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| The Bird And The Bee Sides | 
| Artist: Relient K
Label: Warner Bros.
Category: Music
List Price: $13.98
Buy New: $8.99
You Save: $4.99 (36%)
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Avg. Customer Rating:  (21 reviews)
Sales Rank: 5391
Media: Audio CD
Discs: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 5.6 x 4.7 x 0.4
MPN: 512645
UPC: 093624983866
EAN: 0093624983866
ASIN: B001AS6WBC
Release Date: July 1, 2008
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
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| Tracks:
| • | Where Do I Go From Here | | • | The Scene And Herd | | • | At Least We Made It This Far | | • | The Last, The Lost, The Least | | • | The Living Is Silver | | • | There Was No Thief | | • | No Reaction | | • | Curl Up And Die | | • | You'll Always Be My Best Friend | | • | There Was Another Time In My Lif | | • | Beaming | | • | I Just Want You To Know | | • | Bee Your Man | | • | Up And Up (Acoustic) | | • | Wit's All Been Done Before | | • | The Vinyl Countdown | | • | For The Band | | • | Nothing Without You | | • | A Penny Loafer Saved Is A Penny | | • | Five Iron Frenzy Is Either Dead Or | | • | Five Iron Frenzy Is Either Dead Or | | • | Who I Am Hates Who I've Been | | • | Here I Go (Demo) | | • | The Stenographer (Demo) | | • | Jefferson Aeroplane (Demo) | | • | Hope For Every Fallen Man (Acoustic) |
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Product Description
The Bird and the Bee Sides begins with a baker s dozen of original new tunes collected under the moniker of The Nashville Tennis EP. With all five members writing and taking turns on lead vocals, it's perhaps Relient K's most diverse effort to date, including Thiessen's alt-country At Least We Made It This Far, bassist John Warne s The Last, The Lost, The Least, which is explosive both sonically and in its social commentary, and new drummer Ethan Luck s punk rock reggae No Reaction, to name but a few highlights. As for the Bee Sides Relient K remixed and re-mastered 13 tracks, including an acoustic version of hit single Who I Am Hates Who I ve Been . There are also tunes from The Vinyl Countdown, The Employee Of The Month EP, The Creepy EP, The Apathetic EP and, as Thiessen puts it, a ton of other stuff that you can t even find on the internet at least not yet.
Amazon.com
If anyone had any doubts as to Relient K's staying power and diversity, this very lengthy collection of remixed songs, out-takes, EP tunes and just plain oddities ought to dispel them twice over. These 26 tunes run through gentle folk, rousing alt-rock, twanging alt-country, and even whimsical ska. The fact that some songs mention other bands -- Jefferson Airplane, Blood Sweat and Tears -- helps to make this sound like a compilation of various artists on first run-through. And while "At Least We Made It This Far" sounds like Death Cab For Cutie if Ben Gibbard could only stop being such a mope, the intense numbers like "The Last, The Lost, The Least" could be by no one else. The group's highly inventive, relentlessly (and restless) brand of alt-pop is what anchors all these songs. And with each successive listen, it becomes clear that what at first sounds like some crazy grab-bag might actually be one of their best albums to date.--Mike McGonigal
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| Customer Reviews: Read 16 more reviews...
 More than just a good deal. September 29, 2008
Relient K fans, do NOT pass this up just because it is an EP release. It is a good deal: twenty-six songs for nine dollars. But this is also a great release!
Remember the whimsical lyrics of "Anatomy of the Tongue in Cheek" and "Two Lefts Don't Make a Right... But Three Do" for which you fell in love with them, and then imagine that combined with the excellently matured sound of their latest main release, "Five-Score and Seven Years Ago," and you're headed in the right direction. If you thought that "MmmHmm" was their greatest album ever then our tastes differ and therefore you might want to disregard this review. If, however, what I wrote above appeals to you, then I doubt you will regret this purchase. I even found one of those rare personal "greatest song ever" songs in "Curl Up and Die."
One caveat: the free acoustic version of the first track (Where Do I Go) is better than the one included on the CD in my opinion. Relient K used a web hunt of sorts to point you to the MP3s, but if you don't want to work for your free downloads then just search for "Relient K scavenger hunt" on [...] and you should be able to find someone who has already done the work for you.
 a whole lot for a whole little September 20, 2008
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
so before i begin i will say that ive followed relient k since they first came to be and that i've always liked their music.
in this cd you do get a whole lot for a whole little.
26 tracks! for only 7.99 when i bought it. this cd a has a lot to offer. while there are a lot of tracks, however, many of these are very short and seem unplanned. it includes acuostic versions, (my favorite being be my escape) many songs that are new, and many songs that are on previous EP's that are very dificult to get a hold of. This cd is like a mash up of every time matt thiessen decided to record some thing and you will see evidence of this in songs like "A Penny Loafer Saved is A Penny Loafer Earned"
I would say that its a good buy for any relient k fan new or old. But dont expect to like the whole thing right away. You will have to get into it.
Awesome CD September 16, 2008
This CD is awesome. It is not what I expected from Relient K because it's not filled with catchy songs that make you want to dance about. The songs are unexpectedly good because they are very organic and the lyrics are heart-felt. Plus you get twice the amount of songs as a normal Relient K CD.
Best One Yet September 16, 2008
I can't ever imagine Relient K getting better than their latest CD and every time they come out with a new CD I am amazed that they have done it again. This CD is excellent and the alternate versions of previously heard songs are just as good. All Relient K fans, and even those who are not, need to go buy this CD today!
LOVE IT! September 8, 2008
0 out of 2 found this review helpful
Not only are there many RK songs on here that are new, there are a few that are acoustic remakes of some of their more popular songs, including "Who I Am Hates Who I've Been". You gotta love that!
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