Thought/Opinions of the Tom/Dog Premium CD

[todd]

It's really incredible. I really really like every track (except for Dear Boy, kind of).  Back Seat of My Car just kills left and right, and is definitely my favorite track.  Too Many People gives me a bad case of the can't-stop-smilings, too.  It's really tough to pick out "favorites" because god damn, this is a really solid effort across the board, and just about every track would have a justifiable argument as the best one on the album.   I've listened to it dozens of times easily and have no plans of slowing down. 

I love Death Cab's version. Honestly, that is such a great pop song, but I thought the original had those "wah wah" background singers WAY too high in the mix. It completely overpowers the song. I'm glad they dropped it.

[gravy boat]

I am not that familiar with the original album so I'm not good for judging anyone on interpretation.

The album is incredible.  I have not yet been motivated to be a big Death Cab for Cutie fan but "Dear Boy" is my favorite song, followed by Aimee Mann's song.  I really like the Dump song, too.  In the middle -- before the guest vocalist and the "hands across the water" chorus -- there is about a minute of fuzzy distortion over a guitar strumming that I could listen to for days.

[buffcoat]

Death Cab is great.  I sort of hung around the edges of the Ben Gibbard pool for a year, then dived in.  I don't necessarily like every song, but the best 3 or 4 on each album are pretty incredible.

[yesno]

I thought I didn't like Death Cab for years until I gave them a fair listen.

[Big Plastic Head]

Death Cab's Something About Airplanes and We Have the Facts and We're Voting Yes are really good early albums by these guys. Recommended.

The Tom album? Really good. I think what stands out to me is what a great mix it is. I have yet to feel the urge to skip a song.

[Martin]

Death Cab is great.  I sort of hung around the edges of the Gib Benson Ben Gibbard pool for a year, then dived in.  I don't necessarily like every song, but the best 3 or 4 on each album are pretty incredible.

[Chad from Oregon]

I have been loving the hell out of this cd and I hate that I'm stuck taking the easy way out by saying that I love every track so much that I don't have a favorite. Or a least favorite. The urge to skip over a song and listen to it out of sequence has yet to hit me.

It's one thing for a cover song to actually feel like it's more than just a cover and be able to stand on it's own, but an album of covers which is solid from start to finish is certainly a moment of triumph! I feel this not only says a lot about each of the amazing artists who participated but to Mr. McCartney, as well.

And especially to Mr. Scharpling for making the whole damn thing happen.

How great of a soundtrack for late summer/autumn is this? Seriously... this is one for the ages.

[ben]

Finally got my mouse pledge package today.  A fellow FOT played the album for me earlier, so I was not unfamiliar with it.  Listening to it again, the Danielson track is the standout amongst standouts.  So cool.  I want a covers album from him/them so badly now. 

I haven't gone through most of my other swag yet, aside from the Radio Thrift Shop CD which is amazing.

[Matthew_S]

This is only tangentially on-thread-topic but only relevant place for this so ...

My wife and I were driving around on some errands.  I had the Tom/Dog CD in the car.  I left to run into a store.  I returned to see her looking over the CD.  I told her that was a picture of Tom and his late dog Dogmo.  Her reply:

"Why do you know his dog's name and not the name of some of my friends?"

[masterofsparks]

There are dogs in my neighborhood whose names I know in spite of the fact that I don't know the names of their owners.

[Pastor Josh]

Just a quick addition to the Death Cab love, I'm very pleased at how their transition to a major label actually helped refine their sound.  Huzzas all around.

TOM is brilliant.  I've never heard a covers/compilation album that sounds so solid.  It's more album-like than most studio albums by a singls band that I know of.  Each song is great, but it's better as a whole album than the songs are individually, which is an amazing accomplishment.  The stuff by bands I knew impressed me, and the stuff by bands I didn't know made me want to buy their albums.  And, like I said in the other thread, I've never been much of a Paul McCartney fan.  I don't dislike him; I just never got in to him.  I was amazed to learn how mny of these songs I already liked without knowing they were his.  Thank you, Tom.

[kittykittymeowmixhead]

I am in love with the CD. I love every single song. I've listened to it a million times (partially because my computer crashed and it's literally the only thing on my itunes right now, but still!) and have grown to like it better and better each time. Aimee Mann's Too Many People is amazing. I'm glad someone called in to ask how the songs were chosen for each artist, because I had the same question. It's like they are the perfect songs for each of them, so I thought this couldn't have been an accident. It's all the more impressive to know that these people did this for free, and that Tom was able to make it all happen. Cheers to Tom!

[kevin_]

every time the barbara's another day comes on for a millisecond (a millie a millie) i think i'm listening to Since U Been Gone.