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Album Description
The 2004 album from Phantom Planet packaged with their previous album, 'The Guest' (2002), for a limited time at a very special price. 27 tracks. Epic.

Phantom Planet/the Guest, Music, Phantom Planet, Pop, Rock/Pop

Phantom Planet/ The Guest Combo Pack
Average customer rating:

A Great CD

Outta' This World

Something a little different than before...

Not bad.

Hey now, boys...

Phantom Planet/ The Guest Combo Pack
Phantom Planet
Manufacturer: Sony
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

General | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music
Indie Rock | Indie & Lo-Fi | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music
General | Rock | Styles | Music
Pop Rock | Pop | Styles | Music
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ASIN: B000159F0A
Release Date: 2004-01-06

Tracks:

The Happy Ending
Badd Business
Big Brat
1st Things 1st
Making A Killing
You're Not Welcome Here
By The Bed
Knowitall
Jabberjaw
After Hours
The Meantime
Big Brat Long Video
Lyrics CD Extra
Photo Gallery CD Extra

Tracks:

California- Tchad Blake Mix
Always On My Mind
Lonely Day
One Ray Of Sunlight
Anthem
In Our Darkest Hour
Turn Smile Shift Repeat
Hey Now Girl
Nobody's Fault
All Over Again
Wishing Well
Something is Wrong
California - Demo
Always On My Mind - London Version
The Guest - Live
This Is What You Get - Demo
Hey Now Girl - Video
California - Video
Video Commentary on California

Customer Reviews:

A Great CD.......2005-06-28

Great CD! I'm completely hooked on Phantom Planet now after hearing some of my friends talk about them. This CD is great for anyone who wants to get into some great indie rock. Buy it now, you won't regret it!

Outta' This World.......2005-04-17

I bought the 'Phantom Planet/The Guest' combo-pak with some reservations. For starters, I had never heard any of their songs, i got it because it was a duel-disc album for $11 at Vintage Vinyl and I thought the cover art was cool. Now i'm someone who listens to any and everything that gets me going; country, rap, jazz, r&b, rock, trip hop you name it. I am someone whose addicted to music, so it's only fitting i become a musician. So, as a guy going to school studying music i have a certain appreciation for those who are able to make one great album, let alone two great albums. On the first disc it starts off with that kinda post-punk, new wave energy...be forwarned it is very loud, so if your one who plays their music in headphones...you may want to keep your hearing and have it at a reasonable listening level...i can't beleive i'm saying this i sound like my grandmother...anyway,Phantom Planet has become one of those bands i want to hear more from. On disc one they have a song i usually vibe and write my own lyrics to called "Mr.KnowItAll".
What i do is wait until the middle of the night when i can't sleep because my day kept me wired and listen to the album and write. And, everytime i write the album puts me in the mind of the movies. The concept, friends (all there own) who have a get together. Two make love, and the next day lay in bed hoping they didn't wake the other going to brush their teeth for that morning kiss. I'm saying you all have got to get this album. That may not be the albums concept, but it's definetly going to give you that...feeling to just...be. Congratulations Phantom Planet, you all have made something really beautiful here, and no matter what it meant while you were writing it, to me it's something i don't mind the rest of my friends and family clowning me for listening to "white music"...you guys gave me a rainbow in a puddle of water along the curb...and i really needed it cause my writing was suffering.
Now, i don't want people to go have all these expectations about this album. Because it meant something to me don't expect it for you, expect to enjoy a listening experience for you and you only...love Willie James.

Something a little different than before..........2004-10-11

Phantom Planet's new cd "Phantom Planet" is not like their previous cds. "The Guest" and "Is missing" show a slower more mellow side and creates a very happy place. It takes catchy beats and infectious lyrics that get stuck in you head for days, taking on a much more pop image.

Now having "California" as the theme song for the popular show The O.C. Phantom Planet is getting much more attention than before with hits like "California", "Lonely Day", and "Anthem". With the new album, however, it takes a harder and edgier sound. Their first single "Big Brat" is something you'd never expect from them with sounds of more rock than on the other albums. Then again with the exit of drummer/ co-writer Jason Schwartsman, this new sound could have come from newer ideas from the rest of the band.

