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This is my third favorite album ever. That's not something that I give lightly - for some reason, I like to keep a organized list of all the albums and songs I've listened to, which tends to be a pretty diverse list. Perhaps it's a little egotistic, but it should tell you how important this album is to me. This was also the first album I was introduced to of The Cinematic Orchestra's discography.
Patrick Watson's guest voice on a variety of these tracks is perfect. As a downbeat album, it is naturally slower and less jazzy than one might hope for, but The Cinematic Orchestra executes this perfectly. Ma Fleur is sweet and shy, with some graceful instrumentation on songs like the Prelude, the Music Box, As the Stars Fall, and some wonderfully deep and provoking songs like Time and Space, To Build a Home, and That Home. The instrumentation and vocalization of this album is perfect. The synth work on the album is incredibly subtle, and blends with the instrumentation very well. It's never dull; it develops constantly, building and flourishing as it changes. There isn't a minute on this album that is alike any other.
The scene of this album is wonderful. The album cover conveys well the sort of imagery the songs produce. The CD cover includes some other images that have similar effect, though I think the album cover was chosen well.
That said, I much prefer the UK version of this album to the US version. It includes an extra song, Child's Song, and the transitions between certain some songs are a lot more cohesive. For example, the more motive instrumentation at the beginning of Child's Song better compliments the background vocals at the end of Familiar Ground as opposed to Ma Fleur, which begins with the slow duet of the piano and the upright bass. To Build a Home makes more sense to me to be at the beginning of the album than That Home, and Time and Space is a wonderfully spacious (no pun intended) conclusion to a beautiful album. I would say that the exportation cost of the UK version may be well worth it in the end.
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The Domino Recording Company was founded in Putney, South West London by Laurence Bell in 1993. Twenty-five plus years later, the Domino headquarters are a short walk away from Bell's first 'office' and the company's ambitions, operating procedures and ethos remain the same – to represent and release music by artists who have no choice but to make music and to draw them to the attention of the world.
The label's first release was Sebadoh's "Soul And Fire", a song of lovelorn honesty that cut through the prevailing bluster of grunge and introduced a new style of singer-songwriter recording that became known as Lo-Fi. Though always keen to avoid genres and nametags, the first generation of Domino artists became synonymous with the hallmarks of Lo-Fi: home recording, a free hand, and an outsider mentality, one that was unconvinced by wider ideas about commerce within the music business.
Album needs better care
Album came in a very open box and I immediately noticed the plastic wrapping was coming off of the album. I wasn’t able to notice the damage until I removed the plastic. It looks like the album suffered a couple of awful beatings. The first record I played, played good but after looking at it for a second, I realized the vinyl was warped which I know is something that can happen to any vinyl but it adds salt to the injury. I don’t know what I want to do yet but I was really excited for this album and to see it so damaged, definitely killed my excitement.
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