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- Artist : Ivy
- Binding : Audio CD
- EAN : 0067003021821
- Label : Nettwerk Records
- Manufacturer : Nettwerk Records
- Number Of Discs : 1
- Package Dimensions : 0.54 inches (Height) x 5.55 inches (Length) x 0.18 pounds (Weight) x 4.97 inches (Width)
- Package Quantity : 1
- Product Group : Music
- Publisher : Nettwerk Records
- Release Date : 2001-07-10
- SKU : 77886
- Studio : Nettwerk Records
- UPC : 067003021821
After years of postmodern pop posturing from dozens of would-be Portisheads and Björks, it's something more than a relief to see Ivy's third album, Long Distance. The New York-based trio's languid but richly emotional meld of trip-hop, classic French-pop touches (singer Dominique Durand is a Paris native) and indie-adventurousness shine here, even while displaying the outfit's deepest melancholic vibe. Few singer-songwriters could put across a sentiment like that of "Disappointed"--Durand explains that she's bound to leave a guy--without coming off defensive or taunting. "While We're in Love" offers a similarly bleak, if enticing, future. Long Distance never burrows so far into its own melancholy as to render the effect merely selfish or cold; even if your situation is hunky-dory, you'll be hard-pressed not to revel in the subtle empathy of these numbers. The sole non-original, the Blow Monkeys' 1986 single "Digging Scene", demonstrates Ivy's ability to render a late-summer day-scape replete with slowly pushed merry-go-round and intimation of oncoming loss, all with a wink. --Rickey Wright
- Amazon.co.uk Review
Tracks:
Disc 1
- 1: Undertow
- 2: Disappointed
- 3: Edge Of The Ocean
- 4: Blame It On Yourself
- 5: While We're In Love
- 6: Lucy Doesn't Love You
- 7: Worry About You
- 8: Let's Stay Inside
- 9: Midnight Sun
- 10: I Think Of You
- 11: Hideaway
- 12: One More Last Kiss
- 13: Digging Your Scene (Bonus Track)
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