 |
VERY underrated band. This album marked a high-water point (no pun intended) for them because it's one of those works where you listen to it all the way through; each song stands on its own quite well which was rare in its day and unheard of now in the teens. These days a good song is unusual and these guys kept it up for a whole album...maybe that's why everything's so singles-oriented now - the current crop and their buying audience is too ADD to bother with albums. TOB sounded pretty British for 4 guys from Pennsylvania and they wore their songwriting and production influences with pride. They're making a comeback of sorts lately and I hope they're able to translate all that previous effort into enough success to keep TOB moving along under its own power. Interestingly, frontman David Schelzel moved to Minneapolis after their label let them fizzle in the 90s and took a position as an intellectual property attorney in a firm that eventually had him representing Prince in divorce proceedings. That should be some indication of the guys behind the music...they know exactly what they're doing. This is the second time I bought this album; I leant my first copy to a friend and realized I would be waiting a long time to get it back so I replaced it and managed to increase their fan base, even if only by one person. Long live The Ocean Blue!Read full review
I listened to and played this a lot in college(former DJ). Blend OMD, Simple Minds and Alan Parsons Project, throw in a little del amitri and a dash of their own balladeer style and you get Ocean Blue. This is probably their best of their discs and I have to say I was in the right place at the right time when this came around. Same thing applies when I got it on ebay--right place, right time.
interesting music but nor compelling enough for me to listen again.
Verified purchase: Yes | Condition: Pre-owned
Current slide {CURRENT_SLIDE} of {TOTAL_SLIDES}- Best Selling in CDs
Current slide {CURRENT_SLIDE} of {TOTAL_SLIDES}- Save on CDs
Current slide {CURRENT_SLIDE} of {TOTAL_SLIDES}- You may also like
