- Audio CD (July 10 2001)
- Number of Discs: 1
- Format: Import
- Label: Warner Bros
- ASIN: B00005LK6L
- Other Editions: Audio CD | LP Record
- Average Customer Review: 3.9 out of 5 stars See all reviews (47 customer reviews)
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Track Listings
| 1. Strange |
| 2. The Host |
| 3. In Your Mind |
| 4. Alarmed |
| 5. Trimmed and Burning |
| 6. Happiness |
| 7. Don't Try |
| 8. You Are |
| 9. Fly Around My Pretty Little Miss |
| 10. The Weather |
Product Description
From Amazon.com
With a band like Built to Spill, the key to success is to chart a course through the future that mirrors the past. Built to Spill may be on a major label, but its linchpin, front man Doug Martsch, still writes all song parts himself and has a large hand in every album's production from start to finish. Martsch assembles the players--drummer Scott Plouf and bassist Brett Nelson--to take their parts in the studio and on tour, but he still holds all the musical cards. As a result, the Boise, Idaho-based trio sounds pretty much the same on Ancient Melodies of the Future as it did on 1997's Perfect from Now On and 1999's Keep It Like a Secret. That said, though, why change a winning formula? Martsch's mix of wry humor, Neil Young-influenced rock, and soaring indie-pop ballads has garnered him a Guided by Voices-like cult following that this album is in no danger of turning away. "In Your Mind" is the standout track, with Martsch's fitting assertion that "No one can tell me to listen / No one can tell me what's right / because nobody has my permission / and no one can see in your mind." The other tracks are tried and true BTS fare, bending guitar effects around straight-ahead rock ("Trimmed and Burning") or layering warm melodies atop Martsch's elliptical lyrics. Indie-rock fans looking for something wildly divergent or refreshingly different won't find either on Ancient Melodies, but those looking for a linear extension of BTS's past works should find a happy resistance to change in this latest release. --Jennifer Maerz
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5.0 out of 5 stars
BTS Virgin -- Only Way to Go is Up,
By Techthusiast "n00b" (Earth) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Ancient Melodies of the Future (Audio CD)
This is my first Built to Spill experience and I found this album to be fantastic. I've only read a few reviews just now but it seemed like there was a bit of disappointment? Maybe that's all I happened to read...I'm just excited because if that's the case, then to think that BTS' other albums contain work superior to this is absolutely mindblowing. I treasure this album and cannot wait to be "educated" by their other cds. Thank you!
5.0 out of 5 stars
It's a departure - but it's still quality,
By Scott Fendley (Zionsville, IN USA) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Ancient Melodies of the Future (Audio CD)
Doug Martsch and Built to Spill turn down the guitar heroics a notch. However, the songwriting and sonic pallete and even better than before. "In Your Mind" is my personal favorite, with the different sounds going on in the mix.
2.0 out of 5 stars
could be better,
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This review is from: Ancient Melodies of the Future (Audio CD)
i see that many reviewers like this band and this album. i am not one of them. i thought the songs all sounded the same. the songs were weak and unoriginal. there is music that you listen to and instantly i am up alive and kicking. the music just hits you and wakes you up from inside out. this is NOT BTS. there are bands that you listen to and maybe you dont like them, first time around but you dont not like them either. they grow on you listen after listen. this COULD BE BTS but it is not.the songs are weak, badly written and mundane. there is nothing original or unique here. im sorry kids, but BTS are not the greatest band in amercia right now. (there is no greatest band. any band i give, someone will argue that ___ is better) my take is to seek greener pastures elsewhere.
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