If You Didn't Laugh You'd Cry

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Marah play things loose and easy on their self-produced fifth album, fusing folk-rock sincerity and garage-band recklessness with first-take immediacy. Since moving from Philadelphia to Brooklyn, they've put some musical distance between themselves and those frequent comparisons with a lower-rent (or at least younger and hungrier) Bruce Springsteen, though the harmonica that laces "Walt Whitman Bridge" conjures some familiar echoes. "City of Dreams" finds them channeling their inner Simon and Garfunkel, while the opening "The Closer" (go figure) sounds like Graham Parker fronting a neo-skiffle band. With "Out of Tune," songwriting brothers Dave and Serge Bielanko issue what amounts to a musical credo: "So what if we're out of tune with the rest of the world?" The go-for-the-throat vitality of the tracks makes the If You Didn't Laugh You'd Cry sound less produced than unleashed. --Don McLeese

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If You Didn't Laugh You'd Cry

Average customer rating: Great American Rock and Roll More Marah than any other record MEDIOCRE I'm a big Marah fan now best rock band in america/ the world!

If You Didn't Laugh You'd Cry Marah Manufacturer: Yep Roc Records ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music Alt-Country & Americana | Country | Styles | Music General | Rock | Styles | Music Roots Rock | Rock | Styles | Music Pop Rock | Pop | Styles | Music General | Classic Rock | Styles | Music Similar Items: A Christmas Kind of Town Kids in Philly 20,000 Streets Under the Sky Let's Cut the Crap and Hook Up Later on Tonight Sooner or Later in Spain ASIN: B000B5KRS4 Release Date: 2005-10-18

Tracks:

1. The Closer
2. The Hustle
3. City Of Dreams
4. Fatboy
5. Sooner Or Later
6. So What If We're Outta Tune (W/ The Rest Of The World)
7. The Demon Of White Sadness
8. The Dischwasher's Dream
9. Poor People
10. Walt Whitman Bridge
11. The Apartment
12. Bonus Track

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Marah play things loose and easy on their self-produced fifth album, fusing folk-rock sincerity and garage-band recklessness with first-take immediacy. Since moving from Philadelphia to Brooklyn, they've put some musical distance between themselves and those frequent comparisons with a lower-rent (or at least younger and hungrier) Bruce Springsteen, though the harmonica that laces "Walt Whitman Bridge" conjures some familiar echoes. "City of Dreams" finds them channeling their inner Simon and Garfunkel, while the opening "The Closer" (go figure) sounds like Graham Parker fronting a neo-skiffle band. With "Out of Tune," songwriting brothers Dave and Serge Bielanko issue what amounts to a musical credo: "So what if we're out of tune with the rest of the world?" The go-for-the-throat vitality of the tracks makes the If You Didn't Laugh You'd Cry sound less produced than unleashed. --Don McLeese

Customer Reviews:

Great American Rock and Roll.......2006-11-07

I agree with the person a few reviews down. This is great American Rock and Roll. This is not the next Springsteen/E Street Band record, but it is Springsteen, The Stones, Stax, Philly Soul, The Replacements, Country and Western, Folk, and so many great musical elements mixed together, and spewed out with great results. The music has heart, the lyrics are human - they are real. The band should be an American institution. Their past few albums have been the best American music I have heard in a while. Can't wait for the live cd/dvd!

More Marah than any other record.......2006-09-20

More than any other recording, this is the best representation to date of this band. Their live shows are what have drawn me in. Slick production from other sessions had me wavering. This record keeps me believing. Great job Serge and Dave.

MEDIOCRE.......2006-08-26

I think I like the actual guys in the band better than their music, and I dont' know them!! I had hopes, but I have a feeling this is just a tired effort that's over produced.

I sure have turned into a negative nancy on these blind buys from amazon!

I'm a big Marah fan now.......2006-06-30

My first exposure to Marah was Float Away, but I didn't like it and it kept me away from the band for several years. Finally I purchased 20,000 Streets and it was a much better listening experience, but I wasn't quite sold yet.

I recently bought If You Didn't Laugh and it just blows me away! It's obvious now that Marah is capable of making great music and each release is a little different from the one that preceeded it.

Listening to this CD prompted me to run out and purchase Kids In Philly...another keeper.

best rock band in america/ the world!.......2006-02-25

If you're interested in rock n roll at all, you need to buy this record; by rock n roll I mean: the Rolling Stones; Townes Van Zandt; The Replacements; The Jam; and etc. Seriously. These guys write the most literate lyrics and put it over the most awesome, accessible rock n' roll that's been created in decades. If you don't love them, you don't have a pulse. That's it. Christ. Buy this album. Buy 30 copies for everyone in your family. Bury copies with your dead relatives. They'll thank you in the afterlife.

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