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Tired Of Hanging Around | 
 enlarge | Artist: The Zutons
Label: Deltasonic
Category: Music
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Rating:  32 reviews
Sales Rank: 1479
Media: Audio CD
Discs: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 5.5 x 4.8 x 0.4
UPC: 828768227220
EAN: 0828768227220
ASIN: B000EUMO00
Release Date: April 17, 2006
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| Tracks:
| • | Tired Of Hanging Around | | • | It's The Little Things We Do | | • | Valerie | | • | Someone Watching Over Me | | • | Secrets | | • | How Does It Feel | | • | Why Won't You Give Me Your Love | | • | Oh Stacey (Look What You've Done) | | • | You've Got A Friend In Me | | • | Hello Conscience | | • | I Know I'll Never Leave |
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Amazon.co.uk Review
The surprise success story of the "Scousadelic" Liverpool scene, on Tired Of Hangin' Around The Zutons trump their debut with an assured, confident collection of songs that accentuate their skill for vintage R&B, white-man soul, and some of the best rowdy sax since The Specials strode the earth. Perhaps in retrospect it's easy to see why this band have struck the public nerve in the way The Coral and The Bandits never quite could. No spooked, surrealist pirate swashbucklers here--The Zutons' songs are grounded in the here and now, numbers like "It's The Little Things We Do", the sound of frontman Dave McCabe weaving an unsteady path from barstool to barstool with dwindling pay-cheque clutched in fist, or "Valerie"--a message to an ex-lover reminiscent of the tattered majesty of The Faces in their garrulous heyday. Much improved is Abi Harding's saxophone work, now capable of sensitive, jazzy undertones ("You've Got A Friend In Me") or sudden bursts of nutty, bandy-legged strut, and McCabe's soulful vocal is neatly bolstered by full-band backing vocals that add an enjoyably cabaret sense of drama to even the twitchiest blast of skiffle-punk. The sound of a band coming on in leaps and bounds. --Louis Pattison
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 Silly But Fun July 17, 2007
Jim Dubh (Dublin, Ireland)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
To be honest, I did not think much of "Who Killed..." A couple of catchy pop tunes, for sure, but it was "bubble gum" music for the most part. This album remains true to the band's sense of having fun with their music, but it has a much more confident sound and the production is much improved. Touring the States with The Killers also seems to have rubbed off on how the band now sounds. Moreover, to their credit, the record again romps home in just over 40 minutes.
The themes are varied and frequently concern the more mundane aspects of life - the stress of taking public transport to work ("Tired of Hanging Around"), why good nights out always end in miserable hangovers the next day ("It's the Little Things We Do"), or getting over a relationship ("How Does It Feel?"). The rhythm is generally fast-paced and Harding's saxpohone-playing definitely adds to their sound.
The first single is "Why Won't You Give Me Your Love?" It has an upbeat rythym, which, in the style of The Smiths, acts as counterpoint to the darkness of the lyrics...
I chain you up I make you mine I keep you/
Locked downstairs with all the bugs/
And all the rats I'll feed you rodent hair/
I'll keep you in my celler safe/
And I'll keep you there 'till dawn/
I'll wait until the sun comes up/
Then I'll poke and prod you more
If I was a parent, its not one I would like my 10-year old lip-synching to, but, as an adult, its hard to see this as anything but McCabe being tounge-in-cheek. This theme of stalking is kept up on the track "You've Got a Friend in Me" where McCabe and Harding's sharing of the vocals portray a strangely intimate relationship between the stalker and his target...
You follow me home when I'm finished in work/
You're creeping so quietly so I don't get scared/
I sit in your garden on your fence at night/
I'm watching you live through the day and the night/
Upstairs downstairs watching me move/
You'd never let me see you, you couldn't face the truth/
I feel like I know you in every way/
Though we've never spoke and we never say
McCabe says that the songs "Valerie" and "Oh Stacey" were about two girls he met on tour in the US. "Valerie" is described as being a "happy accident" of a song and that's lucky for us, as its a good retro-sounding tune and also the second single off the album. "Oh Stacey" is an exaggerated tale of a girl who is squandering away her inheritance. Easy come, easy go, I say!
In conclusion? Its silly but enjoyable pop music. Enjoy the album, catch the band live if you can, and look for "meaning" on a different record by a different group.
~*~ TiReD oF HaNgInG ArOuNd... ~*~ June 7, 2007
Sleeping Beauty (UK)
5 out of 5 found this review helpful
This catchy second album from eclectic band `The Zutons' features many hit tracks such as `Valerie' and `Why Won't You Give Me Your Love?' alongside lesser-known tracks like `Hello Conscience', which I think adds to the quirky and eccentric nature of the band and songs.
The Zutons are known for colourful and heartfelt performances and these lyrics strongly relate to everyday life and problems, with an individual angle which keeps the songs personal to them. There are not many bands in the charts which have the same type of rock/pop music and the Zutons pull it off with style.
One of the best songs on the album is the hit `Oh Stacey (Look What You've Done)', which highlights an important moral, as well as providing a catchy tune, as do most other songs on the album.
This unique album is a great example of good music from musicians who are in the limelight for all the right reasons, and I'm sure fans are eager to hear more from them. I would definitely recommend this album for anone who wants to relax and listen to great tunes with memorable lyrics.
 Gets better and better April 9, 2007
Mr. M. Hopewell (Birmingham, UK)
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
I thought the first Zutons album was quirky and contained a few great songs but had an underlying feeling of trying to be slightly quirky and different.
This album stands out as it builds on the first album but the songs are much stronger and overall it is far more consistent (almost every track on the album would get at least 4 stars).
One of the best albums of recent times.
 Dissapointed after hearing who killed... February 24, 2007
YoungB (Diss, Norfolk, England)
3 out of 6 found this review helpful
The Zutons first album was great, but this was quite a let down. The albums highlight for me is Oh Stacey, but the rest of the album is quite boring and very simmalar to the rest of the indie music out. The Zutons all are skilled musicians and i love the fact that they have a sax player, but this doesn't make this album much better.
It's alright if you really like indie but don't be expecting a classic like who killed the zutons.
Disappointing October 4, 2006
Lloyd J. Griffiths (Port Talbot, Wales)
4 out of 7 found this review helpful
This would have been far better as the zutons first album to be honest. If they swapped the way they have released their records, the first may have got the praise it deserves, because it is a superb album. Maybe i would also be able to see the better bits of this album, which although not brilliant, has several good moments, such as valerie( bit overplayed on radio now, but hey!) and why wont you gimme your love.
However, a lot of the album is samey and the lead singers voice doesn't quite suit the melodies as well as his birlliant scouse wail did on who killed the zutons?
Try a few songs, buy album no.1 first though.
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