Songs like "The Happy Ending", "1st Things 1st", and "The Meantime" have a Strokes like feel to them. Alex Greenwald's voice seems to morph right into Julian Casablanca's voice on these tracks. While this might be a great thing for fans of The Strokes and other such fans of "The" bands, this is kind of a change for the fans of the first two albums. The best suggestion would be to buy the combo pack so you get a taste of the old with the "Reissue of The Guest" and a taste of the new "Phantom Planet" a little rock and a little pop.

Not bad........2004-06-29

If CAKE and THE STROKES got together and had a baby in a garage, this would be that baby.

From the soft and stable John Meyorish songs of The Guest Album to the heartpumping garage thrashing songs of their self-titled release, these guys are "the new stuff."

I admit, california is a bit mainstream but it hooked me and led me to their real stuff. Good music for everyday normal people who enjoy relatable lyrics with catchy music and a sense of humor. It may not set them apart from everyday rock bands, but it is a job well done.

Hey now, boys..........2004-03-19

Thanks to the popular "O.C." TV show, powerpop/alt-rock group Phantom Planet is getting more exposure than ever before, coinciding with the release of their latest album. Here debut album "The Guest" and the self-titled "Phantom Planet" are collected together... though you'd never think they were the same band.

"The Guest" is a collection of sunny, catchy powerpop. Hit single "California," Radiohead-like "Turn Smile Shift Repeat" and the plaintive "Wishing Well" are a few of the standouts in this album. But most of it is just the mind of a pensive adolescent male, with crushes, longings for faraway oases of fun, and overwrought emotions.

"Phantom Planet" is an entirely different kind of music: garage rock. Gone is the sunniness and fun: in its place is an edgier rock, grittier and faster and harder. The energetic "Big Brat," complicated "Knowitall" and "The Happy Ending" are among the best tracks, showing promise for the future. It has the sound of a band of New York cynics -- watch out, Phantom Planet is all grown up.

It's pretty clear that Phantom Planet has stepped away from its roots. The original pop shifts away in favor of Strokesian alt-rock. Even the vocals change from overwrought to flat (a bit of a Julian Casablancas thing). "Phantom Planet" is not bad, but (like "The Guest") neither is it amazing. Rather the self-titled album is just entertaining rock, as "Guest" is entertaining pop.

The "Phantom Planet/The Guest" combo pack is a good way to get into both sides of Phantom Planet, both rock and pop. A nice diversion.

Average customer rating:

california california california

Great Album

One Great Track

Great!

You gotta say ýWowý

The Guest
Phantom Planet
Manufacturer: Sony
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B0000E32V8
Release Date: 2003-11-04

Tracks:

California - Tchad Blake Mix
Always On My Mind
Lonely Day
One Ray Of Sunlight
Anthem
In Our Darkest Hour
Turn Smile Shift Repeat
Hey Now Girl
Nobody's Fault
All Over Again
Wishing Well
Something is Wrong
California (Demo)
Always on my Mind (London Version)
The Guest (Live)
This is what you get (demo)

Customer Reviews:

california california california.......2007-05-08

i liked their song california from the o.c. i plan on going to california one of these years.

Great Album.......2006-01-22

This CD was actually given to me from someone that had an abundance of CDs that were overflowing his case. I played it a couple of times and fell in love with it. I was living in Italy when I heard the song California, I always loved hearing it come on during the drunkin nights at the pool table. It was my 3-minute escape back to California.
Over the last couple of years I have made a transition from rap to alternative/rock, and CDs like this have helped me in doing so. I grew up listening to Northern California gangster rap and never had the influence of some good-listenin rock & roll. I listened to Pearl Jam and Soundgarden but that was the extent of it.
This CD is perfect in many ways. How the style of the singer blends with the melodies of each song is brilliant. I sometimes forget that "California" is even on the CD. We all wish for a CD that is going to be laced with nothing but great tracks and this is one of them. Not a fan of the last track, and "Anthem" is a little corny but still has a great sound to it. If you buy this listen to it all the way through, every song completely. Some will start out like duds and one is quick to hit next as I was, but give them a chance, those are the ones that will really catch your approval from the melody of the hooks. I haven't heard any of their other CDs, and I honestly don't think they will compare to this album but they will still be worth a try.

