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Music : Those Who Tell the Truth Shall Die, Those Who Tell the Truth Shall Live Forever
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Those Who Tell the Truth Shall Die, Those Who Tell the Truth Shall Live Forever by: Explosions in the Sky List Price: $14.98 CD-Charts Price: $13.99 You Save: $0.99 ( 7%)Prices subject to change. |
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Binding: Audio CD EAN: 0656605303420 Label: Temporary Residence Manufacturer: Temporary Residence Number Of Discs: 1 Publisher: Temporary Residence Release Date: September 04, 2001 Studio: Temporary Residence Sales Rank: 4545 MPN: 34 Disc 1:
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Editorial Review: Album Description: Opening October 15th nationwide, Friday Night Lights (a Universal picture starring Billy Bob Thornton and Tim McGraw, based on the best-selling book of the same name) features an original score by Temporary Residence top-seller Explosions In The Sky! The film chronicles the entire 1988 season of a high school football team from Odessa, TX (adjacent to Explosions In The Sky’s hometown of Midland, TX). It focuses on the ongoing financial and emotional struggles of a small town that places all of its hopes on the team's chances at winning the state championship. The Universal soundtrack – scheduled for release October 5 – includes Explosions In The Sky’s score, as well as a new Faith Hill/Tim McGraw duet and a new track by No Doubt's Gwen Stefani. Universal estimates the soundtrack will top one million copies sold by Christmas 2004. It is expected to debut in Billboard’s Top 10. "Have You Passed Through This Night," from Those Who Tell the Truth Shall Die... is featured in the film's trailer, which began airing in theaters nationwide June 11. The trailer began airing on national television during the Olympic Games. Amazon.com: If you do a Web search on the phrase "explosions in the sky," what you're likely to come up with are Afghanistan, Iran, Iraq, Vietnam, fireballs, space debris. And a band from Austin, Texas. The sophomore effort from this band of emo-style prog-rockers, Those Who Tell the Truth Shall Die, Those Who Tell the Truth Shall Live Forever was released in September 2001--and the cover art features the prescient words, "This plane will crash tomorrow." Intense, instrumental music infused with fatalistic affect, this is a requiem for a planet. Expressionist, it recalls a simmering Texas landscape placid for days, suddenly punctuated by a punishing electrical storm. Playing like a symphony in six movements, the album is composed entirely of bass, guitar, and drums. A moody but gorgeous album infused with youthful sincerity, it is cinematic in scope with soothing soundscapes of atmospheric, ambient, and shimmering chimes interspersed with crashing interludes of heavy metal-style guitar explosions and drums with intricate time signatures. File under post-rock . . . or modern composition. --Jillian Steinberger Customer Reviews
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 Rating:  - I really wanted to like itI read a review in the Riverfront Times, St. Louis. I had high hopes. Sorry, couldn't get through the disc: too boring. The first track sounded a bit like "Failure." Overall sounded like a band of 13 year-olds discovering how to make noise. Rating:  - Underwhelming Post RockAfter reading all of the reviews that praised this album as being an amazing, must-have, definitive post-rock album, I decided to take a chance. It is actually very predictable and straightforward. The drumming is static (always the march-time beat!), the slow sections are played without feeling, and the "explosions" are short bursts of sped-up riffs that never get a chance to change or evolve. I am a huge fan of Godspeed You Black Emperor! and this doesn't even come close to matching the brilliant arrangements and complex time changes on Lift Your Skinny Fists...etc. The production is also a little too "garage rock" for this kind of music (not that I don't love garage rock, but it is an inappropriate recording style for something that is supposed ... Read More: Rating:  - God be with us'Explosions'' best album. A tale of morality, brought out by the theme of death (as is evident from the album's title), resulting in an absolutely pristine, contemplative, dichotomous masterpiece of emotion. The band's philosophy is in full force here -- before, nor after, have they got their message across with such poignance or thought. On a strictly emotional level, the album is unfaulted, but to truly grasp the truth behind it one must use their creative powers of abstract thought, for while the music is, on an aesthetic plane, gorgeous, ultimately it is the symbolic power that makes it so powerful. Desperately romantic is a fine way to put it. Poetic. Transcending pretense. For sure, this sort of romantic vision 'Explosions' possess ... Read More: Rating:  - Eh? I Feel I'm Missing Something...I really don't understand the massive acclaim this album receives. I would go as far to say it's...boring!!! GAH strike me down, (and I'm sure this little review will be...) but I find this album way too monotonous to be interesting. This review may come across as scathing, but don't get me wrong, I think this is decent (hence 3 stars), but I will explain why I don't understand the mass of 5 star reviews. I am not an expert on post-rock, but I do very much enjoy a selection of bands from it. The best, and probably most obvious choice, being the mighty Godspeed You! Black Emperor, who always manage to create epic, sprawling pieces with monumental climaxes. Bands like Mogwai, Silver Mt. Zion and Fly Pan Am also very much interest ... Read More: Rating: - A cure for "Modern Rock"I had a good feeling about this disc after hearing a few previews here at amazon. I wasn't disappointed. The songs are dynamic, emotional, well arranged, well mixed, and to put it simply, awesome. One of the best discs I've listened to this year. |
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