather".It sounds as fresh and touching the 100th time hearing it as the first .This is a must have CD. It's just as good if not better than previous BTS efforts...Really.

Underrated.......2006-05-15

First things first - this is the weakest Built to Spill album, but that's not saying much because they're all good to great, including this one. I think the new album gives this one new perspective because going back and listening to it, it is clearly the middle ground between the two albums that bookend it - Keep It Like A Secret and You In Reverse; couldn't have arrived at the latter from the former without this one in the middle.

Pretty much anything would be a letdown for Built to Spill fans - people wanting more 4 minute pop numbers (like Keep It Like A Secret) got that, but they're not quite up to that amazing level. People wishing they would get more experimental like Perfect From Now On were kept waiting (until the new album). This is a good album with good songs, some of which (Alarmed and Fly Around My Pretty Little Miss in particular) stack up with the best stuff from the other albums. Some of it is not as solid, but then again, I feel the same way about There Is Nothing Wrong With Love (The "Car" album).

In short, this is a good Built to Spill album. Not the best one, not the one new fans should start with, but a worthwhile album of which any fan will like most if not all.

If You like Modest Mouse..........2006-04-11

You can't go wrong with built to spill. They sound similar but are very distinct but i really think Modest Mouse one ups Built just in sheer amount of experimentation and how much they can sound different from one song to the next. Built really has Doug on guitar that really pulls them apart from Modest and makes them sound a bit like the pillows only with lyrics we can understand unless u know japanese.

Successful grown-up indie pop.......2005-08-17

This is my first Built to Spill record. Ancient Melodies seems to me to be the product of a mature man expressing himself through kid's music. Nothing particularly wrong with that, to me. It's hard to drop the rock 'n roll itch. This is the next level down in terms of accessibility from bands like The Pixies and REM.

There's lots of stuff going on here, fuzzy synthesizers, chunky guitar hooks, quasi-philosophical musings about the nature of life,perception, love and lust, tape loops and other understated studio gimmicks. Occasionally Doug Martsch channels Neil Young a bit too much for my liking, hence the last star off.

One of the cleverer lines that stands out in my mind as I write is "Happiness will only happen when it can". How true. If this is the type of observation that helps you turn the coffeemaker on every morning, you should give Built to Spill's "Ancient Melodies" a try. Blow off the hipsters dismissing this record, who ingest too much media and aren't impressed by anything anymore. Hopefully you have arrived here before that has happened.

BTS Virgin -- Only Way to Go is Up.......2004-06-15

This is my first Built to Spill experience and I found this album to be fantastic. I've only read a few reviews just now but it seemed like there was a bit of disappointment? Maybe that's all I happened to read...I'm just excited because if that's the case, then to think that BTS' other albums contain work superior to this is absolutely mindblowing. I treasure this album and cannot wait to be "educated" by their other cds. Thank you!

There's Nothing Wrong With Love

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making discoveries, day by day
Childhood Is Great
One of the Greatest
Ted the spacegoat
absolute classic ! ! !

There's Nothing Wrong With Love
Built to Spill
Manufacturer: Up.
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B000003L0Y
Release Date: 1994-09-13

Tracks:

In The Morning
Reasons
Big Dipper
Car
Fling
Cleo
The Source
Twin Falls
Some
Distopian Dream Girl
Israel's Song
Stab

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Ever since Boise, Idaho, trio Built to Spill emerged on national radar with its major label release Perfect from Now On (Warner), its earlier recordings are infused with a certain prediscovery mystique. On 1994's There's Nothing Wrong with Love, the roots of Built to Spill's shimmering orchestral arrangements are present, but with a distinctly tattered edge. Frontman Doug Martsch bounds from moody balladry to primal screams, often in the same songs. Add the crunch of Brett Nelson's guitar, and you wipe the sheen off 12 songs that would be just plain pretty, if not for their garage rock soul. --Nick Heil