One Great Track.......2005-12-13

It boggles my mind to see how many versions of Guest are available. I finally found the right one to review. Anway, on with the review. Besides the teen summer anthem "California" which you get sick of quickly, the fun but too-short Beatles-sounding "Hey Girl," and the very good "Always On My Mind," the only suberb track on this album is Track seven: "Turn, Smile, Shift, Repeat." The words, singing, and electronic mixing are musical genius.

Tracks three, four, and five, "Lonely Day," "One Ray of Sunlight," and "Anthem" are ultra-Disneyfied. Listening to these tracks, you feel as if you accidentally ingested too much sugar. With all that is going on in the world today, and the harder-edged, alternative groups that are popular today, how did Phantom Planet come up with such Pollyana lyrics in these three tracks?

If you pop this CD into your PC, you can access the "Hey Girl" music video, "California" with commentary, and Phantom Planet's website.

Great!.......2004-08-28

This is unbelievably good. Phantom Planet is awesome! This is one of their best albums, too. I love all the tracks on here. Some of there songs are so upbeat and fun, but some of them are slower. I mean, I love like Pink Floyd and the Ramones and Black Sabbath and stuff, but this album totally caught my ear. It is great! It varies my music also. Variation can be good!

You gotta say ýWowý.......2004-07-07

You gotta say "Wow"

Wow, because I can't believe how many people think this is any good? I decided (because I was suspicious of my opinion) to wait for a few more cycles through the CD player before I wrote this. It's been over a month and probably ten complete cycles through... All I can say is:

Over-rated!

The singer is so over-the-top emotional on every track I'm exhausted by the third song. He needs to just relax a little bit, it's surely not life or death in pop music (is it?) I mean really, what is he 25 years old, for Gods sake, take a pill. The playing is tight and the band does nice stuff but it's also very "heard it before" for me, most of these songs, including the OC soundtrack "HIT" are kinda stereo typical of this genre today, radio rock. It's really not that good.

Try Rooney or Myracle Brah or Owsley, right here on Amazon, same Genre much better music...

Tracks:

California
Always On My Mind
Lonely Day
One Ray Of Sunlight
Anthem
In Our Darkest Hour
Turn Smile Shift Repeat
Hey Now Girl
Nobodys Fault
All Over Again
Wishing Well
Something Is Wrong
Wishing Well (Live At The House Of Blues) (Bonus Track)
Do The Panic (Demo) (Bonus Track)

Album Description

Japanese edition of the alternative act's debut 2002 album includes two bonus tracks, 'Wishing Well' (Live At The House Of Blues) & 'Do The Panic' (demo). 14 tracks in all including their first hit single 'California'. Produced by Mitchell Froom & Tchad B

Album Details

Japanese Version featuring Two Bonus Tracks: 'wishing Well (Live from the House of Blues)', and 'do the Panic'

Customer Reviews:

great cd.......2003-05-04

This is a great CD. Really catchy tracks that you can sing along wtih. My favorites are always on my mind, hey now girl, and nobody's fault. It stays in my player for weeks when i put it in.

Average customer rating:

The Guest/Phantom Planet
Phantom Planet
Manufacturer: Sony/Epic
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B0001HN5Q8
Release Date: 2004-03-22

Tracks:

Happy Ending
Badd Business
Big Brat
1st Things 1st
Making a Killing
You're Not Welcome Here
By the Bed
Knowitall
Jabberjaw
After Hours
Meantime

Tracks:

California
Always on My Mind
Lonely Day
One Ray of Sunlight
Anthem
In Our Darkest Hour
Turn Smile Shift Repeat
Hey Now Girl
Nobody's Fault
All Over Again
Wishing Well
Something Is Wrong
California [Demo Version]
Always on My Mind [London Version]
Guest [Live]
This Is What You Get [#][Demo Version]

Album Description

The 2004 album from Phantom Planet packaged with their previous album, 'The Guest' (2002), for a limited time at a very special price. 27 tracks. Epic.

Album Details

Produced by Dave Fridmann and featuring the First Single "Big Brat", "Phantom Planet" Will Be Packaged with their Previous Album "The Ghost" for a Strictly Limited Time. The Version of "The Ghost" Included Here Includes Bonus Material and features New Artwork.

Average customer rating:

Great CD
OMG BEST CD EVER!!!!
Received it as a gift for Christmas...
Almost pure good pop!
A good indie pop album with a couple flaws - it is, however, not entirely appealing for non-genre fans