| Artist |
The Suburbs |
| Album Title: |
Si Sauvage |
| Album Cover: |
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| Primary Genre |
Rock: New Wave |
| Format |
CD |
| Released |
11/19/2013 |
| Label |
SUBURBS MUSIC |
| Catalog No |
7 89577 71372 7 |
| Bar Code No |
7 89577 71372 7 |
| Packaging |
Cardboard Sleeve |
| Tracks |
| 1.
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Born Under a Good Sign (4:03)
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| 2.
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Turn the Radio On (4:14)
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| 3.
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Dumb Ass Kids (3:10)
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| 4.
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Where It Is! (4:05)
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| 5.
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What's It Like out There? (4:05)
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| 6.
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Reset the Party (3:12)
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| 7.
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You've Got to Love Her (3:32)
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| 8.
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I Liked It Better When You Loved Me (3:38)
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| 9.
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Si Sauvage (3:12)
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| 10.
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This Monkey (3:50)
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| Date Acquired |
09/24/2013 |
| Personal Rating |
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| Acquired from |
Electric Fetus - Minneapolis |
| Purchase Price |
13.99 |
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Notes |
Notes:
Gatefold cardboard sleeve with 8-page booklet of lyrics and credits.
Credits:
Artwork [Album Art], Photography By – Kii Arens
Baritone Saxophone – Rochelle Becker
Bass, Guitar – Steve Price
Coordinator [Live Production] – Jeff Buswell
Design – Kii Arens
Drums – Hugo Klaers
Engineer – Steve Price
Engineer [Assistant] – Steve Nagel
Featuring, Vocals – Aby Wolf, Janey Winterbauer
Guitar [Beejtar] – Beej Chaney
Keyboards – Chan Poling
Lead Guitar, Rhythm Guitar – Stevie Brantseg
Lyrics By – Beej Chaney, Chan Poling
Mixed By, Mastered By – Chuck Zwicky
Music By – Beej Chaney, Chan Poling
Producer – Chan Poling, Steve Price, The Suburbs
Promotion [Press] – Brendan Gilmartin, Chart Room Media
Saxophone – Max Ray
Trumpet – Stephen Kung
Vocals – Beej Chaney, Chan Poling
Companies, etc.:
Copyright © – The Suburbs
Recorded At – Master Mix Studios, Minneapolis
Recorded At – Beard Avenue Studio, Minneapolis
Recorded At – The Farm, Prior Lake
Mixed At – Z-mix NY, NY
Mastered At – Z-mix NY, NY
Manufactured By – The ADS Group – 0747-CD-6340
Barcode and other Identifiers:
Barcode: 789577713727
Matrix / Runout: the ADS group 0747-CD-6340 13-233-15-2
Mastering SID Code: IFPI LY89
Mould SID Code: none
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log date: 2017-11-21 02:54:09
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Analyzed: The Suburbs / Si Sauvage
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DR Peak RMS Duration Track
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DR5 -1.00 dB -7.53 dB 4:03 01 - Born Under a Good Sign
DR6 -1.00 dB -7.99 dB 4:15 02 - Turn the Radio On
DR7 -1.00 dB -8.47 dB 3:11 03 - Dumb Ass Kids
DR7 -1.00 dB -9.10 dB 4:05 04 - Where It Is!
DR6 -1.00 dB -9.23 dB 4:05 05 - What's It Like Out There?
DR5 -1.00 dB -8.40 dB 3:12 06 - Reset the Party
DR7 -1.00 dB -8.66 dB 3:32 07 - You've Got to Love Her
DR8 -1.00 dB -10.05 dB 3:39 08 - I Liked It Better When You Loved Me
DR8 -1.00 dB -9.70 dB 3:13 09 - Si Sauvage
DR6 -1.00 dB -8.90 dB 3:50 10 - This Monkey
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Number of tracks: 10
Official DR value: DR6
Samplerate: 44100 Hz
Channels: 2
Bits per sample: 16
Bitrate: 932 kbps
Codec: FLAC
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| Reviews |
All Music Guide Review by Mark Deming:
More than 25 years after they last made a studio album, it's a different world for the Suburbs. Guitarist Bruce Allen died in 2009, bassist Michael Halliday is out of the band due to health issues, and lead singer and keyboard man Chan Poling is a widower following the death of his wife in 2011. Even without the shadow of loss falling over the Suburbs, many of the songs on the band's reunion effort, Si Sauvage, seem to speak of age and a grim variety of nostalgia -- at a time when radio isn't the cultural presence it used to be, "Turn the Radio On" seems even more bittersweet than intended, and "Reset the Party" suggests the revelers know they don't have as much time to waste. No wonder Poling sounds like he envies the "Dumb Ass Kids" who may be an earlier version of himself, "Smoking dope and chasing tail/Living in a fairy tale." It doesn't take long for Si Sauvage to announce itself as an album the Suburbs couldn't and wouldn't have made in the '80s, but if this is an older and battle-weary version of the Suburbs, it still sounds and feels like them. Poling's vocals still sound like a smart-aleck Midwestern version of Bryan Ferry (and his piano work is both graceful and cutting), Blaine John Chaney's fractured guitar and angular vocals are still the ideal yang to Poling's yin, Hugo Klaers still plays the drums with a crisp, incisive attack that fuses rock action with dance rhythms, and new guys Stevie Brantseg on guitars and Steve Price on bass fill their spaces with skill and the right attitude. "Born Under a Good Sign" and "Where It Is" show the Suburbs are still out to get a party started (while smirking at the other dancers, as always). The title cut is a darkly witty celebration of the joys of bad decisions. And "This Monkey" could be the 21st century version of Credit in Heaven's "Girlfriend," a love song that's twisted and entirely sincere at the same time, and all the more powerful for its eccentricities. One can hear the sad losses of the past decade in "What's It Like Out There?" and "I Liked It Better When You Loved Me," but the Suburbs aren't the first bunch of smart guys who turned out to have a heart after all. Si Sauvage is an album about acknowledging life's lessons without regrets, and finding both sorrow and joy in the process; it's the middle-aged response to the band's best album, 1984's Love Is the Law, and a work that gains depth and power with each listen.
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