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Track Listings
| 1. Beautiful Head |
| 2. Cold Girl Fever |
| 3. The Perfect Song |
| 4. American Mary |
| 5. Son |
| 6. Pay For Me |
| 7. Bitters & Absolut |
| 8. John’s Star |
| 9. Watching You Well |
| 10. Theory of the Crows |
| 11. 29 Years |
| 12. Anna Freud |
Product Description
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The National make sturdy American music, the sort of stuff that's built out of solid songs, radio-ready hooks, and tasteful, efficient arrangements. The CD's earnest, straight-ahead material is often country-flavored, but it can also evoke '80's rock anthems. Matt Berninger sings of the heart's travails in a sensitive, manly way that recalls fellow romantics like Nick Cave and Leonard Cohen. He's equally adept at packing a slew of words into a single vocal phrase or milking a single word for dramatic effect. The guitar-bass-drums lineup is nicely abetted by the occasional piano line or synth flourish. There isn't room for surprise or eccentricity on this album; everything here is completely worked out and professionally crafted. But that's one reason this disc will appeal to people with a taste for well-made rock. --Fred Cisterna
Art Voice (Buffalo, NY), June 2001
"…most definitely…my favorite rock record of the year…penned in smoke an unusually sucessful case of soul-searching."
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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars
I love this CD.,
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This review is from: The National (Audio CD)
For various work-related reasons, people are always giving me their CDs to listen to. A coworker bugged me for months to listen to this CD, but it wasn't until I put it in my car's rotation that I had time to listen to it. That was last week, and I've been listening to it almost constantly ever since. I love the resonance of his voice, the lyrics are fresh and intelligent, the songs are all listenable and just fantastic. I can't say enough good about it.
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
4.0 out of 5 stars
It's a keeper,
By A Customer
This review is from: The National (Audio CD)
On the strength of one song, "Son", I bought this CD. Since then, I've replayed that one along with "John's Stars" and "Pay for Me" a hundred times. Overall, the songs are polished but still show enough scratches and dents to have an interesting finish, moody but not morose. I did sometimes wish Matt Berninger would have ripped a Tom Waits howls now and then...some of the songs just begged for it. In the end, though, I'd recommend this CD to my favorite friends.
3.0 out of 5 stars
case broken,
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This review is from: The National (Audio CD)
The Cd's arrived in great time- but all 3 of the cases were cracked/broken-- perhaps more than just a bubble wrap envelope?
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