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| With the Tides | 
 enlarge | Artist: South
Label: Kinetic Records
Category: Music
List Price: $11.99
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Avg. Customer Rating:  (25 reviews)
Sales Rank: 72149
Format: Enhanced
Media: Audio CD
Discs: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 5.6 x 5 x 0.5
UPC: 677285473227
EAN: 0677285473227
ASIN: B0000AM6O8
Release Date: September 23, 2003
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
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 Better than Coldplay, don't miss this record! February 25, 2006
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
Heard about South 2 years ago, but didn't purchase this album until a few months ago. Was unimpressed with Coldplay's "X & Y" album, with its rather overpolished feel and sound, and the word across the internet was that South, who many compared to Coldplay, had a better album out. There's an understatement! Lyrically and instrumentally, I found South more expansive, creative and willing to take more chances with the melodies. Simply beautiful to listen to, this album is something I put on and play all the way through - a rarity for me. While the band members are still quite young - and it sometimes shows - the obvious talent they show in this album makes me not just a fan but really looking forward to see what they produce in the future.
Very Nice Indeed!! August 10, 2005
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
While their debut album, From Here On In, brilliantly showed South's ability to make complex instrumentals, catchy riffs and pop tunes, it really lacked some depth.
Its good to see the band take a huge step in the direction of bands like Coldplay, Doves and Radiohead, and sit down and really work on each song, lyrically, and layer multiple guitar lines and orchestral input into them.
The result is fantastic, each and every song is great, and while the album generally holds the same mood the entire time, it doesn't lose focus. Also, they even managed to throw in a 2-minute instrumental at the end of the album, full of spiralling guitar riffs, heaps of tremelo picking and distortion...and it sounds terrific.
The best song of the lot has to be Silver Sun though, with its shimmering guitars and strong beat, and the last 30 seconds of the song is pure bliss!!
Highly Recommended, though I would probably buy it with From Here On In, because anyone could label these fellas another pop-band, but they are extremely talented multi-instrumental musicians...you should try figuring out of their songs, its bloody difficult!!
The Best Band You've NEVER Heard Of, Seriously... February 19, 2005
4 out of 4 found this review helpful
South is an absolutely amazing band, and their album "With the Tides" is so wonderful it is overwhelming. It encompasses almost anything I was expecting, and I was definitely expecting great things. Their music can be both upbeat, and melancholy at the same time, making for phenomenal Brit-pop/rock. I don't think I can think of one song on this CD that I don't like, but the standout tracks are "Motiveless Crime," "Colours in Waves," "Loosen Your Hold," "Natural Disasters," "What I Find," "Nine Lives," and "Fragile Day." South really has its own unique sound to it that I can't compare to the likes of anything else. However, I would say that fans of The Doves, Turin Brakes, Coldplay, Keane, Radiohead, Gravenhurst, Frou Frou, Metric, Big Star, and other such artists would be as blown away as I was by South...
In fact, fans of any music should check out South, because there is something about their music that is like an expression of universal ideas. The sounds, the lyrics, everything about their music melds together to make songs that overwhelm the mind and ears alike...
So go out and purchase this album! You may even be as flabbergasted as I was that something could be so fierce, powerful, and hard hitting, yet soft, melancholy, gentle, and undemanding all at the same time. Just listen. You won't regret it.
 Must have for the South fan November 29, 2004
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
It took me a long time to get into the last South album. However, it grew on me well. In contrast, With the Tides, I liked immediately. I don't mean to say that this album doesn't also have the capacity to grow on a person - it does. You will probably immediately fall for "Natural Disasters" and "Loosen Your Hold", but on further listening, your favourites will probably fall elsewhere - "Nine Lives" and "Straight Lines to Bad Lands" inadvertantly grew on me. As mellow and personal as they are, and as difficult as it seems to be to get my friends to like this band - I love them. They are smart, subtle and everything you're used to from Coldplay and Radiohead. Branch out a little and give the lesser known British bands a listen. They're on the OC Soundtrack along with Turin Brakes - they can't be that scary!
True South October 3, 2004
4 out of 4 found this review helpful
For those who find Radiohead's last few albums too challenging, South could be what you are looking for. Their second album, "With the Tides," swirls around in the blue depths of melody as if it has "The Bends." Unlike their debut, 2001's "From Here On In," which reflected the eletronica sensibilities of its producer, Mo' Wax chief James Lavelle, "With the Tides" is a bit more rock oriented, thanks to Dave Eringa, who was behind the board with the Manic Street Preachers, Ash and Idlewild. Jaime McDonald has a achingly gorgeous voice, and he puts it to effective use on "Motiveless Crime," a tune whipped into a storm by whacking drums, burning bass and surging strings. "Colours in Waves" uses many of the same elements, but has a fury all its own. "Loosen Your Hold" incorporates harpsichord, banjo and baroque touches, the gentle "Nine Lives" is colored with harp and cello, "Mend These Trends" trips along on a spacey groove and "Silver Sun" sounds as remote as a lost planet. No bold new ground broken here, then, just a satisfying collection of songs.
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