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Love and Other Planets |  | Artist: Adem
Label: Domino
Category: Music
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Rating:  5 reviews
Sales Rank: 67638
Media: Audio CD
Discs: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 5.6 x 5 x 0.5
EAN: 5034202016021
ASIN: B000ENV3YK
Release Date: April 24, 2006
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| Tracks:
| • | Warning Call | | • | Something's Going To Come | | • | X Is For Kisses | | • | Launch Yourself | | • | Love And Other Planets | | • | Crashlander | | • | Sea Of Tranquility | | • | You And Moon | | • | Last Transmission From The Lost Mission | | • | These Lights Are Meaningful | | • | Spirals | | • | Human Beings Gather 'Round |
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| Customer Reviews:
At last...... a new album April 14, 2006
S. O'Neill (Manchester, England)
7 out of 7 found this review helpful
Adem Ilhans debut album,homesongs,was so perfect that there were never enough superlatives to throw at it. This poses a huge problem on how do you follow something like that without a host of comparisions coming to the fore. This is how....go one better! Use the same ingredients as previously(warm vocals stripped down folk with a new twist,i.e.blending glockenspiels,bells recorders to create a mind blowing sound) once again you have an album that can deal with loneliness,happiness every otheremotion possible with the same graceful ease! Now most artists that try this fail on all points - They fall into the trap of soppy,self important lyrics musical arrangements that sound clumbsy at best! Somehow, I dont know how he manages it, adem managesto avoid these traps with grace. Songs like sea of tranquility the vastness of it all could be plagued with cliches but instead they pull at the heartstrings make you want to throw away the rest of your cd collection for not measuring up! Buy this album trust me, the only problemyou will have is choosing a desert island disc, this or homesongs, I cant think of a greater compliment
Love and other planets April 28, 2006
Doyley
5 out of 6 found this review helpful
Another slice of gentleness. This time Kieran Hebden's involvement is slightly less audible in the mix and the songs are more comtemplative; perhaps less accessible than those in Homesongs. After a few listens though, his extraordinary voice and warm lyrics remind you why you haven't taken Homesongs off the stereo in over two years. Brilliant.
I love this album! April 16, 2008
J. Matthews (London)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
I'm new to Adem; I know almost nothing of his other work. With no 'context', I heard this at a friend's house... and it's had a special place in my heart since. I have no great insight to share with you, I just wanted to give it another 5 stars. Magical, like the Clangers!
Another beautiful Album September 3, 2006
M. Tobolewski (Ilkeston, Derbyshire United Kingdom)
If you enjoy well crafted, played, sung heart felt songs.
br /You can't go wrong with either Homesongs or LOP.
br /Wonderful live as well - The only wonder is why more people haven't heard them?
Compelling song-writing produces a captivating album March 30, 2008
Piers Moktan (Khorsor Elephant Stable, Nepal)
Wow-this is just so beautiful that I can barely contain my proselytising excitement. My discovery of Adem Ilhan's music was dictated by his involvement with the innovative post-rock/electronica band Fridge (who have just reformed and issued a new album), from which Kieran `curly' Hebden aka Four Tet also emerged. Kieran Hebden's pioneering work in the directions of folktronica and jazztronica has resulted in some of my favourite albums of the (still so young) 21st century, securing him an acclaimed status amongst contemporary legends like Boards of Canada. Considering how much I adore Four Tet (especially the `Pause' and `Rounds' albums), it seemed fairly likely that Hebden's bass-playing bandmate from Fridge might be equally talented and just as likely to craft a masterpiece. The reviews suggested as much, and on this occasion I wasn't disappointed. It seems that since graduating from their apprenticeship in Fridge, both have gone onto surpass their earlier achievements.
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br /Rather than the instrumental folktronica of Four Tet, Adem has distinguished himself with something more akin to laptop folk, where the songwriting comes first, with vocals and acoustic instrumentation taking precedence over electronic production techniques. In the classic Nick Drake-style singer-songwriter mould, it's the man and his acoustic guitar that are at the forefront (think José González). As with Nick Drake, Adem's voice bears the beauty of a fragile honesty, and it's utterly captivating. Nonetheless, Adem's studio savvy and arranging skills remain key ingredients in his production of such infectious songs, placing him alongside the fantastic Tunng in this respect.
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br /The songs on `Love and Other Planets' reveal a continuity in conceptual theme, providing a coherence that is the hallmark of a great album- this is no mere aggregate of songs. And if you assume that his tactic of metaphorically connecting love with galaxial imaginings will result in some kind of narrative of alienation, rejection and despair, then you'll be very wrong indeed. He may be singing of astronomical space, but this does not connote a cold and distant place, rather it's about the cosmic wonders of the spaces between us. For Adem, `Love and Other Planets' is about the way the privileged sight of a star going supernova can suggest the exhilarating magic that explodes in one's heart when love strikes, or the exciting possibilities of shared journeys through life symbolised by the beginning of an interstellar odyssey. Great songs, great music, great album- a classic in the making I suspect.
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