The Sophtware Slump by Grandaddy

Pros: Wow. Songs, lyrics, melodies, ideas...everything!
Cons: Rather depressing.

California-based band Grandaddy is probably best compared to Radiohead. A clean, appealing mix of indie rock and spacey electronic melodies, the band’s style is a worthwhile listen even if at times it leaves the listener feeling drained and...

Pros: Oh, plenty.
Cons: A bit a little some

Please disregard the text of this review. My views on music have changed in recent months. Grandaddy is the Eddie Willers of indie-pop. They're pretty good; talent shines hereandthere, but aren't good or talented enough to really "make ...

Pros: An intricately conceived, and meticulously crafted vision of post-historic earth.
Cons: A little too science-fiction-y for some (though I'm not much of a sci-fi fan myself)

Pros: Melody coining to fill a treasure chest.
Cons: If they had been better looking they´d sell more than Robbie Williams.

Far from being a laughing stock these bearded wonders have fashioned a monumental piece of work. Whatever way you reach this album, whether it be through the glowing press they have received, their cathedral like live shows or their previous records...

Pros: At last, an American band with something to say!
Cons: A bit high-minded for most people... Grandaddy WHO?

One thing about me, I hate to be proven wrong. I like to think it doesn't happen that often - this week it did. I was in the car when I declared to my friend in the passenger seat that American rock just isn't that good anymore. He disagreed...

Pros: Nice presentation of different musical ideas
Cons: Guys...the earth is gonna be around for a long, long time

If, one bright, warm sunny day, you were wandering aimlessly through a dark, green forest and happened upon the rusting hulk of someone else's beat up, broken down refrigerator..what would you do?

Would you try to move it to a nearby cliff?...

Pros: Mixes disparate genres wonderfully into great songs
Cons: Occasional cracks show in the welding of styles

Listening to this album is almost like playing a game of trying to pick out the different artists that make up Grandaddy's sound. "Oh look, there's some Radiohead!" "I heard Pavement there!" "Was it just me, or was that...

Pros: Sounds wonderful
Cons: Ends too soon

Ever wonder what would happen if Neil Young recorded Ziggy Stardust in the year 2000 and it came out sounding like The Electric Light Orchestra? Well, wonder no more, because this band from Modesto, California has given us the answer...and more.
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Pros: Lovely bleep-led country electronica
Cons: About as commercial as turnip-flavoured chewing-gum

Given the then frightening omnipotence of the dot-com boom
when it first arrived on the scene little more than two
years ago, few could have predicted that the inevitable
fall-out would be so sudden or quite so devastating.
...

Pros: Great Sounds for your best pair of headphones
Cons: Kind of sad at places

Imagine, if you will, John Denver. Not really John Denver but a realistic robotic clone. And instead of a Martin six-string, this UnJohn Denver has a midi sequencer and a high-pitched voice. Add a five-string bass, a drummer; mix in some slow...

Pros: Smooth, Intoxicating
Cons: A few songs have structure that is hard to get used to first.

Well, I first saw Grandaddy a few years ago, opening up for Coldplay at Benaroya Hall in Seattle, Washington. I was immediately captivated by their dark stage presence, intriguing lyrics and incredible corresponding visual video effects. It was like nothing I have heard. Naturally, I went out and purchased The Sophtware Slump. What an amazing CD! So many timeless tunes! At first it seemed like these guys were just computer nerds singing about robot projects gone bad, but I think their music exemplifies their culture and the digital divide. I don't take their lyrics literally as I think they are a vehicle for deeper meaning... "He's Simple, He's Dumb, He's the Pilot" is an amazing ballad that throws so much emotion at you! I think that one is my favorite, along with "Miner at the Dial-A-View" - Jason Lytle is just an amazing musician, singer and composer. You've got to get this CD if you are into Radiohead, Coldplay, Elbow, etc.

Pros: Musically interesting, well produced, beautifully performed.
Cons: There are no cons regarding this album.

I first heard this album while having breakfast in an diner in L.A. A very cool song was playing and I asked the waitress who the band was. She said it was Grandaddy and the song was called ChartsnGrafs. I was driving to San Francisco that afternoon and bought that CD and a few others to listen to on the way. I never got to the other CDs. Sophtware Slump was on an endless loop for the entire drive. I was knocked out by it. I was delighted to find something new that was both engaging and that I could recommend to my snobby friends. This is a listen-to-the-entire-album kind of album. ChartnGrafs is a true gem.

Pros: Great songs, good production, great sound as well.
Cons: it's better than "Sumday", which should have been a much better album than it is.

What an album. Crystal Lake is by far one of the best songs I have ever heard, (except for Canada's Strange Advance and the song World's Away). The entire album is a wonderful story that almost seems to intertwine itself. Jed The Humanoid is a story about self worth and being needed in a time when no one needs you. My son hates the song because it makes him cry (poor little guy). I highly recomend this album.