Customer Reviews:

making discoveries, day by day.......2007-02-02

[...]

anyways, about the album.. its funny because doug doesn't sound as much like neil young here, and everything i've heard so far i like. built to spill in general definitely craft a sound that requires repeated listens to appreciate.. it grows on you and when it does, watch out, its addicting. They could also be compared to modest mouse, and might have borrowed a little from the washington crew since they came out in '93..,still they are extremely different in their own right.. and the songs here are shorter and pretty fuckin' raw.. hence early modest mouse.. i love it.. it annoys me when bands overproduce an album to boost sales.. whatever though.. built to spill is one of the few bands that i can love regardless of their sound being not as "catchy" if you will, like other bands.. because it's catchy in a built to spill sort of way.. it's hard to explain.. their pretty unique.. aside from apparent similarities in Doug's and Neil Youngs voice..

the song "car" is drenched in elliott smith (the beginning at least) which i knew what it reminded me of.. but i just now had to go through itunes and figure it out.. it made my day..

highly recommended if you like modest mouse, neil young, ben kweller, or elliott smith.

Childhood Is Great.......2006-05-29

doug martsch couldn't have brought back young age as great as this one. my favorite song, "big dipper" is what its all about. theres nothing wrong with love proves that even simple things like being a kid can have great substance.

One of the Greatest.......2006-05-11

Built2Spill one of the all time greats in my book. If you want to fill good just pop in this CD and get ready to think and smile through the entire thing. For me it is like listening to an Alternative symphony or classical melodies. I recomend it and most of all their art.

Ted the spacegoat.......2006-01-08

I found a tape of this album in my car. It mightve been one of the best things to ever happen to me. How could such a great band go so unnoticed? i <3 this cd and i <3 this band x1000 omg no joke.

best songs: dystopian dream girl, in the morning, twin falls, and car

purchase now if you're reading this
you wont be all disappointed-like
you'll be all "Im sure glad i listened to Ted the spacegoat"

absolute classic ! ! !.......2005-09-10

---Starting out being a huge Modest Mouse fan, I started hearing a small buzz for this little known influence. I sampled a few songs and settled on this as my first Built to Spill album... That was 8 months ago and I still listen to it at least once a week.
---This is the definative BTS album... Whether or not their others are better, this is the album that should come to mind when you hear someone say Built to Spill..You can sing along to every single song on this CD and it holds a very cute "Denis the Menece/Calvin and Hobs" youthful quality to it. Musically this album recalls Pavement meets a Flaming Lips jam session...But to compare bands is not completely fair, for BTS has a very unique sound that is very much all their own.. Even Modest Mouse and Death Cab for Cutie (who are often compared) have a much different sensibility and aproach..
---Pure and simple this album has everything an indie rock geek can love about music. Its not overthought yet its not lazy.. Perfect pop album... Buy it now...

One Fell Swoop

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Oh Spill Canvas, How Shall I Compare Thee To A Summer's Day?
Beautiful Piece of Audio Art
one fell swoop
It rocks!!!
So Underrated.

One Fell Swoop
Spill Canvas
Manufacturer: 111 Records
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Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B000A2H88U
Release Date: 2005-08-09

Tracks:

Lust a Prima Vista
Staplegunned
Polygraph, Right Now
Dutch Courage
Natalie Marie and 1cc
Teleport: A & H
This Is for Keeps
Himerus and Eros
Break a Leg
Secret Oath
Valiant
Bound to Happen
Self-Conclusion

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Seven-Eighty - This Day and Age
Second Place Victory - This Day and Age
I Am the Tightrope
This Modern Medicine
Shore - Mashlin
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Valiant
All Hail the Heartbreaker
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Chloraformity - Rory, Rory
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Blue Roses - Rookie of the Year
Relentless - Jinxed
Sunshine

Customer Reviews:

