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Sometimes | 
 enlarge | Artist: City And Colour
Label: Universal
Category: Music
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Avg. Customer Rating:  16 reviews
Sales Rank: 6905
Format: Import
Media: Audio CD
Discs: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 5.6 x 5 x 0.5
UPC: 825996000724
EAN: 0825996000724
ASIN: B000BPO6WW
Release Date: November 14, 2005
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| Tracks:
| • | ...off by Heart | | • | Like Knives | | • | Hello, I'm in Delaware | | • | Save Your Scissors | | • | In the Water I Am Beautiful | | • | Day Old Hate | | • | Sam Malone | | • | Comin' Home | | • | Casey's Song | | • | Sometimes (I Wish) |
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Album Description
Main songwriter in Alexisonfire, Dallas Green, demonstrates his wide talent by producing an ear catching debut solo album.
Album Details
Main Songwriter in Alexisonfire, Dallas Green, Demonstrates his Wide Talent by Producing an Ear Catching Debut Solo Album.
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 amazing vocalist with heart felt lyrics July 5, 2008
Dalls come from Alexisonfire. I got this cd recently and just to keep it brief I really liked thius album a lot for some solo acustic stuff. His vocals just make you want to lay back and relax and soak up each and every song. Mellow, Hearfelt, and simply good album worth listening to at least, worth the money if you like the style.
 Get Slayer instead April 22, 2008
0 out of 6 found this review helpful
I hear the special edition of this comes with a razorblade and a how-to guide on suicide. I suggest using both.
Angelic voice...heartripping sentiments September 28, 2007
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
Dallas Green has one of those truly amazing voices like Samuel Beam, Sufjan Stevens, and Cary Brothers which just pulls you into a trance. With the exception of "Comin' Home" (amazingly one of his more popular songs...lyrically kind of stupid), Sometimes is extremely solid. I warn you not to tie "Hello, I'm in Delaware" to a traumatically sad event, or you won't be able to listen to it ever again without tearing up. "Day Old Hate" is 6:44 long, but seems like the perfect 3:30 song. You'll never want to skip it. Fantastic stuff.
Don't bother with Alexisonfire. It's Dallas Green's beautiful voice juxtaposed with the worst screamo you've ever heard. It's a real shame too, because the music is decent. I can only hope he will dump them and begin tourning on his own more soon.
Great Music May 11, 2007
I really love this CD. I even bought another copy for a friend.
"Your words are like knives.....they peel my skin and pierce my soul...." October 26, 2006
8 out of 8 found this review helpful
Canadian singer/songwriter/guitarist Dallas Green recently made the wise decision to, on a bit of downtime from his musical priority Alexisonfire, release a solo album. None of this is new material, however. Dallas, being a gifted songwriter, simply picked his 10 favorite previously unreleased songs straight out of his closet. And the results are superb. The name of the artist is Dallas Green but he calls himself "City and Colour", supposedly not intentionally after his name(City/Dallas, Colour/Green). City and Colour is definitely oriented towards the female crowd, with it's emotionally sentimental acoustic sound and Green's pretty vocal stylings. However, if you're anything like me, you'll be right at home with Sometimes.
The majority of Sometimes is driven by Dallas's singing and acoustic guitar, although once in a while you'll hear a piano or violin. This is such a contrast to Alexisonfire(Green's main project), which is a heavy darker sounding screamer/metal hybrid. But it's for the better, because here we see what Green is capable of once left on his own.
The first track off of Sometimes is a short, albeit obscure song called "Off By Heart". Running at just under 2 minutes, I imagine it was just thrown on to create heft. Although it ended up being one of the better songs on the record, and also a good showcase of Dallas's singing abilities. Following immediately after is "Like Knives", arguably the best track on the disc. It has a beautiful soul to it, with an emotional yet at times reserved vocal, ultimately ending in an emotionally charged cry for a lost love.
"Hello, I'm in Deleware" is the third track on Sometimes, opening with an infectious "can't-get-it-out-of-your-head" acoustic melody that really shows off Green's prowess. Again this is more of the emotionally driven lyricism that dominates City and Colour's debut. The next song, "Save Your Scissors" was actually the first single off of the album(combined there are now two), a number one hit on MuchMusic here in Canada, it has an insanely catchy chorus and once again displays Dallas Green's vocals.
There is one song I could have done without, "In the Water, I am Beautiful", which I find sort of annoying and lyrically cheesy. Probably his weakest lyrics on Sometimes. Other than that the rest of the songs range from good to fantastic. "Day Old Hate" is definitely a contendor for best song off the album. Again another amazing lyrical outpouring of emotion and melody. It's a slow burn, at about 6:44, but it's definitely one of my favorite songs, about as good as "Like Knives", another beautifully written/arranged song.
I debated with myself over whether Sometimes was worthy of 5 stars or not, but after having listened to Sometimes at least 30 or so times, I can safely say that I think it's worth 5 stars. Even if a few of the tracks aren't as inspired as the rest of the album.
City and Colour's future is unknown at this point, but going based off of what Dallas Green has said concerning his music career, it sounds like this was just a product resulting from a back catalogue of previously written material and some downtime from what he holds most important right now, Alexisonfire. I can only hope that he will write some more songs and maybe throw in a few more from his back catalogue, because this album is touching, and I will forever consider it a sentimental treasure.
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