| 1. She Sings the Mourning |
| 2. Cripples Crown |
| 3. So Long Ago |
| 4. Operator |
| 5. Warning to the Curious |
| 6. In the Morning |
| 7. Something Inside of Me |
| 8. Come Home |
| 9. Far from the Crowd |
| 10. Leaving Today |
| 11. Arabian Sand |
| 12. Late Afternoon |
Editorial Reviews
Work on the Coral's The Invisible Invasion began back at the start of 2004. It's produced by Adrian Utley and Geoff Barrow(Portishead). The band hired a house in the Lake District for two weeks and rehearsed the 18 possible songs for the album, tweaking and developing them there, before they were ready to set them to acetate. The first single to be taken from the album is entitled 'In The Morning'. Sony. 2005
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The Invisible Invasion
The Coral Manufacturer: Sony ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Similar Items:
ASIN: B000CMNJEK Release Date: 2005-08-30 |
Tracks:
- She Sings The Mourning
- Cripples Crown
- So Long Ago
- The Operator
- A Warning To The Curious
- In The Morning
- Something Inside Of Me
- Come Home
- Far From The Crowd
- Leaving Today
- Arabian Sand
- Late Afternoon
Amazon.com
On their fourth outing, the Coral are anything but obvious or heavy-handed. On the contrary, delicacy and understatement define the British septet's latest. The 1960s shake hands with the 1980s in their wistful pop, yet they never--or very rarely, at any rate--come across as a retro act. At their best, they sound like Madness circa "Tomorrow's (Just Another Day)" (must be that organ) or Echo & the Bunnymen circa "Lips Like Sugar" (James Skelly could be Ian McCulloch's little brother). With its chugging, train-like rhythm and haunting chorus, "She Sings the Mourning" sounds like the theme to a lost Tom Courtenay film, while the enchanting "So Long Ago" evokes Sondre Lerche's gentle folk-pop. Then there are others, like the perfectly pleasant "Leaving Today" and "Come Home," where the Coral almost cross that fine line dividing tasteful from dull, but there are no real duds on The Invisible Invasion. --Kathleen C. FennessyCustomer Reviews:
The Coral Improves On Success.......2006-05-27
The music is a hybrid of 60's/80's psychedelic rock and present day art rock. Each song has a sharpness and character to it that makes it fun to listen to more and more.
I don't know how this band hasn't taken off more in the US.
The Operator? That song is as crunchy as anything that the Queens of Stoneage have done. Just about all the songs are awesome- but that song grabs me the most.
I agree with another reviewer that Egyptian Sand isn't up to par with the rest of the album- mainly because it sounds exactly like a mix of songs Syd Barrett wrote on Pink Floyds first album.
Also I like how this album mixes a good amount of pop tunes with more aggressive/progressive songs. That was one thing that disappointed me about my initial listenings to Magic And Medicine; it felt pastoral and slightly poppy. Were as the debut album was nothing but emotional highs and fun wacky tunes. It would have been dissapointing in the long run if they would have made a part ii to their debut. They were what, 19 when they made that album? I like that they keep extending themselves.
Invisible Invasion shows a band that is refining their expression of sound.
ps
The e.p., Nightfreak & The Sons Of Becker, was a sign of the transition the Coral was making towards this album, but Medicine Magic already felt transitional- so it seemed mostly like a set of b-sides. Although Grey Harpoon is a personal favorite.
They sing the mourning.......2006-03-30
In their fourth album in as many years -- if you count the halfway-album "Nightfreak and the Songs of Becker" -- they change it yet again. This time, there's no pirate rock or bizarro pop songs. Instead, "The Invisible Invasion" relies on dark art-rock with a twisted psychedelica vibe, with hints of what they have done before, but never with deja vu.
It opens with a wonderfully sinister, twangy opener, which quickly falls into the dark, catchy rock of "She Sings the Mourning" and "Cripples Crown." James Skelly intones eerily over the music, "Blood red love knot, temptress eyes/cuts right through the family times," which add a strangely supernatural edge to the music. These two are probably the strongest and most polished songs on here.
