User ratings in Music are temporarily disabled. More info
- Record Label: Rough Trade / Sanctuary
- Release Date: May 6, 2003
- Summary: If you can picture an explicitly gay version of the Polyphonic Spree recording church music, then you have a general idea of this unconventional debut album from Toronto, Canada's Hidden Cameras.
- Record Label: Rough Trade / Sanctuary
- Genre(s): Indie, Rock, Pop
- More Details and Credits »
Score distribution:
-
Positive: 12 out of 12
-
Mixed: 0 out of 12
-
Negative: 0 out of 12
-
Entertainment WeeklySounds like a partnership ceremony between R.E.M. and the Magnetic Fields, with Phil Spector presiding. [Listen 2 This supplement, May 2003, p.25]
-
As long as you are open, you will love this album. It will be as important to a lot of people as 'The Queen Is Dead'.
-
With an open approach to queer sexuality and radical politics, The Smell of Our Own offers an alternative to the saccharine teen spirit we're so used to sniffing. It's a sensual celebration of stinky, real-life sexuality.
-
Alternative PressIn the indie universe, rarely do groups making such live spectacles have albums to back up the show--but this charming, smart, lush pop is a notable exception. [June 2003, p.97]
-
MojoIt transcends gender and genre. [Apr 2003, p.98]
-
BlenderThe Cameras mix sex and spirituality over a gorgeous bed of organs, harps and 12-part harmonies. [May 2003, p.120]
-
UncutGibb's mixture of gay and Christian imagery is potent, and his vision of music as a grand communal experience is backed up by some memorable tunes. [Apr 2003, p.112]
Score distribution:
-
Positive: 4 out of 4
-
Mixed: 0 out of 4
-
Negative: 0 out of 4
-
paulhaApr 30, 2003Exquisitely, explicitly enjoyable.
-
-
KirstyDMay 27, 2003Absolutely, totally lush.
-
-
EricaKOct 6, 2004
-
-
KristianJNov 7, 2004
-