Track Listing

Disc 1:

1. Dead Meat
2. Wait For Me
3. Parachute
4. Friendly Fire
5. Spectacle
6. Tomorrow
7. On Again Off Again
8. Headlights
9. Would I Be The One
10. Falling Out Of Love

Disc 2:

1. Friendly Fire

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #13430 in Music
• Released on: 2006-10-02
• Number of discs: 1

Customer Reviews

How Wonderful is This!
I'm so glad that my gorgeous partner bought me this CD. What a beautiful set of songs. It's gone into my instant classics music. That's the stuff I know I'll be listening to regularly, and loving for decades. I really do recommend this to anyone who loves good music. There is definitely a Lennon sound going on in there, but it's his own voice and it works brilliantly. And there's a really fantastic DVD to go with it - brilliantly realised videos to many of the songs on the album. Thanks Sean. Just beautiful! Am I ranting? Believe me, I don't often, lol.

Beautiful
Beautiful, psychedelic and dreamy! Great flow to the album just press play and let it drift! Resembles his dad but also has his own style, a more softer laid back style.

1.Dead Meat - 5
2.Wait for me - 4
3.Parachutes - 5
4.Friendly Fire - 4
5.Spectacle - 5... The best song!!
6.Tomorrow - 5
7.On again off again - 4
8.Headlights - 5
9.Would I be the one - 4
10.Falling out of love - 4

Friendly Fire is a real Spectacle
'Friendly Fire', the second solo album from Sean Lennon, is, quite simply, one of the most wonderful, beautiful albums to have ever been released. Essentially a break-up album, Sean conveys hurt and betrayal while still being able to barely maintain a fragile dignity and sense of wonder at the whole crumbling of a relationship. Quite honestly, many poor reviews you will see of this album will be those who have approached this record with some kind of expectation based on who Sean is rather than what the album sounds like and have easily dismissed it without thoroughly absorbing it. Big mistake.

Although there are a few songs that leap out at you on your first listen, this is a textured, complex and subtle album which you will appreciate more each time you take time out to give it another play. With each playback, the songs reveal themselves and, given time, you will wonder how you ever (perhaps) thought that it sounded a little 'samey' when you first heard it. In fact, the closest musical reference to 'Friendly Fire', for me, is probably Elliott Smith. Gorgeously melodic, beautifully recorded food for the mind, heart and soul.

The album, as a whole, is a near-perfect piece of art and it is very difficult to pick highlights or favourites. For example, 'Parachute', 'Spectacle', 'On Again Off Again', 'Would I Be The One' and 'Falling Out Of Love' are all magnificent and - I suppose - my true standouts, but the other half of the album isn't far behind at all. 'Would I Be The One' is - officially - a Marc Bolan song but the original bears little resemblance to the song on this album. I have to say that Marc's rather basic rendition doesn't hold a candle to the shimmering, immense song featured here. One of those cover version which become so much more than the original concept.

The DVD is a brilliant feature of this release and should not be overlooked. You get the whole album, together with videos for each which are, on the whole, fantastic. It is evident that Sean is an accomplished artist as each song is presented with a thought-provoking, sometimes amusing, sometimes baffling visual story which, as a whole, leaves you with no doubt as to the man's creative talent and imagination.

One of my very favourite, more listened to albums of all time.