There's a brief and ill-advised foray into folk-rock, which the Coral quickly veers away from. Good thing, too -- it's too cheery and sunny for this record, as are one or two other catchy little songs. So then it's back to undulating keyboard, crunchy riffs and hammering drums. Not to mention those ghostly "woo woo" synths that pop up every few minutes.
"Invisible Invasion" is very catchy. Not in a bad way -- instead, it sounds like a cheery pop singer in a haunted house, who is about to be overcome by the ghosts. It borders on kitsch in places; having Skelly moaning "cooooome hooooommme" over a twisting riff sounds silly. But with Skelly's pleasantly smooth voice, the Coral actually makes it sound sinister.
And the Coral stretches further into experimentation with "Arabian Sand," a Pink-Floydian song that is only four minutes long, but feels at least three times as long. It's rough, ragged and brims over with sound. And at the end of it, I'm still not sure whether it's a disaster or pure brilliance. One thing is sure: It'll get your heart rate up as it accelerates to a climax.
How do you judge an album by a band that does nothing twice? Just take it for what it is -- and in "Invisible Invasion's" case, it's a rough, ghostly, distorted mass of catchy rock'n'roll.
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Rimsky-Korsakov: Suites
Manufacturer: Chandos ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Similar Items:
ASIN: B000000ACB Release Date: 1992-04-03 |
Tracks:
- May Night - Overture
- The Snow Maiden: Beautiful Spring
- The Snow Maiden: Dance Of The Birds
- The Snow Maiden: The Procession Of Tsar Berendey
- The Snow Maiden: Dance Of The Tumblers
- Christmas Eve: Christmas Night - Ballet Of The Stars - Witches' Sabbath And Ride On The Devil's Back - Polonaise - Vakula And The Slippers
Tracks:
- Mlada: Introduction
- Mlada: Redowa: A Bohemian Dance
- Mlada: Lithuanian Dance
- Mlada: Indian Dance
- Mlada: Procession Of The Nobles
- The Invisible City of Kitezh: Prelude: A Hymn To Nature
- The Invisible City of Kitezh: Wedding Procession
- The Invisible City of Kitezh: Tartar Invasion And Battle Of Kerzhenets
- The Invisible City of Kitezh: Death Of Fevroniya And Apotheosis Of The Invisible City
Tracks:
- The Golden Cockerel: Introduction And Dodon's Sleep
- The Golden Cockerel: King Dodon On The Battlefield
- The Golden Cockerel: Queen Of Shemakha's Dance; King Dodon's Dance
- The Golden Cockerel: Wedding Feast; Death Of King Dodon; Finale
- The Tale Of Tsar Saltan: Tsar's Departure And Farewell
- The Tale Of Tsar Saltan: Tsarina Adrift At Sea In A Barrel
- The Tale Of Tsar Saltan: The Three Wonders
- The Tale Of Tsar Saltan: The Flight Of The Bumble Bee
Amazon.com
Rimsky-Korsakov's operatic suites used to be standard repertoire, but like so much attractive and colorful music, it seems that recording has absolved orchestras of the need to play them live! It's a rare day that you will find such lovely works as the Christmas Eve or Snow Maiden suite in the concert hall, so by all means invest in this comprehensive collection and enjoy them at home. This was the first project in Neeme Järvi's epic collaboration with the Scottish National Orchestra, and as is so often the case in such instances, everyone really plays their collective hearts out. Even Chandos outdoes itself in providing sound of speaker-shattering impact. A great set. --David HurwitzCustomer Reviews:
Little known but wonderful.......2007-06-03
Rare Rimsky-Korsakov well done........2006-07-19
Every piece sparkles. Rimsky-Korsakov's music is, generally, a study in elegance. Every note of these suites proves it. Frequently, when you hear music that is seldom performed, you discover WHY it isn't done. That does not apply here. I think it is a shame that I have not heard most of this music before.
