The Good Life - Album of the Year (Deluxe) (2004) [FLAC] torrent

The Good Life - Album of the Year (Deluxe) (2004) [FLAC]

Genre: Pop/Rock
Styles: Indie, Alternative, Singer/Songwriter
Source: Limited Edition 2CD (log + cue)
Codec: FLAC
Bitrate: ~ 1,000 kbps
Bit Depth: 16
Sample Rate: 44.1 KHz

Disc 1

01 Album of the Year
02 Night and Day
03 Under a Honeymoon
04 You're No Fool
05 Notes in His Pockets
06 You're Not You
07 October Leaves
08 Lovers Need Lawyers
09 Inmates
10 Needy
11 A New Friend
12 Two Years This Month

Disc 2 - Acoustic Demos

The Good Life follow up the excellent Lovers Need Lawyers EP with their best record yet and maybe the best indie rock record of 2004. Album of the Year is a concept record of sorts, one song for each month, each song a heart-rending essay of love found, lost, broken, or ripped apart, ranging from the puppy love "Album of the Year" to the depressed, resigned-to-loss "A New Friend" and "Two Years This Month." Tim Kasher has found his voice, and almost all traces of previous Robert Smith-isms are gone; instead, he whispers, hollers, cajoles, and confesses in a voice stripped of artifice and plugged right into the listener's soul. The record is perfectly constructed. Based around acoustic guitars, the songs are colored in with keyboards, various percussion instruments, and glockenspiel, and made dramatic and often breathtaking.