Coming home from the store with a new audio compact disc.

[Patrick del Poker Grande]

So... when you went to Best Buy today to buy the new Coheed album, did you bust it out right away and play it in the car on the way back home/to work, or do you say [censored] it and dick around with the 293797 wrappers once you get to home/work?

By the way, for those who are waiting until after work tonight to buy it, Best Buy has an exclusive package with a second, 4-track live (at The Avalon in L.A.) disc and it's $9.99 - cheaper than probably anywhere else.

[Slow Play Ray]

who is this coheed you are always talking about?

[Patrick del Poker Grande]

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who is this coheed you are always talking about?

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Coheed & Cambria (http://coheedandcambria.com/)

[Eurotrash]

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audio compact disc

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i love phrasing stuff in the overly-formal sort of way, very funny /images/graemlins/grin.gif

[swede123]

I always tear open the disk right away and listen as I drive. The "anti-theft devices" are freakin' annoying though, that's for damn sure.

Swede

[RunDownHouse]

Sorry, I just can't stand this group. They sound too much like a Rush tribute band. As far as CDs in general go, I definitely listen to it on the way home. A few weeks ago I picked up Tool's Undertow. It was the first time in years that I'd bought a CD; having a steady income and not wanting to bother with finding a download network, along with having a giftcard anyways, led me to actually purchase the damn thing. It was actually a pretty good feeling to be opening a CD again, and it brought back some excitement for music.

[imported_The Vibesman]

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I always tear open the disk right away and listen as I drive. The "anti-theft devices" are freakin' annoying though, that's for damn sure.

Swede

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I even read the liner notes at stop lights. The Vibesgirl always thought I was so weird. If I buy more than one CD I open them all even tho I can only listen to one.

BTW, I also don't know what a Coheed is, but that's not surprising...they must be current. /images/graemlins/confused.gif

[YourFoxyGrandma]

I liked Second Stage Turbine Blade, but that's as far as it goes for me. There was too much going on about the "manning of the battlestation" after that, as it were.

EDIT: As far as CDs in general, I don't have a CD player in my car. /images/graemlins/frown.gif

[SL__72]

I always open it right away and put it in.

How is this particular CD so far?

[Slow Play Ray]

Hey Patrick, I just heard a commercial on the radio, Coheed and Cambria are playing a free acoustic set at the Newbury Comics about 10 miles down the rode from me in an hour...get moving!

[Patrick del Poker Grande]

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How is this particular CD so far?

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Upon first listen, I rate it as a good album, but a bit behind In Keeping Secrets of Silent Earth: 3 and The Second Stage Turbine Blade.

[JaBlue]

This band is hilariously ugly.

And imo everything after second stage turbine blade sucked

[Cunning Linguist]

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Upon first listen, I rate it as a good album, but a bit behind In Keeping Secrets of Silent Earth: 3 and The Second Stage Turbine Blade.

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Please list some of their best tracks for download purposes. Thank you.

[Patrick del Poker Grande]

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Upon first listen, I rate it as a good album, but a bit behind In Keeping Secrets of Silent Earth: 3 and The Second Stage Turbine Blade.

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Please list some of their best tracks for download purposes. Thank you.

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Welcome Home is the first single and is clearly the best track and is the most similar to their previous stuff. Frankly, the album is worth buying almost for this song alone. I believe The Suffering is the second single and has a nice catchy hook. The rest of the song is relatively pedestrian, though.

The album as a whole has a different feel than the previous two albums and I think it needs a couple listens before I can give a fair review.

[JaBlue]

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Upon first listen, I rate it as a good album, but a bit behind In Keeping Secrets of Silent Earth: 3 and The Second Stage Turbine Blade.

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Please list some of their best tracks for download purposes. Thank you.

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Welcome Home is the first single and is clearly the best track and is the most similar to their previous stuff. Frankly, the album is worth buying almost for this song alone. I believe The Suffering is the second single and has a nice catchy hook. The rest of the song is relatively pedestrian, though.

The album as a whole has a different feel than the previous two albums and I think it needs a couple listens before I can give a fair review.

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If there are only two good tracks on the album, it sucks.
You're too caught up in how much you love Coheed to see the light.

[Patrick del Poker Grande]

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Upon first listen, I rate it as a good album, but a bit behind In Keeping Secrets of Silent Earth: 3 and The Second Stage Turbine Blade.

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Please list some of their best tracks for download purposes. Thank you.

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Welcome Home is the first single and is clearly the best track and is the most similar to their previous stuff. Frankly, the album is worth buying almost for this song alone. I believe The Suffering is the second single and has a nice catchy hook. The rest of the song is relatively pedestrian, though.

The album as a whole has a different feel than the previous two albums and I think it needs a couple listens before I can give a fair review.

