- Record Label: Rough Trade
- Release Date: Nov 15, 2005
User Score
Universal acclaim- based on 8 Ratings
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Positive: 7 out of 8
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Mixed: 1 out of 8
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Negative: 0 out of 8
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davemOct 6, 2006Solid album, see them live, it's fantastic.
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kurttMar 5, 2006I personally find it quite refreshing and I love how the album has a whispy unity that works as a whole. It really has grown on me!!!
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ldavidsonNov 16, 2005Good but a little boring in spots.
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TaylorENov 22, 2005These guys are awesome. The CD is a bit boring in parts, but I don't give, I don't have ADD or anything. Plus, they're essentially an instrumental branch of my favourite band, The Arcade Fire
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SeanTDec 11, 2005very excellent orchestral post rock. easier to listen to in one sitting than godspeed and its nice to see something really deeply musically talented coming from a member of arcade fire. let's just hope he is just as good in Islands
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RaphaelANov 22, 2005This score reflects the fact that I listened to the album after hearing them live. They are fantastic live.
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Whether the album achieves its titular synesthesia is debatable, but Bell Orchestre tap into a wide, mesmerizing range of the spectrum.
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At its best, Recording a Tape still sounds like little more than the product of a few precocious marching-band dropouts, an empty warehouse, and good intentions.
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Bell Orchestre don't always make good on their ambitions, but the results are often excellent, despite (and usually because of) their sloppiness.