Embryonic Rendezvous - The Soundtrack of Our Lives, Gustafsson, Åke Kar
Four Ages, Pt. 2
Grand Canaria
Endless Song
Confrontation Camp
Blow My Cool
Senior Breakdown - The Soundtrack of Our Lives, Olsson, Björn
Bendover Babies
The Homo Habilis Blues
For Good
Magic Muslims
Rest in Piece
Retro Man - The Soundtrack of Our Lives, Johansson
Theme from Hallo - The Soundtrack of Our Lives, Olsson, Björn
Legend in His Own Mind
Debut from 1998 for Swedish rock outfit includes 20 tracks of dark, dramatic rock 'n' roll echoing the majesty and ambitions of classic albums past. Their sound recalls everyone from The Doors to Pink Floyd to Led Zeppe... more »lin, however avoiding the pitfall of nostalgia.« less
Debut from 1998 for Swedish rock outfit includes 20 tracks of dark, dramatic rock 'n' roll echoing the majesty and ambitions of classic albums past. Their sound recalls everyone from The Doors to Pink Floyd to Led Zeppelin, however avoiding the pitfall of nostalgia.
""Welcome to the Infant Freebase" is a far more acquired taste of music than is the gloriously brilliant "Behind the Music", and I would not reccomend this to be the first Soundtrack of Our Lives album you pick up. The songs here are long and drawn out, although not boring in the least. This type of rock could be called pretentious, and to a certain point, it is, but I also see it as being a bold debut from one of Sweden's premier bands. There is alot of experimentation here, and the influence of Pink Floyd is very apparent. The result is a trancier, trippier album than the later efforts from this band. This is a very good album, but for potential fans of this great band, I would recommed you pick up "Behind the Music" first, and after you fall in love with that album, then give this one a try, because your mind will be more succeptible to the grand ideas of TSOOL."
A fantasic rock album!
Tomas | Sweden | 11/10/2004
(5 out of 5 stars)
"This is a awsome album from start to finish, okay all the songs are not masterpieaces but many of em are and there is enuf great music here to make it a must have album from Swedens best rock band ever.
If you like old classic rock music, like Pink Floyd, The WHO, Led Zeppelin, Rolling Stones and ather great bands, and whant somting new but with the same greatnes that this old bands hade this album is for you.
Its sound like a mix betwen thos classic rock bands but on the same time it sounds new fresh and original.
A must have for any music lover.
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The bong water blues
olofpalme63 | auf der flucht! | 10/28/2006
(3 out of 5 stars)
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This was purchased on the strength of the rolling credits at the end of the 2002 movie "Spun". A Jonas Akerlund film about a traveling meth lab cooker (Mickey Rourke) and the users (Brittany Murphy) who follow his every movement (which would explain the film scores need for the song "Instant Repeater 99"). Aside from that The Soundtrack Of Our Lives' (or TSOOL for the loyalist) 1998 release "Welcome To The Infant Freebase" really didn't capture the mood of the film itself (just in case you thought it would), although the anthematic "99" is certainly worth several repeat performances.
I'm not saying the band was mis-cast by Akerlund, but you get an extreme sense of who their hero's really are on this outing ie; that late 60's pharmaceutical jazz cafe sound of Yes or the acid induced improv of early 70's Pink Floyd. The Peter Gabriel era of Genesis is also an obvious influence on the band and perhaps explains the fairy tale art rock quality you're hearing on this CD. Hardly bikers falling over themselves in a methamphetamine rage, more like hippie wannabe's tip toeing over spilt bong water.
olofpalme63"
The Soundtrack of your life
S. MCBEATH | uk | 11/18/2008
(4 out of 5 stars)
"The Soundtrack of our Lives formed from the demise of punk band Union Carbide Productions. Released in 1996, `Welcome to the Infant Freebase' was the band's debut album. Unlike most bands that are happy enough to have a 10-12 track album at their first attempt; Soundtrack wanted to release a double album. However the record company disagreed and 20 tracks were crammed onto one CD.
For me, the first album is an opportunity for a band to define themselves and make a statement as to what they are all about. For this Swedish rock act the statement would be that they want to create mind bending psychedelic rock music with lyrics that would take its audience in to a whole new world; The world of The Soundtrack of our Lives.
The album kicks off with hit single and recognisable anthem to this day `Mantra Slider'. Ebott Lundberg's larger than life vocals along with Mattius Barjil and Ian Pearson's guitar work transcend this song into orbit. A great start to an album, but at 6 minutes and 38 seconds long you can already see the problem with the latter tracks on the album as time becomes an issue. However for their first track and especially being the debut album, it is what a new listener is likely to hear first and first impressions count for a lot. On that note, I personally was blown away as it is just a fantastic track which showed more than just a few glimpses of what they are capable of.
Second track `Firmament Vacation' is one of my favourite tracks they have done. One of the main reasons for this is because it has one of the best lyrics I have heard: `There gonna build a new dimension and make a soundtrack of our lives'. This feels like the reason behind their name and to me this is absolutely genius. This is because at the end of the day bands make albums from their personal experiences which means in effect they are making a soundtrack of their lives. Anyway although this lyric is a particular highlight the rest of the track is great as well. It is just a nice chilled out track which works well.
The album continues to deliver great song after great song, with `Underground Indian', the acoustic chestnut `Chromosome layer' and the classic `Instant Repeater 99'. The riff of the latter will go right through you as Ebott turns his vocals up a pitch. `Gran Canaria' and `Confrontation Camp' are some more worthwhile mentions. `Gran Canaria' wouldn't be out of place in a Western as it has a cowboy horse race scene feel about it, while 'Confrontation Camp' is just a great all out stomping rock song.
After this you get the feeling that not having a double CD made them cram the rest if the tracks in sacrificing both quality and quantity of the rest of the album. The average song length for the last 10 songs on the album is about 2 minutes 30 seconds. Compare this to the first 10 tracks which have an average of over 4 minutes. Don't get me wrong although the last 10 songs are not as good as the first, they are still perfectly listenable upbeat tracks mixed with more laid back tracks. But they could do with expansion into proper songs like those on the first half of the album.
Overall though, this is a fine debut. Perhaps it was a little too ambitious doing a 20 track album for their first attempt, when there are at least 10 great tracks on here which would make this an absolute belter of an album. Instead there are tracks on here which haven't had the chance to develop and several weaker tracks have been allowed to slip through the net. However the storming singles `Mantra Slider', `Firmament Vacation' and `Instant Repeater 99', 12 years on are still a mainstay in the T.S.O.O.L. live set which is why this album will be the soundtrack to many people's lives for many years to come.
Track Listings (20) - Disc #1
