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Navy Blues | 
 enlarge | Artist: Sloan
Label: Murder Records
Category: Music
List Price: $21.49
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Rating:  45 reviews
Sales Rank: 161349
Media: Audio CD
Discs: 1
UPC: 600704403628
EAN: 0600704403628
ASIN: B000009E8G
Release Date: July 28, 1998
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| Tracks:
| • | She Says What She Means | | • | C'mon C'mon (We're Gonna Get It Started) | | • | Iggy & Angus | | • | Sinking Ships | | • | Keep On Thinkin' | | • | Money City Maniacs | | • | Seems So Heavy | | • | Chester The Molester | | • | Stand By Me, Yeah | | • | Suppose They Close The Door | | • | On The Horizon | | • | I Wanna Thank You | | • | I'm Not Through With You Yet |
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Within the first few cuts on their fifth release, Canada's Sloan again transcend the power-pop tag with a tune called "Iggy & Angus" that sounds more like "Itchycoo Park"-era Small Faces than either the Stooges or AC/DC, a Beach Boys-style epic ("Sinking Ships," which gives Navy Blues its title), and "She Says What She Means," a bazooka-rock stomper that recalls the best of Sweet. From those early highlights, the group continues its happily eclectic borrowing with a felicitous touch that puts the disc within shouting distance of plunderrific classics like Nick Lowe's Pure Pop for Now People and the Pooh Sticks's Great White Wonder. And their what-did-they-just-say? lyrics, which improve on the previous One Chord to Another's, push Navy Blues further into the realm of the gleefully subversive. --Rickey Wright
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 went to get pretty together, got navy blues instead, not mad July 29, 2004
ANTI-BUSH HIPPIE (Austin TX)
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
This is a really really good album. I like action pact more but maybe thats just because ive listened to it more.You can tell the guys of sloan enjoy playing music when you listen to this album. Some of my favorite tracks include: she says what she means, iggy & angus, money city maniacs, chester the molester, and cmon cmon.
What side of the Sloan street do you stand? April 4, 2002
John Bounds (los angeles, california United States)
3 out of 3 found this review helpful
If you are interested in Sloan and are looking for a body of work to try-out I would like to offer up "Navy Blues" as your inital outing. There are rabid Sloan fans out there who all fight tooth and nail over which Sloan album is the best. Some say "Twice Removed" which I rank as their 2nd best and some say "Between the Bridges" which I feel has little cohesion and ultimately fails as a "Long Player" which is also how I feel about their latest offering, "Pretty Together". That's why I feel so strongly towards this album. It works as a whole work where the sum parts smoothly create the whole. This is a buzzy late 70's California driving bubblegum fm radio album. From the very first guitar lick of "She Says What She Means" to the closing bars of "I'm Not Through With You Yet" this is feel good music at it's core. it has humor and heart and clever arrangements that homage it's inspirations and imbibes with originality. Track 1 is my absolute favorite mix cd track. I always get comments about that track. I don't know how true popularity eluded dear Sloan during the release of this album but it did. The world isn't ready for these prime time players. This is a strong album all in all but if I must highlight the standout tracks...
1. She Says What She Means
2. C'mon C'mon(We're Gonna Get It Started)
3. Iggy & Angus
6. Money City Maniacs
9. Stand By Me, Yea
12. I Wanna Thank You
I really love them all, but if you are looking for songs to sample...try these.
 Modern Beatles! December 6, 2001
Caroline (florida)
1 out of 6 found this review helpful
Everyone who is around when this cd is on says "is that the beatles?". This is an excellent cd by the canadian 4-some. It's like the beatles meets the rolling stones meets elvis costello. Also, if you're into geek rock, most geek rockers love them.
Sloan at their very best !! January 9, 2001
David O'Brien (Dublin 18 Ireland)
3 out of 3 found this review helpful
Sloan's "Between The Bridges" is probably their most immediate album but "Navy Blues" grows on you until you cannot help listening to it.It probably represents Sloan at their most rocking.The album opens with a real killer track "She says what she means" which contains a middle bridge which sound like a cross between Def Leppard and AC/DC.It really is one of the most heartstopping moments on the album.The second song "C'mon C'mon" is a lot more lighthearted but contains a tack piano reminiscent of 70's bands like Sailor."Iggy and Angus" is pure old fashioned rock a la Slade."Money City Maniacs" opens with a flurry of police sirens which set the scene for a frantic,heads-down rocker which is very catchy.The quality control rarely dips over the rest of the album either and there are numerous clever,catchy songs to follow. In all, this takes a while to get into but after a few repeated listens it becomes apparent that there are few bands who can match Sloan over this terrain.If brilliant guitar chops, marvellous harmonies and pop ingenue are what you are after,this is the place for you.My only advice is invest in a good quality CD player with a decent treble bass and crank up the volume if you want to do this wonderful piece of work any justice!
Most Underrated yet Inspired album of 1998 December 9, 2000
Arnold Layne (Oakville, On)
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
Navy Blues is a classic Canadian album fusing many styles together. This album almost depresses me because it has unrealized potential, especially in Britian. Fortuantely, for people who have heard Navy Blues, we are a privileged bunch.The first single "Money City Maniacs" is a powerful song with a chorus that is catchier than the common cold and harder to cure. One listen and you will be hooked on Sloans sound. Another definite stadout track is the Beatles esque "C'mon, C'mon, were gonna get it started" which would have easily been a huge hit back in the sixties, yet Sloan is able to revive that sound and make it fresh. The second single "She says what she means" which also begins the album has an infectuous rock sound to it. There are no stale tracks on Navy Blues. Some albums are only good for one or two songs, other albums are good all the way through because they are conceptual. Navy Blues can serve both voids. Make an investment on Navy Blues, and pump the stereo loud, and be proud you are one of the few who are priveliged enough to experience the most inspired band in Canada and beyond.
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