Cloud Cult - Meaning of 8 (Dig)
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Artist: Cloud CultEdition: Music CD
CD Release Date: 2007-04-10
Music Label: Rebel Group
Soundtracks:
- Chain Reaction
- Please Remain Calm
- Chemicals Collide
- Pretty Voice
- Brain Gateway
- Take Your Medicine
- Your 8Th Birthday
- Dance For The Dead
- Everywhere All At One Time
- Purpose
- A Good God
- The Shape Of 8
- The Girl Underground
- 2X2X2
- Thanks
- Alien Christ
- The Deaf Girl'S Song
- Hope
- Song Of The Deaf Girl
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Free Music Review: the dead are breathing birthday balloons
Hit: 5 Stars
The first time I ever heard Cloud Cult I looked up a few of their songs online. Their music didn't really strike me, it didn't stick out. It was good, but it wasn't anything great. I looked them up because a good friend of mine who usually has the same taste in music as me told me I would like them. I was attending a show of theirs at Macalester College in St. Paul a few days later and I wanted to get a taste of their music first. All I have to say is if you ever get a chance to see Cloud Cult live, take it. Take it. Take it. Take it. The band has such great energy on stage and everyone involved in the show was so warm and friendly. I talked to the woman at the CD stand and we had a discussion about Cloud Cult's usage of recycled paper for their CD inserts, and how everything Cloud Cult does and makes is environmentally friendly. Their music is amazing in real life, and the fact that they have two people painting throughout the whole ordeal is really cool, too.
Now onto the music, the CD "The Meaning of 8" which I'm sure is the reason you are reading this right now. You want to know why you should buy the CD, why it's anything special, etc. etc.
Cloud Cult is like no other band I've ever heard. Their music is innovative, inspiring, and most of the time, it's fun! I really enjoy listening to Cloud Cult because their lyrics are creative and intelligent. A lot of Cloud Cult's music is inspired by Craig and Connie's loss of their child Kaidin (Craig is the lead singer and main songwriter, Connie is one of the artists). This is the basis of the song "Your 8th Birthday" and Connie writes in her bio on their website:
"Cloud Cult is a uniquely beautiful entity created and shaped by my
husband Craig. Many of Cloud Cult's songs are intensely personal to me.
They are literally our journey through grief and loss. I find sadness
and beauty in them and look forward to each new song and look forward to
each new day. Life is truly a gift!"
The lyrics on "The Meaning of 8" are also based off of their personal beliefs involving spirituality, relationships, life, and nature.
My favorite songs are probably Chemicals Collide, Take Your Medicine, and Please Remain Calm. The CD is really good at the beginning, and as it nears the end the music gets a little blander. But with 19 songs total, I guess you can't expect every one of them to be mind-blowing.
I'd suggest looking up their lyrics online and listening to the song excerpts to get a taste of Cloud Cult's music before you buy the CD. Craig's voice is beautiful, but it's very unique, so I can see how it wouldn't appeal to some people. The strings are beautiful and can add a haunting effect to the music. The harmonies on some songs are also very well-done. It's not the most musically sophisticated CD ever, but Cloud Cult does a really good job of incorporating different sounds, and manipulating them to make beautiful music. This is one of my absolute favorite CDs. "Advice From the Happy Hippopotamous" which is their other CD is really good, but I definitely think this one is better, so if you're looking for some Cloud Cult, between the two, I'd say pick this one.
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