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Age of the Understatement
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The Last Shadow Puppets
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Product Details
- Artist: The Last Shadow Puppets
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- Binding: Audio CD
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- EAN: 0801390018121
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- Label: Domino
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- Manufacturer: Domino
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- Number of Discs: 1
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- Product Group: Music
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- Publisher: Domino
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- Release Date: 2008-05-06
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- Studio: Domino
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- Title: Age of the Understatement
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- UPC: 801390018121
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Product Description: Famous for demonstrating how less is more when it comes to publicity, it comes as no surprise that The Age of the Understatement, the first side project from Alex Turner of the Arctic Monkeys, should appear to no great fanfare. The Last Shadow Puppets are Turner and Miles Kane, formerly of Monkeys tourmates The Little Flames and now in the Rascals, aided by producer (and here, drummer) James Ford, also of Simian Mobile Disco. Inspired by the widescreen orchestral Sixties pop of Scott Walker and legendary arranger David Axelrod, they enlisted the London Metropolitan Orchestra under the aegis of Canadian Owen Pallett (aka Final Fantasy and an erstwhile member of the Arcade Fire's string section). The result is entirely successful, owing as much to the romanticism of Richard Hawley and the eclectic approach of the Coral as any sixties precursors. The thundering title track is pure Scott though, "I Don't Like You Anymore" is twisted pop in the best Cosmic Scouse tradition and the beautiful "Meeting Place", brilliantly enhanced by Pallett's orchestration, already sounds like an old classic. "Standing Next to Me" is genuinely exciting, "Calm Like You" is a new take on Turner's familiar style while "The Chamber" even sees him crooning. The Age of the Understatement is a fine, convincing album that proves Turner's talent is truly adaptable and marks Kane out as a talented songwriter too. --Steve Jelbert
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Customer Reviews
Orchestral spaghetti western pop epics!
Yeah its purely late 60s orchestral pop yeah its Morricone meets Scott Walkers 4 album- Yeah its Loves "alone again or" meets "Andy warhol" by David Bowie. Yeah its easy to hear who these two are paying homage to but simply put its brilliant. There are songs here that have such great hooks great orchestration and blissful energy especially the one two punch of "The age of the understatement" and "Standing next to me". In the new millenium this is just to obscure or retro to really capture a generation of kids raised on emo and bad radio rock. If you know your music history and dig the idea of Morricone jamming with british pop hooks with a 60s bent then this is something you must get immediately, I happen to love this - the drumming is fantastic the almost spanish styled acoustic guitars colliding with twangy western style guitar lines just hits all the right spots. The vocals from Artic monkeys frontman(?) Alex Turner and the lyrics all conjure some sort of urban Western. Despite being retro this is beefed up and alittle tougher than the 60s variety that ive mentioned and its all an improvement in my eyes. This is one of those records thats great while driving on a hot summer day with a long road ahead of you. One of the best records of the last ten years.
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Age of the Understatement
The last shadow puppets have a great debut with this album and his sound kind brit-retro, is refreshing and have a great rythim
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SHOCKING!
Being an Arctic Monkey's fan I was curious about this release. I checked out a vid on youtube and was blown away. Tony Hatch meets Ennio Morricone with a venomous wit in the voice. Way more "over the top" then any of the "Lounge/Soul/Retro" acts today it succeeds in it's bombast and satisfies with each listen. It may borrow from the past but this is NEW music that is as exciting as it's predecessors, if not more. Owen Pallet (arranger) and James Ford (producer) are unsung heros that need to be watched. This thing is massive, I hope they take it on the road.
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underrated
im think this is a great cd. im not that crazy over the artic monkey, i see this cd get 3 stars on most reviews, om mind its 4-5, and i know what im talking about!!!i've been listen to music foe 48years im 58 , go uk.
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great CD, great price
This is a great CD!! Slightly less "heavy" or "rock" than arctic monkeys and more "acoustic" to be sure. Last 3 tracks are the best, but they are all good. Check out some singles on youtube.com if you are unsure about buying.
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