eMusic

Start Your Trial

Seventeen

by

The Samples

 
Seventeen
view larger image View Larger

Rate it!

Average: 4.5 (3 ratings)

  • They Say...

    With Seventeen, the Samples' Sean Kelly and Tom Askin strip down some of their band's most beloved songs and present them intimately to a mindful Quinnipiac College audience. More than just a souvenir of that evening, this compelling live disc -- named for both the song and the number of tracks -- gives band staples like "Who Am I?" and "Seany Boy" a welcome, relaxed feel. Recorded at the end of a nationwide acoustic trek, Kelly and Askin (along with Vertical Horizon's Ed Toth on percussion) perform their distinctive Sting-meets-the Grateful Dead material, using piano accents to warm these extracts from the Samples' songbook. Some could balk that Seventeen is a stopgap release between the outfit's last studio album, 2001's Return to Earth, and its imminent follow-up, but by breathing new life into aging numbers like "Feel Us Shaking" and "Close to the Fires" (both from their 1989 self-titled debut), these nuggets sound new again.

  • You Say...

    I would like to say...

    Artist: The Samples

    Album: Seventeen

    Review Title: (maximum 50 characters)

    Your Review: (maximum 1,000 characters)

    Cancel

    Please keep your comments to the recordings themselves, and be courteous and respectful. Thanks! For further info, read our Community Guidelines.

    Write a Review

The indie iTunes — Hardcore music fans are migrating to eMusic, the iTunes Music Store's cheaper, cooler cousin.


Rolling Stone
Start Your Trial

© 1998-2008 eMusic.com Inc. eMusic and the eMusic logo are either registered trademarks or trademarks in the USA or other countries. All rights reserved.

All Music Guide © 1992 - 2008 All Media Guide, LLC
Portions of content provided by All Music Guide, a trademark of All Media Guide, LLC

YouTube, Flickr™ and Wikipedia® are registered trademarks of their respective owners, Google, Inc., Yahoo! Inc. and Wikimedia Foundation, Inc. Neither Google, Inc., Yahoo! Inc. nor Wikimedia Foundation, Inc. are partners or sponsors of eMusic. eMusic uses the Flickr, YouTube and Wikipedia API but is not endorsed or certified by Flickr, YouTube and Wikipedia. eMusic does not pre-screen, monitor, endorse nor assume any liability for websites, contents, products, services or claims made by YouTube, Flickr™ and Wikipedia®.