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Elysium |  | Artist: The Velvet Teen
Label: Slowdance Records
Category: Music
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Rating:  10 reviews
Sales Rank: 27753
Media: Audio CD
Discs: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 5.6 x 5 x 0.5
UPC: 899833001922
EAN: 0089983300192
ASIN: B0002IQO28
Release Date: August 3, 2004
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| Tracks:
| • | Sartre Ringo | | • | Penicillin (It Doesn't Mean Much) | | • | Captive Audience | | • | Chimera Obscurant | | • | Poor Celine | | • | Forlorn | | • | We Were Bound (To Bend the Rules) |
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Showing reviews 1-5 of 10
 Prententious? No. Thom Yorke Ripoff? Absolutely Not. Beautiful, Brave Album? Yes. July 23, 2006
Noi Boi
4 out of 4 found this review helpful
An awful lot of these reviews keep coming back to the point that this album is pretentious. Honeslty, I could not disagree more. Losing guitar in place of piano is not pretentious, its a brave move. Judah Nagler, a guitar player, wanted to make an album without guitar. Welcome to The Velvet Teen. In regard to the stickers on the front of the album, maybe slowdance records wrote about The Velvet Teen in glowing terms because they are close friends and TVT is their flagship band. Why anyone would criticize him for that is beyond me. As far as Thom Yorke similarities go, Thom and Judah have similar voices, Judah is inspired by Radiohead. Saying that Judah "rips-off" Yorke is rediculous. Lastly, in regard to poor lyrics all i have to say is when was the last time you wrote something better then this?
"half-full loses weight once you taste it / so for now my empty glass must mean i've chased it / but i'm not wasted and i'll not waste it / the dealer laced it with a new decree of our separation / how many have you taken? / and i could run off at the mouth / for hours on end, like i'd gone senseless / but i'm just speechless / rendered me defenseless / barred from your presence, my name from present-tenses "
This album is a beautiful deviation from the norm in this genre. The Velvet Teen proves through Elysium that they are a well rounded group who are capable of anything. This album is one of my top 5 albums of all time. I recommend it HIGHLY to anyone who enjoys good music.
Aches with beauty June 10, 2005
L. S. M. (AR, USA)
3 out of 3 found this review helpful
This album will make you cry out from sheer emotive ecstasy, and I am not exaggerating. When Judah Nagler's voice soars towards the end of Poor Celine, you heart rises along with it; when he croons "you're not meant for me" at the end of Forlorn, the effect is dramatic, conveying a sense of, well, forlornness. The harmonious vocal arrangements and resplendent musical production make this a true sonic "elysium" you'll want to revisit again and again...and again.
Believe it. March 25, 2005
D. Stapleton
3 out of 4 found this review helpful
This album is a revelation. Words do not do it justice. Decide for yourself.
 Overrated and cheesy. March 17, 2005
James Hetfield (San Francisco, CA)
0 out of 15 found this review helpful
My friends told me to buy this cd, and that it was overwhelmingly wonderful. I think its the silliest music I've heard in a while. There is almost nothing here worth mentioning of any quality at all. The album itself sounds quite good. Some of the string arrangements, which I understand the band didn't write, are pretty good. but none of the songs seem grounded in anything particularly genuine, none of the melodies are very moving, I just don't see what the big deal is about this band.
Pretentious? Yes. Good? Incredible. January 25, 2005
R. Schwerdt (Lancaster, CA USA)
3 out of 5 found this review helpful
My first thoughts upon hearing Elysium (rather, before I even took the plastic wrap off the case) I thought, "God, how pretentious can you get?" My reaction was probably due to the sticker on the front which stated, as I remember it, anyway "BEHOLD: The 2nd Album from The Velvet Teen! No Guitars! For Reals!" Any band that introduces their cd with "Behold" must seriously be full of it I though, but having been a fan of their previous material, I decided to let that slide.
After listening to the CD, my opinion of their pretention remained the same, however the sheer beauty of some of the tracks is breathtaking. I admit, at points Jonah isn't exactly the greatest lyricist in the world, but at other points his words and his voice shine. I wouldn't compare his voice to Thom Yorke (we can save that for the guy from Muse), but I'd compare it closer to that of the late, great, Jeff Buckley.
Some of the tracks are kind of hefty to get through, notably the 13 minute aural adventure of Chimera Obscurant stuck right in the middle of the CD (just a heads-up, that song could probably win the award for most lyrics packed into a song in the history of man). Forlorn and A Captive Audience are some of my favorite tracks on the cd; the piano licks on both songs are very catchy, (and pretty fun to play, might I add).
Anyway, if you have a problem with pretention, then sure, go away and buy something else, but if you do decide to get this CD... Prepare yourself. Its a fantastic ride.
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