Sixpence None the Richer - Mega 3 Collection

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Free Music Review: must-have popcraft.
Hit: 5 Stars

The real treasure here is _This Beautiful Mess_. This album has by far the greatest pop guitars I have ever heard. Matt Slocum is an unrivaled master of his craft. The entire album is decked in reams and reams of sparkly, yummy dual guitar pop goodness. "Love, Salvation, The Fear of Death", "Within a Room Somewhere", "Thought Menagerie", "Drifting"...all of these songs feature some of the most lovable guitar playing ever. At the same time, there are a few tracks where the band sounds darker and more distorted, like on the opener "Angeltread", with contemplative, starry guitar chords on the verse that cave in to a grinding, distorted chorus, and a big feedback-heavy solo section. Kinda surprising. This album also has an extremely tight pop rhythm section, with bass playing that is often dexterously, addictively dynamic rather than just following the root note.

_Fatherless and the Widow_ is also excellent, although they can be rather cloying when they get really sentimental (the end of the title track, for instance). Songs like "Fields of Flowers" and the brilliant "An Apology" give hints at the pop guitar greatness Slocum would achieve on the next album.

The _Tickets for a Prayer Wheel_ EP is pretty good, with different mixes of some songs, some non-album tracks, and covers. The techno mixes are god-awful and you should probably never listen to them (what was done to "Love, Salvation, The Fear of Death" makes me want to cry). There are a few instrumental pieces that are like little instrumental pop lullabies (great guitars, of course).

Now, the packaging for this Mega 3 Collection is pretty lame. A big ugly CD case with no information except for song titles and song publishing info is all you get. Nonetheless, it's a great deal. For the price of one album you get one of the best pop albums ever, an excellent pop album, and a few other good tracks on another cd. I'd say that's pretty good. Highly recommended, and hopefully the value is a good incentive because this music is quite delicious and you may like it.

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