| Tiger Army Tiger Army II:Power of Moonlite |
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1- Prelude: Call of the Ghost Tigers
2- Towards Destiny
3- Incorporeal
4- Power of Moonlite
5- When Night Comes Down
6- Grey Dawn Breaking
7- Cupid's Victim
8- Valley of Dreams
9- Annabel Lee
10- In the Orchard
11- Under Saturn's Shadow
12- F.T.W.
13- Remembered Forever
| Ranking: #104 for 2001 | |
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9 of 10 thought this review was well written
Tiger army's Power of Moonlite. Their second album and the peek of their creativity. It perfects the songwriting of their debut but keeps the sound.
Nick 13 is the only consistent element in Tiger Army's various line ups. He's also the creative leader and writes all the songs. This trio makes punk, mixed with psychobilly and rock 'n roll and their sound is extremely Romantic (Note the capital 'r').
The atmosphere on this album is very dark. Starting off with powerful, fast drumming and Nick 13's eery guitar soon joining in. This is a perfect blueprint of what the album will be, melancholic parts, as a tribute to loss and pain, brought forth by Nick 13's spooky vocals and lyrics and howling guitar. This in contrast to the powerful parts, with strong drumming, decided yet despairing singing and yelling, all supported by Geoff Kresge's stand up bass. The whole thing has a very nightlike atmosphere to it, the guitar echoes throughout the album and tremelo effects are not frowned upon. The music complements the the themes of night, darkness, love and horror perfectly.
Not only is the atmosphere highly enjoyable, the songwriting is of high quality as well. The songs consist of many parts and don't conform to pop structures as often as one would expect. Every song is enjoyable, such as the western sounding balled 'In the Orchard', showing a very soft and dramatic side of Tiger Army, and beautiful soft vocals by 13. The raging 'Towards Destiny' and even the seemingly out of place track 'F.T.W..
The album enjoys an excellent production and feature appearances from Hellcat friends Lars Frederiksen, Matt Freeman, Davey Havok and others. In short this a gem in punk music and that's something that seems less and less obvious in the last decade. A must have for the Romantic souls amongst us.
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This was a bad and pointless reveiw compared to the other reveiw.
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What makes you say that? Because it doesn't have the pointless track per track? :rolleyes:
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No, you didn't tell enough info. about the album that would tell me if this is something I would enjoy or not and it would be better to go by the other reveiw.
I've written a reveiw that doesn't go track by track (not really good though) and there are plenty of non-track by trackers that are good and informative including some of yours.
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What more do you need?...
I like reviews to be to the point. I don't like Track by Track anymore because they're pointless if you don't know the songs.This Message Edited On 09.12.05
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I saw Tiger Army live and they're a lot more impressive than on record. They have a very strong Stray Cats vibe, but with a bit of AFI thrown in, and that... is a very naughty combination.
I thought the review was a bit short and unfocused. You spent more time telling us how dark it is than actually talking about the music, which I thought was disappointing. Your writing style is excellent, however, as usual.  This Message Edited On 09.12.05
Digging: Natasha Bedingfield - Pocketful of Sunshine
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Good review, it was short and to the point. I'm not much of a Tiger Army fan though.
| | | Album Rating: 4.5
But the music is dark, Grateful Spat. That's the main thing to it, so I talked about it. :p
Holland's right as well, sputnik has a weird standard of reviews, a lot of sites have short reviews. This Message Edited On 09.13.05This Message Edited On 09.13.05
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Well Sputnik is a fans review site, mainly. I'm assuming those other sites are ones which release reviews to coincide with releases etc. When I read a sputnik review I want to be convinced to check out the CD, and I've never been convinced by a stub in a magazine. Don't get me wrong, it's a good review as it is, but I generally need more convincing. I'll just rate all your reviews 'no' anyway :p
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no? 
Don't you mean 'yes'? :upset:
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I voted yes
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good review. I like the shorter ones, because most of the time I don't feel like reading 3 pages of text. go Jelle ;)
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Romantic?
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For the record, pyschobilly is a genre which merges punk and rockabilly(a.k.a. rock 'n roll). So with your statement that Tiger Army uses a mixture of punk, pyschobilly,and rock 'n roll, is in your part, plain ignorance.I'm just glad "In the Orchard" was identified correctly.
| | | Album Rating: 3.5
this album is pretty good specifically "Under Saturns Shadow" due to Davey Havok guest vocals, good review too.
Digging: Ganon - As Above, So Below | | | Album Rating: 3
Is it me or is "Incorporeal" just the best song they've ever done. "Annabel Lee" and "The Power of Moonlite" are good too but "Incorporeal" is just so good. It comes from the vocals too. Nick is better at being more melodic.
Digging: PSY/OPSogist - Kings Of Sleep | | | Album Rating: 5
I love everything that Tiger Army have produced, and I must say that this is most probably my favourite album by them. I agree with 'Spat Out Sexy Men' they are incredible live, their energy is electric. For me, their music is flawless. "Incorporeal" - "Cupids Victim" - "Power Of Moonlite" and "F.T.W" Are definite favourites!
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