The Complete Pet Soul
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Record Label: Splitsville
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Splitsville's four-song "Pet Soul" EP was distributed as a "promo-only" CD for the Poptopia '97 Festival in Los Angeles. A departure from the band's more contemporary brand of high-energy pop-rock, Pet Soul was an orchestral pop love letter to just a few of their musical heroes. Showcasing the group's vocal and multi-instrumental abilities, the EP was an instant hit with devotees of sixties-influenced pop music. Splitsville decided to revisit the experiment in 2000, largely in response to the incessant pleading of fans.
According to All Music, "...the (original) orchestral tracks are nicely balanced with several new songs that recall the low-voltage, almost folk-rock sound that predominated on the original U.S. edition of Rubber Soul."
-4 and 1/2 Stars Rating
And Shona Winfrey of Fufkin.com states that CPS is, "...money well spent for any fan of the Beach Boys, the Beatles, the Byrds and and just generally for fans from the large backlog of influence we have to draw from during the early to mid '60s. It sounds good, it's fun, and no self-respecting power pop fan would want to pass it by."
Piled on with lush harmonies, densely-layered instrumentation and AM radio references galore, The Complete Pet Soul is a glimpse into Splitsville's considerable creative talents and a sumptuous feast for the ears of pure pop lovers everywhere.
This CD also contains Splitsville's version of the Burt Bacharach/Hal David classic "I'll Never Fall In Love Again". This track was featured in the Kirsten Dunst film "Get Over It".
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pop in/bliss out!!
author: iandxx
Wearing its Brian Wilson/60's influences ever-so-lightly (the band even sound a little like the Left Banke in places), "The Complete Pet Soul" is a bitter-sweet pop gem exemplifying the economy and strong melodic sense of its enduring forerunners . Ultimately, though, the band emerge sounding triumphantly like themselves - even managing to add their own distinctive spin to a Hal David/BurtBacharach classic.
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author: William C. Lehman
Great stuff. You will find yourself spotting the influences as you enjoy this CD.
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Fantastic Power-Pop Album!
author: A music fan
Splitsville's "The Complete Pet Soul" is a fantastic Power-Pop album that is full of gorgeous melodies, shimmering guitar lines, and well sung harmonies. The band seems to have particularly had Brian Wilson of the Beach Boys on their mind when they wrote this album as one of the songs is called "The Love Songs of B. Douglas Wilson", and a couple others seem to take their cue off of his work with the Beach Boys. "Forever" is a super-energetic rocker that kind of seems like a cousin to the Rembrandt's "I'll Be There For You(the theme from Friends)"; and Splitsville does a fantastic cover of Burt Bacharach's "I'll Never Fall In Love Again". "Pretty People" has almost Eagle's-like harmonies. This is a gem of a record that has somehow slipped through the cracks.
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What are you waiting for?
author: P. Wellman
I buy a great deal of Cd's, and this is without a doubt one of the very best albums I've heard in a long time. Each song is brilliant, the harmonies are spectacular- if you like powerpop ala the Beatles and the Beach Boys or Matthew Sweet, and Teenage Fanclub- then you need this record.
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