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Twelve Stops and Home |  | Artist: The Feeling
Label: Island
Category: Music
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Seller: greener_books
Rating:  106 reviews
Sales Rank: 2272
Media: Audio CD
Discs: 1
Running Time: 56 Minutes
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 5.5 x 4.7 x 0.4
UPC: 602498578810
EAN: 0602498578810
ASIN: B000FBH2HS
Release Date: June 5, 2006
Availability: Usually dispatched within 1-2 business days
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| Tracks:
| • | I Want You Now | | • | Never Be Lonely | | • | Fill My Little World | | • | Kettles On | | • | Sewn | | • | Anyone | | • | Strange | | • | Love It When You Call | | • | Rosé | | • | Same Old Stuff | | • | Helicopter | | • | Blue Piccadilly |
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| Editorial Reviews:
Amazon.co.uk Review
With "indie" rapidly becoming a by-word for "whinging", it's refreshing to hear an album like The Feeling's debut, iTwelve Stops and Home/i. People who come to this album having only heard the catchy-yet-downbeat single "Sewn" might find the jaunty, upbeat tone of the rest of this album a refreshing surprise. iTwelve Stops and Home/i is pure, summery optimism, with most tracks bouncing along at a happy, head-nodding pace, and packed to the brim with simple, singalong lyrics, including the liberal use of "la-la-la" and "na-na-na". Sure it's lightweight, but that's no bad thing--it cuts like a ray of sunshine right through the knee-hugging depression of contemporaries Coldplay and Keane, with whom the Feeling are sometimes, bizarrely, compared. Instead, iTwelve Stops and Home/i is a pop album straight out of the 1970s, played by young men with guitars and a piano. Which explains why "Fill My Little World" and "I Want You Now" are so cheerful, sounding like Squeeze would have if they sang about puppies. On iTwelve Stops and Home/i, the Feeling may not be out to change the world, but they're happy to make it a bit brighter. i--Ted Kord/i
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| Customer Reviews:
Showing reviews 1-5 of 106
 A Pop Triumph March 3, 2007
D. Newton (Swindon, Wilts)
20 out of 20 found this review helpful
I am very much into clever-clogs `Post Rock' and electronica at the moment, so I was primed to sneer at `Twelve Stops From Home' when my mate insisted I give it a listen. Just goes to show how wrong you can be.
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br /This CD is a joyous, upbeat, feel-good riot. I believe the opening trio may be the strongest since `Teen Spirit', `Come As You Are' and `In Bloom' on Nirvana's `Nevermind', not that there is any similarity in sound.
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br /The opener ` I Want You Now' is a cock-sure statement of intent; the breakthrough single `Fill My Little World' is instantly catchy, driven by piano and `Never Be Lonely' is a fantastic 70s MOR throwback - surely the best song Supertramp never wrote.
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br /The rest of the album is just as strong: loads of harmonising and sing-a-long backing vocals, all held together with a wonderful British spirit (`Kettle's On). The closer `Blue Piccadilly' is a real lighter-waving anthem with the most rousing `la la las' I have heard since `Olsen Olsen' on Sigur Ros's `Agaetis Byrjun' (there - managed to squeeze a Post-Rock reference in!)
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br /It is no surprise to me that there have been so many singles released from this CD as the album is genuinely packed with hits. It is a sheer joy to listed to from beginning to end and is recommended to all music fans without hesitation. Absolutely love it!
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An Album of the Year Contender December 18, 2006
Steve Horsfall - Author (You Are Here ; Full Story Inside) (UK)
24 out of 25 found this review helpful
I bought Twelve Stops and Home some time ago and loved it from the first listen. I then lent it to a friend and have just managed to get it back - now I'm enjoying it all over again. Wins the prize for most melodic album of the year by a mile - my favourite track is Strange, a classic amongst many.
The Feeling of utter Joy! October 5, 2006
Stants (Plymouth, England)
16 out of 17 found this review helpful
This debut almbum makes you feel just great! The sound is different then lots of artists out there at the moment and in The Feeling we see great songs from a intelligent band who, while not wanting to set the world of fire, certainly care about there music.
br /There are some truly great songs- Never Be Lonely, Sewn, Strange, Helicopter- yet there isnt a bad track on the album!
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br /Pure listenable gold- you'll be playing them over and over again.
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Jam-packed with hooks October 22, 2006
Baggiesfaninessex (Essex, UK)
23 out of 25 found this review helpful
I was pestered for a few weeks to buy this album by my wife. I did eventually buy it for her and paid very little attention. She obviously loves it because it's been played to death. And now? I can't get the bloody songs out of my head. Infectious, well-structured, melodic art-rock. Oh yes. I won't use the dreaded word prog - it's not that anyway. It hasn't got the pomposity of prog. But it is art-rock reminiscent of Beatles' 'Abbey Road' (Same Old Stuff), the eponymous album by Stealers Wheel (Never Be Lonely), The Eagles' 'Desperado' (Alone) and Supertramp's 'Breakfast in America' (Strange). 10cc and Manfred Mann is in their too. Blue Piccadily is possibly the best song that Billy Joel didn't write. I can't speak too highly of this album, which I really didn't expect to grow on me like this.
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br /I'm playing it more and more myself - the songs are so well-written. They sound fairly simple on the surface but behind the gorgeous melodies is a complexity and know-how, which makes the vast majority of chart bands sound totally second rate in comparison. The influencies are fun to list but the album stands up as a modern masterpiece on its own merits.
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br /Top notch stuff.
Extraordinary January 16, 2007
Miss Milkie (Italy)
7 out of 7 found this review helpful
I don't usually write reviews but I just have to drop a few lines to say how great this album is. I got it from a friend and I was expecting it to be the usual "moany" sad indie record (which is OK for me, but gets a bit tiring at times), but when I first heard it I was shocked. Most songs are fast, upbeat and yes, a bit cheesy,but they really put a smile on your face and make you feel great. The few ballads are gorgeous and definitively not your average love song. Overall this cd doesn't sound like anything that's around at the moment, you will either love it or hate it but you'll never know until you listen to it. Give it a try.
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