- Audio CD (Feb 18 2008)
- Number of Discs: 1
- Format: Live
- Label: Jet Set Records
- ASIN: B00004TXXC
- In-Print Editions: Audio CD
- Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: #100,733 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)
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Track Listings
| 1. Intro/My Favourite Muse |
| 2. Packs Of Three |
| 3. New Birds |
| 4. Toy Fights |
| 5. Here We Go |
| 6. Phone Me Tomorrow |
| 7. Girls Of Summer |
| 8. Piglet |
| 9. Blood |
| 10. Afterwards |
Product Description
Album Description
1999 & second album from the British alternative rock group. 10 tracks, including the single 'Here We Go'. All cuts were recorded live in London in 1998. Slipcase with inner sleeve.
Album Details
New 1999 Full Length from the UK Depression Popsters. Recorded Live in London.
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5.0 out of 5 stars
Brilliant post coital misery,
By el dangeroso (Asheville, NC) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Mad For Sadness (Audio CD)
Arab Strap have for years now been purveyors of a moping, desolate rock that differentiates itself from similar bands like Snow Patrol or Belle and Sebastian through it's pure authenticity and blackened heart. While Belle often sound like they spent most of their afternoons in the local library exchanging witty barbs with the chess club and filling in literary ad-libs, Arab Strap's Aidan Moffat sounds like he's misspent his young adulthood in the wrong pubs, bringing home the wrong girls, and often regretting it...before doing it again the next night. A drunken Scottish chain smoker with an amnesiac conscience portraying the anti-romantic balladeer. They are certainly given to exploring consequences, giving them drama and weight and a noisy backbeat. Mad For Sadness is a brilliant exploration of this world of darkened corners,and along with Philophobia is the best place for a novice Strap fan to start. They strum and pound and moan and whisper and rock through ten perfect tracks, creating a satisfying soundtrack for rainy days and snowy nights. Check out the gorgeously volatile "New Birds," Girls Of Summer," and "Afterwards." You won't regret it, although you may start regretting everything else in your life.
5.0 out of 5 stars
Arab Strap at its most intense,
By "mattbot_5000" (Riyadh, Saudi Arabia) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Mad For Sadness (Audio CD)
This is, quite simply, the best live album I own or have ever heard. Arab Strap create a uniquely claustrophobic and intensely alive atmosphere with their sparse arrangments that oftentimes culminate in an orgasm of sound and fury. "Girls of Summer" positively explodes at the 5 minute mark, its dancefloor beat creating an overwhelming wall of sound (sorry about the cliche, but it's fitting in this case). "New Birds" is another highlight, the dark, mumbled, drunken story accompanied to perfection by the crashing cymbals and foreboding bass that builds throughout. Play this record as loud as possible, drink a few beers, and listen to a live show as it was meant to be recorded and experienced.
5.0 out of 5 stars
If only live albums were all this good!!,
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This review is from: Mad For Sadness (Audio CD)
The Arab strap are an excellent band and each of their records is a good one but Mad for Sadness is overall the best one and that's probably because the live-formula is the more suitable for the band. It also represents an excellent entry-point! I think that on this record the Arab manage to convey the feel that on their studio albums has always eluded them.
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