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The Music were one of the cornerstone Brit-pop bands of the first half of the 2000s, but with the announcement of their breakup in 2010, this collection of their non-album tracks -- released just after the split -- was immediately cast in a rather loaded context. Suddenly the band's story was a closed book, whose first few chapters were imbued with a newly sentimentalized glow. Of course, the Leeds quartet's first flush of popularity in the U.K. came as something of a grassroots groundswell, too, so there's also the "back when they were our kids" syndrome attaching itself to the first couple of EPs -- at least for the hardcore fans who were on board from the beginning. Singer Robert Harvey's soaring voice and guitarist Adam Nutter's slashing six-string fervor were the band's trademarks from the get-go. You can discern a fair bit of the Jeff Buckley-influenced end of the Brit-pop spectrum (à la Muse et al.) in some of the Music's earliest tracks, including "Take the Long Road and Walk It," the one that got the ball rolling for the band. Of course, that basically just means they're once removed from the combo platter of wailing, Robert Plant-like vocals and crunching, Jimmy Page-esque riffs that were so crucial to Buckley's own recordings. But the chronological arrangement of the tracks on this two-disc collection makes it easy to chart the Music's rapid evolution, and it quickly becomes clear that they had other things on their agenda as well. By the time of "Getaway" in late 2002, they were working dance beats into their sound, and "The Truth Is No Words" revolves around some seriously syncopated funk grooves -- in fact, it veers dangerously close to a bit of a late-‘80s "baggy" feel, but 2004's "Freedom Fighters" found the Music still laying down plenty of crushingly heavy, Led Zep-derived guitar riffs, even though the same song's John Digweed remix was unassailable dancefloor fodder. Given Harvey's well-publicized struggles with substance abuse, and his repeated attempts to conquer his addictions and focus on the Music, it's especially unfortunate that the bandmembers -- who were still teens when they started playing together -- couldn't stick it out longer, but this anthology makes a fitting elegy.
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Robert Harvey, Producer, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Adam Nutter, Producer, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Phil Jordan, Producer, Drums, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Stuart Coleman, Producer, Bass Guitar, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - The Music, MainArtist - Will Jackson, Producer, Mixer, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 2001 Virgin Records Limited
Robert Harvey, Producer, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Adam Nutter, Producer, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Phil Jordan, Producer, Drums, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Stuart Coleman, Producer, Bass Guitar, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - The Music, MainArtist - Will Jackson, Producer, Mixer, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 2001 Virgin Records Limited
Andy Rogers, Producer - Simon Askew, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Robert Harvey, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Adam Nutter, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Phil Jordan, Drums, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Stuart Coleman, Bass Guitar, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - The Music, MainArtist
℗ 2001 BBC Enterprises Ltd.
Mike Marsh, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Robert Harvey, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Adam Nutter, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Phil Jordan, Drums, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Stuart Coleman, Bass Guitar, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Simon Barnicott, Engineer, StudioPersonnel - The Music, MainArtist - Jeremy Abbiss, Producer
℗ 2002 Virgin Records Limited
Mike Marsh, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Robert Harvey, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Adam Nutter, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Phil Jordan, Drums, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Stuart Coleman, Bass Guitar, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Simon Barnicott, Engineer, StudioPersonnel - The Music, MainArtist - Jeremy Abbiss, Producer
℗ 2002 Virgin Records Limited
Tim Young, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Tom Stanley, Recording Engineer, Mix Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Robert Harvey, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Adam Nutter, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Phil Jordan, Drums, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Stuart Coleman, Bass Guitar, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Lenny Franchi, Producer, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Andy Saunders, Recording Engineer, Mix Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Russ Keffort, Drum Programming, AssociatedPerformer - Adam Helal, Engineer, StudioPersonnel - The Music, MainArtist
℗ 2001 Virgin Records Limited
Tim Young, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Tom Stanley, Recording Engineer, Mix Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Robert Harvey, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Adam Nutter, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Phil Jordan, Drums, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Stuart Coleman, Bass Guitar, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Lenny Franchi, Producer, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Andy Saunders, Recording Engineer, Mix Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Russ Keffort, Drum Programming, AssociatedPerformer - Adam Helal, Engineer, StudioPersonnel - The Music, MainArtist
℗ 2001 Virgin Records Limited
Tim Young, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Tom Stanley, Recording Engineer, Mix Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Robert Harvey, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Adam Nutter, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Phil Jordan, Drums, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Stuart Coleman, Bass Guitar, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Lenny Franchi, Producer, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Andy Saunders, Recording Engineer, Mix Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Russ Keffort, Drum Programming, AssociatedPerformer - Adam Helal, Engineer, StudioPersonnel - The Music, MainArtist
