The Age of the Understatement

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Editorial reviews

Amazon.co.uk Review
Famous for demonstrating how less is more when it comes to publicity, it comes as no surprise that iThe Age of the Understatement/i, the first side project from Alex Turner of the Arctic Monkeys, should appear to no great fanfare. The Last Shadow Puppets are Turner and Miles Kane, formerly of Monkeys tourmates The Little Flames and now in the Rascals, aided by producer (and here, drummer) James Ford, also of Simian Mobile Disco. Inspired by the widescreen orchestral Sixties pop of Scott Walker and legendary arranger David Axelrod, they enlisted the London Metropolitan Orchestra under the aegis of Canadian Owen Pallett (aka Final Fantasy and an erstwhile member of the Arcade Fire's string section). The result is entirely successful, owing as much to the romanticism of Richard Hawley and the eclectic approach of the Coral as any sixties precursors. The thundering title track is pure Scott though, "I Don't Like You Anymore" is twisted pop in the best Cosmic Scouse tradition and the beautiful "Meeting Place", brilliantly enhanced by Pallett's orchestration, already sounds like an old classic. "Standing Next to Me" is genuinely exciting, "Calm Like You" is a new take on Turner's familiar style while "The Chamber" even sees him crooning. iThe Age of the Understatement/i is a fine, convincing album that proves Turner's talent is truly adaptable and marks Kane out as a talented songwriter too. i--Steve Jelbert/i

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Customer reviews

review by: date: 2009-04-22 rating:
Ok but not for me
I bought this because I like the Arctic Monkeys and wanted to see how this developed from their sound. Also liked the single. Didn't like the album - seemed over produced and most of the songs had a very similar sound to them. Much prefer the Arctic Monkeys.

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review by: date: 2009-04-20 rating:
Good service
Product arrived in good condition and on-time. CD cover has one crack but packaging was of sturdy quality - must have been the postman/woman.

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review by: date: 2009-04-10 rating:
Good Album
Good albulm, some excellent tracks mixed with some weaker ones, but an album you should have in your collection.

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review by: date: 2009-03-31 rating:
Fantastic!!
This is without a doubt the album of the year. br /Alex Miles combine to produce the mosrt refreshing sounds I have heard in a long time. I'm a big fan of the Artctic Monkeys but this is album is even better again. Fantastic work!!! br /


review by: date: 2009-01-29 rating:
epic is an overstatement
all i can really say to this mediocre album is pffffft. br / br /The opening track, to me, just sounds like a rip-off of muse's knights of cydonia.

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