Schubert Dip: Emf: Amazon.ca: Music

1. Children

2. Long Summer Days

3. When You're Mine

4. Travelling Not Running

5. I Believe

6. Unbelievable

7. Girl Of An Age

8. Admit It

9. Lies

10. Longtime

11. EMF (Live At The Bilson)

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2.0 out of 5 stars Dated Alt Pop, July 27 2002

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The Orange Duke "orangeduke" (Cupertino, Ca United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Schubert Dip (Audio CD)

EMF are the schlock pop hooligans responsible for the catchy 'Unbelievable'. I suppose that if you must have that little curio there is nothing for it, but believe me, that is all EMF ever did. I still remember the big controversy over what their name meant, of course, nowadays no one even remembers their name.

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5.0 out of 5 stars Every track is energy!, Feb 21 2002

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Kelli Mitchell "sincebirth" (Decatur, GA USA) - See all my reviews
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I have always played this as the last soundtrack into Reno from SF, and after a long beautiful ride it provides exactly the right energy build up right into the casinos! What the lights do for Reno, this does for your heart and soul. All tracks are worthy of this distinction, every one! Aw, man, now i gotta go play it again! But now that i'm in Atlanta, i don't think i'll be making many road trips to Reno any more! Maybe i could take a road trip to Biloxi Mississippi?!There are casinos there too!

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4.0 out of 5 stars Ahead of its time., Sep 19 2001

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T. Laxson (Arizona) - See all my reviews
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The only thing that keeps this underground breakthrough album from getting five stars is that waste of three and a half minutes that they call "Admit It."
So the whole thing isn't "Unbelievable".......THANK GOD! Although far from the depth of Stigma, this album boasts its fair share of political, social, and theological statements, even though it does throw in a few dancy pop numbers. This album, along with Jesus Jones' early recordings, was the precursor to the massive grunge movement around 1992 and '93. It opened the door from the big hair and teen idols and focused on music and lyrics rather than putting on a show and creating a persona. Granted, they didn't dive into that frame of mind as deeply as Pearl Jam or Nirvana, but they certainly set the world up for what it was about to encounter.
Years later, EMF's influence can been seen reemerging in bands like Coldplay, Travis, and Radiohead's newer material. This album certainly deserves at least a nod as an influence in shaping music history.
As for the music itself: very simple and common chord progressions but played in a new (for the time) and innovative manner. The songs flow very well from one to another, especially the first three which are hard to seperate. There are some chilling and some comical samples placed at just the right moments. There's a proper mixture of "lovesongs," "break-up songs," and more serious and consequential political tracks.
Schubert Dip is not an epic, life-changing, ground-breaking album, nor is it a happy-go-lucky, feel-good pop bonanza, It's just five talented and frustrated musicians trying to put something different out there--something with a little meat and little significance. They succeeded. It's one of those albums that you can play over and over again for hours........and after a while you kinda get used to "Admit It."
If for nothing else, get this album for "Girl of an Age," "Travelling Not Running," and "Longtime."
Definitely check out their second full-lenght ablum Stigma.

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1.0 out of 5 stars you'll dance to anything
This is the soudtrack to a 1991 short film of a 19 year old drunk sorority pledge puking in the restroom of a 7-eleven on her walk back to the dorm.

Published on Mar 18 2004 by juoghou

2.0 out of 5 stars Eh, mostly forgettable
I've never had any crushing biases against flash-in-the-pan dance sensations, but unfortunately, there's usually a good reason they don't last. Such is the case with EMF. Read more

Published on Feb 15 2004 by Darrell Wong