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Sideways | 
| Artist: Men Without Hats
Label: Polygram Int'l
Category: Music
List Price: $31.99
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Rating:  8 reviews
Sales Rank: 188107
Format: Import
Media: Audio CD
Discs: 1
UPC: 042284856928
EAN: 0042284856928
ASIN: B00000723Z
Release Date: May 2, 2000
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
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| Tracks:
| • | Sideways | | • | Fall Down Gently | | • | In the Meadow | | • | Van Der Graaf Generation Blues | | • | Nadine | | • | Everybody Wants to Know | | • | I Am the Walrus | | • | Kenbarbielove | | • | Lost Forever | | • | Life After Diamond Head | | • | Love (All over the World) | | • | Harry Crews |
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Album Description
1991 Polygram records release out of Canada
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| Customer Reviews: Read 3 more reviews...
No synthing--just guitars! July 25, 2000
Kevin Gamble (Columbia, MO USA)
5 out of 5 found this review helpful
What a shocker this album was--gone are all the electro dance beats of their 80s heyday, replaced by loud guitars and live drums. The kicker--it's a really good album. The title track is loads of fun, and the styles range from gentle country-rock ("Fall Down Gently") to lovely ballads ("Everybody Wants to Know") to an improbable-but-highly successful cover ("I am the Walrus"--it sounds great!). It's an up-tempo, energetic album which shows that at its heart, this band was always about making good, thoughtful, and most of all fun music--regardless of what sounds they use.
 They actually pulled it off! February 24, 2005
Matt
4 out of 4 found this review helpful
When the 90's came along, synthpop went out of fashion. And some former synthpop bands found themselves playing guitars in order to stay 'in fashion' (ie sell out). The BIGGEST problem with this was that many of these bands ended up losing what made them great in the first place. That something wasn't really synthesizers. But rather, that fun-loving energy they had as synthpop bands. All too often, the music became slower and more serious in a stupid attempt to be more 'substantial' and less 'frivolous' (they became more pretentious, really). The end result was typically alienation of older fans without gaining younger ones (as they were considered an 'old' and 'uncool' band by younger folks). On the other hand, Men Without Hats managed to change their instrumentation without losing the essence of what they were. And for this, I applaud them.
Thank God I got it when I did! March 6, 2009
Dave (Missouri, USA)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
I see that, finally, the "black sheep" of the Men's album lineup has been discontinued by the manufacturer. I'm glad I ordered and got it four years ago! I can't understand why people won't let bands and singers try something new every once in a while. Sure, the ditched the sound that made them famous, but come on, this album ROCKS! I love the title track and In the Meadow is just beautiful. Even their version of I am The Walrus is worthy to have been done, quite a feat to pull off a decent cover of the Beatles (and I don't generally like covers!). It's a shame that more people didn't give this a chance back in the day, and now will probably never get the chance to.
Nirvana ripped them off! January 3, 2006
Dr. Philgood (Vancouver, Canada)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
If you buy this album, listen carefully to the guitar riff of the title track. It is virtually the same as the one from Nirvana's revolutionizing hit "Smells Like Teen Spirit"! I tracked down the single version because it remember really liking it back in '91, and that song's release predates that of the seminal Nirvana single. Regardless of any conspiracy theories, "Sideways" is the best song you'll hear about a sexual position. In terms of the album, this is a ROCK album that departs from MWH synth-based roots. I definitely think one would be better off buying the compilation that includes "Sideways" (I think it is on the Canadian import only). "I Like" is another awesome MWH song you probably haven't come across. "Moonbeam" is a nice little number as well.
me and Darren like this one! July 1, 2004
Ryan (Canada)
I can't figure out why some people regard this album as anything other than great! Yes... this one is filled with great guitar riffs (energy)... and no... it doesn't have the signature synthesizer sound of the past. In fact, there is more voice synthesizing in this album than there are keyboards. But, for me, that is what makes it great. If you wanted to hear something that you have already heard before from a band that you have already heard it from, then stick in that old album. For me... (and Darren) this one was the soundtrack for one of the best summers of my life!
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