℗ 2001 Virgin Records Limited
Tim Young, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Tom Stanley, Recording Engineer, Mix Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Robert Harvey, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Adam Nutter, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Phil Jordan, Drums, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Stuart Coleman, Bass Guitar, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Lenny Franchi, Producer, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Andy Saunders, Recording Engineer, Mix Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Russ Keffort, Drum Programming, AssociatedPerformer - Adam Helal, Engineer, StudioPersonnel - The Music, MainArtist
℗ 2001 Virgin Records Limited
Jim Abbiss, Producer - Robert Harvey, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Adam Nutter, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Phil Jordan, Drums, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Stuart Coleman, Bass Guitar, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - The Music, MainArtist
℗ 2002 Virgin Records Limited
Tim Young, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Robert Harvey, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Adam Nutter, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Phil Jordan, Drums, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Stuart Coleman, Bass Guitar, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Myles Clarke, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Simon Barnicott, Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Louis Read, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - The Music, MainArtist - Jeremy Abbiss, Producer, Mixer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 2002 Virgin Records Limited
Tim Young, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Robert Harvey, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Adam Nutter, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Phil Jordan, Drums, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Stuart Coleman, Bass Guitar, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Myles Clarke, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Simon Barnicott, Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Louis Read, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - The Music, MainArtist - Jeremy Abbiss, Producer, Mixer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 2002 Virgin Records Limited
Tim Young, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Robert Harvey, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Adam Nutter, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Phil Jordan, Drums, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Stuart Coleman, Bass Guitar, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Myles Clarke, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Simon Barnicott, Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Louis Read, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - The Music, MainArtist - Jeremy Abbiss, Producer, Mixer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 2002 Virgin Records Limited
Robert Harvey, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Adam Nutter, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Phil Jordan, Drums, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Stuart Coleman, Bass Guitar, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - The Music, MainArtist - Jeremy Abbiss, Producer
℗ 2002 Virgin Records Limited
Robert Harvey, Producer, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Adam Nutter, Producer, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Phil Jordan, Producer, Drums, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Stuart Coleman, Producer, Bass Guitar, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - The Music, MainArtist - Will Jackson, Producer, Mixer, Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Frank Arkwright, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 2002 Virgin Records Limited
DISC 2
Mike Marsh, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Louis Reed, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Neil Tucker, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Robert Harvey, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Adam Nutter, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Phil Jordan, Drums, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Stuart Coleman, Bass Guitar, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Barny, Engineer, StudioPersonnel - The Music, MainArtist - Jeremy Abbiss, Producer
℗ 2002 Virgin Records Limited
Robert Harvey, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Adam Nutter, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Phil Jordan, Drums, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Stuart Coleman, Bass Guitar, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - The Music, MainArtist - Will Jackson, Mixer, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 2003 Virgin Records Limited
Barton, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Robert Harvey, Guitar, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Adam Nutter, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Phil Jordan, Drums, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Stuart Coleman, Bass Guitar, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - The Music, MainArtist - Will Jackson, Producer, Mixer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 2003 Virgin Records Limited
Brendan O'Brien, Producer, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Bob Ludwig, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Karl Egsieker, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Billy Bowers, Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Nick DiDia, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Robert Harvey, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Adam Nutter, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Phil Jordan, Drums, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Stuart Coleman, Bass Guitar, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Phil Martin, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - The Music, MainArtist
℗ 2004 Virgin Records Limited
Youth, Producer - Robert Harvey, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Adam Nutter, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Phil Jordan, Drums, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Stuart Coleman, Bass Guitar, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - The Music, MainArtist
℗ 2004 Virgin Records Limited
