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░▀█████ Artist──: The American Dollar █████▀▀░
▄█▀██▀ Title───: The Technicolour Sleep ▀███▀█▄
█▓██▓ Label───: N/A ▀██▓█
▀█▄██▄▄ Genre─: Instrumental Rock ▄███▄█▀
░▀▀████ Source: CDDA ███▀▀░
▄███▀ Encoder: LAME ▀███
██▀ Quality-─: VBR kbps 44.1/63,7 MB12 tracks ███
██▓ Str.date-: 17-02-2007 ▓█▀
▀█ Rip.date-: 25-02-2007 ██▀
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▓▒ 01. rudiments of a spiritual life 05:04 ▒▓
▓▒ 02. the technicolour sleep 02:22 ▒▓
▓▒ 03. signaling through the flames 05:19 ▒▓
▓▒ 04. tonight, lets all make love in london 04:44 ▒▓
▓▒ 05. daytrip 02:01 ▒▓
▓▒ 06. the swamp 02:36 ▒▓
▓▒ 07. supernova landslide 04:39 ▒▓
▓▒ 08. time 05:13 ▒▓
▓▒ 09. summer of war 03:28 ▒▓
▓▒ 10. dea 04:02 ▒▓
▓▒ 11. raided by waves 04:26 ▒▓
▓▒ 12. palestine 02:29 ▒▓
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█▓ With its self-titled debut album, The American Dollar ▓█
█▓ proved one thing: it could write one hell of a ▓█
█▓ single. "War on Christmas," the album's opener, is ▓█
█▓ one of the most engaging and transcendent songs ▓█
█▓ written in the past couple of years, despite having ▓█
█▓ running time of less than four minutes. However, this ▓█
█▓ track proved to be a double edged sword, as it ▓█
█▓ appears that the band used all of its talents in ▓█
█▓ crafting it and left nothing for the following nine ▓█
█▓ songs. When the release of the follow-up album, The ▓█
█▓ Technicolour Sleep, was announced for early 2007, one ▓█
█▓ could not help but wonder if the new album might go ▓█
█▓ the way of the final nine tracks of the debut and ▓█
█▓ fall under the shadow of the almighty "War on ▓█
█▓ Christmas." ▓█
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█▓ It is debatable whether or not the band itself ▓█
█▓ recognized the disparity between "War on Christmas" ▓█
█▓ and the rest of its debut, but regardless, all doubts ▓█
█▓ are washed away within the first 3:12 of The ▓█
█▓ Technicolour Sleep. "Rudiments of a Spiritual Life" ▓█
█▓ blasts its way out of the speakers, effectively ▓█
█▓ instilling hope that this album will live up to the ▓█
█▓ band's initial potential. The overall feeling of The ▓█
█▓ Technicolour Sleep has not changed much from the ▓█
█▓ self-titled debut as The American Dollar still employ ▓█
█▓ a shoegaze/electronica sound along the lines of M83 ▓█
█▓ or Logh, but the emotion and grandeur of the entire ▓█
█▓ album rivals that of the aforementioned "War on ▓█
█▓ Christmas." As a cohesive work of art, this is one of ▓█
█▓ the most skillfully executed albums in recent memory. ▓█
█▓ From the clicks and whirs that freckle the faτade of ▓█
█▓ the softer ambient moments to the build-up of tension ▓█
█▓ before the cathartic release, every second of this ▓█
█▓ album has been meticulously crafted to remedy the ▓█
█▓ mistake of the debut. ▓█
█▓ ▓█
█▓ Another improvement over the predecessor is the ▓█
█▓ proficiency in drumming which raises the enjoyment of ▓█
█▓ the album exponentially. Ambient and electronica ▓█
█▓ artists sometimes have the tendency to give their ▓█
█▓ arrangements too much free reign and as a result may ▓█
█▓ sound too whimsical or airy. With the fantastic ▓█
█▓ drumming on The Technicolour Sleep, The American ▓█
█▓ Dollar avoid this problem and keep the arrangements ▓█
█▓ grounded in reality. There is a marked upbeat quality ▓█
█▓ to this album that was not evident in the ▓█
█▓ self-titled, and the drumming really adds to that ▓█
█▓ quality. Whereas there weren't many stand-out tracks ▓█
█▓ on the debut outside of "War on Christmas," it is ▓█
█▓ hard to pick a stand-out on The Technicolour Sleep ▓█
█▓ only because each track brings a new element or sound ▓█
█▓ to the album that is invaluable to the mood and ▓█
█▓ feeling. ▓█
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█▓ It is rare that I can say with a good amount of ▓█
█▓ confidence that an album released this early will ▓█
█▓ likely be one of my top albums of the year, but it is ▓█
█▓ going to take several extraordinary albums to devalue ▓█
█▓ The Technicolour Sleep. It was a shame that these ▓█
█▓ guys werenÆt signed to a label after the release of ▓█
█▓ their debut album, but it would be an absolute ▓█
█▓ tragedy if they didnÆt get label attention after this ▓█
█▓ magnificent creation. ▓█
█▓ ▓█
█▓ - Dan Wotherspoon ▓█
█▓ ▓█
█▓ http://theamericandollar.info/ ▓█
█▓ http://www.myspace.com/americandollarband ▓█
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