Neeme Jarvi and the Scottish National Orchestra do a wonderful job performing all these suites. I whole-heartedly recommend this recording.
A great collection for Rimsky fans. (And if you're not a fan, you will be.).......2005-08-19
I was immediately attracted to the Christmas Eve Suite, which I hadn't heard before; it builds to a wonderful climax in the tempo of a polonaise. Move over, Piotr I. Tchaikovsky--this music is a great change from chestnuts out of the Nutcracker (a pretty lame pun, but I'll let it stand).
However, Christmas Eve is not the only pleasure these discs provide. Jarvi offers first-rate performances of the lovely May Night, Rimsky's finest overture, as well as suites from the Golden Cockerel, the Snow Maiden, and Mlada, which contain some of Rimsky's most memorable music: the Dance of the Tumblers, the Procession of the Nobles, the Wedding Feast and Death of King Dodon. Great stuff.
And then there's Chandos' recording: incredibly clean and wide-ranging, with just the right sense of hall sound. I'm still impressed every time I listen.
As complete and good a collection as you're likely to find........2003-08-02
For those so interested, my first - and highest - recommendation goes to this Chandos boxed set, with Neemi Järvi conducting the Scottish National Orchestra (as it was known in 1984, when this recording was made; it is now the Royal Scottish National Orchestra). With the possible exception of some incidental music from Sadko and The Tsar's Bride, this set contains virtually all of the most popular orchestral music from Rimsky-Korsakov's better-known operas.
Over the years, Järvi has developed somewhat of a reputation for "recording everything in sight," not always with the most effective of results. But here, in what the editorial reviewer identifies as his first recording session with the SNO, he has done a splendid job all around, bringing out the often gorgeous coloristic effects of the music, with an orchestra that fully does justice to the performance requirements, and with stunning sound captured by the Chandos engineers.
Particularly noteworthy are the suite from Mlada (with its dramatic "Procession of the Nobles" march), the atmspheric and magical music from The Invisible City of Kitezh, and the better-known suite from The Golden Cockerel. In all of these suites - and in the balance of the boxed set as well - Järvi and the SNO capture the orchestrational genius of Rimsky-Korsakov with perfection: brilliant brass, shimmering strings, nicely-detailed woodwind playing, as is seldom heard from all too many Russian orchestras.
This was clearly an auspicious debut album for Järvi and the SNO, an orchestra that he would direct in many recordings over the following decade or so. And, though not inexpensive, it is the single finest (and most complete) album of Rimsky-Korsakov's orchestral suites from his operas that I have had the pleasure of hearing.
Recommended without reservation.
Bob Zeidler
Excellent compilation.......2000-09-07
This should be a must-have for fans of Rimsky-Korsakov. It certainly assembles much of his best work, some of which is not very easy to find. The one quibble, albeit a big one, is the price. At first glance, you may think that the price isn't too bad, given that you get 3 CDs. But these CDs each contain only 50 minutes or so of music. A technical justification is that a 2 CD package would have required one of the suites to straddle 2 discs. I'm sure that most listeners, however, would have preferred such a cut if the pricing were more realistic. Tough call. Maybe drop a big hint to a friend that you want this as a gift.
