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| ARTIST: | Trey Anastasio |
| CATEGORY: | Music |
| MANUFACTURER: | Elektra |
| TYPE: | Pop, Rock |
| MEDIA: | Audio CD |
| TRACKS: | Andre the Giant, Prologue, Inlaw Josie Wales, All Things Reconsidered, Coming To, Discern (Intro), Guyute [Orchestral] |
| UPC: | 075596296229 |
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Customer Reviews of Seis De Mayo
Base hit for Anastasio. "Seis De Mayo" is a showcase for the eleven-plus-minute orchestral "Guyute" that closes the album. It is a true classical piece, albeit a little heavy-handed and dramatic. If Speilberg ever made a movie about the death of a hippy in a Phish parking lot, the orchestral Guyute would be his obvious score. The rest of the album, however, is not as great a leap into instrumental composition as I expected. Clocking in at under 29 minutes total, the album is random and generally unexciting. The album's stronger tracks include "The Inlaw Josie Wales" and "Discern (Intro)". "Inlaw" features Trey with a string quartet, but the guitar work is almost exactly what we've all heard before--now with some dissonant string work in the background. "Discern" demonstrates that writing horn sections is Trey's strongest suit outside the guitar. I doubt Trey would deny that this is a self-indulgent project, but I commend him for sharing his musical experiments so openly, certainly his critics would say too openly. For those of us who admire him, this album shows a new dimension--one I hope we see more of, but perhaps eventually it will be a little more polished. No way will this album stay in my rotation for too long, but anyone who doubts that Trey Anastasio is one of the most prolific and versatile songwriters alive, will be silenced by this album.
Great original music
I just bought this CD today and I love it! Anastasio is an amazingly versatile musician - you'd never expect soothing, airy orchestral music coming from a rock guitarist, but that's exactly what this CD is.
About half the tunes on this album are new, while the other half are Phish tunes reworked for orchestra. While most orchestral arrangements of rock tunes sound extremely cheesy (or just flat-out stupid), Anastasio has managed to pull this transformation off quite well, probably because he composed and arranged both versions himself. Some tunes (namely "Guyute") even seem to lend themselves to the orchestral format.
For those who are familiar with Anastasio's first solo album, think of "Ray Dawn Balloon" or "At The Gazebo." That's what all the tracks on this album are like.
The only reason why I rated this four stars instead of five is because the album is very short (only about 30 minutes of music). There's only 7 tracks and with the exception of "Guyute", they're all under 4 minutes long. I love all the material on here, but I wish that there was more to listen to.
Other than that, this is a really nice album. If you know Phish, you'll appreciate the orchestral versions of their tunes on here, but you certainly don't need to be familiar with any of those tunes to enjoy this. I wish there were more musicians out there today who did stuff like this :)
Incredible Music
I can't really stand reading the reviews of people who purchased this cd simply because it was a Trey Anastasio release and complaining about it. If you honestly can't take the time to take a look at information about the cd before it is released, it's your own fault.
That out of the way, the music on this cd is just incredible. Though Guyute was done for the "Sharin' In The Groove" cd, it's still great to hear another version of My Friend/Guyute orchestrated. The musicianship, and through listening to this song, as well as the other Phish songs (including Prologue, which is great to listen to as Trey originally composed it).
Those who know Trey Anastasio know of his musical genious. If you don't, please, do yourself a favor and pick up The Phish Book. The reason I give this cd four stars is simply because of the price of the cd for the amount of music you get. Other than that, this cd is excellent. Though, if I had the choice, I would love to have heard Divided Sky orchestrated above anything else.