Set Yourself On Fire

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Sure they look pretty and sound pretty and all, but is this Montreal-based quartet ever going to amount to much, you know in the course of "rock history"? Very likely, if their captivating third album, Set Yourself on Fire, is any indication. Vocalists Amy Millan and Torquil Campbell have never harmonized better together, and the whole keyboard-heavy band is at that delectable place where they transcend their influences. Great pop music is not about "originality" (nor has it ever much been); it’s a passionate marriage of idea and conviction. Sure, you can still hear the mark of Beulah, the Smiths, New Order, Broken Social Scene and Super Furry Animals in their songs. But the group has never been as confident with their marriage of lush, exuberant dreampop and dark, clever lyrics as they are here. --Mike McGonigal

Product Description
The third LP for this Canadian band, following their amazing sophomore set, "Heart;" a critical smash. "Set Yourself on Fire" is a self-proclaimed Sex, Death, & Robots record, with rich and ornate depths. Produced by TONY HOFFER (Beck, Air, Grandaddy, Phoenix).

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Set Yourself On Fire

Average customer rating: A rock record with poppiness Smooth Well It Is If only I could play the cello ... Perfect in every way

Set Yourself on Fire Stars Manufacturer: Arts and Crafts ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Canada | North America | International | Styles | Music General | Rock | Styles | Music Pop Rock | Pop | Styles | Music Indie Rock | Indie & Lo-Fi | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music General | Indie & Lo-Fi | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music Chamber Pop | Indie & Lo-Fi | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music Electronic Pop | Indie & Lo-Fi | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music Electronica | Dance & DJ | Indie Music | Stores | Music Similar Items: Heart Nightsongs You Forgot It in People The Crane Wife Broken Social Scene ASIN: B00061F8M8 Release Date: 2005-03-08

Tracks:

1. Your Ex-Lover Is Dead
2. Set Yourself On Fire
3. Ageless Beauty
4. Reunion
5. The Big Fight
6. What I'm Trying To say
7. One More Night
8. Sleep Tonight
9. The First Five Times
10. He Lied About Death
11. Celebration Guns
12. Soft Revolution
13. Calendar Girl

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Sure they look pretty and sound pretty and all, but is this Montreal-based quartet ever going to amount to much, you know in the course of "rock history"? Very likely, if their captivating third album, Set Yourself on Fire, is any indication. Vocalists Amy Millan and Torquil Campbell have never harmonized better together, and the whole keyboard-heavy band is at that delectable place where they transcend their influences. Great pop music is not about "originality" (nor has it ever much been); it's a passionate marriage of idea and conviction. Sure, you can still hear the mark of Beulah, the Smiths, New Order, Broken Social Scene and Super Furry Animals in their songs. But the group has never been as confident with their marriage of lush, exuberant dreampop and dark, clever lyrics as they are here. --Mike McGonigal

Album Description

The third LP for this Canadian band, following their amazing sophomore set, "Heart;" a critical smash. "Set Yourself on Fire" is a self-proclaimed Sex, Death, & Robots record, with rich and ornate depths. Produced by TONY HOFFER (Beck, Air, Grandaddy, Phoenix).

Customer Reviews:

A rock record with poppiness.......2007-06-15

In many ways, a band like Stars, Broken Social Scene or the New Pornographers somehow manage to make very accessible records without feeling like they were recorded solely because they knew it would sell. Sure songs on this record are quite hooky yet you can instantly tell the difference between these songs or ones from say Good Charlotte or a Simple Plan. Stars last release before it got the remix treatment, Set Yourself on Fire is a very likable record and easy to sing along with and love, that is if you want to.

The album starts off with "Your Ex-Lover is Dead" with vocalists Torquil Campbell and Amy Millan trading verses before they come together at the end. This is an example of a song that gets in your head despite the lack of a proper "chorus" that repeats. "Ageless Beauty" was the big hit of the record and while musically it's quite basic, it's propelled largely by Millan's vocals which are quite ethereal in a way on the song. "Reunion" is another likable track largely sung by Campbell with Millan adding in some flavor. This is another one of those catchy tracks that will become a favorite over time. The rest of the songs are just as memorable although, some like "The First Five Times" aren't that stellar.

