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PJ73PJ73 Posts: 68
edited February 2009 in The Porch
Anyone have any comments on Jeff's Tone? What should I expect? The write up in Deep sounded good, but I'd like some feedback before I dl it.

For those curious - I'm an old member, long time lurker, new poster. I've been away for a while and now am catching up with some of the "new" stuff available in here :)
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  • HeavyHandsHeavyHands Posts: 2,130
    PJ73 wrote:
    Anyone have any comments on Jeff's Tone? What should I expect? The write up in Deep sounded good, but I'd like some feedback before I dl it.

    For those curious - I'm an old member, long time lurker, new poster. I've been away for a while and now am catching up with some of the "new" stuff available in here :)

    It's hard to say. I guess it depends on what you're after in a listening experience. There's some pretty artistic stuff on it. A lot of depth. I don't think there's any throwaways ("Sweet Lew"), but to me there's no straight ahead Arena anthems either (so don't go in expecting another "Jeremy"). Tone resides somewhere in between with a bent more towards the artistic side.

    All in all, Ament does a great job of producing atmosphere. If you've heard any of his Three Fish stuff then I don't think you'll find some of Tone too dissimilar. There are some fabulous melodies that pop up across this record. I think the production value is pretty top notch. Give it a listen with a good pair of headphones on and you'll hear what I'm talking about.

    Personally I'm a huge fan of Ament's contributions to PJ so I'm always eager to hear more of him. It's definitely worth a listen, imho. Definitely worth spending the $ on. Give it a spin.
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  • nukebootnukeboot Posts: 1,465
    Worth a listen, but don't expect a PJ sound.

    Here's a pretty fair review, IMO...

    http://www.deramos.org/2008/09/review-j ... -tone.html
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  • pesceleftypescelefty Posts: 26
    PJ73 wrote:
    For those curious - I'm an old member, long time lurker, new poster. I've been away for a while and now am catching up with some of the "new" stuff available in here :)

    here, here.
  • Soulfire42Soulfire42 Posts: 404
    I like Jeff as a person (at least from my distant view of him) and I wish they'd turn up his bass in much of their work. BUT... Tone was not a good listen. Even the diehards tend to have to muck about trying to give their praise of Tone. It's just bad and sounds like scraps with poor vocals... which is largely what it is.
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