Oh Spill Canvas, How Shall I Compare Thee To A Summer's Day?.......2007-06-28

This album is a grand, sweeping epic. I listen to it when I am happy, I listen to it when I am sad, but most of all I listen to it simply because it is so beautiful. I have seen most of the songs on this album performed live by that ever-amazing South Dakota quartet, and I must say that the emotion that the band carries along with its music is nothing short of mesmerizing. When I got to meet Nick Thomas, lyricist and front man of the band, I made sure to tell him how much the music of The Spill Canvas means to me. He was nothing but utterly gracious and friendly - this only made me love this album more. If you are looking for songs similar to those on "Sunsets and Car Crashes", then perhaps you may end up disappointed when you learn that this album is a non-acoustic, no-holds-barred adventure, from start to finish. But if you are feeling a bit adventurous, and would like to hear the lyrics of Nick Thomas, who is a true poet, along with some amazing full-band accompaniment, then "One Fell Swoop" is for you. Highlights include."Staplegunned", "Polygraph, Right Now", "Dutch Courage", and "Break A Leg". Please purchase this - you will not regret it.

Beautiful Piece of Audio Art.......2007-03-09

As I said just above, this is a prime example of what I like to call Audio Art. From the dynamio begginning to the story song ending it is a great album through and through. It is more electric then their debut release but it's a welcomed change. Not that the debut was bad. The songs tell tales of broken hearts and the story song carries along a nice message of anti-suicide which is a welcome break from other bands out there.

I give it five stars because the music flows together so well, the quality is magnificent and the whole album is so through out and well laid that it deserves nothing less.

one fell swoop.......2007-03-08

this guys amaze me i totally love their music completely recommend this to anyone.

It rocks!!!.......2007-01-21

Okay so I heard a fragment of "this is for keeps" on a tv show and liked it so I was curious to know more. I could only find a few songs, but I really liked what I heard so I took the leap and purchased both one fell swoop and sunsets and car crashes. I knew I would like them, but I had no idea just how much! Anyway, on one fell swoop my favorite tracks include:
-Polygraph, right now
-The Dutch courage
-Natalie Marie and 1cc
-Teleport; A & B
-This is for keeps
-Himerus and eros
-Break a leg
-Secret Oath
-Self-conclusion
There is not a single bad song in my opinion! The cd also comes with a second disc (a sampler) which is cool. I highly recommend The Spill Canvas! They are unique and underrated.

So Underrated........2006-08-03

The Spill Canvas isn't a band that you hear of everyday. They deserve so much more recognition though. Typically I'm not really into this type of music, because other similar bands (Bright Eyes, Daphne Loves Derby, Early November, etc) are quite boring. Sure, they have a couple of good songs here and there, but nothing that would make me stick around and listen. However, the Spill Canvas is amazing, they are very talented. I don't quite remember how I discovered this band, but I'm glad I did.

The lyrics, vocals, music, EVERYTHING is enjoyable. Check out these songs:

"All Hail the Heartbreaker"
"Staplegunned"
"This is for Keeps"
"Valiant"
"Himerus and Eros"

Sunsets and Car Crashes

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Unexpected acoustics, but still an impressive start
Love it!
Great debut album!
one of my favorites
bubbling from the lips that u used to love to kiss

Sunsets and Car Crashes
Spill Canvas
Manufacturer: 111 Records
ProductGroup: Music
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ASIN: B0001KBP30
Release Date: 2004-04-20

Tracks:

Aim Snap Fall
Caterpillars
The Tide
Your Evil Soul
Bracelets
The Night Will Go As Follows
All Hail The Hearbreaker
So Much
3685
Black Dresses
Under The Covers
Sunset's And Car Crashes