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If there are only two good tracks on the album, it sucks.
You're too caught up in how much you love Coheed to see the light.

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I completely agree that if there are only two good songs that the album isn't good. Note that nobody ever said there were only two good songs.

[stabn]

I always open in the car or as i'm walking out to the car. It doesn't always go in the car cd player though. I don't stop turning on the car / driving etc just to open it. So if there are enough stop lights / traffic etc then it gets played in the car. If not the cd is usually ready by the time i get home.

[JaBlue]

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I completely agree that if there are only two good songs that the album isn't good. Note that nobody ever said there were only two good songs.

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My bad. I read "The rest of the song is relatively pedestrian, though." as "The rest of the album..."

[Cunning Linguist]

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Welcome Home is the first single and is clearly the best track and is the most similar to their previous stuff. Frankly, the album is worth buying almost for this song alone. I believe The Suffering is the second single and has a nice catchy hook. The rest of the song is relatively pedestrian, though.

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I'm a fan so far. What is some of their good older stuff?

[Patrick del Poker Grande]

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Welcome Home is the first single and is clearly the best track and is the most similar to their previous stuff. Frankly, the album is worth buying almost for this song alone. I believe The Suffering is the second single and has a nice catchy hook. The rest of the song is relatively pedestrian, though.

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I'm a fan so far. What is some of their good older stuff?

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I would say just pick up the other two albums - they're both solid all the way through. If you're just looking for more songs, A Favor House Atlantic and Blood Red Summer are the singles from the last album. I was going to start naming other songs from Silent Earth, but then realized I was about to name practically the whole album. My favorite songs from The Second Stage Turbine Blade are Everything Evil, Hearshot Kid Disaster, Time Consumers, and Neverender... and... and....

[Brainwalter]

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Welcome Home is the first single and is clearly the best track and is the most similar to their previous stuff. Frankly, the album is worth buying almost for this song alone. I believe The Suffering is the second single and has a nice catchy hook. The rest of the song is relatively pedestrian, though.

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I'm a fan so far. What is some of their good older stuff?

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I would say just pick up the other two albums - they're both solid all the way through. If you're just looking for more songs, A Favor House Atlantic and Blood Red Summer are the singles from the last album. I was going to start naming other songs from Silent Earth, but then realized I was about to name practically the whole album. My favorite songs from The Second Stage Turbine Blade are Everything Evil, Hearshot Kid Disaster, Time Consumers, and Neverender... and... and....

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However, the best song from the last album is The Crowing.

Chris Gaines had an exclusive package with Best Buy too.

[newhizzle]

what the hell is coheed?

edit: i kept reading, nevermind

[irishpint]

download neverender, time consumer and devil in jersey city.

[Patrick del Poker Grande]

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Welcome Home is the first single and is clearly the best track and is the most similar to their previous stuff. Frankly, the album is worth buying almost for this song alone. I believe The Suffering is the second single and has a nice catchy hook. The rest of the song is relatively pedestrian, though.

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I'm a fan so far. What is some of their good older stuff?

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I would say just pick up the other two albums - they're both solid all the way through. If you're just looking for more songs, A Favor House Atlantic and Blood Red Summer are the singles from the last album. I was going to start naming other songs from Silent Earth, but then realized I was about to name practically the whole album. My favorite songs from The Second Stage Turbine Blade are Everything Evil, Hearshot Kid Disaster, Time Consumers, and Neverender... and... and....

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However, the best song from the last album is The Crowing.

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This is among the better songs. Al The Killer should be mentioned, as well as the title track - In Keeping Secrets of Silent Earth.

[unlucky513]

what kind of music is coheed? what band would you compare them to?

my buddy mentioned that the just came out w/ a new cd, i'd never heard of them. might have to check them out.

[Patrick del Poker Grande]

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what kind of music is coheed? what band would you compare them to?

my buddy mentioned that the just came out w/ a new cd, i'd never heard of them. might have to check them out.

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Go to www.coheedandcambria.com (http://www.coheedandcambria.com) - let the first page load all the way and it'll start playing Welcome Home. If you like that, consider buying the new album, but I'd first buy the previous album and maybe the one before that first.

I'd buy in this order:
In Keeping Secrets of Silent Earth: 3 (http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/B0002E5OJ6/qid=1127319534/sr=8-2/ref=sr_8_2/103-1981879-9467057?v=glance&s=music&n=507846)
The Second Stage Turbine Blade (http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/B000063NCW/qid=1127319534/sr=8-3/ref=sr_8_3/103-1981879-9467057?v=glance&s=music&n=507846)
Good Apollo I'm Burning Star IV (http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/B000AA302A/qid=1127319534/sr=8-1/ref=sr_8_1/103-1981879-9467057?v=glance&s=music&n=507846)

Some would say switch the first two and I wouldn't argue.

