Lemon Parade

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For the intro to "Open Up Your Eyes," Tonic's lead guitarist, Jeff Russo, pulls off a wicked little flirtation with the riff from "Badge," and when his guitar gently weeps on "If You Could Only See," Tonic sound enough like Cream-era Clapton to take you back 20 years. The point is, Tonic know how to rock. Russo and singer-rhythm guitarist Emerson Hart make a profoundly talented songwriting team whose material could be put up against anything from R.E.M.'s Automatic for the People. Highlighted by the massively seductive "Casual Affair" and the thunderous epic ballad "Mountain," the songs on Lemon Parade will make you nostalgic for music that doesn't sound like it came from a can. --Gail Worley --This text refers to the Audio CD edition.

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TOO MANY LEMONS

good CD

emotional genius

This is no Lemon!!

Strong debut!

Lemon Parade
Tonic
Manufacturer: A&M
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B000002G73
Release Date: 1996-07-16

Tracks:

Open Up Your Eyes
Casual Affair
If You Could Only See
Soldier's Daughter
Lemon Parade
Mountain
Thick
Wicked Soldier
Mr. Golden Deal
Bigot Sunshine
Celtic Agression
My Old Man

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For the intro to "Open Up Your Eyes," Tonic's lead guitarist, Jeff Russo, pulls off a wicked little flirtation with the riff from "Badge," and when his guitar gently weeps on "If You Could Only See," Tonic sound enough like Cream-era Clapton to take you back 20 years. The point is, Tonic know how to rock. Russo and singer-rhythm guitarist Emerson Hart make a profoundly talented songwriting team whose material could be put up against anything from R.E.M.'s Automatic for the People. Highlighted by the massively seductive "Casual Affair" and the thunderous epic ballad "Mountain," the songs on Lemon Parade will make you nostalgic for music that doesn't sound like it came from a can. --Gail Worley

Customer Reviews:

TOO MANY LEMONS.......2007-07-17

I am a big fan of guitar-driven bands like U2, Collective Soul, Gin Blossoms, Toad The Wet Sprocket and the like so I am always keeping an eye out for new acts, and I guess I missed these guys in their prime. I bought this CD based on the song "If You Could Only See" which was on a 1996 - 1997 compilation CD a friend gave me as part of a birthday present and because of all the highly positive reviews on this website.

Upon listening to this album several times, however, I have to admit disappiontment. "If You Could Only See" is by far the best produced song on the album. While "Open Up Your Eyes" is an okay opener to LEMON PARADE, other driving songs like "Casual Affair" and "Bigot Sunshine" are an incoherent mess with lyrics buried under guitars that offer distortion over music. "Thick" is just annoying, like a bad Cold Play song (which is almost every Cold Play song I might add). I did like "Wicked Soldier" a lot though.

Surprisingly, it turned out to be the calmer songs which I prefer on LEMON PARADE. "Soldier's Daughter", "Mountain" and "My Old Man" all caught my attention. They felt like real songs, not just riffs thrown together.

Here's hoping that Tonic's sophomoric effort SUGAR is better than this or some of my friends are going to get a couple of unexpected Christmas presents. I give this **1/2 out of *****.

good CD.......2006-12-09

Most people have probably heard the first three songs on this CD, Open Up Your Eyes, Casual Affair, and If You Could Only See. Those were all radio hits in the 1990's. Even if those are the only songs you ever play off this CD, it's still worth it. All great songs. The rest are okay too for more avid fans.

emotional genius.......2006-06-08

I received this album as a random birthday gift back in '03. As a devotee of techno and dance, I didn't expect to like it. However, I stuck it in the stereo and I can honestly say that it was instant love.

Please note that this is not the heavily commercialized "emo" of today, which attempts to bottle our most precious and painful emotions and sell them back to us at $19 a pop, further made synthetic by a sparkly MTV video. This is a raw and beautiful sound, which to me can only be described as "Celtic roadhouse". One thing a lot of people don't seem to realize is that the band is from Markham, Ontario - and their sound is quite distinct to the rainy spring days, vast forests, and industrial towns clinging to the land that make up the side of southern Ontario the tourists don't see. I love that land, so I have quite the deep emotional attachment to this album.

