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Part of the Hard Rock collection.

Customers who bought Atomic Opera also bought: American Bach Soloists, Philharmonia Baroque, Lara St John, Kirsty Hawkshaw, Rob Costlow, Monks and Choirs of Kiev Pechersk Lavra, Ishwish, Ambient Teknology, Falling You, Solace.

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Atomic Opera
Alpha and Oranges

Total time: 47:27
Release date: 3/8/04

Location of artist: TX, USA

This artist has one other album

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If the Texan bands Kings X and Galactic Cowboys represent the Pearl Jam and Nirvana of the Houston hard-rock sound, then Atomic Opera is the Soundgarden. They have a more consistent metal edge than their peers, but they keep these dark, thick grooves melodic and accessible. Atomic Opera sold 20,000 copies of their debut record, For Madmen Only and this is a collection of the songs that led up to that work. "The ten songs that are chosen to be on this CD tell a story—the musical story of a band discovering itself," says frontman Frank Hart. Atomic Opera strikes gold right from the start with the beautiful "Rain Parade"; other highlights include "Meaningless Word" "Spinning," and "Magic Castle" with its cascading, shanty-like melody line.

m3u audio streams (if the flash player above doesn't work for you):
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[hifi lofi] 01-Rain Parade (3:27)
[hifi lofi] 02-For Madmen Only (3:43)
[hifi lofi] 03-All These Things (5:51)
[hifi lofi] 04-Feverdream No.1 (3:42)
[hifi lofi] 05-Magic Castle (4:23)
[hifi lofi] 06-Love in Grey (6:09)
[hifi lofi] 07-Meaningless Word (4:37)
[hifi lofi] 08-Paper Tiger (4:54)
[hifi lofi] 09-Spinning (5:22)
[hifi lofi] 10-Let Go (5:19)