Hindsight

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Customer reviews

review by: Mr Icarus date: 2008-09-03 rating:
Anathema fans rejoyce, and weep
Anyone who has been a fan of anathema in the past will pretty much love this album, it has new versions of old classic aswell as a new fresh song. I agree with what the chap above me says about the album being very, well, miserable i guess, but fans of anathema should really expect this in an anathema record. While people say its miserable, id also say its a beautifully constructed album, and that the songs in themselves are stunning renditions of classic tracks. Some work better than others, and id say i prefer the original records for about half of them, but considering that the album is 100% self produced, theyv done an amazing job. One thing i will say as a sound engineeer, there are a few sketchy points in the actually recording/production - vocals a bit too trebley, cello a bit loud at points e.t.c, but thats just me having a picky ear.

This band is one of my biggest musical influences and by the sounds of it, will continue to be for years to come


review by: date: 2008-08-30 rating:
'Serious Slash Your Wrists Time'
This is apparently a 'semi acoustic' album of (mainly) previously released music from the band. The musical emphasis this time is definitely on piano, cello and oboe instrumentation and (bar a little on the first, and best track, there's not a guitar wielded in anger on the whole record). Now, I am the first to recognise that there are two distinct ways of looking at this album. One is that the record literally drips with heartbreak and sadness from every pore and has a 'tragic beauty' in every melody. The other is that this is a record SO bereft of any hint of happiness that it is simply far too rich a cake of misery for anyone to digest. Sadly for Anathema, the latter is my view. The tracks on this record are not really songs at all. They are in fact a series of mood pieces and many I would suggest started life as poetry. This in itself would not be a bad thing, had some of the poetry been wistful, happy or charming. There is nothing like this on this record. The whole tone of the album is downbeat and, while some of the tracks are beautifully played and stir the emotions, it is all just too much misery to take on board in one go. To be honest this record makes Leonard Cohen and Morrissey sound as if they are two members of a boy band! So,if you have been a long term fan of the band and are familiar with the original versions of these songs, you MIGHT just get along with this, but if you have tried it because of a plethora of great reviews in the music press (like me) I would STRONGLY advise you to have a listen to the WHOLE thing before you leap.

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