My absolute favorite track on the record and probably of their career is the album closer, "Calendar Girl". When taken at face value, lyrically it's very honest in that "life sucks but I'm trying" message and musically it's really 3 chords but damn if Millan doesn't sing it beautifully. When she sings the line "I'm alive" at the end, you're almost not sure if she's celebrating this fact or she's just pointing out the irony considering the subject matter: living without nothing special about it.

Like a lot of bands with duel vocalists, you tend to prefer one over the other (aside from everyone's fav Fab Four). In this case, Millan has one of the best female voices in rock today but Campbell, while no slouch in his own right, doesn't really have the emotive power Millan brings. Kind of reminds me of Oasis' Gallagher bros. with Noel being the more range-y singer but Liam being the most emotive. Granted, a lot of songs on here such as The Big Fight or Your Ex-Lover is Dead work for the trade-offs but when they're primarily Campbell-led, such as the aforementioned "First Five Times" or "He Lied About Death", despite Millan's additions, don't work as well.

All in all, it's probably one of the best records they've done and one of the better "pop rock" releases lately.

Smooth.......2007-03-02

It only took a couple of seconds listening to 'Your Ex-Lover is Dead' for me to decide that I needed to own this album. To be honest, that track stands out for its beautiful orchestration and tone. The instrumentation is well done, with a complementary mix of strings, brass, and your traditional band bits to create a beautiful, uplifting, and sombre tone.

Each song on this album is carefully produced to create a smooth tone which is mostly laidback and embracing. This is music fully imbued with uplifting melancholy.

Well It Is.......2007-02-03

This is a GREAT album if you like that sort of thing.

If only I could play the cello ... .......2007-01-12

I own every Stars albums and eps and I'd have to say they broke every expectation that I had before listen to this ... and this was only after the first 30 seconds of your ex-lover is dead.

Every song here is lyrically written with songs of love, passion, nostagia and hurt with a lush overlay of melodies. By the end of the album, you'll surrender and give yourself in to continual listens. This is the soft revolution!

You must own this album!

Perfect in every way.......2007-01-09

Seriously, this is one of the best I've purchased in a very long time. Every single song is great.

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Set Yourself on Fire Ep Termites Manufacturer: Headwrecker ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Rock | Styles | Music ASIN: B0009JK0O8 Release Date: 2005-08-01

Album Description

Title track is backed by 'Wrong' and 'Amusement (Lorry Crash)'. Headwrecker Records/Absolute 2005

Average customer rating: Awsome

Set Yourself on Fire Chocolate Kiss Manufacturer: Moodswing Records ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music General | Rock | Styles | Music General | Alternative Rock | Indie Music | Stores | Music Rock | Alternative Rock | Indie Music | Stores | Music ASIN: B000068QZ0 Release Date: 2005-01-01

Tracks:

1. Snake Eyes
2. Smoke Harbor
3. Recoil
4. Pollyanna
5. Eight Years
6. Great Minds Suffer
7. Small Victories
8. Self Preservation
9. Logical Song
10. You're So Involved

Product Description

"This is the breakthrough album for these purveyors of pop. These ten songs are fully developed and brandished like a tire iron. This, their third release (and second full-length), sports a Supertramp cover."

Customer Reviews:

Awsome.......2002-06-30

My uncle is in this band, and I have all their Cds, 1thru12, Less Boom Boom, and Set Yourself On Fire, and I never thought that they would make it this far, but I think it's awsome because Chocolate Kiss is an awsome band, and one day they'll become famous! So buy this Cd!!!

