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Track Listings
| 1. Pantala Naga Pampa |
| 2. Rapunzel |
| 3. The Last Stop |
| 4. Don't Drink The Water |
| 5. Stay (Wasting Time) |
| 6. Halloween |
| 7. The Stone |
| 8. Crush |
| 9. The Dreaming Tree |
| 10. Pig |
| 11. Spoon |
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The Dave Matthews Band moves its music forward by increments on Before These Crowded Streets. While the album offers more of the folkish melodies and vaguely internationalist rhythms that made this Charlottesville, Virginia, group a major record and concert draw, it also finds them adding new colourings to the mix. Alanis Morissette guests on two cuts, "Spoon" and the disc's first single, "Don't Drink the Water", and banjo whiz Bela Fleck sits in, too. More interesting, though, is the modernist string arrangement played by the Kronos Quartet on the driving "Halloween". Matthews's obvious hopes to lead something other than a jam band are at least partly fulfilled here; at the same time, Streets should keep his customers satisfied. --Rickey Wright
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A conceptual and musical tour de force ... shines above much of today's disposable pop fare.
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5.0 out of 5 stars
Music to Live your Life By!,
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This review is from: Before These Crowded Streets (Audio CD)
Ok, I'll admit it. "Crushed" was playing in the background when I fell in love for the first time in my life. But I feel hardly biased when I contend that this CD by the Dave Matthews Band is one of the richest, most powerful compisitions I have ever had the pleasure of owning. Pick any track you like, because none really stand out, nor overshadow the others. It really just feels like a balanced stroke of genius, and a consistant recording. From the joyous dynamics of "stay" to the angry sound of "halloween", to the eeiry power of "crushed", this album has it all. The recording quality is top notch, and listners will be rewarded for their close attention. I swear the more expensive the system, the better it gets! Inspiring music AND definitive mastering??? Spoiled I am! It is hard not to love this group, but if your experiance with them is from radio stars like "ants marching" and "crash" - you truly haven't gotten the essence of the group yet. Spin this disc, if you don't like it, send it to me. Mine will be worn out soon.
3.0 out of 5 stars
Thanks for the effort...,
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This review is from: Before These Crowded Streets (Audio CD)
As I'll anger the world's most fervent fan base by my opinion here, I'll try and give Dave Matthews Band a little credit - any artist nowadays needs to be praised for having ambition, and Before These Crowded Streets is full of it - big, long, crushing, over-the top ambition. Matthews wants to make an enormous record in just 11 songs, attempting a love-spirituality-personal growth melee meant to establish Matthews's credibility as an artist with ideas as grand as the legends of his live sets. The result is for one moment boldly, excitingly grand ("The Stone"), but mostly it's overwraught ("Pig"), pretentious ("The Dreaming Tree"), and even a bit exhausting ("Halloween"). The more casual digressions, the ones Matthews may have thought as throwaway compared with the more elaborate compositions around them - "Stay" and "Spoon" succeed because they don't wreak of effort. The rest of the album is not as lucky.
5.0 out of 5 stars
I don't understand how anyone could rate below 4 stars.,
By Ryan Clements (Michigan) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Before These Crowded Streets (Audio CD)
You could basically call this review a review of DMB itself.BTCS is the most musically intricute, and deepest DMB album, and in my opinion it is the best DMB album. Although, I wouldn't recommend it as someones first DMB album... I'd go with Crash. All I have to say is, anyone who says DMB is a 'horrible band' clearly hasn't listened to them for more than 10 seconds, if not at all. I went from hardcore punk straight to DMB, that is a miracle inside itself. All I have to say is: Give them a chance and don't be rating an album if you haven't listened to anything more than the intro. best DMB albums: 1. Before These Crowded Streets but dont get me wrong, they're all excellent albums, all worthy of 5 stars... well maybe not Everyday... give it a 4. anyways... BTCS... perfect album. buy it.
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