Sleeping on Roads

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Binding: Audio CD
EAN: 0652637220223
Item Dimensions: 22
Label: 4ad / Ada
Manufacturer: 4ad / Ada
Number Of Discs: 1
Publisher: 4ad / Ada
Release Date: January 22, 2002
Studio: 4ad / Ada


 

Editorial Review:

Amazon.com:
Given that Brit guitarist-songwriter Neil Halstead's work with both Slowdive and Mojave 3 is as sleepy as it is pretty, you'd think his first solo record would provide him the chance to stretch and maybe even break a string in pursuit of a bona fide rock moment. Instead, Halstead's Sleeping on Roads--basically, a home recording featuring a bunch of his friends contributing everything from "computer skills and technical stuff" to "funny noises"--dims the lights even more. While tracks like the chiming, trumpet-tweaked opener "Seasons" point to a keen sense of melody, Halstead wastes no time in shifting the mood, and gaslight weepers like "Martha's Mantra (for the Pain)," "High Hopes," and "Dreamed I Saw Soldiers"--all almost unbearably downcast ruminations--dominate the set. Still, Halstead's delicate touch with guitar and his barely-there vocals sustain the sense of quiet introspection throughout the album's nine tracks. Winsome, ethereal folk never sounded so good, or so haunted. --Kim Hughes

Average Rating:

Rating: - Amazing depth and mood
This is one of the best albums I have ever heard...its one of those rare albums where I want to play every song in order and never skip a track. On my pod lying in the park looking at the sky and listening to this album makes for a great day.

Rating: - Great, as expected.
I love Neil's compositions. I find him incredibly talented. A fan of slowdive and, especially mojave 3, I knew I was in for a treat!... And was not disappointed. It's different than his other songs with mojave ( and of course than the wall of sounds of slowdive), more intimate, simpler, but exceptional. It is nice to hear yet another side of Neil Halstead. I always love his voice also. The lyrics are intimate and deep. For me all the songs are withstanding many listenings.
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Rating: - Belle trouvaille
Un superbe album. Je le recommande fortement. Très belles mélodies, un album pour ''road trip''. Très paisible, cet album vous fera certainement passer un très bon moment.

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Rating: - Wow
This is, quite possibly, the most beautiful album I've ever heard. While there is nothing here that is past tense in any way, this album still takes me back to the early 70's and reminds me how I felt before I learned life can sometimes deal you something other than Aces & Queens.

If you like dense melodies, clean rythem with a little melancholy thrown in on the side from time to time. You'll love this album. There's not even one track that gets less than 5 stars.

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Rating: - Good, but not as impressive after hearing Mojave 3
I've been digging into all the discography associated with Neil Halstead's artistic life in the past year. First, I listened to Mojave 3, and I loved what I heard. Then I went back to the music he did under Slowdive, at the beginning of the shoegazing movement, and I loved what I heard. I had a chance to listen to the free download Amazon offers from this album, "Two Stones In My Pocket", and I loved what I heard... so the natural thing for me to do was to get the album, and I did.

I didn't ... Read More