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UK Mall 1 - The Hawk Is Howling
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List Price: £11.99
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Manufacturer: Wall of Sound
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Binding: Audio CD
EAN: 5413356574029
Label: Wall of Sound
Manufacturer: Wall of Sound
Number Of Discs: 1
Publisher: Wall of Sound
Release Date: 2008-09-22
Studio: Wall of Sound
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Summary: Good but not great
Comment: Up until this release Mogwai have developed and refined their music and sound from album to album. Peaking with the sublime "Mr Beast". Hence my expectations before this album were sky high. However I must admit feeling a little bit disappointed. There are some very good tracks on this album but I cannot deny that the music at times become a bit boring and lacking in imagination and development. This can be heard particulary towards the end of the album where the aimless guitar noodling dominates the sound. I do not want to be too critical. Still a good album, but not their best.
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Summary: Good Album
Comment: Theres things I like in this album, but I dont think its as good as Mr. Beast. My sister bought me Mr. Beast while honeymooning with her new hubby in Scotland and I fell in love with that album...So of course I became a big fan of this band and was anticipating for this album to come out. Im not dissapointed at all and theres many great songs on it, but theres a few songs I find that drag on too long, especially the songs that really dont go anywhere in 6 minutes...This album is still one of my faves with Rock Action, Happy Songs, and Mr Beast.
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Summary: This reviewer is liking
Comment: I hadn't heard any Mogwai before. Listened to this album on their myspace page and really liked. Sometimes happy but mostly moody soundtracks to films never made but probably should have been. I can imagine Shane Meadows making a film with a Mogwai soundtrack.
A bit of Sonic Youth, a bit of shoegazing, a bit of Pink Floyd, it even reminds me a bit of some Pat Metheny stuff. Whatever it is it's worth listening too. Buy without hesitation if you like proper grown up sounds.
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Summary: Quality Album
Comment: Listened to this on the bands myspace page and then bought the album the very next day its superb.Stand out tracks for me(and they're all good)are Scotlands shame,the precipice and the sun smells too loud.This is the first Mogwai record I've bought it wont be the last.
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Summary: mogwai's best album to date
Comment: as a fan of mogwai for years now i always anticipate their albums release. although the cover scares me alot i still had no hesitation in buying it. this album, simply, is the best mogwai release, it is perfect in every single way. every single track on this album is fantastic, as another reviewer said there is no track that you would want to skip. im jim morrison, im dead goes on par with killing all the flies as my favorite mogwai song of all time, and there are other songs on this album that near the top of that list.
each song is a masterpiece in composition, phrasing and execution and each song delivers beautiful moments. sometimes in the past i have been put off by some of the heavier moments in mogwai songs, but they have honed the balance between the heavy parts and the softer.
this album has rejuvenated my love for mogwai that went a tiny bit stale after mr beast. any new mogwai fans might as well start here and any old mogwai fans unsure should not even hestitate at this purchase.
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Customer Rating:
Summary: Good but not great
Comment: Up until this release Mogwai have developed and refined their music and sound from album to album. Peaking with the sublime "Mr Beast". Hence my expectations before this album were sky high. However I must admit feeling a little bit disappointed. There are some very good tracks on this album but I cannot deny that the music at times become a bit boring and lacking in imagination and development. This can be heard particulary towards the end of the album where the aimless guitar noodling dominates the sound. I do not want to be too critical. Still a good album, but not their best.
Customer Rating:
Summary: Good Album
Comment: Theres things I like in this album, but I dont think its as good as Mr. Beast. My sister bought me Mr. Beast while honeymooning with her new hubby in Scotland and I fell in love with that album...So of course I became a big fan of this band and was anticipating for this album to come out. Im not dissapointed at all and theres many great songs on it, but theres a few songs I find that drag on too long, especially the songs that really dont go anywhere in 6 minutes...This album is still one of my faves with Rock Action, Happy Songs, and Mr Beast.
Customer Rating:
Summary: This reviewer is liking
Comment: I hadn't heard any Mogwai before. Listened to this album on their myspace page and really liked. Sometimes happy but mostly moody soundtracks to films never made but probably should have been. I can imagine Shane Meadows making a film with a Mogwai soundtrack.
A bit of Sonic Youth, a bit of shoegazing, a bit of Pink Floyd, it even reminds me a bit of some Pat Metheny stuff. Whatever it is it's worth listening too. Buy without hesitation if you like proper grown up sounds.
Customer Rating:
Summary: Quality Album
Comment: Listened to this on the bands myspace page and then bought the album the very next day its superb.Stand out tracks for me(and they're all good)are Scotlands shame,the precipice and the sun smells too loud.This is the first Mogwai record I've bought it wont be the last.
Customer Rating:
Summary: mogwai's best album to date
Comment: as a fan of mogwai for years now i always anticipate their albums release. although the cover scares me alot i still had no hesitation in buying it. this album, simply, is the best mogwai release, it is perfect in every single way. every single track on this album is fantastic, as another reviewer said there is no track that you would want to skip. im jim morrison, im dead goes on par with killing all the flies as my favorite mogwai song of all time, and there are other songs on this album that near the top of that list.
each song is a masterpiece in composition, phrasing and execution and each song delivers beautiful moments. sometimes in the past i have been put off by some of the heavier moments in mogwai songs, but they have honed the balance between the heavy parts and the softer.
this album has rejuvenated my love for mogwai that went a tiny bit stale after mr beast. any new mogwai fans might as well start here and any old mogwai fans unsure should not even hestitate at this purchase.
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