release date: Jun. 16, 2003
format: cd
[album rate: 4 / 5] [3,95]
producer: Rich Costey
label: Sony BMG - nationality: Denmark
Tracklist: 1. "Am I Wry? No" (4,5 / 5) - 2. "156" - 3. "Snow Brigade" (4 / 5) - 4. "Symmetry" - 5. "Behind the Drapes" - 6. "Her Voice Is Beyond Her Years" - 7. "Eight Flew Over, One Was Destroyed" - 8. "She Came Home for Christmas" (4 / 5) - 9. "She Spider" (5 / 5) - 10. "Comforting Sounds" (4 / 5)
3rd studio album by Mew and the first to have an original international release, which makes it the band's international debut. Six of the tracks are remakes of tracks either issued on the debut album (1 track) or on the band's follow-up album Half the World Is Watching Me (2000). Track #8 is the only one from the debut, but like the other remakes, track #1, #2, #4, #6, and #10, these versions are better produced, or at least with a different aim in sound. Georgian 14 year-old Becky Jarrett features on track 4, and Swedish pop vocalist Stina Nordenstam features on track #6. Only four tracks are new but then again: the tracks on this album are all unique, and having only issued the first two albums in very limited numbers this album is a necessity.
[ allmusic.com 4,5 / 5, Uncut 4 / 5, Sputnikmusic 5 / 5 stars ]
