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Jackinabox

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Turin Brakes Format: Audio CD
4.7 4.7 out of 5 stars 52 ratings
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Track Listings

1 The Can't Buy the Sunshine
2 Red Moon
3 Forever
4 Asleep with the Firefiles
5 Fishing for a Dream
6 Road to Nowhere
7 Over and Over
8 Last Clown
9 About the Clouds
10 Buliding Wraps Round Me
11 Jack in the Box
12 Come and Go
13 Ambient 2 (Hidden Track)

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JackInABox is Turin Brake's follow up to the 2003's 180k (UK) selling album Ether Song, and the third of a recording career which also produced the 225k (UK) selling and Mercury Prize-nominated debut the Optimist LP. After recording Ether Song in LA, the band went back to the self-produced ethos of their debut, writing and recording the entirety of JackInABox at their own studio in Brixton. The result is JackInABox, a sunny and direct album, full of characteristically robust pop melodies and spine-tingling harmonies. EMI. 2005.

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Frayed by the ocean-hopping promotional commitments required to stay apace of their accruing popularity, South London's Mercury Music Prize-nominated urban folk-pop duo Turin Brakes took stock and hunkered down in their Brixton studio bolt hole to record their third album JackInABox. Wagons duly circled, one might have anticipated a portfolio of dry, woebegone claustrophobia. However, what JackInABox actually tenders is the elixir of easy living, the lure of the open road and an emancipating two-fingered gesticulation in the prevailing direction of the sick city rat race. From the breezy, footloose opener "They Can't Buy The Sun" - imagine if The Eagles had listened to Loaded by The Velvet Underground - to the supple funky country acoustics of "Asleep With The Fireflies", JackInABox" is all open fields, the heavens above and sunsets in rear view mirrors. "Oh no, my world is on fire, someone fetch some water cos I think I’m going to burn" sings Olly Knights on the feverish title track, a magnetic aggregate of Pentangle's jazz-folk merry-go-round and The Notorious Byrd Brothers. "Forever" is mind balm for seekers of mellow, come-down reverie but - notwithstanding one or two ponderous pregnant pauses - JackInABox finds Turin Brakes with a reinvigorated spring in their step. --Kevin Maidment

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  • Product Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 5.61 x 0.31 x 5.09 inches; 3.36 ounces
  • Manufacturer ‏ : ‎ EMI Europe Generic
  • Item model number ‏ : ‎ CDSOUR110
  • Date First Available ‏ : ‎ January 31, 2007
  • Label ‏ : ‎ EMI Europe Generic
  • ASIN ‏ : ‎ B0009EK69C
  • Number of discs ‏ : ‎ 1
  • Customer Reviews:
    4.7 4.7 out of 5 stars 52 ratings

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Jackie Gage
5.0 out of 5 stars Turin Brakes: Jackinabox
Reviewed in the United States on September 13, 2010
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Very Satisfied with purchase. The C.D. was as described and was delivered promptly. I would definitely use this vendor again. Excellent results. Thanks
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Mrs. K. Mckenna
5.0 out of 5 stars A lovely listen
Reviewed in the United States on June 27, 2005
I only bought this album 2 days ago and I love it, I had never heard of Turin Breaks before but had heard 'fishing for a dream' on the radio and had to have the album of whoever sang that song so I went searching the shelves at the local music store and found it, and 2 days later I love it!, its a great album to listen to in the car with the windows down on the sunny day. Def worth a listen, brill summer album.
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alexander laurence
4.0 out of 5 stars I am amazed
Reviewed in the United States on July 22, 2005
This is a band that has been around a while. Most people know them because of

