Five Men In A Hut (A's, B's and Rarities 1998-2004) | 
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| Artist: Gomez
Label: Virgin Records Us
Category: Music
List Price: $24.98
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Avg. Customer Rating:  3 reviews
Sales Rank: 10412
Media: Audio CD
Discs: 2
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 5.6 x 5 x 0.5
MPN: 72061
UPC: 094637206126
EAN: 0094637206126
ASIN: B000H9HX8G
Release Date: October 17, 2006
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
Condition: Brand new. Shipped from the UK by Airmail direct to 5 airports in the United States. Delivery takes approximately 5 working days from posting - we're frequently faster than a lot of US based sellers.
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| Tracks:
Disc 1
| • | Whippin' Piccadilly | | • | Best in the Town | | • | Catch Me Up | | • | Ping One Down | | • | Tanglin' | | • | Bring It On | | • | Champagne for Monkeys | | • | ZYX | | • | Step Inside | | • | Blind | | • | Pop Juice | | • | 78 Stone Wobble | | • | Royalty | | • | Old School Shirt | | • | Air-Hostess Song | | • | Sweet Virginia | | • | Mississippi Boweevil Blues - Gomez, Patton, Charley | | • | Old China |
Disc 2
| • | Rhythm and Blues Alibi | | • | Silhouettes | | • | Silence | | • | Butterfly | | • | Get Myself Arrested | | • | Dire Tribe | | • | We Haven't Turned Around | | • | So | | • | Shot Shot | | • | Chicken Bones | | • | Flight | | • | Pick Up the Pieces | | • | Big Man | | • | Sound of Sound | | • | Pussyfootin' | | • | Coltrane | | • | M57 | | • | Diskoloadout |
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| Customer Reviews:
Virgin must be losing it's touch March 29, 2007
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
After listening to this album (over and over), I can't believe that How We Operate was the first time I'd ever heard them on the radio. I hope they go back to producing their own work- Gil Norton is brilliant, but so is Gomez. Now that they have broken through, I'd love to hear more of their layered work. It's wonderful how good this sounds with earphones on and no distractions.
best compilation I've ever heard November 9, 2006
16 out of 17 found this review helpful
I've been a Gomez fan since 2002. I heard "Shot Shot" on Radio Paradise, and I was instantly hooked. I loved the sax, the drums, the vocals, the funky stops and starts, the electronic feel, everything. I vowed to buy In Our Gun. Then, same radio station, different day, I heard "Rex Kramer", with its cool harmonica and guttural growl of a voice, and was convinced I'd discovered another amazingly cool band. Turns out that not only was that also Gomez, but it was on the same CD as "Shot Shot"! I went right out and bought In Our Gun that day. I was an instant fan, and have been ever since. True story. Another true story is what happened the day I gave Five Men in a Hut a listen. I was facing the laborious and boring task of putting away a couple cord of wood. It was going to take me a few hours, filling a cart, lugging it up a hill, stacking it in a shed. Luckily, I checked my mailbox and realized I had just received my copy of Five Men in a Hut via Amazon. I dug out my CD player (yes, no iPod, not yet) and actually ran to the store for some batteries. I popped in Five Men in a Hut to while away the hours. Oh. My. God. I was absolutely blown away. I love this band even more now, if that's possible. I think this album is so brilliant to me because I've only been a fan of their recent work, and their earlier canon has eluded me almost entirely. Not including their live album, I had heard only six of the studio tracks on this compilation. I had a lot of catching up to do. And what a treat that was! The best thing about the band is how many different styles they touch, while still sounding like Gomez. They skew rock, blues, electronica, psychedelia, and whatever strikes their fancy into their own brand of utterly cool music. What kind of music do you like? You'll like Gomez. Plain and simple. A few things struck me while listening, and dancing, and singing at the top of my voice as I put wood away. First, this does not even cover their whole catalog. Not to say it doesn't do them justice, because I think it does. It's a wonderful mix of their material, which sounds great together. Even their latest stuff, which I also love, and shows a similar songwriting formula at work, while reaching a maturity and consistency not realized on their early work, would sound great with all their older stuff. I can't wait for the career-spanner. Secondly, I love Ian and Tom's songs, but I thought I liked Ben's voice the best. Now I'm not sure. I love them all. In fact, some of Tom's song's are my favorites, and I never realized it. This band is truly amazing. They made my day of wood-stacking go by fast, and at the same time, garnered a fan for life. As the second disc ended, one of the newer tracks brought things to a close, "Diskoloadout". It brought back the same kind of funky horns and cool beat that made me love "Shot Shot" so much. I got the same adrenaline rush I did the first time I heard the band, and realized I had fallen for them all over again. Cheers, gentlemen. Can't wait to see what's next!
Buy it , burn it, and send copies to everyone you know. . . October 24, 2006
12 out of 13 found this review helpful
. . .and while you're at it get all of Gomez' stuff. Jesus they are one truly amazing band--three kickass vocalists, Ben Ottewell, Tom Gray and Ian Ball, who all play wonderfully quirky guitar to great effect, and then there's exceptional bass by Paul Blackburn and drums by Ollie Peacock. Their lyrics and arrangements are almost surreal, evoking a transplendent quality that points up their Beatles/Stones/Kinks/Who influences, while at the same time somehow establishing their sound as totally original. That they are not megastars is not only a true shame but it is also a sad commentary on what I think is the abysmal state of radio and the music industry in general.
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