Real Numbers, The / Thank You!
| Album: | Thank You! | Collection: | General | |
| Artist: | Real Numbers, The | Added: | Jan 2024 | |
| Label: | Self-Release | |||
A-File Activity
| Add Date: | 2024-02-12 | Pull Date: | 2024-04-15 |
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| Week Ending: | Apr 14 | Apr 7 | Mar 31 | Mar 24 | Mar 17 | Mar 10 | Mar 3 | Feb 25 |
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| Airplays: | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 2 |
Recent Airplay
| 1. | May 15, 2024: | Comes to Mind
Sorry For The Mess |
4. | Apr 21, 2024: | Comes to Mind
Smile, Sorry For The Mess, You, Me, And The Sunshine, Lydia Pinkham (Ft. Roger Joseph Manning Jr.) |
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| 2. | May 08, 2024: | Comes to Mind
Lydia Pinkham (Ft. Roger Joseph Manning Jr.) |
5. | Apr 17, 2024: | Comes to Mind
Thank You For Being A Friend |
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| 3. | May 04, 2024: | Music Casserole
Lydia Pinkham (Ft. Roger Joseph Manning Jr.) |
6. | Apr 12, 2024: | KZSU Time Traveler
Lucy's In Love (Ft. Tim Smith) |
Album Review
Francis D
Reviewed 2024-01-31
Reviewed 2024-01-31
“Thank You!” The Real Numbers
San Francisco-based power pop band with its 4th album (and first since 2015). Eight years in the making, with a long and winding road to release that included hard drives dying, band members marrying and moving away, starting families and landing other gigs. But the quartet led by Dave Ambrose and Lawrence Grodeska persisted, and the result (almost named Finally!) is “Thank You!” This is solid power pop and “geek rock” with “powerful hooks, lush chords, smart lyrics and heaps of harmony.” RIYL: Weezer, Jukebox the Ghost, Fountains of Wayne or Barenaked Ladies.
— Francis
Recommended: 1, 3, 2, 4, 6, 11, 8. No FCCs detected.
1. (4:24) Lucy’s In Love (ft. Tim Smith) — A celebration! Starts with a train announcement. Then, it’s bouncy, fun power pop with a grabber of a bass line and Chicago vibes from the brass arrangements. ****
2. (4:04) I Love To Sing (ft. Kelly Atkins) — Light pop, skipping and chimey. Strummy guitar. An ode to innocence and the joy of music. Rich harmonies. Stevie Wonder-style harmonica in the lead break. ****
3. (3:33) Lydia Pinkham (ft. Roger Joseph Manning Jr.) — Theatrical power pop tribute to an early woman entrepreneur from the mid-1800s. A throwback Beatles feeling. Wonderful keyboards — Chamberlin, organ and plinking piano — with a cacophonous collision of sounds at the end. ****
4. (4:26) Thank You For Being A Friend — Cover of the Andrew Gold classic from 1978. Pulsing keys and tasty guitar licks. ***
5. (4:09) News Of The Day — Slower-tempo sway with lilting, often harmonized vocals over keys and a simple rhythm track.
6. (3:41) Sorry For The Mess — Edgy guitar rock. Biting lyrics that are a commentary on some of the troubling issues facing the world today. ***
7. (3:57) Hello World — Swingy ballad with shimmering keys and sentimental, grateful vocals. Jazzy guitar in the lead break.
8. (3:11) You, Me, And The Sunshine — Quaint stroll. Wistful lyrics and vocals, harmonized in the choruses. Fabulous clarinet solo in the lead break! ***
9. (3:42) Smile — Another up-tempo love song ditty with a snappy drum track and extensive use of brass that gives it a Chicago flavor.
10. (4:33) Spin — Guitar rock with a strong backbeat and prominent bass line that gives it a bounce. Soaring guitar solo starting in the lead break and continuing to the end.
11. (5:47) Souvenirs — A goodbye. Halting and sad. Strummed acoustic guitar, organ, keys, strings and emotive vocals. Builds into an anthem. ***
San Francisco-based power pop band with its 4th album (and first since 2015). Eight years in the making, with a long and winding road to release that included hard drives dying, band members marrying and moving away, starting families and landing other gigs. But the quartet led by Dave Ambrose and Lawrence Grodeska persisted, and the result (almost named Finally!) is “Thank You!” This is solid power pop and “geek rock” with “powerful hooks, lush chords, smart lyrics and heaps of harmony.” RIYL: Weezer, Jukebox the Ghost, Fountains of Wayne or Barenaked Ladies.
— Francis
Recommended: 1, 3, 2, 4, 6, 11, 8. No FCCs detected.
1. (4:24) Lucy’s In Love (ft. Tim Smith) — A celebration! Starts with a train announcement. Then, it’s bouncy, fun power pop with a grabber of a bass line and Chicago vibes from the brass arrangements. ****
2. (4:04) I Love To Sing (ft. Kelly Atkins) — Light pop, skipping and chimey. Strummy guitar. An ode to innocence and the joy of music. Rich harmonies. Stevie Wonder-style harmonica in the lead break. ****
3. (3:33) Lydia Pinkham (ft. Roger Joseph Manning Jr.) — Theatrical power pop tribute to an early woman entrepreneur from the mid-1800s. A throwback Beatles feeling. Wonderful keyboards — Chamberlin, organ and plinking piano — with a cacophonous collision of sounds at the end. ****
4. (4:26) Thank You For Being A Friend — Cover of the Andrew Gold classic from 1978. Pulsing keys and tasty guitar licks. ***
5. (4:09) News Of The Day — Slower-tempo sway with lilting, often harmonized vocals over keys and a simple rhythm track.
6. (3:41) Sorry For The Mess — Edgy guitar rock. Biting lyrics that are a commentary on some of the troubling issues facing the world today. ***
7. (3:57) Hello World — Swingy ballad with shimmering keys and sentimental, grateful vocals. Jazzy guitar in the lead break.
8. (3:11) You, Me, And The Sunshine — Quaint stroll. Wistful lyrics and vocals, harmonized in the choruses. Fabulous clarinet solo in the lead break! ***
9. (3:42) Smile — Another up-tempo love song ditty with a snappy drum track and extensive use of brass that gives it a Chicago flavor.
10. (4:33) Spin — Guitar rock with a strong backbeat and prominent bass line that gives it a bounce. Soaring guitar solo starting in the lead break and continuing to the end.
11. (5:47) Souvenirs — A goodbye. Halting and sad. Strummed acoustic guitar, organ, keys, strings and emotive vocals. Builds into an anthem. ***
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