Brendan O'Brien, Producer - Robert Harvey, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Adam Nutter, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Phil Jordan, Drums, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Stuart Coleman, Bass Guitar, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - The Music, MainArtist
℗ 2004 Virgin Records Limited
Tom Stanley, Recording Engineer, Mix Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Robert Harvey, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Adam Nutter, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Phil Jordan, Drums, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Stuart Coleman, Bass Guitar, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Lenny Franchi, Producer, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Andy Saunders, Recording Engineer, Mix Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Adam Helal, Engineer, StudioPersonnel - The Music, MainArtist - Nick McCabe, Remixer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 2004 Virgin Records Limited
Tom Stanley, Recording Engineer, Mix Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Robert Harvey, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Adam Nutter, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Phil Jordan, Drums, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Stuart Coleman, Bass Guitar, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Lenny Franchi, Producer, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Andy Saunders, Recording Engineer, Mix Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Adam Helal, Engineer, StudioPersonnel - The Music, MainArtist
℗ 2004 Virgin Records Limited
Brendan O'Brien, Producer, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Bob Ludwig, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Karl Egsieker, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Billy Bowers, Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Nick DiDia, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Robert Harvey, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Adam Nutter, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Phil Jordan, Drums, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Stuart Coleman, Bass Guitar, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Phil Martin, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - The Music, MainArtist - Nick Muir, Remixer, StudioPersonnel - John Digweed, Remixer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 2004 Virgin Records Limited
Brendan O'Brien, Producer, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Nick DiDia, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Robert Harvey, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Adam Nutter, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Phil Jordan, Drums, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Stuart Coleman, Bass Guitar, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - The Music, MainArtist
℗ 2004 Virgin Records Limited
Robert Harvey, Producer, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Adam Nutter, Producer, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Phil Jordan, Producer, Drums, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Stuart Coleman, Producer, Bass Guitar, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - The Music, MainArtist
℗ 2004 Virgin Records Limited
Brendan O'Brien, Producer, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Robert Harvey, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Adam Nutter, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Phil Jordan, Drums, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Stuart Coleman, Bass Guitar, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - The Music, MainArtist - Thin White Duke, Remixer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 2004 Virgin Records Limited
Nick Fountain, Producer - Robert Harvey, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Adam Nutter, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Phil Jordan, Drums, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Stuart Coleman, Bass Guitar, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - The Music, MainArtist
℗ 2010 BBC Music
Album review
The Music were one of the cornerstone Brit-pop bands of the first half of the 2000s, but with the announcement of their breakup in 2010, this collection of their non-album tracks -- released just after the split -- was immediately cast in a rather loaded context. Suddenly the band's story was a closed book, whose first few chapters were imbued with a newly sentimentalized glow. Of course, the Leeds quartet's first flush of popularity in the U.K. came as something of a grassroots groundswell, too, so there's also the "back when they were our kids" syndrome attaching itself to the first couple of EPs -- at least for the hardcore fans who were on board from the beginning. Singer Robert Harvey's soaring voice and guitarist Adam Nutter's slashing six-string fervor were the band's trademarks from the get-go. You can discern a fair bit of the Jeff Buckley-influenced end of the Brit-pop spectrum (à la Muse et al.) in some of the Music's earliest tracks, including "Take the Long Road and Walk It," the one that got the ball rolling for the band. Of course, that basically just means they're once removed from the combo platter of wailing, Robert Plant-like vocals and crunching, Jimmy Page-esque riffs that were so crucial to Buckley's own recordings. But the chronological arrangement of the tracks on this two-disc collection makes it easy to chart the Music's rapid evolution, and it quickly becomes clear that they had other things on their agenda as well. By the time of "Getaway" in late 2002, they were working dance beats into their sound, and "The Truth Is No Words" revolves around some seriously syncopated funk grooves -- in fact, it veers dangerously close to a bit of a late-‘80s "baggy" feel, but 2004's "Freedom Fighters" found the Music still laying down plenty of crushingly heavy, Led Zep-derived guitar riffs, even though the same song's John Digweed remix was unassailable dancefloor fodder. Given Harvey's well-publicized struggles with substance abuse, and his repeated attempts to conquer his addictions and focus on the Music, it's especially unfortunate that the bandmembers -- who were still teens when they started playing together -- couldn't stick it out longer, but this anthology makes a fitting elegy.
© J. Allen /TiVo
About the album
- 2 disc(s) - 28 track(s)
- Total length: 02:21:35
- Main artists: The Music
- Composer: Various Composers
- Label: UMC (Universal Music Catalogue)
- Genre: Pop/Rock Rock
© 2010 Virgin Records Limited This Compilation ℗ 2010 Virgin Records Limited
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