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You Can Do Anything | 
| Artist: The Zutons
Label: SonyBMG
Category: Music
List Price: £15.99
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Rating:  9 reviews
Sales Rank: 3723
Media: Audio CD
Discs: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 5.6 x 5 x 0.5
UPC: 886973168929
EAN: 0886973168929
ASIN: B0018BQURW
Release Date: June 2, 2008
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| Tracks:
| • | Harder and Harder | | • | Dirty Rat | | • | What's Your Problem | | • | You Could Make The Four Walls Cry | | • | Family Of Leeches | | • | Don't Get Caught | | • | Bumbag | | • | Always Right Behind You | | • | Put A LIttle Aside | | • | Freak | | • | Give Me A Reason | | • | Little Red Door |
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| Editorial Reviews:
Amazon.co.uk review
The royalties must have seemed tempting at the time--hell, they still must--but it's got to feel galling to have written and recorded one of the genuinely great modern British soul songs, only to have it stolen from you and paraded in new bling from every speaker and screen. Anyone still under the impression that Mark Ronson and Amy Winehouse cooked up the all-conquering "Valerie" themselves would be well advised to delve back into The Zutons' small but stocky back catalogue for further gems and trinkets. Of course, it's not all perfect--the fact that The Zutons are so very overcooked is both their appeal and their Achilles heel. There is generally too much in the way of cod-poetic sub-Beautiful South storytelling and bad jokes, too much throttled yelping, far too much saxophone and too little subtlety. But when the surplus is skimmed aside, what's left can form an indie-soul revue to knock your novelty socks off. Examples on iYou Can Do Anything/i include the hammering vocal back-and-forth of "Harder And Harder", the colourful, anthemic "Always Right Behind You" bouncing off Slade's bell-bottoms and the riff-heavy Mott The Hoople-esque "Family Of Leeches". They're still essentially The Coral in lounge suits, Gomez without the Americana infatuation, but they'll be having the last laugh: on this evidence, they're a good few years away from the cruise ship circuit. --James Berry
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| Customer Reviews:
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 Fantastic! July 4, 2008
Martyn (Norwich, UK)
5 out of 6 found this review helpful
I totally agree with all the reviews already written here. Yes after playing the previous album to death on our holiday and thinking how can they match this........they bleedin well have!
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br /It did take 2-3 proper listens, but now I'm hailing this the best album of the year so far (well until Kings of Leon bring their next CD out in Sept!!)
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br /I keep trying to force myself away from it in the fear of overplaying it. And when I play other music, I can't wait to get The Zutons back in my ears again.
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br /Every track is a winner. Even the weaker ones have some form of brilliance at some point in the track.
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br /Very catchy, brilliant, I recommend it to all.
Grows on you more than you realise... June 27, 2008
Simon T. (UK)
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
Got this album on the day it was released and was tempted to post a review then. I would have given it three stars. I'm glad I waited, because now, for me, this is worth the full five stars. It's a great, no nonsense album full of wonderfully catchy tunes wrapped round some brillianty written lyrics that you'll find yourself singing/humming without even realising you're doing it. I'm probably in a minority among Zutons fans, but 'You Can Do Anything' is now my favourite of their three albums. If you enjoyed either of the previous two albums from this band, you'll love this one too.
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Simply great August 31, 2008
Red (Liverpool)
4 out of 5 found this review helpful
This is guitar music of the finest quality, if you like this band`s early stuff then you`ll love this. Absolutely brilliant.
They can do anything January 6, 2009
A. Sweeney (London, England)
1 out of 2 found this review helpful
'You Can Do Anything', the Zutons' third studio album, isn't an album that you can listen to once or twice and appreciate, this is a collection of songs which only reveal themselves when you've had this on your stereo system a good few times and then, all of a sudden, on your fourth or fifth play you find yourself really enjoying it all, immensely. There's nothing on this album which is likely to capture the general music-listening public's imagination in the same way as 'Valerie', for example, but at least that means that Amy Winehouse and Mark Ronson won't be able to pilfer anything from this album and then have lots of people thinking that they wrote it. Don't get me wrong, though - there are lots of extremely catchy guitar and sax hooks, toe tapping, head nodding songs which fans of the last two albums will certainly appreciate, such as the brilliant 'What's Your Problem' and the superb minor verse/major chorus 'Family Of Leeches'.
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br /'Don't Get Caught' is possibly my favourite song on 'You Can Do Anything' - I just love the creative chord progression at the end of the chorus and, although the comparisons probably get a little tiresome, this song sees The Zutons sounding more like The Coral than anywhere else on the album. The more you listen to this, the more you realise just how good this album is and what a rich bunch of compositions and performances these are. Other standout tracks include the soul/blues of 'Bumbag', the upbeat, pop-leanings of 'Always Right Behind You' and the brilliantly raw opener 'Harder and Harder'. Despite having a new guitarist, there is no new Zutons sound, nor is there anything but a continuation of the style of music which has won them a lot of fans, but the quality control on this album is high and they have delivered possibly their most consistent album and most rewarding listen to date. It's a wonderful mixture of blues, soul, indie-rock and pop, an excellent, fun album from start to finish and I'd recommend it - my new favourite Zutons album - highly.
 Felt indifferent at first, but it grows on you June 4, 2008
Sparky
12 out of 14 found this review helpful
I like the Zutons a lot. I've been a fan since their debut, Who Killed The Zutons, and loved how different their music was compared to the mainstream stuff that plagues the charts. Tired Of Hanging Around was an excellent follow up, albeit forcing some more chart friendly stuff in - the evolution was all-good however, and I had very high hopes for their third incarnation.
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br /First impressions were not good. I had heard very little hype about the new album, and when I finally got to hear the single Always Right Behind You I couldn't believe what I was hearing. It's definitely one of the weaker songs on the album, and everything else sounded pretty mediocre on first play - certainly no Valerie in there.
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br /But then, I'm often like that with music - I remembered on first play through I wasn't overly keen on the previous two albums either. A dozen listens later and my reservations have now disappeared - it is most definitely a grower.
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br /Stand out tracks are: Harder and Harder, Dirty Rat, What's Your Problem, You Could Make The Four Walls Cry, Family Of Leeches, Freak. Don't let first impressions put you off, give it a chance and it'll be your driving soundtrack for months to come.
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