{"product_id":"a-sides-win-singles-1992-2005","title":"A Sides Win: Singles 1992-2005","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eBrand:\u003c\/b\u003e Koch\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eDetails:\u003c\/b\u003e Amazon.ca\n\nSloan is God's gift to rock and roll. There. It's been said--for the one-millionth time. While fans uttered the phrases \"critics' darlings,\" \"underappreciated,\" and \"underrated,\" the band spent their time circling the globe and racking up a string of singles. They've been rightfully compared to the who's who of four-piece rock\/pop bands (no need to go into that here).* But it is, on the occasion of this 2005-released A-side retrospective, worth pointing out a few of the reasons for such comparisons. First and foremost is their catalog of recordings. Each album is dosed with tracks that run from horn-throwing monsters to easy-breezy rock-alongs. Each successive release one-upped the previous, either in terms of ability, maturity, or daring--never once alienating fans or looking back for past glory. All four voices fly in and out throughout; drum fills are pulled straight from the cocktail kit masters; tube-amp tones and guitar phrases could be the chapters in a How! to be in a Killer Band for Dummies book. On stage, the band is the equivalent of a Yukon fire drill with members swapping instruments, vocals, and rock moves song-for-song with furious skill and fierce cool. They're everything we've been trained to love about rock all rolled up in a tour van.\n\nHighlights from this collection range from the ambitious undergrad stabs of \"Underwhelmed\" and the holy trinity of power-pop from 1997's One Chord to Another (\"The Good in Everyone,\" \"Everything You've Done Wrong,\" \"The Lines You Amend\"), to the grown-up Sloan of \"The Other Man\" (\"If I'm the other man, nature will abhor me\") and \"The Rest of My Life\" (\"Am I gonna be someone who has to take the rest of my life to settle down?\/What kind of fool doesn't think about it?\/You have to be a fool not to think about it.\") The one thing you'll find yourself wishing for is a speedy arrival of the B-sides and rarities. --Peter Hilgendorf\n\n* The Beatles, the Kinks, the Who, Led Zeppelin, Big Star, Kiss, Cheap Trick, th e Clash, the Replacements, the Young Fresh Fellows, and the Beach Boys (when Mik e Love was out at the dry cleaner's).\n\nRecommended Sloan Discography\n\n\n\nProduct Description\n\nThe First Best of from Canadian Rock Veterans Sloan.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eUPC:\u003c\/b\u003e 828766866728\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eEAN:\u003c\/b\u003e 0828766866728\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding:\u003c\/b\u003e audioCD\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eItem Condition:\u003c\/b\u003e UsedVeryGood\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"IDshop","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50068521877763,"sku":"DX-NOID-FDZ2","price":40.0,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0030\/9765\/7390\/files\/611xLtugS3L.jpg?v=1793341066","url":"https:\/\/id-shop-ca.myshopify.com\/en\/products\/a-sides-win-singles-1992-2005","provider":"ID Shop.ca","version":"1.0","type":"link"}