Amazing and Thankyou

Description

Amazing and Thankyou is the debut album by the American alternative rock band Luxury, released on Tooth & Nail Records in June 1995. The album was recorded by Chris Colbert of Breakfast With Amy, Fluffy, and Duraluxe fame at Neverland Studio in Nashville, Tennessee; with Steve Hindalong of The Choir producing.

Luxury features Lee Bozeman on lead vocals, James Bozeman on guitars, Chris Foley on bass, and Glenn Black on drums.

These guys know how to write a good song. With their 1995 Tooth and Nail Records debut, Amazing and Thank You, Luxury find a balance between raging guitars that create a wall of sound, and soft vocals that are filled with catchy brit-pop styled hooks. The end result is something that sounds like the mod scene of the 1960′s updated for the 1990′s indie rock scene. I can see fans of shoegaze and indie pop eating this album up. There is nothing better than music you can rock out to, brood with, and sing along to. Luxury offer that in spades, and most of the time all within the same song. In my opinion, this album is woefully under-appreciated. Honestly, I am not sure why the band’s first couple of albums aren’t held in as much reverence as Starflyer 59′s first two albums. They are of a similarly high quality. As good as every song on the album is, I feel that there is one that stands above the rest. That song would be «The Luxury Theme». Everything that is great about this album is at its apex in this song. The drumming is of particular note, as it seems to contain a slight jazz influence. The follow-up track «I Know What You Think About Me» is of note as well, with it’s moody, brooding sound and soaring chorus. Amazing and Thank You is one of those albums that may get overlooked, but was crucial in garnering respect for the fledgling label in its infancy. [The Sounds of Yesterday]

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CD tracklist:

01. Pink Revenge – 3:15
02. South – 5:42
03. Champagne – 5:15
04. Bitter, Once Again – 4:43
05. Vanity – 4:35
06. Flaming Youth Flames On – 3:09
07. The Luxury Theme – 4:58
08. I Know What You Think About Me – 5:31
09. Kill the Famous – 7:02
10. Solid Gold – 7:08
11. Rock Star – 4:19
12. When the Curtain Falls – 4:00

Note: Simultaneously released on cassette and CD by Tooth & Nail Records. (Second pressing didn’t include tracks 11 & 12.) Available at Bandcamp: https://luxury.bandcamp.com/album/amazing-thank-you