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Black the Sun (Bonus CD)
Alex Lloyd
Black the Sun (Bonus CD)
Genres: Pop, Rock
 
This is the Re-release of Alex Lloyd's Debut Album, Black the Sun and Six Bonus Tracks Including Melting, Desert, Black the Sun, What a Year, Lucky Star and Snow (All Live Versions).

     
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All Artists: Alex Lloyd
Title: Black the Sun (Bonus CD)
Members Wishing: 0
Total Copies: 0
Label: EMI Australia
Release Date: 2/14/2000
Album Type: Live, Import
Genres: Pop, Rock
Style: Adult Alternative
Number of Discs: 2
SwapaCD Credits: 2
UPC: 724352420124

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This is the Re-release of Alex Lloyd's Debut Album, Black the Sun and Six Bonus Tracks Including Melting, Desert, Black the Sun, What a Year, Lucky Star and Snow (All Live Versions).

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bruce | Melbourne, Australia | 12/30/1999
(5 out of 5 stars)

"Fans of progressive British rock bands such as Radiohead and Travis may care to check out Australian musician Alex Lloyd's more than competent debut album "Black the Sun". With versatile songwriting skills and a lived-in yet fragile voice that belies his youth, Lloyd richly evokes Radiohead's "Paranoid Android" on "Melting", without ever sounding derivative. This is a song that creeps up on you quietly, turns schizoid and grabs you by the throat, then gently lets go. Sampling, voice treatments and additional instruments are used judiciously, never overwhelming the listener. In "Momo", samples, harp, cheesy organ and heavy riffing guitars conspire to generate chaos, but are reined in at just the right moment to maintain the dynamic tension. The title track is a nothing short of a pop/rock gem, with a Jeff Buckley style refrain that lifts you into the ether where you don't want it to end. Even seemingly lesser tracks like "Lucky Star" and "What a Year" are compensated by succinct, memorable choruses and no-nonsense arrangements. The album's closing ballad, "Backseat Clause" conveys mixed emotions in a moving, understated way and would make a perfect live "show stopper". With a debut of this calibre, I'm sure we'll be hearing a lot more of Alex Lloyd."
Alex Llyod Live
abbotsford_smith@hotmail.com | australia | 05/29/2000
(5 out of 5 stars)

"Awesome great stuff highly recommend! Live accoustics make this one go off..rocks hard"
Melodies, Emotion, and Music
conorml | 04/06/2000
(5 out of 5 stars)

"I may not be able to provide an intellectual review, but I can say that this album is great. I enjoy good music in many forms (Monster Magnet, The Tea Party), and this album is great.Lloyd conveys emotion in a powerful way without being overpowering. A great album to really LISTEN to, or to chill out to. I highly recommend it (pity it's an import for all you non-Australians)"