Product Description

Hailing from Sioux Falls, SD, Nick Thomas heads up his acoustic outfit, The Spill Canvas, while constructing anthems of brutally honest youthful angst. At the age of 15, after paying his dues in numerous local punk rock groups, Nick grabbed his acoustic and began to dive into a world completely different from his previous musical endeavors. He began to play assorted local venues simply under his name, Nick Thomas. But after a few successful shows, there was an increasing interest from other local musicians to join Nick on his solo journey. In turn, he tagged an actual band name so that his guest musicians wouldnt feel uncomfortable playing under his name. The project was called The Spill Canvas. ............................SONGLIST......1/aim snap fall 2/caterpillars 3/the tide 4/your evil soul 5/bracelets 6/the night will go as follows 7/all hail the heartbreaker 8/so much 9/3685 10/ black dress 11/under the covers 12/ sunsets and car crashes

Customer Reviews:

Unexpected acoustics, but still an impressive start.......2007-04-07

When I first bought Sunsets And Car Crashes, I had very little idea of what I was getting myself into. I had purchased "All Hail The Heartbreaker" from iTunes, and loved it. I had done a little more digging to find more information about the band's overall sound, and I decided it was time to check out the rest of the songs. What I had expected were the great young vocals I had heard, along with string-laden guitars and pained lyrics, but not nearly the acoustic involvement. What I got was, of course, a far cry from my expectations--but better.

I've been a fan of the emo genre for quite a few years now, having grown up listening to New Found Glory and Dashboard Confessional. I hadn't, however, experienced lyrics this hard-hitting, especially in songs about desperation and broken relationships, though the aforementioned bands have certainly treaded that ground time and time again. "Consider this song a testament of my devotion to your saccharine scent / And to be completely honest, you're not like all the rest," the album's main man, Nick Thomas, sobs to the girl of his dreams in "The Night Will Go On As Follows", while in the CD's title track he whispers "In case you were wondering, you are like a hurricane to me / Your violence is beautiful and your center sweet" in a croon reminiscent of Brand New's Jesse Lacey.

But it's not always such single-minded fidelity he focuses on. "Your Evil Soul" and "3685" slope even further downhill into the realm of suffering and dishonesty, while "The Tide" is a poignant acoustic piece telling the tale of three misguided children who never found compassion in their brief lives. It is definitely one of the best songs on the album, and though released as a single, didn't get nearly the acclaim it deserves.

In addition to lyrical and vocal ability, Thomas' guitar and bass playing ranges from a heavy thunder ("Caterpillars") to soft and pure acoustics ("Under the Covers" and "Aim Snap Fall", to name a few). It's hard to believe he was only fifteen when he wrote most of these songs, for they are both lyrically and musically far more adult. Although the album does have some weak points, namely the overkill of "Black Dresses" and a few clichéd lyrics thrown in with the original during "So Much", Sunsets And Car Crashes is one strong debut CD, and that's really all you can ask for.

Love it!.......2007-01-21

This CD is great! I wrote a review for one fell swoop and like I said on that one The Spill Canvas are fabulous! Their lyrics are emotional and relatable. The standout songs in my opinion are the tide, all hail the heartbreaker and black dresses. These songs are amazing. All the tracks are good, there isn't one that I dislike. I recommend sunsets and car crashes and one fell swoop to anyone who is interested!

Great debut album!.......2006-03-16

I purchased the Spill Canvas' most recent album right away when I preview listened to it at a Hot Topic clothing store. I was estatic when I heard that they had a CD beofore that and bought it right away from amazon.com I couldn't have been happier.

Track 3, the tide, is flawless. The best song of theirs to date and is worth buying the album just for this song. It is brilliantly emotional. The chorus has the best lyrics to a song I've heard in a time. Track 11 is another great one!