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The Invisible Invasion
The Coral Manufacturer: Sony International ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Similar Items:
ASIN: B000808YY6 Release Date: 2005-05-31 |
Tracks:
- She Sings the Mourning
- Cripples Crown
- So Long Ago
- Operator
- Warning to the Curious
- In the Morning
- Something Inside of Me
- Come Home
- Far from the Crowd
- Leaving Today
- Arabian Sand
- Late Afternoon
Album Description
Work on the Coral's The Invisible Invasion began back at the start of 2004. It's produced by Adrian Utley and Geoff Barrow(Portishead). The band hired a house in the Lake District for two weeks and rehearsed the 18 possible songs for the album, tweaking and developing them there, before they were ready to set them to acetate. The first single to be taken from the album is entitled 'In The Morning'. Sony. 2005Album Details
The Fourth Full Length Album from the Neo-rock Pop Band was Produced by Geoff Barrow and Adrian Utley (Portishead) and Recorded at Mono Valley Studios, Monmouth, Wales; Elevator Studios Liverpool and Geoff Barrow's State of Art Studio in Bristol. Mixed at Bath Moles. "This Record is all the Best Bits of all Our Previous Albums Rolled Into One... It's a Lot Warmer-sounding, We Wanted the First Few Records to Sound the Way They Did, with More Treble, but this Time We Wanted to Explore Something New... --guitarist/Vocalist James SkellyCustomer Reviews:
a wonderful invasion!.......2005-09-29
Great stuff.......2005-07-30
They sing the mourning.......2005-07-24
In their fourth album in as many years -- if you count the halfway-album "Nightfreak and the Songs of Becker" -- they change it yet again. This time, there's no pirate rock or bizarro pop songs. Instead, "The Invisible Invasion" relies on dark art-rock with a twisted psychedelica vibe, with hints of what they have done before, but never with deja vu.
It opens with a wonderfully sinister, twangy opener, which quickly falls into the dark, catchy rock of "She Sings the Mourning" and "Cripples Crown." James Skelly intones eerily over the music, "Blood red love knot, temptress eyes/cuts right through the family times," which add a strangely supernatural edge to the music. These two are probably the strongest and most polished songs on here.
There's a brief and ill-advised foray into folk-rock, which the Coral quickly veers away from. Good thing, too -- it's too cheery and sunny for this record, as are one or two other catchy little songs. So then it's back to undulating keyboard, crunchy riffs and hammering drums. Not to mention those ghostly "woo woo" synths that pop up every few minutes.
"Invisible Invasion" is very catchy. Not in a bad way -- instead, it sounds like a cheery pop singer in a haunted house, who is about to be overcome by the ghosts. It borders on kitsch in places; having Skelly moaning "cooooome hooooommme" over a twisting riff sounds silly. But with Skelly's pleasantly smooth voice, the Coral actually makes it sound sinister.
And the Coral stretches further into experimentation with "Arabian Sand," a Pink-Floydian song that is only four minutes long, but feels at least three times as long. It's rough, ragged and brims over with sound. And at the end of it, I'm still not sure whether it's a disaster or pure brilliance. One thing is sure: It'll get your heart rate up as it accelerates to a climax.
How do you judge an album by a band that does nothing twice? Just take it for what it is -- and in "Invisible Invasion's" case, it's a rough, ghostly, distorted mass of catchy rock'n'roll.
Growing Pains- CORAL -Getting Better.......2005-07-02
The music is a hybrid of 60's/80's psychedelic rock and present day art rock. Each song has a sharpness and character to it that makes it fun to listen to more and more.
I don't know how this band hasn't taken off more in the US.
The Operator? That song is as crunchy as anything that the Queens of Stoneage have done. Just about all the songs are awesome- but that song grabs me the most.
I agree with another reviewer that Egyptian Sand isn't up to par with the rest of the album- mainly because it sounds exactly like a mix of songs Syd Barrett wrote on Pink Floyds first album.
Also I like how this album mixes a good amount of pop tunes with more aggressive/progressive songs. That was one thing that disappointed me about my initial listenings to Magic And Medicine; it felt pastoral and slightly poppy. Were as the debut album was nothing but emotional highs and fun wacky tunes. It would have been dissapointing in the long run if they would have made a part ii to their debut. They were what, 19 when they made that album? I like that they keep extending themselves.
Invisible Invasion shows a band that is refining their expression of sound.
ps
The e.p., Nightfreak & The Sons Of Becker, was a sign of the transition the Coral was making towards this album, but Medicine Magic already felt transitional- so it seemed mostly like a set of b-sides. Although Grey Harpoon is a personal favorite.