[IndieMatty]

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what kind of music is coheed? what band would you compare them to?

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Go to www.coheedandcambria.com (http://www.coheedandcambria.com) - let the first page load all the way and it'll start playing Welcome Home. If you like that, consider buying the new album, but I'd first buy the previous album and maybe the one before that first.

I'd buy in this order:
In Keeping Secrets of Silent Earth: 3 (http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/B0002E5OJ6/qid=1127319534/sr=8-2/ref=sr_8_2/103-1981879-9467057?v=glance&s=music&n=507846)
The Second Stage Turbine Blade (http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/B000063NCW/qid=1127319534/sr=8-3/ref=sr_8_3/103-1981879-9467057?v=glance&s=music&n=507846)
Good Apollo I'm Burning Star IV (http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/B000AA302A/qid=1127319534/sr=8-1/ref=sr_8_1/103-1981879-9467057?v=glance&s=music&n=507846)

Some would say switch the first two and I wouldn't argue.

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Switch the first two!

[Patrick del Poker Grande]

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Switch the first two!

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I'd buy in this order:
The Second Stage Turbine Blade (http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/B000063NCW/qid=1127319534/sr=8-3/ref=sr_8_3/103-1981879-9467057?v=glance&s=music&n=507846)
In Keeping Secrets of Silent Earth: 3 (http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/B0002E5OJ6/qid=1127319534/sr=8-2/ref=sr_8_2/103-1981879-9467057?v=glance&s=music&n=507846)
Good Apollo I'm Burning Star IV (http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/B000AA302A/qid=1127319534/sr=8-1/ref=sr_8_1/103-1981879-9467057?v=glance&s=music&n=507846)

[istewart]

I liked a few songs from each of the first two albums but if that single is the best song on the new album I have no hope for it being good.

"Time Consumer" is good, though.

[Shajen]

Kinda like a cross between Rush and Faith No More it seems like.

At least that's who they remind me of.

[JunkHead]

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Sorry, I just can't stand this group. They sound too much like a Rush tribute band.

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They sound NOTHING like Rush, save the lead singers voice. Actually, they sound like Metallica, except with Geddy Lee sitting in for James. Geddy Lee circa 1978 that is...


JunkHead

[GuyOnTilt]

My buddy mentioned these guys to me a while back and said I needed to hear them. Upon hearing their name I was super skeptical and haven't. Maybe I should.

GoT

[RunDownHouse]

I think they sound like Rush too, and saying, "except for the lead singer's voice" is a bit like saying someone sounds nothing like Sinatra, "except for the voice." Its a big part of what makes their sound distinctive.

How come I can tolerate Opeth's vocals, but I have to turn these guys off the second the lead opens his mouth?

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I think they sound like Rush too, and saying, "except for the lead singer's voice" is a bit like saying someone sounds nothing like Sinatra, "except for the voice." Its a big part of what makes their sound distinctive.

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Well, Sinatra had a myriad different musicians playing behind him throughout his career, so the distinctive feature was his voice. I agree the singers voice is a huge part of a bands sound, but you cannot discount the music, and musically this band sounds nothing like Rush.


JunkHead

[Patrick del Poker Grande]

Which songs have you listened to? A Favor House Atlantic and Welcome Home would be my guess. Any others?

[RunDownHouse]

Welcome Home for sure. Some time ago, before this latest album, I downloaded a handful of songs from a couple albums (the circle of the earth thing was one, definitely sounds familiar) since I was hearing such good things. Just couldn't take it.

[Patrick del Poker Grande]

Fair 'nuff. Do you have opinions on The Mars Volta?

[RunDownHouse]

Who?

For the most part, I don't like a lot of the recent wave of indy/hardcore/punk/emo-ish bands that have come out. The Shins are OK at best, for example. Stuff like The Killers doesn't appeal to me at all.

Thursday was the only one of the emo-ish/screaming rock bands that I like, and I also like The Postal Service's "Give Up," although I have no idea what the [censored] genre that is.

[Patrick del Poker Grande]

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Who?

For the most part, I don't like a lot of the recent wave of indy/hardcore/punk/emo-ish bands that have come out. The Shins are OK at best, for example. Stuff like The Killers doesn't appeal to me at all.

Thursday was the only one of the emo-ish/screaming rock bands that I like, and I also like The Postal Service's "Give Up," although I have no idea what the [censored] genre that is.

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These bands are not remotely what either Coheed or TMV sound like. Anyway, I was just curious. Carry on.

[NorCalJosh]

so yeah... sorry for bumping this thread and all. but i really feel that OOT needs to know that i almost cried like a baby while listening to this album. if coheed and cambria was a woman, i'd marry her. or at least [censored] the [censored] out of her.