If you liked thier second CD, do yourself a favor and pick up The Spill Canvas' first album, it's mainly accoustic but that's what makes it soo f'n great.

one of my favorites.......2005-12-10

i first heard "all hail the heart breaker," and i had to find out who the band was. The spill canvas differs from the normal, often negatively portrayed, "emo scene" because of the sincerity of the lyrics and the talented guitar playing. While the cd can easily become a favorite of the dashboard and starting line crowd, it also will appeal to people who try to distance themselves from those bands. the tide, sunsets and carcrashes, and all hail the heartbreaker stand out. i'd also suggest buying this CD before the most recent release (one fell swoop); i wasn't as impressed with the new songs, even after multiple listens.

bubbling from the lips that u used to love to kiss.......2005-10-10

i bought this CD for the song "sunsets and car crashes" and it took me FOREVER to finally get it and everyone told me that it was such an awesome CD so i couldnt wait to get it and now i see what everyone was talking about

1. Aim Snap Fall 4/5: its a really slow song but the lyrics are really pretty and it sets the mood for the rest of the CD

2. Caterpillars 4/5: i love the opening guitar to this, and the music is great, and the flow is beautiful. The lyrics are great too and the vocals are pretty

3. The Tide 5/5: some of the best lyrics on the CD, def one of the best songs. I love the guitar thru out the song. The vocals are really nice but the message that in this song is amazing! one of my favourite songs ever. Def depicts the hardships of growing up, and at a time in my life where i look back on all the memories that are gone, i can def relate to the longing of this song "heavens not a place that u go when u die/its that moment in life when u actually feel alive/so live for the moment and take this adivce/live by every word

4. Your Evil Soul 4/5: i love the lyrics in this song! the vocals are not good but the lyrics save this song so much! but the way his voice goes with the song, its interesting and haunting and creepy.

5. Bracelets 3.5/5: eh, i dont like the way this starts off..it goes to quick. I like the lyrics, and im glad when it finally slows down. Eh, its medocore at best, but the lyrics are good.

6. The Night Will Go As Follows 4.5/5: love the lyrics to this, and the vocals are great!! def makes up for "bracelets". One of the better songs on this CD.

7. All Hail the HeartBreaker 5/5:LOVE the lyrics! love the guitar, love the vocals! One of the best on the CD. The message is one that anyone can easily relate to and thats why this is such a successful song! i adore it!!

8. To Much 4/5: Not bad. A little repetitive, but some of the lyrics are nice such as "i love the way the galaxy starts to melt/as we become one [X5]/how does it feel"

9. 3685 4/5: i really like the opening, and this song reminds me SO much of The Starting Line: Make Yourself At Home EP. the lyrics are very nice. I like the girls voice in this, its interesting and it just fits.

10. Black Dresses 4/5: i love the more gothy lyrics to this, a lot like "your evil soul". His voice is errie in this song and the lyrics are just awesome!

11. Under The Covers 3/5: eh, like "bracelets" i dont really care for this song, but the lyrics are nice and the gutiar is extremely nice also. I could go either on this, but there are some parts to this song that shine

12. Sunsets and Carcrashed 6/5: I ADORE the opening! the rain sound has ALWAYS been a favorite sound of mine, and the lyrics are AMAZING! the guitar and music is just awesome! this is one of my favorite songs, not only on the CD, but in general. This is a gorgeous song! Makes the CD!

Spill Canvas sounds A LOT like Starting Line and im not complaining becuase i love them also, but this CD just shines in my eyes. Some people say that there isnt any 1 song that shines on this CD and i STRONGLY disagree. "The Tide", "Your Evil Soul", "The Night Will Go As Follows", "All Hail the Heartbreaker", "Black Dresses", and "Sunsets and Car Crashes" are AMAZING songs and the rest are not easily forgettable! This is an amazing emo CD!

Live

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better than expected
Best Live Album Since "Band Of Gypsys"
A guitar hero celebrates his craft!
A guitar masterpiece
Is It Live Or Jane's Addiction?

