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| Artist: Courteeners
Label: Universal
Category: Music
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Rating:  10 reviews
Sales Rank: 1084
Format: Explicit Lyrics
Media: Audio CD
Running Time: 49
Discs: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 5.4 x 4.9 x 0.4
UPC: 602517635296
EAN: 0602517635296
ASIN: B0015435KC
Release Date: April 7, 2008
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 Cracking Album April 24, 2008
0 out of 4 found this review helpful
It takes a couple of listen's, but after a while you will love this album!
a quality debut album April 21, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
A lot of hype surrounded the courteeners debut album and it doesnt dissapoint.
Lazy journalists have been calling them the new oasis which is unfair, although they hail from Manchester and the lead singers names are the same, these are the only similarites between the two.
I think this album should be reviewed on its own merits and not compared to the likes of oasis or smiths etc, because you will always have people who are still living in the 80s and 90s saying they are not as good as these bands.
But let us remember it is 2008 and these bands have been and gone and it is now time for people and music to move on, dont get me wrong im a big fan (and always will be) of the roses,oasis and the smiths and must now say that the courteeners now fall into this category.
now for the album, unlike a lot of indie albums nowadays which contain about 12 songs which sound the same, this is different, a mix of raw energy, catchy foottappers which will stick in you head for weeks and well written ballads, this album offers everything.
I could go on and on about how good this album is but all i can say is give it a try yourself you wont be dissapointed.
oh one final thing if you can catch them live go and see them they are excellent.
 i hope the amount of reviews don't reflect sales April 14, 2008
1 out of 2 found this review helpful
because this is one that deserves to be bought and should be playing in your cd player right now! a brilliant rock and roll indie album with thundering guitar work and well paced songs. aftershow starts the album as it means to go on, head bopping rock that continues with cavorting, bide your time and what took you so long? please don't is then one of the two slower tracks (and also poorer in my eyes) as is the following track if it wasn't for me. no you didn't, no you don't then picks up the pace again as one of the best tracks on the album, but again then how come drops in as the usual slow track that they put in on indie albums. the rest of the album then plays out very nicely, kings of the new road till fallowfield hillbilly are then back to head-popping, toe-tapping rock songs with yesterday, today & probably tomorrow then plays the album out nice and gently, which is where i feel the slow songs should go on an album, but just my opinion
so in conclusion a great album, similar in style to maybe the enemy, a sort of 2008 oasis if you like (they are manc), the only reason i wouldn't give it 5 stars is the sort of let downs in please don't, if it wasn't for me and how come. also the half-hidden track at the end of the album is another goodie and ingeniusly you don't have to wait 10 minutes at the end of the last track to get to it, just skim through like 8 blank or when you import them on your computer, delete them
St Jude Review From Winstons Zen April 13, 2008
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
When a band with just a handful of releases sell out shows across the country months in advance (including London's prestigious Astoria), you can be sure there's a storm brewing. Well, if The Courteeners are that band, they're carrying a potential whirlwind in the form of frontman Liam Fray.
Fray's unwavering confidence in his own talent and his tendency to speak his mind, in both his lyrics and interviews, has been perceived by many in the music press as bordering on arrogance, causing such a flurry of snarling headlines detailing barely concealed swipes at his perceived challengers to the indie crown, that you might be forgiven for forgetting the quality of the tunes that catapulted The Courteeners to stardom in the first place, and made St Jude one of the most eagerly awaited debuts of 2008.
Last year's limited release debut single Cavorting is as upbeat a blast of pure pop energy as you'll come across. Were it to be re-released now (and a re-release is going to be hard for Polydor to resist) it would be a sure-fire number one, but delivered with Fray's signature sneering cynicism and containing scathing indictments of clubs full of snorting, goggle-eyed girls, it still holds enough edge to keep it's cred amongst the ever so alternative indie crowd. Coming hot on the heals of opening track Aftershow, which manages to sound like The Reverend being chased through Supernova Heights by Alex Turner, it serves as a fantastic introduction for anyone who has inexplicably managed to avoid The Courteeners up until now.
From there on St Jude continues, almost without fault, to serve up round after round of potential brit-rock classics. At times it delivers the kind of snarling, jump around rock `n' roll you might think this country's music scene has lacked in recent years. The brilliantly dark Kings of The New Road sounds like Noel Gallagher covering the Kings of Leon, while What Took You So Long? and Fallowfield Hillbilly are likely to have people on the bus asking you to turn your headphones down. If they're not already asking you to stop jumping around. Less rocky head nodders like Bide Your Time and No You Didn't No You Don't are at once painfully cool and wickedly enjoyable.
St Jude is not without it's more reflective tracks however, Yesterday, Today and Probably Tomorrow, the final track of the album proper, is a beautiful acoustic ballad that would close proceedings on a rather sombre note if it weren't for the ever popular Acrylic's addition as a (not very well) hidden track. Then there's How Come a pleasant if somewhat un-engaging ode to that mate we all have who never seems to go home alone. These tracks may hint at great things to come from a more sedate and perhaps solo Fray in the future, but to be honest, they are not among the plethora of reasons why you should definitely buy this album
If you're looking for introspective lyrical comment documenting society's struggles and the illuminating the human condition, you're barking up the wrong Mancunian. The level of Fray's humility is summed up admirably on Please Don't ;
"Why wouldn't we have carried on,
We could've got married,
You could've carried,
Some of my sons"
But who wants humble rock `n' roll stars? Whoever said, "You know what the music scene of today is crying out for? Sensitivity, that's what." Nobody ever said that, because there's plenty of neurotic melancholy out there. This is music to enjoy listening to, not to torment yourself with. So submerge yourself in the coolness, forget who you are for once, throw yourself around the room a bit, and screw the consequences!
What Took You So Long April 11, 2008
6 out of 7 found this review helpful
The Courteeners finally released their highly anticipated debut album on the 7th April. The backlash has no doubt begun after Liam Fray declared this offering to be up there with the Stone Roses debut. To be fair he had to big the album up but St Jude doesn't quiet hit the heights that the Stone Roses debut did. Although it is a very good first effort
I have seen the band on many occasions over the last 6 months and the songs have evolved a lot since I first heard them. This made the first listen quite difficult for me but once I got past the fact the songs had changed slightly I realised what a great piece of work St Jude really is. The songs really work well as a whole and the listener never finds themselves getting bored. The Courteeners have added layers of sound on various fan favourites which makes them sound a little weird at first.
The outstanding track on the album is "Please Don't" which has a girl group drumbeat reminiscent of Phil Spector's Wall of Sound recordings. One listen of this and the listener realises there is a lot more depth and sensitivity to the Courteeners than previously thought. This is again highlighted on the album closer "yesterday, Today and Probably Tomorrow" which is an eloquent ode to a love that the singer knows will never last. It evokes memories of Morrissey at his best and leaves the listener in no doubt that there is definitely more to come from the Courteeners.
Just buy the album and decide for yourself. I'm sure you won't be disappointed
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