Hmmmmm..........2005-06-23
Caveat emptor! There are two versions of this album. One is just the studio cuts. The second limited edition version has a bonus CD from the BBC radio concert from the Lamacq live show from April, 2005. The bonus disk is a mix of half old and half new songs.
I only gave it 4 because it still has the same feel, and sound of the first two. After two years with two more albums and a few tours, I would have thought that their sound would have changed more than this. They still play safe on this one, while the Curious George in me, wants something...more. It does not change the fact that I still enjoy it.
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Invisible Invasion
Coral Manufacturer: Sony/Epic ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD ASIN: B000BNM7Z2 Release Date: 2005-11-23 |
Tracks:
- She Sings The Mourning
- Cripples Crown
- So Long Ago
- Operator
- A Warning To The Curious
- In The Morning
- Something Inside Of Me
- Come Home
- Far From The Crowd
- Leaving Today
- Arabian Sand
- Late Afternoon
- Gina Jones (Bonus Track For Japan)
- Leeslunchboxbyblueleadandthevelcrounderpants (Bonus Track For Japan)
- Pass It On
- Shadows Fall
- Don't Think You're The First
- Dreaming Of You
- A Warning To The Curious
- She Sings To The Mourning
- Something Inside Of Me
- Arabian Sand
- In The Morning (Bonus Track For Japan)
Album Description
This limited edition Japanese pressing includes a bonus CD that contains 8 tracks. Things are pretty much as you would expect on the Coral's 4th album as all the usual pieces are in place: vocalist James Skelly still channels the voice of Ian McCullough, the guitars of Skelly and Bill Ryder-Jones still sparkle and shine, and the band is still inventive and interesting. What is different about The Invisible Invasion is the stripped-down and focused sound courtesy of producers Geoff Barrow and Adrian Utley (of Portishead). The songs here are among the best they have written and are quite varied as well, ranging from the bouncily acoustic 'So Long Ago' to the moody (with a great chorus) 'Cripples Crown', the insistent 'The Operator' to the musically lovely, lyrically melancholy 'In the Morning'. More depth, better production, stellar songs performed with high levels of vigor & commitment all add up to the group's best album to date. Epic. 2005.Album Details
Limited Double CD Edition of the UK Band's 2005 Album. Disc1 Includes Bonus Tracks "Gina Jones" and "Leeslunchboxbyblueleadandthevelcrounderpants". Disc2 Will Feature Eight Live-recorded Tracks and Bonus Track(S).
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The Invisible Invasion [SONY XCP CONTENT/COPY-PROTECTED CD]
The Coral Manufacturer: Sony ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Similar Items:
ASIN: B000A1JS7U Release Date: 2005-08-30 |
Tracks:
- She Sings the Mourning
- Cripples Crown
- So Long Ago
- Operator
- Warning to the Curious
- In the Morning
- Something Inside of Me
- Come Home
- Far from the Crowd
- Leaving Today
- Arabian Sand
- Late Afternoon
Amazon.com
On their fourth outing, the Coral are anything but obvious or heavy-handed. On the contrary, delicacy and understatement define the British septet's latest. The 1960s shake hands with the 1980s in their wistful pop, yet they never--or very rarely, at any rate--come across as a retro act. At their best, they sound like Madness circa "Tomorrow's (Just Another Day)" (must be that organ) or Echo & the Bunnymen circa "Lips Like Sugar" (James Skelly could be Ian McCulloch's little brother). With its chugging, train-like rhythm and haunting chorus, "She Sings the Mourning" sounds like the theme to a lost Tom Courtenay film, while the enchanting "So Long Ago" evokes Sondre Lerche's gentle folk-pop. Then there are others, like the perfectly pleasant "Leaving Today" and "Come Home," where the Coral almost cross that fine line dividing tasteful from dull, but there are no real duds on The Invisible Invasion. --Kathleen C. FennessyCustomer Reviews:
A great album spoilt by Malicious Software.......2005-11-17
Once it is installed, it "Hides" itself from detection in the same way a virus would, and it has now been shown to create a legitimate threat to consumers PC's running certain Windows OS. It has been shown that malicious software such as viruses and ad-ware could use this programs "Hide" capability to become almost untraceable. Unfortunately XCP DRM is very difficult to remove without damaging the reliability of your computer system.
