That Much Further West

Product Description
"Ben Nichols delivers raw heartache as his once rootsy band amps up the guitars. It's the country album The Replacements never made"--Rolling Stone. "...the most entrancing tracks...have the intensity of great rock with a slight twang, and the lesser tunes still sound like the best songs Pete Yorn never wrote"--Alternative Press.

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That Much Further West

Average customer rating: man i wish texas was that cool... Must be the dirty water

That Much Further West Lucero Manufacturer: Rogue Australia ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music Indie Rock | Indie & Lo-Fi | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music Alt-Country & Americana | Country | Styles | Music General | Country | Styles | Music General | Bluegrass | Country | Styles | Music General | Rock | Styles | Music Pop Rock | Pop | Styles | Music Rock | Imports | Stores | Music Similar Items: Tennessee Lucero Bright Stars on Lonesome Nights ASIN: B0007KTIOM Release Date: 2005-01-17

Tracks:

1. That Much Further West
2. Mine Tonight
3. Sad & Lonely
4. Across the River
5. Only One
6. Hate & Jealousy
7. Joining the Army
8. Tonight Ain't Gonna Be Good
9. Tears Don't Matter Much
10. Coming Home
11. When You Decided to Leave
12. That Much Further West
13. Bridge
14. Last November

Album Description

Canadian exclusive pressing which includes bonus tracks, unavailable anywhere else in the world. Lucero is a rocking four piece from Texas. Having blown away audiences with smoking performace at last years' SXSW Frestival, they're hotly tipped to shake things up in 2005. Rogue. 2005.

Album Details

Lucero is a Rocking 4-piece from Texas, USA. They Play Rock 'n' Roll in True Southern Style, a Mixture of Rock with a Heavy Inflection of Country. But Don't Be Put off by the "c" Word Here - It's Country Like Wilco, Like Uncle Tupelo, and Like Ryan Adams. Australian Version Includes Two Exclusive Unreleased Bonus Tracks, Unavailable Anywhere Else in the World.

Customer Reviews:

man i wish texas was that cool..........2006-07-13

this album is amazing, lucero is amazing, everything lucero has put out is amazing...but unfortunetly they are not from Texas as the other guy said.

Must be the dirty water.......2005-10-17

First of all, Lucero is from Memphis, not Texas as the above review stated. Lucero is an amazing band with a sound comparable to mid-era Replacements mixed with Faithless Street/ Strangers Almanac era Whiskeytown. But there is a certain Blues quality to this Memphis 4-piece that those other bands couldn't quite nail when they tried. Ben Nichols vocals just have a natural heart felt blues edge to it that even tops Westerberg and Adams on poignancy at times if you can believe it. They are a rare blast of heart felt honesty floating around your local bar doing shots on a wednesday night going unnoticed. They are always on tour- I've seen them all over the country the past couple of years. They are amazing live. Highly recommended.

Average customer rating: i like this one a lot freakin bonres all over the damn place just when you think there's nothing new out there... Older music, Newer fan Great CD, lousy production values

That Much Further West Lucero Manufacturer: Tiger Style ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music Alt-Country & Americana | Country | Styles | Music General | Rock | Styles | Music Country Rock | Rock | Styles | Music Mariachi | Latin Music | Styles | Music Similar Items: Lucero Tennessee The Hell You Say 12 Songs ASIN: B0000C237M Release Date: 2003-09-23

Tracks:

1. That Much Further West
2. Mine Tonight
3. Sad And Lonely
4. Across The River
5. The Only One
6. Hate And Jealousy
7. Joining The Army
8. Tonight Ain't Gonna Be Good
9. Tears Don't Matter Much
10. Coming Home
11. When You Decided To Leave
12. That Much Further West (Demo)

Customer Reviews:

i like this one a lot.......2006-03-02

my older brother listens to this because he got dumped by his girlfriend. it sounds ok, i think. he got over her he says because of this band and then he got a tattoo on his arm that says lucero so i think this is a good band. i just hope that they don't break up because then my brothers tattoo will be stupid. so are girls he says.

freakin bonres all over the damn place.......2005-07-05

This cd is amazing and it comes with a boner disk and its just a different version of the other cd. Lucero should be huge. They remind me of Nirvana but waaaay better. BONERS.

just when you think there's nothing new out there..........2005-05-15

...comes this record. a slight departure from their previous releases, this one still has the trademark lucero stamp through and through. although this album draws a line between lucero's past and future, stylistically, i doubt many of their old fans will be disappointed. the 3 records prior to this one were more "country" (for lack of a better term), and this one, as Rolling Stone pointed out, is more "Replacements". which is to say that the guitars are a little fuzzier, and just a little more "rock". yet this record doesn't sound quite like anything else out there. references to Uncle Tupelo have been made, but i feel those references apply more to the previous lucero recordings than this one.
lucero clearly has held onto their roots here, with the country twang seeping through, and the lyrics certainly fit the bill, being concerned mainly with heartbreak, drinking and fighting. the leanings toward rock have created a new chapter for this band. i think soon people will talk about "old lucero" and "new lucero", as the forthcoming record, "nobody's darlings" is an even further step away from the "country" tag. it could be said that this is the record that would the best "icebreaker" to introduce them to someone unfamiliar, leading that person to have to seek out the earlier work.
but you can't fault the band for experimentation, especially when it works so well for them. the increase in energy (such as in "hate and jealousy", tonight ain't gonna be good" and "tears don't matter much" seems to come so naturally to them, and resonates with the listener so well, that at the end of the record, any arguments of "selling out" that might've been there have simply been blown away. this record, like all of lucero's recordings, has an honesty that you just can't help but feel, and therefore can't argue with.