Esoterica aside, most of the songs are very solid. "Celtic Aggression" is heart-wrenchingly lovely, "Wicked Soldier" has the free-spirited sound of a classic Irish ballad, and "Mountain" is somewhere between bluegrass and an earthy torch song. "Open Up Your Eyes" is feel-good, while "If You Could Only See", "Casual Affair", and "Thick" are all soulful masterpieces of human emotion: sometimes languid, sometimes anguished, always reverberating to the core. This is a fantastic album that will never be dated, at least not in my life.

This is no Lemon!!.......2006-01-11

I bought this CD about a year ago because I wanted "Open Up Your Eyes". My eyes were opened. I frankly didn't know what to expect with Tonic, seeing I had not listened to any of their music except the above-mentioned song. I was pleasantly surprised to hear such great songwriting and musicianship.

If you're expecting "Open Up Your Eyes" parts 2, 3, etc. you won't find it here, and that's a good thing. The band shows a lot of different styles on Lemon Parade and once you give it a listen or two you will count this release as one of your favorites. I went out and bought Sugar soon after and found it to be very good as well, although Lemon Parade, in my opinion, is a little better.

Strong debut!.......2006-01-10

Now it's 10 years since this album appeared as Tonic's debut.
This albums is fantastic, The singer has a "Ed Kowalczyk" style but as much as I love Live, this guy has better set of pipes!!

Musically wise this album is great, beautiful guitar arrangements, nice ballads and power tracks too.
If you like grunge and alternative music you'll love TONIC...

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Lemon Parade
Tonic
Manufacturer: Polydor
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Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B000LXACWM

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Signature Series: Joy of Christmas

Manufacturer: Reader's Digest
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ASIN: B0000DBJBI
Release Date: 2003-10-14

Tracks:

Angels We Have Heard On High - London Festival Orchestra
The First Noel - The Ambrosian Singers
It Came Upon A Midnight Clear - Royal Philharmonic Orchestra And Chorus
I Saw Three Ships - The Ambrosian Singers
Silent Night - The Ambrosian Singers
Carol Of The Bells - National Philharmonic Orchestra
Joy To The World - Peter Knight
Good King Wenceslas - The Mighty Pipe Organ And Carillon
What Child Is This? - National Philharmonic Orchestra
O Come, All Ye Faithful - Peter Knight
Sleigh Ride - London Symphony Orchestra
Winter Wonderland - London Festival Orchestra
White Christmas - London Festival Orchestra And Chorus
A Marshmallow World - London Festival Orchestra
It's Beginning To Look A Lot Like Christmas - London Festival Orchestra
The Christmas Song (Chestnuts Roasting On An Open Fire) - David Firman And His Orchestra
Silver Bells - The Romantic Strings Orchestra And Vocals
The Christmas Waltz - The Romantic Strings Orchestra And Voices
Let It Snow! Let It Snow! Let It Snow! - The Romantic Strings Orchestra
There's No Christmas Like A Home Christmas - The Romantic Strings Orchestra And Voices

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Jingle Bells/Santa Claus Is Comin' To Town - James Walker
My Favorite Things - Rosemary Squires
Toyland - London Festival Orchestra
Parade Of The Wooden Soldiers - London Festival Orchestra
Dance Of The Sugar Plum Fairy - London Promenade Orchestra
Rudolph The Red-Nosed Reindeer/Frosty The Snowman - David Firman And His Orchestra
Christmas Eve In My Home Town - David Firman, His Orchestra And Chorus
Deck The Halls With Boughs Of Holly - London Symphony Orchestra
The Wassail Song (Here We Come A-Caroling) - The Ambrosian Singers
'Twas The Night Before Christmas - Richard Falken
Evening Prayer - The Ambrosian Singers
O Holy Night (Cantique De Noel) - Royal Philharmonic Orchestra And Chorus
O Little Town Of Bethlehem - London Festival Orchestra
Break Forth, O Beauteous, Heavenly Light - The Mighty Pipe Organ
Il Est Ne, Le Divin Enfant (He Is Born, The Holy Child) - Gordon Langford And His Orchestra
God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen - London Symphony Orchestra
Go Tell It On The Mountain - London Festival Orchestra And Chorus
The Little Drummer Boy - National Philharmonic Orchestra
Hark! The Herald Angels Sing - London Festival Orchestra
Ding Dong! Merrily On High - David Firman, His Orchestra And Chorus
We Wish You A Merry Christmas - National Philharmonic Orchestra