SonyBMG have accepted little responsibility, have been very slow to act and have made it difficult for consumers to protect themselves. Although they have created a "upgrade" for the software it has been advised that users should not do this as the "upgrade" actually makes matters worse.
If you like the Coral and you are not going to play this on a PC then go ahead and buy it. If you are going to use it on a computer however, I'd advise trying to pick up an Import or Unprotected copy.
If you have already bought this product and have installed the "malware" XCP DRM, do yourselves a favour and don't download the "upgrade". Microsoft, Symantec and many others are working on a "proper" fix.
If you have already installed the "upgrade" from the Sony site then unfortunately you're in limbo... you might be able to take legal action if something happens but the EULA provided with the "malware" pretty much negates any legal rights you may have had. You can thank congress for that...
DRM + EULA = Don't Buy!.......2005-11-15
This is not the only problem, howerver. Sony's End User License Agreement requires the following things of all consumers who purchase this "content protected" music:
1. If your house gets burgled, you have to delete all your music from your laptop when you get home. That's because the EULA says that your rights to any copies terminate as soon as you no longer possess the original CD.
2. You can't keep your music on any computers at work. The EULA only gives you the right to put copies on a "personal home computer system owned by you."
3. If you move out of the country, you have to delete all your music. The EULA specifically forbids "export" outside the country where you reside.
4. You must install any and all updates, or else lose the music on your computer. The EULA immediately terminates if you fail to install any update. No more holding out on those hobble-ware downgrades masquerading as updates.
5. Sony-BMG can install and use backdoors in the copy protection software or media player to "enforce their rights" against you, at any time, without notice. And Sony-BMG disclaims any liability if this "self help" crashes your computer, exposes you to security risks, or any other harm.
6. The EULA says Sony-BMG will never be liable to you for more than $5.00. That's right, no matter what happens, you can't even get back what you paid for the CD.
7. If you file for bankruptcy, you have to delete all the music on your computer. Seriously.
8. You have no right to transfer the music on your computer, even along with the original CD.
9. Forget about using the music as a soundtrack for your latest family photo slideshow, or mash-ups, or sampling. The EULA forbids changing, altering, or make derivative works from the music on your computer.
Refer to the following for details:
Boycott - This CD installs virus on your computer that makes other viruses attack.......2005-11-14
DRM = Dangerous Rootkit Malware.......2005-11-13
Amazon should stop selling this CD immediately given the known damage that is causes to computers.
CD contains DRM software that opens your system to viruses.......2005-11-13
This CD has the same copyright protection, called XCP. When installed, Sony hijacks your computer and installs custom software which:
1) Hides itself entirely from Windows by installing as a rootkit
2) Hides itself in such a manner that any files begining with $sys$ are also hidden. For example, if you install the XCP copy protection software on your machine, and rename "document.doc" to "$sys$document.doc" it then becomes invivisble to you forever.
3) Installs its own custom CD-Rom drivers to hijack your system. It also sneakily names these drivers "Plug and Play Device Manager" to seem as if it's a part of Windows. Trying to delete these drivers manually will disable your CD-Rom drive entirely.
4) Offers no uninstall option until you manually contact Sony
As of my writing this review, Sony has "apologized" for this incident, and claims they will "re-evaluate" this copyright protection software on their CDs in the future.
In the meantime, a virus is currently running wild, which names itself begining with $sys$ in an attempt to hide from the user and virus scanners.
Several class action lawsuits are also pending against Sony right now.
In summary, as you can tell from above, Sony's actions here are absolutely horrible. This is your music. You purchased it, and they should not have any right to dictate how you can use it, let alone install software which compromises your system security.