The Optimist LP. KCRW used to play their records to death. They had songs

that were performed on Top of The Pops. Strange for a band that more in common

with Simon and Garfunkel than any pop music. Based in Brixton, but their heart

remains in Southern California. Their inspirations lie in some records made in

the 1970s. The first song "They Can't Buy The Sunshine" exposes the British

fascination with good weather. There are ballads like "Forever" which are

splendid. Some fans of people like Damien Rice and West Indian Girl might like

what these guys have been doing for quite a while now. It's very moving acoustic

music made for the soul. This is probably the best overall record by Turin

Brakes.
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Dak Tirque
3.0 out of 5 stars Not their best, but still better than most.
Reviewed in the United States on July 1, 2005
Being one of the apparent few americans lucky enough to be introduced to the band when "optimist lp" arrived 5 or so years ago, I have been an avid listener and anxiously awaited this new release. Having listened to the album three times in the last three days, however, has left me a bit let down. At the very least, it sounds like turin brakes, so it can't be all that bad. At the same time, there are but two or three tracks on this album that aspire to the heights reached on "optimist" and "ether song". Maybe I was wanting to hear them expand on the sonic bombast that was "ether". It doesn't. It sounds like they have devolved (intentionally?) to something more akin to "optimist", but it's not even close to being as intimate or emotional. I do think the acoustic guitar work is masterful, it's the melodies that leave me cold. The harmonies are vintage brakes. This is not to say that I won't listen to or enjoy the album on some level. It just didn't bowl me over like the last two albums did on first listen. Still, Turin Brakes is one of my faves and I hope to see them headline a tour in the states this year.
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Paul A. Kirwan
4.0 out of 5 stars They Can Buy The Sunshine !!
Reviewed in the United States on June 27, 2006
The latest offering from this south London duo continues in the same vein as it's predessor 'Ether Song'. Perfect, quirky harmonies lie effortlessly over acoustic-driven melodies to give an intoxicating 'sun-drenched' feel, closer to California than to London. However, when I first listened to this album, I had mixed feelings, but I kept it on the car CD-player and it stayed there longer than expected. The opening track 'They Can't Buy the Sunshine', along with 'Fishing for a Dream' and the title track 'Jack In A Box', are as good as anything they have ever done, if not better. There are no fillers on the album as each song stands tall on their own merits...Turin Brakes will be proud of this one, and this CD should grace any eclectic CD collection worth it's salt....If you like Damien Rice, Jack Johnson etc..you will love this.
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The Wasp
2.0 out of 5 stars Not An Optimist About This One...
Reviewed in the United States on March 22, 2006
It's all very well to look back at frivolous musical scenes of the past and laugh at their foibles (sports metal? Ha ha! Greebo? Very funny, now go away), but most critics would agree the Quiet Is The New Loud genre died soon after its fey outline appeared on the horizon. Desperately clambering for attention while UK rock music was at a low ebb in a post-OK Computer world of drudgery (remember kids, this was a time when the biggest chart artists included Macy Gray, The Corrs and Travis), the artists lumped into the Quiet Is The New Loud scene experienced brief exposure but ultimately little commercial success. Amongst the fairly forgotten names such as Alfie, I Am Kloot and Kings Of Convenience stood Turin Brakes, a London duo that managed to take their trembling acoustic works to the masses via albums The Optimist LP and Ether Song. While Ether Song hinted at a prospective move towards powered amps and rock riffs, for their third album JackInABox, the Turin Brakes song remains the same. They Can't Buy The Sunshine opens the album with a nod to 1970s MOR Americana, with easy sounds of Forever and Over And Over continuing the trend with nice, but ultimately uninspiring, melodies. Red Moon and Asleep With The Fireflies are upbeat but unexplosive, while Fishing For A Dream finds Olly Knights wincingly singing about wining and dining his gal in a celebrity world. While he doesn't have a natural voice, when vocally backed by partner Gale Paridjanian there is an accommodating Cat Stevens element to Knights' style. Highlights on JackInABox include the title track (which features a rush of congos and a bout of slide guitar) and the closing sounds of Come And Go, but ultimately Turin Brakes aren't making a great leap forward on this effort. While garage rock revolutions continue unabated, Turin Brakes quietly go about their low-key business with their regular tenacity, Sadly, unlike the titular jester, there's no surprises within this package.
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James C. Laubhan
4.0 out of 5 stars Music to sooth the soul
Reviewed in the United States on June 19, 2005
America hasn't yet discoverd this great UK band. Very folky in their approach, but some upbeat songs too. Fan's of Travis, Coldplay, Snow Patrol etc, should find something memorable about these songs, and their approach. This is the 3rd full length CD from Turin Breaks and in my opinon their finest work. Give them a listen, you won't be disappointed!
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Marco
5.0 out of 5 stars Ultimo regalo commerciale dei TB è...
Reviewed in Italy on December 27, 2023
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...Il capolavoro dei Turin Brakes
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lee
5.0 out of 5 stars Class
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on March 14, 2023
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Go see
Definitely won’t be disappointed
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Rebecca. L
5.0 out of 5 stars Turin Brakes Album mit dem Lied Forever
Reviewed in Germany on September 4, 2013
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Habe mir dieses Album gekauft wegem dem lied Forever. Auf Sixx konnt sie Sendung "Trau Dich, den Rest mach ich" da lief das Lied als Hochzeitstanzlied super Romantisch, ich war hin und weg. Die anderen Lieder auf der CD haben mir auch gut gefallen.
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JrZ
5.0 out of 5 stars Que du bon...
Reviewed in France on May 21, 2009
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Mettez le CD dans le lecteur. Et écoutez ce souffle... On dirait que la guitare est à côté de vous, et que le chanteur vous parle doucement à l'oreille.
Les mélodies sont harmonieuses, et les paroles douces.

Bref, c'est du bonheur à écouter. Un brin mélancolique parfois, un brin plus tonique d'autre fois.
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brinson
5.0 out of 5 stars Convertible-style Music
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on May 13, 2018
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Okay, so Ether Song and The Optimist have ‘those’ big songs but I think JackInABox is my favourite overall album by Turin Brakes. It just has that lovely breezy feel that suits the guys’ voices so well. I can almost feel myself driving in the sun, convertible-style, singing along to Come And Go at the top of my voice. Takes me out there somewhere, see. Top notch, boys.
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