Live
Built to Spill
Manufacturer: Warner Bros / Wea
ProductGroup: Music
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ASIN: B00004ST2L
Release Date: 2000-04-18

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Randy Described Eternity
Stop The Show
Virginia Reel Around The Fountain
Cortez The Killer
Car
Singing Sores Make Perfect Swords
I Would Hurt A Fly
Broken Chairs

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While additional guitarists Brett Nelson of Caustic Resin and Jim Roth of the Delusions pop up in a couple of tracks on Built to Spill's Live, the person most responsible for the extra-crispy sound is Phil Eck. He produced the Idaho-based trio's last two albums, the critically acclaimed Keep It Like a Secret and Perfect from Now On, and here he mans the soundboard to make sure the band's dynamic combination of the intimate and the explosive comes through just right. Live is one of the shinier sounding in-concert documents in recent memory, sounding (at times) more like a polished studio project rather than a collection of live cuts. This works in the group's favor, especially during psychedelic moments such as "I Would Hurt a Fly." Live won't stem the fanatical bootlegging and tape trading among devout fans, but it's a fine sonic souvenir of alt-rock's quirkiest power-pop-'n'-jam band. --Jason Josephes

Customer Reviews:

better than expected.......2006-04-02

It took me a few years to finally buy this album, even though I am a big Built to Spill fan. The reason was simple, most of the songs were from an album I didn't particularly like when it came out (Perfect From Now On) and only a few were from my favorite two (There's nothing Wrong with Love & Keep It Like A Secret).

When I finally did buy it I was pleasantly surprised. First of all I had a renewed appreciation for the band when I had another go at 'Perfect From Now On' and loved it this time around. As a previous reviewer has said, the versions on here are mostly better than on the studio albums and really gives a good sense about the live-band they are. Making it even sadder that Doug never flies over to Europe, the last time I saw them here was around 1996... but fortunately I saw them in Boston and this album is very similar to the experience I had there.

The guitar sounds meander along in time like on 'Cortez' the killer but never get boring, like so many other guitar bands get when they have jams like this. And that's what makes this album special, even in 19 minutes you never get bored.

Great live album, not the best ever as some have said, but up there.

Best Live Album Since "Band Of Gypsys".......2004-11-08

Sorry, overserious music critics, that's the truth. This is a guitar player's wet dream, a sonic masterpiece. The sound is crisp and clean, and the interplay between the left- and right-channeled guitars is amazing. Song selection and sequencing is perfect.

Without "Live," I don't know how I would have coped immediately after 9-11. I just got in the car and drove, singing as loud as my speakers could play.

Can't say much more strongly: If you like guitar, give this album a spin. It's what's right about music.

A guitar hero celebrates his craft!.......2004-04-29

Doug Martsch is a true guitar hero. While he operates out of the mainstream, he is an accomplished and powerful player, and most "classic" rock fans would enjoy this if given a chance. The songwriting is excellent, as always, and the live setting really makes the sound even more powerful than in studio. Buy it for the people who just listen to the same songs over and over, and they'll be converted!

A guitar masterpiece.......2003-12-05

I'd give it 4.5 if I could. This was the album that got me started on BTS about 2 years ago, so I agree with the people saying this is a good way to get introduced to the band. This album, more than any other I've heard from BTS (or probably anyone, for that matter) has absolutely amazing guitar work.
The two 19 minute tracks are excellent. The meandering guitar on Cortez the Killer is pretty good (and that's the best Neil Young impression I've heard), but the real jewel is Broken Chairs, with its awesome buildups and creshendos.
The Plan, Randy..., Stop the Show, and Car are all significantly better live, as the guitar is allowed to stand out more. And Virginia Reel is amazing. The guitar on that one soars. Seriously, with that song I put on the headphones, close my eyes, and imagine soaring through the clouds.

So overall, this album is really special. If not for Singing Sores, which lacked the interesting guitar work found everywhere else, and Hurt a Fly, which was the exception by being better in the studio version, this would definitely be a perfect album.
If you love great guitar, you really should own this.

Is It Live Or Jane's Addiction?.......2002-07-31

Built to spill sounds a lot like Jane's Addiction, a bit too much, really. They are loud, they are screechy, they are grating. If you like this sort of wailing hard alternative, why not stick with the innovator? Leave the imatator to rot.

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