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Sights
Sights
Sights
Genres: Alternative Rock, Pop, Rock
 
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The Sights combine the unobtrusive honesty of The Band with slivers of influence from their own personal record collections: Ike & Tina, Solomon Burke, Everly Brothers, Bob Seger, and Tim Hardin. The result is an album...  more »

     
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All Artists: Sights
Title: Sights
Members Wishing: 0
Total Copies: 0
Label: Watertower Music
Release Date: 4/12/2005
Album Type: Enhanced
Genres: Alternative Rock, Pop, Rock
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Number of Discs: 1
SwapaCD Credits: 1
UPC: 794043904127

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The Sights combine the unobtrusive honesty of The Band with slivers of influence from their own personal record collections: Ike & Tina, Solomon Burke, Everly Brothers, Bob Seger, and Tim Hardin. The result is an album that's classic, not derivative - filled with swagger and deference - and ridiculously catchy. "...Taking its cue from scuzzed '60s beat-pop, it manages to cram echoes of Supergrass, The Who, and rockers Humble Pie into the coolest and most accomplished record to come out of Detroit since The White Stripes"--NME. "At last - a new Detroit-garage band that comes in colors. Guitarist Eddie Baranek sings like he has a good case of Badfinger and writes with the R&B concision of '65 Motown, while the pools of mellotron and circus organ carry the '68 stamp of the day-glo Pretty Things and Michigan's own forgotten SRC"--Rolling Stone. This is an Enhanced CD, which contains both regular audio tracks and multimedia computer files.

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thesantamaria | detroit, mi | 08/24/2005
(4 out of 5 stars)

"i am pleased to be the second person from michigan to write a review of this album ...



i've been a sights fan for a few years now. they're definitely one of the best bands in detroit, especially when it comes to live acts. if it's possible, see them live. their albums are great, but nothing compares to seeing them in person. eddie baranek (guitars, vocals) and bobby emmett (organ) have mad skills. at their live show, the sweet 60s pop-rock one might expect after hearing their 2 previous albums is replaced with and soulfull rock&roll and gritty r&b.



so yeah i love the sights.



anyway, the album.



the album opens with a gospel cover which has become a live staple. the next three tracks are ridiculously catchy and truthful and completely lacking the pretention that usually goes with rock'n'roll in cities more polished then detroit, as is the entire album. "waiting on a friend" is a nice break, a quasi-ballad complete with piano.



emmett has a change to shine in "baby's knocking me down" and "suited fine," with the latter being my favorite. mm, organ solos. i love them.



the only reason why i'm giving this album 4 stars instead of 5 is because you have to see them live in their clunky, messy, sweaty, organ-ridden glory. it's not 'til the last three songs of the album that it begins to capture their spirit.



oh, and, i'm not a big fan of their harmonica-laden remake of "can't stand you," originally off their 1999 debut album, "are you green."



but to each his own. those crazy sights."
Ahh, a great Detroit band pops up.
alex bushman | Michigan | 06/16/2005
(5 out of 5 stars)

"I'm happy to be the first person from Michigan to review this album for amazon although it is a bit sad since I've just gotten into them and they have a few other quality albums that I haven't heard yet, however, what they have here is brilliantly played rock and roll. I don't think they are the saviors of rock and they wouldn't even say that, but they rock in a way that few in todays rock world do. These guys are so anxious to rock it shows in the speed and chops in the perfomances. They never cease to be impressive song to song. One thing that's the best thing about the album is the lead singer. He's not the best singer by any means, but he sings with an inspiration that's not only right on key, it's loud and energizing. Similarly, his guitar playing and the band accompanying solos are spot on. I wholeheartedly recommend this album to people who like rock and roll and I mean the classic sense of the world, it's music that has a groove you both can, and can't dance to. Whatever the case may be it makes you move. Although it might be wrong for me to ascribe greatness to a band that has just entered the national scene, I truly think they are a quality band and if enough people hear them, they will be great. It's just a matter of those people catching on."
Amazed by the little I HAVE heard!
Frank J. Gonzalez | Miami, Florida | 10/19/2005
(5 out of 5 stars)

"I'm in Miami where the music scene is worse than suffocating in a room of concentrated dog farts.



Sights, you'd better come to Miami 'cause I'm gonna promote the hell out of you all! You're among the first few bands of the 00s to resurrect my old fire for rock in the face of the stifling political correctness of the (c)rap movement."