Zero 7 - The Garden
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Free Music Review: Trash
Hit: 1 Stars
Heres a tip, see how much this goes for 2nd hand compared to the rest of there stuff...
Then read this.
1 good track (1st track) tries to sell an album.
Download the 1st track and skip the rest, save your cash.
Free Music Review: Evolved, engaging and smooth...
Hit: 4 Stars
I seriously over-played their previous "When it Falls". The first few tracks of this CD had me hooked, especially with Jos? Gonz?lez collaborating. If you haven't heard of him, check out 'Veneer', he's a true talent. Then the album took me into new stuff for Z7. Interesting lyrics, always tuneful, and the production is again terrific. Some nice sampling effects subtley enhance the careful mix. It's wonderful to watch them evolve and resist just 'knocking out' a clone of previous work. Can't wait for the next one.Free Music Review: Edgy, More Digital, yet, Sublime!
Hit: 5 Stars
As by now, any Zero 7 listener can determine that "The Garden" is not of the same world as their previous albums; but "The Garden," as it is aptly named, has resplendent colour; a diverse foliage of innovation; exuberant audio textures; and unforeseen prismatic shifts like the seasons. Zero 7's previous albums were filled with prolific, elightening, and soothing tracks - so very soft; tracks like: Warm Sound, I Have Seen, Somersault, Likufanele, Out of Town, and others. "The Garden" is certainly not a continuation of this trend, but in its own right, this album is quite a beautiful, albeit, mechanical masterpiece. And I mean "mechanical" in a sense that there can be a certain Nintendo feel sporadically throughout the album, but it doesn't necessarily detract or create an adversion to the album at all (for me).
I'm not a big fan of tracks 6 and 10, but the others are beyond extraordinary: "The Garden" = 83% harmonious paradise, not too bad at all!
1. Futures: remindes me of a psychadelic Pink Floyd album
2. Throw it All Away: has the most "past-Zero 7" feeling on the album, but a little bit more upbeat.
3. Seeing Things: the digitalized-Nintendo feeling, but it is one of the greatest tracks they've come up with.
4. The Pageant of the Bizarre: exemplifies Zero 7's ability to be innovative with their traditonal dispositions.
5. You're My Flame: Highly edgy, remarkably electronic, and overly creative - I love it!
7. Today: tranquil and very electronic downtempo.
8. This Fine Social Scene: has a daring, provocative sound: quite bold, but quite good.
9. Your Place: at first seems like it belongs in a Zen Garden, but then transforms into a jazzy, sensuous delight.
11. Crosses: enchantment with attitude; this track has a style all its own.
12. Waiting to Die: schizophrenia in auditory stimulis: a song shifting from one beat to another intermittently, but it exudes creativity and greatness from every facet, nonetheless.
Overall, Zero 7 leaves it to the imagination and helps its listeners reach a different plane of audio utopia, absolutely.
Free Music Review: ALMOST TOTAL GARBAGE
Hit: 1 Stars
I loved the first Zero 7 Album and thought that their second release "When It Falls" was a musical masterpiece, however "The Garden" is just plain awful! This CD is not worth purchasing or even downloading for free, most tracks are just plain corny and soul-less. Absent from "The Garden" are vocalists Tina Dico, Mozez, and Sophie Barker (dumb idea) who were outstanding on the previous "When It Falls". I will no longer continue to blindly support any future Zero 7 releases!Free Music Review: Interesting stuff here, keep an open mind
Hit: 4 Stars
Wow. This was truly different than what I expected, even after hearing samples and reading reviews that this is far from a "Simple Things II."
While I would have loved another chillout album, the music I got was good AFTER the second spin and the shock wore off. Let me repeat -- AFTER the second spin. (The first spin had me thinking I would be selling it.)
Some people here have mentioned Steely Dan in Zero 7's new vibe. I can hear that; but for me, this album sounds a lot like it could have come from 1969 interpreted in an 80's fashion, like Z7 had been listening to some early Cardigans music among other material (not a bad thing at all -- just so different for Z7). To explain further: the melodies, thought-provoking lyrics, and arrangements are more 60's hippie-trippy than trip-hop, like psychedelic Jimmy Webb pop meets mellow Pink Floyd. Darker than sunshine pop, but far from gothic. All that is contained within the trappings of many 80's elements that are all the rage right now.
And to my ears, it works. AFTER the second spin.
Again, even though I personally would have preferred another chillout album, there is enough Z7 spice and intelligence to make this set a keeper. Not only that, the group is smart enough to recognize that the chillout craze won't last forever. This latest musical direction shows at least one alternate route that they could successfully take without being dangerously typecast in nu-lounge.
It's refreshing to see a talent like Zero 7 be able to switch directions and still pull off quality material. That doesn't happen often. While I do hope that they include some more of what made them famous next time around -- some "Simple Things" stuff -- it will be interesting to see what new ideas they have up their sleeve.
Recommended for: those willing to try something new that might be a slightly acquired taste. Acquiring that taste will be well worth it.