Stereo Fuse

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Few bands would opt to bookend their debut album with slightly different versions of the same cover song. Given the chance to show the world what you've got, why trust someone else's vision? So it can be surmised that the Dallas-based quartet Stereo Fuse feel confident that the rest of their self-titled disc will leave its own thumbprint. For the most part, they're right--Stereo Fuse, the album, is crunchy, no-frills (if not wildly original) rock given great ballast by Colin Hill, a vocalist so intense his spit practically flies from the speakers. The vaguely metallic "Live Like a God" and "Breathe" are strong examples of Stereo Fuse's fierce guitar-bass-drums growl hugging Hill's screech. But as is often the case, greater joys are found in subtler moments. The aforementioned cover of Material Issue's doe-eyed love song "Everything" puts the band on a slow boil while "Allison"--a relatively sunny pop statement--delivers a sucker punch with its dark lyrics condemning a dead junkie. On "Hey You" the band draws power from a "la la la" chorus while the pleading and insistent "Super Hero" is a hit in waiting. A bit of editing would have spared us the unbearably cliché "Heaven Beside You," but that's a small complaint in the scheme of things. --Kim Hughes

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Stereo Fuse

Average customer rating:

great album, much overlooked, great lyrics and melodies.

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Stereo Fuse
Manufacturer: Umvd Labels
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

General | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music

Post Grunge | American Alternative | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music

General | Rock | Styles | Music

Pop Rock | Pop | Styles | Music
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ASIN: B000FDEUNU
Release Date: 2006-06-06

Tracks:

Intro
Run And Hide
Beautiful
The Best Ride
That's Not Right
Like I Do
Pieces
Morning
Everything
Hey Girl
I'm In Love
Leave Me Alone

Customer Reviews:

great album, much overlooked, great lyrics and melodies........2007-02-25

Remenicent of the college rock days with groups like better than ezra, the gin blossoms, and the nixons, Stereo fuse has a great sound that takes me back to those days, but with a updated kick. This album does include a version of Everything, their hit from their first self titled album in 2002, and also contains many other great tracks. A great sound, easy to preview the songs here on amazon, which hooked me to buy it. So check it out, great lyrics, great melodies.

Average customer rating:

Overlooked group, solid music top to bottom. Check it out.
Great Album as a whole!!
Are you buying it just for Super Hero?
Not that bad
Can you say "One Hit Wonder?"

Stereo Fuse
Stereo Fuse
Manufacturer: Wind-Up
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

General | Rock | Styles | Music

Pop Rock | Pop | Styles | Music

Post Grunge | American Alternative | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music
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ASIN: B00006JYB5
Release Date: 2002-11-05

Tracks:

Everything
Seed
Super Hero
Breathe
Live Like A God
Heaven Inside You
Ball And Chain
Hey You
Trip To Mars
Flesh And Blood
Allison
Everything (Acoustic)

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Few bands would opt to bookend their debut album with slightly different versions of the same cover song. Given the chance to show the world what you've got, why trust someone else's vision? So it can be surmised that the Dallas-based quartet Stereo Fuse feel confident that the rest of their self-titled disc will leave its own thumbprint. For the most part, they're right--Stereo Fuse, the album, is crunchy, no-frills (if not wildly original) rock given great ballast by Colin Hill, a vocalist so intense his spit practically flies from the speakers. The vaguely metallic "Live Like a God" and "Breathe" are strong examples of Stereo Fuse's fierce guitar-bass-drums growl hugging Hill's screech. But as is often the case, greater joys are found in subtler moments. The aforementioned cover of Material Issue's doe-eyed love song "Everything" puts the band on a slow boil while "Allison"--a relatively sunny pop statement--delivers a sucker punch with its dark lyrics condemning a dead junkie. On "Hey You" the band draws power from a "la la la" chorus while the pleading and insistent "Super Hero" is a hit in waiting. A bit of editing would have spared us the unbearably cliché "Heaven Beside You," but that's a small complaint in the scheme of things. --Kim Hughes

Customer Reviews:

Overlooked group, solid music top to bottom. Check it out........2007-02-25

I ran across this group listening to one of those online radio stations, hearing there song "everything" from this self titled release. It caught my attention because it sound very much like the Nixons, a group I liked very much. This album is solid from top to bottom, great rock/pop beat similar to the "college rock" sound of the late 90's, included groups such as Better than Ezra, The nixons, dave matthews, and Milwakee's finest The Gufs. [...].

Great Album as a whole!!.......2004-04-22

I have listened to this album several times all the way through and I saw them kick off a Creed concert with another awesome band Local H. Some of the reviews above refer to this as Alt. Tunes well let me be the first to tell you that is why you didn't like it HINT go back to Crying your River or Whatever this is Rock and a very good album I must say. I listen to all sorts of music although the biggest song is Everything a cover song. If you like Rock, You'll like this Album its as simple as that. I would recomend this to any Rock fan.

Are you buying it just for Super Hero?.......2003-09-09

As a whole, the album is rather disappointing. OK, but there's nothing really great here. Some of the tracks are better than others, but a few are downright bland and even annoyingly repetative. Even on the first time through I hit the skip track button on a few that got on my nerves.

If you're buying it just for Super Hero (or some other single track you want), don't count on wanting the rest of the album. Check out one of the used copies. Probably a better value for your money that way if you have to have it.

Not that bad.......2003-08-21

Proably my favorite song on this cd has to be "superhero". Its very up beat and the lyrics aren't too bad. Most people seem to like "Everything" but in my opinion superhero is better. Where as its true that they do have cover songs on this cd, I look past that and listen to see if they add to the original song in there own way.

Can you say "One Hit Wonder?".......2003-07-26

The ONLY reason i gave this CD ONE star is because NO STARS wasn't an option. Besides their "blah" cover of "Everything" by Material Issue, the rest of it PALES in comparison.

The fact that the band HIDES the fact that EVERYTHING is a cover (i've seen several writeups that mention the song being written by the singer before the band got together) only adds to the dead weight of this attempt.

These guys better find another talented band's song to cover, and they better do it QUICK!

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Stereo Fuse
Manufacturer: Madacy
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

Post Grunge | American Alternative | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music
ASIN: B000EIDT06
Release Date: 2005-10-11