This is one of the CDs with Sony's XCP copyright protection software on it, and as a result, you should not buy it to send a message to Sony that this will NOT be tolerated in the future.
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Invisible Invasion
Coral Manufacturer: Sony ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD ASIN: B000793CD6 Release Date: 2005-06-13 |
Tracks:
- She Signs The Mourning
- Cripples Crown
- So Long Ago
- Operator
- A Warning To The Curious
- In The Morning
- Something Inside Of Me
- Come Home
- Far From The Crowd
- Leaving Today
- Arabian Sand
- Late Afternoon
- Gina Jones
- Leeslunchboxbyblueleadandthevelcrounderpa
Album Description
Hapanese pressing adds the bonus track 'Leeslunchboxbyblueleadandthevelcrounderpants' Sony. 2005.Customer Reviews:
They sing the mourning.......2005-09-20
In their fourth album in as many years -- if you count the halfway-album "Nightfreak and the Songs of Becker" -- they change it yet again. This time, there's no pirate rock or bizarro pop songs. Instead, "The Invisible Invasion" relies on dark art-rock with a twisted psychedelica vibe, with hints of what they have done before, but never with deja vu.
It opens with a wonderfully sinister, twangy opener, which quickly falls into the dark, catchy rock of "She Sings the Mourning" and "Cripples Crown." James Skelly intones eerily over the music, "Blood red love knot, temptress eyes/cuts right through the family times," which add a strangely supernatural edge to the music. These two are probably the strongest and most polished songs on here.
There's a brief and ill-advised foray into folk-rock, which the Coral quickly veers away from. Good thing, too -- it's too cheery and sunny for this record, as are one or two other catchy little songs. So then it's back to undulating keyboard, crunchy riffs and hammering drums. Not to mention those ghostly "woo woo" synths that pop up every few minutes.
"Invisible Invasion" is very catchy. Not in a bad way -- instead, it sounds like a cheery pop singer in a haunted house, who is about to be overcome by the ghosts. It borders on kitsch in places; having Skelly moaning "cooooome hooooommme" over a twisting riff sounds silly. But with Skelly's pleasantly smooth voice, the Coral actually makes it sound sinister.
And the Coral stretches further into experimentation with "Arabian Sand," a Pink-Floydian song that is only four minutes long, but feels at least three times as long. It's rough, ragged and brims over with sound. And at the end of it, I'm still not sure whether it's a disaster or pure brilliance. One thing is sure: It'll get your heart rate up as it accelerates to a climax.
How do you judge an album by a band that does nothing twice? Just take it for what it is -- and in "Invisible Invasion's" case, it's a rough, ghostly, distorted mass of catchy rock'n'roll.
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Invisible Invasion
ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD ASIN: B0009JK142 Release Date: 2005-05-24 |
Album Description
Limited edition UK pressing features special packaging. Work on the Coral's The Invisible Invasion began back at the start of 2004. It's produced by Adrian Utley and Geoff Barrow(Portishead). The band hired a house in the Lake District for two weeks and r
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Invisible Invasion (Arg)
Coral Manufacturer: Sony / Bmg Import ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD ASIN: B0009ML2PQ Release Date: 2005-06-14 |
Customer Reviews:
They sing the mourning.......2005-07-30
In their fourth album in as many years -- if you count the halfway-album "Nightfreak and the Songs of Becker" -- they change it yet again. This time, there's no pirate rock or bizarro pop songs. Instead, "The Invisible Invasion" relies on dark art-rock with a twisted psychedelica vibe, with hints of what they have done before, but never with deja vu.
It opens with a wonderfully sinister, twangy opener, which quickly falls into the dark, catchy rock of "She Sings the Mourning" and "Cripples Crown." James Skelly intones eerily over the music, "Blood red love knot, temptress eyes/cuts right through the family times," which add a strangely supernatural edge to the music. These two are probably the strongest and most polished songs on here.
