Track Listings (16) - Disc #1| All Artists: Gordon Downie Title: Coke Machine Glow Members Wishing: 2 Total Copies: 0 Label: Zoe Records Original Release Date: 1/1/2001 Re-Release Date: 7/10/2001 Genres: Alternative Rock, Pop, Rock Style: Indie & Lo-Fi Number of Discs: 1 SwapaCD Credits: 1 UPCs: 601143102325, 776974221122, 766487031622 |
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First solo album for the singer of Canadian group Tragically Hip. Tracks include, 'Vancouver Divorce', 'Nothing But Heartache In Your Social Life' & 'Insomniacs Of The World, Good Night'. 2001 release. Standard jewel c... more » |
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Album Description First solo album for the singer of Canadian group Tragically Hip. Tracks include, 'Vancouver Divorce', 'Nothing But Heartache In Your Social Life' & 'Insomniacs Of The World, Good Night'. 2001 release. Standard jewel case. Similarly Requested CDs
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CD ReviewsThe best album to come out the great wide (white) north... 07/25/2001 (5 out of 5 stars) "ok, here's my un-expert review of Gord Downies's (GD's) Coke Machine Glow after a few complete listenings:the best thing to come out of the great wide (white) north since young's harvest...you have to keep an open mind, folks, this is very, very, VERY un-tragically hip, this is gd's ponderings and musings about life in general. some of it is catchy, quirky spoken word with background music, others are brilliant, unrefined songs with rough edges. All of the songs blend in well. It reminds me of a group of musician getting together, sitting down and playing in a room in a big house with a tape recorder recording the music.Songs like Vancouver Divorce, Chancellor, Lofty Pines and The Never-Ending Present are wonderful and thought provoking...this is a great album to listen to on a sunday morning with a cup of coffee. It really makes you think and listen to the lyrics. It lends itself perfectly to live performance in a hazy, dimly lit bar, where people are drinkin' their fancy dark beers and wine.Gord has done something fresh and amazing." Warming to the Glow 04/07/2001 (4 out of 5 stars) "Only four stars? Get back to me in a couple of days and I'm sure I will want to amend my rating upward. As with the past few Hip albums, it has taken a few spins to get into Coke Machine Glow. Its eclectic nature and its departure from Gordie's work with the Hip makes it a bit more difficult, but the effort is worth the rewards of such lines as, "Now for the spectacular part" and "I'm discovering uses for you I though I'd never find." The album is filled with these little gems, but any Hip fan already knows about Downie's tendency toward lyrics that are at once powerfully familiar and impenetrable, an effect both pleasing and provocative. The words are the attraction here, but the music, by turns folksy, bluesy, and just plain goofy (good goofy, ya know), also seems an effort to force the average fan to consider what else is out there. Consider it well. Thanks, Gordie." Haunted djones1 | Miami | 11/11/2002 (5 out of 5 stars) "I find myself constantly playing this album. It has become a soundtrack to my life lately.I do not find the album "too mellow" at all but feel a simmering energy despite lower decibels than I would have imagined. I find the back up band very satisfying and refreshingly different.I bought this at the same time as the new Hip. The new Hip album, as usual, took a while to grow on me, but I loved Coke Machine Glow immediately.It is quite odd. The songs are such that they creep into your consciousness and you find yourself humming them at unexpected moments; but if you dare to sing along while listening to the music, Downie's phrasing will challenge you and you'll stick to humming!A master atist."
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