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Christmas Celebration Manufacturer: Madacy Records ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Ballets | Ballets & Dances | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Handel | Handel, George Frideric | ( H ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Tchaikovsky | Tchaikovsky, Peter Ilyich | ( T ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Mendelssohn | Mendelssohn, Felix | ( M ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music General | Baroque (c.1600-1750) | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music Ballets & Dances | Romantic (c.1820-1910) | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music General Contemporary | Modern, 20th, & 21st Century | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music General | Classical | Styles | Music General | Chamber Music | Classical | Styles | Music Traditional Jazz General | Traditional Jazz & Ragtime | Jazz | Styles | Music Vocal Jazz General | Vocal Jazz | Jazz | Styles | Music Gospel | Christian & Gospel | Styles | Music General | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Oratorios | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Noels | Vocal Non-Opera | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Oratorios | Vocal Non-Opera | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Movie Scores | Soundtracks | Styles | Music Movie Soundtracks | Soundtracks | Styles | Music General | Soundtracks | Styles | Music General | Vocal Pop | Pop | Styles | Music Classic | Vocal Pop | Pop | Styles | Music Traditional Pop | Oldies | Pop | Styles | Music Vocal Jazz | Jazz | Box Sets | Stores | Music Classic Vocalists | Broadway & Vocalists | Box Sets | Stores | Music Vocal Pop & Oldies | Pop | Box Sets | Stores | Music ASIN: B0000B3FDV Release Date: 2003-08-19

Tracks:

1. Silent Night
2. Deck the Halls
3. Let It Snow
4. Angels We Have Heard on High
5. Adeste Fideles
6. Coventry Carol
7. Away in a Manger
8. First No
9. God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen
10. Hark! The Herald Angels Sing
11. It Came Upon a Midnight Clear
12. Bell Carol (Good Christian Men, Rejoice)
13. Angels from the Realms of Glory
14. Bring a Torch, Jeanette, Isabella
15. Silver Bells
16. Frosty the Snowman

Tracks:

1. Sleigh Ride - Percy Faith, Johnny Mathis, Johnny Mathis, , Orchestra
2. It Came Upon a Midnight Clear - Julie Andrews
3. Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas - Percy Faith, , Chorus, Orchestra
4. Silver Bells - The Ray Conniff Singers
5. God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen - Charlie Rich
6. Go Tell It on the Mountain - Mahalia Jackson
7. We Wish You a Merry Christmas - Phyllis Curtin, Androstelanetz,
8. My Favorite Things - Tony Bennett
9. Hallelujah Chorus - Eugene Ormandy, Robert Page, Philadelphia Orchestra, Temple University Concert Choir
10. What Child Is This? - Vikki Carr
11. Winter Wonderland - Mitch Miller
12. First No- Mormon Tabernacle Choir, Mormon Tabernacle Choir, Alexander Schreiner
13. O Holy Night - Peter Nero
14. Do You Hear What I Hear? - Andy Williams
15. Hark! The Herald Angels Sing - John Davidson
16. Twelve Days of Christmas - Dinah Shore
17. Christmas Bells - Patti Page
18. (There's No Place Like) Home for the Holidays - Robert Goulet
19. Christmas Eve in My Home Town - Jim Nabors
20. Silent Night - Philadelphia Brass Ensemble

Tracks:

1. White Christmas
2. Joy to the World
3. O Little Town of Bethlehem
4. March from the Nutcracker
5. Little Drummer Boy
6. Sleigh Ride
7. Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer
8. Twelve Days of Christmas
9. Christmas Song
10. Greensleeves
11. Still, Still, Still
12. Here We Come A-Caroling
13. Jingle Bells
14. Winter Wonderland
15. We Wish You a Merry Christmas
16. O Holy Night (Cantique de Noel)

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Set Yourself on Fire Stars Manufacturer: P-Vine ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Canada | North America | International | Styles | Music General | Indie & Lo-Fi | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music Chamber Pop | Indie & Lo-Fi | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music Electronic Pop | Indie & Lo-Fi | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music Electronica | Dance & DJ | Indie Music | Stores | Music ASIN: B000657OYY Release Date: 2005-02-04

Tracks:

1. Your Ex-Lover Is Dead
2. Set Yourself On Fire
3. Ageless Beauty
4. Reunion
5. Big Fight
6. What I'm Trying to Say
7. One More Night
8. Sleep Tonight
9. First Five Times
10. He Lied About Death
11. Celebration Guns
12. Soft Revolution
13. Calendar Girl

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