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The Wallflowers - Rebel, Sweetheart Audio CD

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The Wallflowers Band: The Wallflowers
Title: Rebel, Sweetheart
Rating:
Release Date: 2005-05-24
Media: Audio CD

Tracks: 1: Days Of Wonder 2: The Passenger 3: The Beautiful Side Of Somewhere 4: Here He Comes (Confessions Of A Drunken Marionette) 5: We're Already There 6: God Says Nothing Back 7: Back To California 8: I Am A Building 9: From The Bottom Of My Heart 10: Nearly Beloved 11: How Far You've Come 12: All Things New Again

nice music -poor mix


My main comment is on the surround mix, its average, the surrounds barely get used, so its like a stereo mix with a bit of echo. A nice wallflowers album, much better than breach. . . . . i like my surround music to surround me

-see dark side of the moon (sacd)-or a valid path (dual disc)

best track

god says nothing back.


3-1/2 stars -- Off the wall
I'm not sure enough people even know that the Wallflowers have an album out now, but while it's not their best work, it's still good. First off, we all know about the trouble with DualDisc technology, so I'm not going to talk about that (I'm also not going to give the album one star because it wouldn't play in my computer; and just for the record, I didn't try to play it in my computer).

By just looking at the title Rebel, Sweetheart (note to another reviewer, it is not called Rebel, Baby), some people might sigh and say, "Here we go again with another artist gone political. " But what makes this album different is that the political messages aren't in so many words, but you can still get them. Standouts include "Days of Wonder", the introspective "God Says Nothing Back", and the metaphorical "I Am a Building". And "How Far You've Come" is a keep-your-head-up song that actually works, although I think it would have worked better if it were the last song on the album.

So why only 3-1/2 stars? Well, the album is produced by Brendan O'Brien, and as good of a producer he is, he overdoes it on here. Several of the songs' music is so loud that I can't hear what Jakob and the boys are saying (especially the first few tracks). Oh well, that doesn't make the songs bad, and if you've been following the Wallflowers up until this point, then you shouldn't rebel against picking up this album.

Anthony Rupert.


Another great record from the Wallflowers!
I loved "Bringing Down the Horse" (which, like many people, is how I was introduced to the Wallflowers), then about a year ago I bought "Red-Letter Days" which took a while to grow on me, but I really enjoy it now. The Wallflowers just keep impressing me with each record they release. When I heard the first single off "Rebel, Sweetheart", the awesome "Beautiful Side of Somewhere", I knew this record was going to be something special.

Excellent production, musicianship, songwriting and lyrics have combined to give us the best Wallflowers album yet. If you haven't listened to these guys since their chart days of 1996, buy this! You will not be disappointed!!

For DVD-Audio fans like myself, the DualDisc offers us Advanced Resolution Stereo and Surround mixes on the DVD side of the disc. If you don't have a DVD-Audio player, you still get Dolby Stereo and Surround mixes that still sound better than CD-quality audio.

The 5. 1 channel surround sound mix is really nice, though it appears that they mainly only use the back speakers for ambient sounds.

Standout tracks here are "Days of Wonder", "The Beautiful Side of Somewhere", "Back to California", "Nearly Beloved" and "All Things Are New Again".


Well worth waiting for, but problems with the DVD
I could only get the "Playlist Stereo" to work on my player (Pioneer DVD575). I really enjoyed the new material, but had some problems with the DVD. When I selected "Playlist Surround Sound", the digital signal to my 5. 1 amplifer dropped and I could only get sound from my TV (which isnt 5. 1). I think that the disk is actualy DVD-Audio (which like SACD I think requires 5 distinct component connections rather than a digital coaxial or optical connection to make it work). I know my player can play SACD and DVD-Audio disks, but have no other similar disk to try, and I am not messing around connecting the 5 audio outs to my seperate amp inputs. I wonder if anyone else had any problems playing the surround sound section ?.


Great Cd, however the dvd........
The one problem I have with this dualdisc is with the dvd section,it doesn't work at all, the images are jumpy the sound isn't good. I am a huge Wallflowers fan, in fact I highly recommned this cd, the songs are as always beautifully written and the music is wonderful. This is the manufacturer's fault NOT the Walllfowers. .


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