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The National, Alligator
Audio CD
Disk ID: 1295931
Disk length: 48m 3s (13 Tracks)
Original Release Date: 2005
Label: Unknown
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Tracks & Durations
| 1. Secret Meeting | 3:44 |
| 2. Karen | 3:58 |
| 3. Lit Up | 2:55 |
| 4. Looking for Astronauts | 3:23 |
| 5. Daughters of the Soho Riots | 3:58 |
| 6. Baby, We'll Be Fine | 3:21 |
| 7. Friend of Mine | 3:25 |
| 8. Val Jester | 3:00 |
| 9. All the Wine | 3:15 |
| 10. Abel | 3:36 |
| 11. Geese of Beverly Road | 4:56 |
| 12. City Middle | 4:27 |
| 13. Mr. November | 3:56 |
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Review
On their third recording, the National strikes a delicate balance between light and dark, fast and slow, American and British. While their sound is undeniably tinged with darkness, it isn't gloomy or depressing. This impression is mostly due to Matt Berninger's deep baritone, which brings to mind such sensitive, but manly Brit vocalists as Scott Walker and Stuart Staples of the Tindersticks. The National, however, are American. Formed in Brooklyn in 1999, the quintet hails from Cincinatti and doesn't sound much like a New York Band (Interpol, the Strokes, the Yeah Yeah Yeahs, etc.). Instead, they could be Midwestern or even Canadian in the way they combine alt-country, chamber-pop, and post-punk angst, like Toronto's Royal City or Montreal's Arcade Fire. Often compared to Nick Cave, Leonard Cohen, and Tom Waits, the National's music is actually faster-paced and has a lighter, almost jaunty touch. In other words: they rock. --Kathleen C. FennessyThese five Cincinnati friends recorded two albums for Brassland before signing to Beggars Banquet. Their last effort, "Sad Songs For Dirty Lovers", was touted as one of the year's best by Rolling Stone and other magazines. On "Alligator", Matt Berninger's potent baritone still intones about matters fraught, funny, and sad; about record collections, missing persons, and medium-sized American hearts. "Startling and subtly affecting, The National creeps in like the killer in a bleak gothic novel. Strings tremble, hearts break, and each smoldering song brings a harrowing tale of new pities"--Magnet.
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Tracks: 13, Disk length: 48m 7s (+0m 4s)
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