This has got to be one of the greatest cd's ever made.

Um...I guess so. Why? (or are you just a big fan of the band?)

ps- actually, this is the greatest CD ever made. I even own it! If anyone wants to hear a sample, I'll send a track your way

I want to hear a sample.

the greatest CD ever made

I was just thinking the other day how weird it was that I -- in common, I think, with most people -- would unhesitatingly nominate "the greatest CD ever made" (for me, The Stone Roses) but wouldn't think of claiming to know of, say, "the greatest novel ever written" or "the greatest picture ever painted". This is despite the fact that I'm probably not familiar with any significantly greater proportion of the world's music repertoire than of the world's literary or artistic repertoire (and all of those familiarities are of course microscopic percentages). What is it about music that means it has fans rather than simply followers?

Or is this just inverted snobbery? Do Old Etonians in cravats, snacking on swan canapes at private views at Kensington art galleries, actually go round saying to each other, "OMG, The Raft Of The Medusa is like so totally the greatest picture ever painted, and anyone who prefers Canaletto is an unlettered fop scarce better than a Harrovian"?

Peter

I work with an Etonian (class of '95 though) and he reckons Titanic was a great film!

Gareth

I said "one" of the. i didn't mean it was the be all say all. about once a month i will walk the shelves of best buy and just pick up a cd and buy it. i bought this one the other day and it surprised me on how good it was. i guess that's what garnered the OMG! response because it ended up being a diamond in the rough. BTW Gomez was another diamond in the rough cd that i had found. they are now one of my favorite bands of all time. This Beta Band cd that i bought is just a great cd to dump in you player on sunday and relax listening to it (if you have musical tastes similar to mine).

I semi agree. The Beat band is an awesome band..

Their other stuff is also good. Oddly, I got turned on to them via the movie High Fidelity, where one of the tracks from The 3 EPs is prominently featured by name.

after i bought the album and listened to the first song i realized that it was from that movie and i had heard it before.

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I will now sell 5 copies of the Beta Band's "The Three E.P.'s"
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Exactly. I imagine he sold a lot more than that.

You are correct, sir!

Just got it. Verrry Niahce!

-Zeke