Sparkle And Fade Music Cd

Everclear - Sparkle And Fade

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Sparkle and Fade      Artist : Everclear      List Price : $11.98 USD        Your Price : $8.97 USD      ProductGroup: Music      Release Date : 1995-05-23      Studio : Capitol      Label : Capitol      Avg. Customer Rating : (135 reviews)

Reviews Customer Reviews for Sparkle And Fade      If you want to experience some intensity........!      Rating:      "So Much for the Afterglow" is a great album but, "Sparkle and Fade" is stellar! Anyone that has ever felt "lost" or "mixed up" will connect with this album. Art has the uncanny ability to capture gritty, everyday moments and portray them with an angry and intelligent honesty. This is not relaxation music, nor is it music for those who like to keep their rose colored glasses on. "Sparkle and Fade" is intense and it resonates long after the music is over. "Summerland" and "Strawberry Burns" are two of my favorites on the album. Art is not a great singer, but he is a masterful story-teller and his raw vocal style only enhances the effect.     Customer Reviews for Sparkle And Fade Cd      Superb in All Aspects      Rating:      "Sparkle and Fade" was my introduction to Everclear, and a good one at that. It was actually one of the first discs I ever purchased; the music came to me at the perfect age -- a time in my life when I was realizing who I am and who I'd like to become. This music not only served as the soundtrack to my teenage years, but also helped to shape and mold them into years that I look back on with fond memories. Art Alexakis is at his lyrical best on this album, utilizing the proper words at the right spots to punctuate and accentuate his message. The music gains a lot of impact from the manner in which the words are sung. Each track is placed in the correct position to allow for proper reminiscence and reflection during the course of listening. I could not have chosen a more perfect album to introduce me to the world of music. And since not every track is a radio single, the album is still listenable all these many years later. Editorial Reviews for Sparkle And Fade Audio Cd      Amazon.com      The Nirvana Revolution smashed opened the door for countless like-minded bands. Many were second-rate rip-offs, but Everclear was one deserving of the opportunity. Sure, the angst and crunchy post-punk riffs of Sparkle and Fade owe a debt to St. Kurt, but Art Alexakis's own outsider tales--sample titles include "Heroin Girl" and "You Make Me Feel like a Whore"--prove piercing in a woe-is-him sort of way. Featuring the swaggering, strangely euphoric "Santa Monica," itself one of the finer rock singles of '90's, Sparkle burns like a fresh wound. It's an exhilarating, if ultimately long-winded collection, far more accomplished than the band's hit-and-miss debut and not nearly as overtly radio-minded as it successor. --Neal Weiss