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Constantines
Shine a Light
Genres: Alternative Rock, Pop, Rock

Track Listings (12) - Disc #1
1. National Hum
2. Shine A Light
3. Nighttime/Anytime (It's Alright)
4. Insectivora
5. Young Lions
6. Goodbye Baby & Amen
7. On To You
8. Poison
9. Scoundrel babes
10. Tigar & Crane
11. Tank Commander(Hung Up In A Warehouse Town)
12. Sub-Domestic

CD Details

All Artists: Constantines
Title: Shine a Light
Members Wishing: 2
Total Copies: 0
Label: Sub Pop
Original Release Date: 1/1/2003
Re-Release Date: 8/19/2003
Genres: Alternative Rock, Pop, Rock
Style: Indie & Lo-Fi
Number of Discs: 1
SwapaCD Credits: 1
UPC: 098787056921

Synopsis

Album Description

The first pressing of the The Constantines' self-titled (and Juno Award-nominated) debut (released on Three Gut Records in 2001) was fittingly packaged so that, upon opening the red cardstock booklet, you'd find a single strike anywhere match. In an effort to not ruin the beauty and poignancy of a thing through over-explanation, suffice it to say that if your relationship with rock and roll is not fundamentally a quest for fire (elemental, transformative, consuming), you've missed the point. This from Magnet magazine: "They're young offenders with sharpened teeth who make grinding, literate punk with the elasti-to-explosive guitars heard on Fugazi's "Smallpox Champion," the stark lyrical economy of a Vonnegut-penned newspaper obituary..." And: "The Constantines are old souls in young bodies-guys in their early 20s who sound like Joe Strummer backed by Fugazi - making music that wakes the sleeping and the dead." Shine a Light is The Constantines' second full-length and first for Sub Pop (Three Gut continues as the band's home north of the border).

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CD Reviews

Many opinions, one record

t-diggs | Brooklyn, NY USA | 12/15/2004

(4 out of 5 stars)

"to the guy below and anyone else whos interested in hearing what this band sounds like. this DOES NOT sound like fugazi. at all. simple as that. it does have a bruce springsteen quality in the vocal quality only. the guy sounds like the boss. what can you do? hes got a good voice too. the music, is nothing at all that is new. this is rock and roll. they have their own style, but it doesnt stray far from the standard rock and roll regalia thats been going around lately. so, why did i give it four stars? because there is something we all have to remember here, songwriting. the music may be nothing new, but the songwriting is great. nirvana wasnt new by any means, but the song writing was great and thats why they were respected. same with this band. they are a good band, with good lyrics, and good rocking parts. the vocals add alot more to the feel of the music. his gritty boss like vocals make the music sound really good and blue collar like the thing a bunch of dudes that got off of their job at the mechaninc shop would play before going out to knock down a few bottles of beer. it makes you feel slightly bad ass without feeling like a young punk. it is music for us older people, who arent pissed at the world, but are just pissed at the man, and want a decent paying job so we deal with all our bills. word."

A Great Rock and Roll Band

Matthew Harrison | Regina, Sask, Canada | 05/20/2005

(5 out of 5 stars)

"I had never heard of The Constantines untill I saw them live with The Weakerthans (A great Canadian Band, check them out). I have been hooked on the ever since. Listen to the song Shine A Light if you don't like the main riff of this song then you don't like rock and roll. Totally amazing band."

Cold-Blooded Sympathizer

Sassaffraz | Toronto, Canada | 11/16/2005

(5 out of 5 stars)

"Reading the reviews, I hear the phrases "droning hard rock" and "standard rock and roll regalia" associated with The Constantines....Why has everyone failed to mention how sad this album is? There is something about his voice that is so tragic, so desperate. Listen to "Goodbye Baby & Amen"...listen to "Insectivora"...Listen to their other album, listen to "Justice". It helps that they can write...but I would listen just for Bry Webb's voice. So sorrowful, yet strangely triumphant."