There's a brief and ill-advised foray into folk-rock, which the Coral quickly veers away from. Good thing, too -- it's too cheery and sunny for this record, as are one or two other catchy little songs. So then it's back to undulating keyboard, crunchy riffs and hammering drums. Not to mention those ghostly "woo woo" synths that pop up every few minutes.
"Invisible Invasion" is very catchy. Not in a bad way -- instead, it sounds like a cheery pop singer in a haunted house, who is about to be overcome by the ghosts. It borders on kitsch in places; having Skelly moaning "cooooome hooooommme" over a twisting riff sounds silly. But with Skelly's pleasantly smooth voice, the Coral actually makes it sound sinister.
And the Coral stretches further into experimentation with "Arabian Sand," a Pink-Floydian song that is only four minutes long, but feels at least three times as long. It's rough, ragged and brims over with sound. And at the end of it, I'm still not sure whether it's a disaster or pure brilliance. One thing is sure: It'll get your heart rate up as it accelerates to a climax.
How do you judge an album by a band that does nothing twice? Just take it for what it is -- and in "Invisible Invasion's" case, it's a rough, ghostly, distorted mass of catchy rock'n'roll.
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Rimsky-Korsakov: Scheherazade
Manufacturer: Madacy Records ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD ASIN: B000000LQ9 Release Date: 1997-10-07 |
Tracks:
- Scheherazade, Sym Ste Op.35: The Sea And The Sinbad's - Slovak PO/Bystrik Rezucha
- Scheherazade, Sym Ste Op.35: The Kalender Prince - Slovak PO/Bystrik Rezucha
- Scheherazade, Sym Ste Op.35: The Young Prince And Princess - Slovak PO/Bystrik Rezucha
- Scheherazade, Sym Ste Op.35: Festival Of Baghdad - Slovak PO/Bystrik Rezucha
- Invisible City Of Kitezh: Prld: A Hymn To Nature - Philharmonia Hungarica/Richard Kapp
- Invisible City Of Kitezh: Wedding Procession - Philharmonia Hungarica/Richard Kapp
- Invisible City Of Kitezh: Tartar Invasion And Battle Of Kershenets - Philharmonia Hungarica/Richard Kapp
- Invisible City Of Kitezh: Death Of Fevronyia And Apotheosis Of The Invisible City - Philharmonia Hungarica/Richard Kapp
- The Tale Of The Tsar Saltan: Flight Of The Bumble Bee - Camerata Rhenania/Hanspeter Gmur
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Drum 'N' Bass Invasion
Various Artists Manufacturer: Invisible Hands ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD ASIN: B0000252WT Release Date: 2004-07-13 |
Tracks:
- Posami Superstar
- New Foundations - The Aries Project
- Terror Campaign
- Voodoo Feline of Larkspur Lotion
- Earthly Night - Kim Fowley,
- Too Many Heroes - Feist
- My Generation - Mark Birch,
- Space Dust
- Darshiva
- Magician
- Wronged by Righteousness - Wishbone Ash
- Solar Wieghtlessness
- Domino Effect
- Asteroid
- Ghost House - Tacye
Tracks:
- Hall of Mirrors - Tacye
- Escape from Deluge
- Subclout
- Reptillian Child
- Empire - Norman Blake, Kim Fowley
- Scrlerotic Coat
- Cactus Doll
- Astrella's Flight
- Network Monitor
- Sociopath - Mikey Davenport
- Future Delirium
- Skyline Messiah - Future Pilot A.K.A.
- Posami Dub
- Euphoric Explosion - Tacye
- Locust Day - Mikey Davenport
Rap Music:
- Jump Up! [Original recording remastered] [Import]
- Klaus Nomi [Import]
- Layourbattleaxedown [Enhanced]
- Let It Ride [CD-single] [Import]
- Living the Blues [Original recording remastered] [Import]
- Love Everybody
- Marilyn Martin
- Medicine Chest
- Mott
- Nashville Sessions
Recommended Music:
Music Review: 70's Disco Generation [Import]
Peter Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 6/Overture "1812"