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Track Listings
| 1. Northhumberland West |
| 2. Translucent Sparrow |
| 3. 1000 Cities Falling (Part 1) |
| 4. Song Of The Chief Musician (Part 2) |
| 5. The Curdled Journey |
| 6. Why Be So Curious (Part 3) |
| 7. The Iceberg |
| 8. A Good Flying Day |
| 9. Only You And Your Eyes |
| 10. As Much As Such |
| 11. A Burning Snowman |
| 12. Coming Back |
| 13. Why Would Anybody Live Here? |
Product Description
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At first glance, it may seem that Toronto's Sadies have merely stood pat with their trademark blend of psychedelic country and twangy surf rock. But theirs has been a sly evolution, and Favourite Colours, their fifth full-length (not including various collaborations), finds them masterfully honing and building on their core sound. There's an emerging depth and pensiveness to their songwriting, a growing sense of spirituality and drama. The imagery is grand and vivid, seemingly drifting from utopian to apocalyptic. The heart of the album is a three-part suite (broken up by a dense, cinematic instrumental) that perfectly exemplifies the Sadies' deft balance of the ominous and the uplifting. The gentle steel and delicate acoustic strumming of "1000 Cities Falling (Part 1)" gives way to the trippy, atmospheric "Song of the Chief Musician (Part 2)" before culminating with the bright, sunny, 12-string-driven "Why Be So Curious? (Part 3)" with its refrain: "why be so curious when nobody knows the truth?" In this balance between tension and consolation one can hear echoes of '60s "cosmic cowboys" the Byrds, Buffalo Springfield, and Flying Burrito Brothers. Exclusive company indeed, but with their sharp, fluid playing and broadening lyrical and musical scope, the Sadies are fast earning these comparisons. --Marc Greilsamer
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4.0 out of 5 stars
Gram Parsons Resurrected,
By Darius Nafine (Calgary, Alberta Canada) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Favourite Colours (Audio CD)
While critics often have the Sadies lumped into a category with the Byrds, the Fying Burrito Borthers and the Dead and other bands of that vintage, which usually means a mundane, run of the mill, Eagles rip-off band, the Sadies are the real deal.Good melodies, great playing and really enjoyable instrumentals make this album a delight. Grab this one and be transported to the Good brothers and the gang by a camp fire on a cold autumn night. Enjoy.
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Sadies Psychedelized,
By L.B. (Kingston, Ontario Canada) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Favourite Colours (Audio CD)
"Favourite Colours" is a successful departure from The Sadies' brand of surfer country music, drawing on the delightful strangeness of the Good brothers, Dallas and Travis, to extend their reach into the realms of Pink Floyd and The Grateful Dead. More introspective and meandering this time, The Sadies take the psychedelic elements that have always been underpinning their hard-to-classify music and explore them at greater length. The result is more evidence that The Sadies are one of the most creative bands around today.
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4.0 out of 5 stars
Sadies Psychedelized,
By L.B. - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: Favourite Colours (Audio CD)
"Favourite Colours" is a successful departure from The Sadies' brand of surfer country music, drawing on the delightful strangeness of the Good brothers, Dallas and Travis, to extend their reach into the realms of Pink Floyd and The Grateful Dead. More introspective and meandering this time, The Sadies take the psychedelic elements that have always been underpinning their hard-to-classify music and explore them at greater length. The result is more evidence that The Sadies are one of the most creative bands around today.
6 of 6 people found the following review helpful
4.0 out of 5 stars
retro sixties style,
By MajicRay "Ray" - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: Favourite Colours (Audio CD)
The Sadies are new to me;I found this cd in the library. I picked it up because of the picture on the cover--these guys look cool. But to get to the review--if you like the Byrds country period-- you will like this. I liked the instrumentals--contrary to some of the other reviewers. They have a country hippy rock mixed with a strange surf rock guitar at times. The vocals are sort of like the Greatfull Dead meet the Byrds. Great dream trance like feeling when listening to this cd. So if you like Hippy country --get this you won't be disapointed.
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5.0 out of 5 stars
Righteous players,
By Outside Looking In - Published on Amazon.com
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This review is from: Favourite Colours (Audio CD)
I saw the Sadies perform a set of their own and then back up Neko Case in Boston a few weeks ago. I really appreciate the way they sound on Cases' live album, "The Tigers Have Spoken," but after buying their own "Favourite Colours" I wish I knew the music on this CD when I saw them.We cannot seem to critique music these days without saying that it is "a cross between X and Y." So, okay, here goes my take: the Sadies' sound on "Favourite Colours" is a cross between the Byrds' "Notorious Bird Brothers" and Buffalo Springfield's "Expecting to Fly" (the great Jack Nitzsche-produced Neil Young song). The studio serves the Sadies well on this release. They are a great live band, as demonstrated by the set I saw and Cases' album, but their intricate playing is really captured on this CD. The bass is nice and full and the drum sound brings to mind the way drums were recorded and mixed in the late `60s and early `70s. This CD is a mixture of vocal numbers (Travis Good's singing brings to mind Commander Cody's John Tichy) and evocative instrumentals. They were selling the vinyl edition of this album at the Neko Case show. I wish I had bought one, after hearing the CD. (Vinyl for home, CD for the car). |
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