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Dr. Dog - Easy Beat

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Format: CD
Label: Park The Van
Catalog: 1
Rel. Date: 02/27/2007
UPC: 749322100127

Easy Beat
Artist: Dr. Dog
Format: CD
New: Currently Unavailable New
Used: Currently Unavailable $0.00
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Formats and Editions

DISC: 1

1. World May Never Know, The
2. Pretender, The
3. Onho
4. Easy Beat
5. Dutchman Falls
6. Foolslife
7. Say Something
8. Today
9. Wake Up

DISC: 2

1. String Quartet No.3, Op.30: 1. Moderato
2. String Quartet No.3, Op.30: 2. Adagio
3. String Quartet No.3, Op.30: 3. Intermezzo (Allegro Moderato)
4. String Quartet No.3, Op.30: 4. Rondo
5. String Quartet No.4, Op.37: 1. Allegro Molto, Energico
6. String Quartet No.4, Op.37: 2. Comodo
7. String Quartet No.4, Op.37: 3. Largo
8. String Quartet No.4, Op.37: 4. Allegro

DISC: 3

1. String Quartet In D Major (1897): 1. Allegro Molto
2. String Quartet In D Major (1897): 2. Intermezzo. Andantino Grazioso
3. String Quartet In D Major (1897): 3. Andante Con Moto
4. String Quartet In D Major (1897): 4. Allegro
5. 5 Movements For String Quartet, Op.5: 1. Heftig Bewegt
6. 5 Movements For String Quartet, Op.5: 2. Sehr Langsam
7. 5 Movements For String Quartet, Op.5: 3. Sehr Bewegt
8. 5 Movements For String Quartet, Op.5: 4. Sehr Langsam
9. 5 Movements For String Quartet, Op.5: 5. In Zarter Bewegung
10. String Quartet (1905): String Quartet (1905)
11. 6 Bagatelles For String Quartet, Op.9: 1. Mässig
12. 6 Bagatelles For String Quartet, Op.9: 2. Leicht Bewegt
13. 6 Bagatelles For String Quartet, Op.9: 3. Ziemlich Fliessend
14. 6 Bagatelles For String Quartet, Op.9: 4. Sehr Langsam
15. 6 Bagatelles For String Quartet, Op.9: 5. Äusserst Langsam
16. 6 Bagatelles For String Quartet, Op.9: 6. Fliessend
17. String Quartet, Op.28: 1. Mässig
18. String Quartet, Op.28: 2. Gemächlich
19. String Quartet, Op.28: 3. Sehr Fliessend

DISC: 4

1. Lyric Suite For String Quartet (1926): I. Allegretto Gioviale
2. Lyric Suite For String Quartet (1926): II. Andante Amoroso
3. Lyric Suite For String Quartet (1926): III. Allegro Misterioso - Trio Estatico
4. Lyric Suite For String Quartet (1926): IV. Adagio Appassionato
5. Lyric Suite For String Quartet (1926): V. Presto Delirando - Tenebroso
6. Lyric Suite For String Quartet (1926): VI. Largo Desolato
7. String Quartet, Op.3: 1. Langsam
8. String Quartet, Op.3: 2. Mässige Viertel

DISC: 5

1. String Quartet No.1 In A Major, Op.4: 1. Allegro Con Fuoco
2. String Quartet No.1 In A Major, Op.4: 2. Allegretto
3. String Quartet No.1 In A Major, Op.4: 3. Breit Und Kräftig
4. String Quartet No.1 In A Major, Op.4: 4. Vivace Con Fuoco
5. String Quartet No.2, Op.15: 1. Sehr Mäßig - Heftig Und Leidenschaftlich
6. String Quartet No.2, Op.15: 2. Moderato - Andante Mosso - Allegretto
7. String Quartet No.2, Op.15: 2. Adagio
8. String Quartet No.2, Op.15: 3. Schnell
9. String Quartet No.2, Op.15: 4. Andante - Mit Energischer Entschlossenheit
10. String Quartet No.2, Op.15: 4. Allegro Molto - Langsam - Andante

DISC: 6

1. String Quaret No.3, Op.19: 1. Allegretto
2. String Quaret No.3, Op.19: 2. Thema Mit Variationen. Geheimnisvoll Bewegt, Nicht Zu Schnell - Variationen I - VII
3. String Quaret No.3, Op.19: 3. Romanze. Sehr Mäßige Achtel - Attacca:
4. String Quaret No.3, Op.19: 4. Burleske. Sehr Lebhaft
5. String Quartet No.4, Op.25: 1. Präludium. Poco Adagio
6. String Quartet No.4, Op.25: 2. Burleske. Vivace
7. String Quartet No.4, Op.25: 3. Adagietto. Adagio
8. String Quartet No.4, Op.25: 4. Intermezzo. Allegretto
9. String Quartet No.4, Op.25: 5. Thema Mit Variationen (Barcarole). Poco Adagio
10. String Quartet No.4, Op.25: 6. Finale-Doppelfuge. Allegro Molto, Energico
11. String Quartet No.1, Op.7: 1. Allegro Risoluto
12. String Quartet No.1, Op.7: 2. Thema. Largo Con Variazioni I-VI
13. String Quartet No.1, Op.7: 3. Presto Ma Non Troppo
14. String Quartet No.1, Op.7: 4. Largo Assai

Reviews:

Delivering on the California-cowboy promise that Beachwood Sparks never quite lived up to, Dr. Dog bring the pet sounds and indie-rock ramble-Bonnie Prince Billy-style-from Philly, of all places, to a record store that's hopefully near you. They'll be hailed as "the new My Morning Jacket," probably-the fact that Dr. Dog toured with them briefly certainly won't discourage the comparison-but hell, a bunch of dudes with sketchy facial hair and hard-ons for vocal harmonies and Pavement records could do a lot worse in that department. If you wanted to lay it on extra-thick without getting too crazy, you could say Easy Beat is vaguely Bowie-ish (The Man Who Sold the World-era), semi-Byrds-y, part After the Gold Rush, part CSNY, and still be able to sleep at night. Of the album's nine tracks, there are only two severe bummers: "Dutchman Falls" is a little too whiny for its own good, and "Fools Life" is broken up by a series of inane, chirpy outbursts that do nothing to serve the song. It's an easy fix, though: you can always just slap this thing on your iPod, cut those two jams out, and pretend like they were never there in the first place. Bands love it when you do that. Trust me.

        
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