Older music, Newer fan.......2004-09-09

It just goes to show that there is always room to expand your mind and tastes. I recently had a dear friend turn me on to Lucero, and I cannot believe that I hadn't heard of them earlier. Their entire sound, the lyrics, the composition...it reaches me. I've attached events in my life to a lot of their songs already...lol. Basically, "Tennessee" and "That much Further West" have become the soundtrack for my life for the summer of 2004. Going to see them on September 21 at Oberlin college, and looking forward to the show. Looking forward to more music from them in the future.

Great CD, lousy production values.......2004-03-11

Great CD in the Ryan Adams, Replacements, Westerberg, Son Volt, Whiskeytown all American rock tradition. Only complaint is the production is muddled, but the material does make up for it

Average customer rating: A MUST BUY FOR ANY ROCK FAN The capabilities of small town wonder What a Great Album

That Much Further West Lucero Manufacturer: Tiger Style ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music Alt-Country & Americana | Country | Styles | Music General | Country | Styles | Music General | Rock | Styles | Music Country Rock | Rock | Styles | Music Similar Items: Tennessee Lucero Death Songs for the Living A Blessing And A Curse Boys and Girls in America ASIN: B0001F7URU Release Date: 2004-03-23

Tracks:

1. That Much Further West
2. Mine Tonight
3. Sad and Lonely
4. Across the River
5. Only One
6. Hate and Jealousy
7. Joining the Army
8. Tonight Aint Gonna Be Good
9. Tears Don't Matter Much
10. Coming Home
11. When You Decided to Leave
12. That Much Further West [Demo Version]

Album Description

"Ben Nichols delivers raw heartache as his once rootsy band amps up the guitars. It's the country album The Replacements never made"--Rolling Stone. "...the most entrancing tracks...have the intensity of great rock with a slight twang, and the lesser tunes still sound like the best songs Pete Yorn never wrote"--Alternative Press.

Customer Reviews:

A MUST BUY FOR ANY ROCK FAN.......2006-09-26

Awesome, awesome, awesome. When I play this cd I usually spin it twice. The first line of the second song is worth the price alone, at least to me. This band is my second favorite alt/country band. Gin Blossoms being the first. Tears Don't Matter Much, Mine Tonight, Ain't Gonna Be Good, and That Much Further West are the standout tracks, but the whole album flows well.

The capabilities of small town wonder.......2006-02-02

When I initially heard this album, ironically I was getting a tattoo. I was blown away by the melody and straightforward approach. It is often attempted, but rarely executed properly. Lucero is capable of bringing to you, the southern midwest, as if it were penned on a typewriter and carried to you on a steam locomotive: With all of the grace and brevity of a fading violet, behind the opus of inspiration. I lived near Tennessee for almost five years (during my mid-teens), ten years ago, and this brings to light all of the ways I wanted to interpet it, but was unable to do so, without succinct focus. This thing is good all of the way through. However, I have read reviews attempting to describe these guys. One even said that Nichols conjures Shawn McGowan, of Pogues fame. However, I think Nichols' delivery is closer to that of Mr. Bachman, of Archers of Loaf fame (complete with ambiguous keys/chords and vocal snarl/shrapnel). And, at times, some of the guitar parts are very close to Jets to Brazil's later stuff. But, anyway you put it, even though they seem to sound like so many other bands, one cannot seemingly say that they really have heard anything like it before. In example, in "That Much Further West", Nichols states that, "These guys could do this without my help/the songs they write themselves " (or somehting of the like). This is the modest dignity we have come to expect, or anticipate from a guy who wants to be a star, but can't even get the courage to chase the girl that got away. Or, in "The Only One", he sets the tempo for the rest of the album: Grace through fire, where all of the the tears turn to long nights with a beer in hand, but exacts a price in return. In conclusion, this is a very good album, with staying power to boot. A great black and white, still-frame photo of goods, even though the hard ones are past, or right around the corner. Nichols could mumble, and you would get the same feeling. The best band I have never heard of, and the best music I have heard in a long time.

What a Great Album.......2004-08-28

I see that the magazine reviews compared this to the Replacements and Pete Yorn. That's some pretty good songwriting company.

To me, though, the better comparison is to Son Volt's first. Alt-country with no weak songs on the album.

One of the better albums I've bought in a long time.

Average customer rating:

That Much Further West Lucero Manufacturer: Rogue Australia ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Country | Styles | Music Country | Imports | Stores | Music ASIN: B000KX0HM8 Release Date: 2006-10-23

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