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Young for Eternity | 
 enlarge | Artist: The Subways
Label: Sire / London/Rhino
Category: Music
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Rating:  23 reviews
Sales Rank: 48702
Media: Audio CD
Discs: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 5.6 x 5 x 0.5
MPN: 49918
UPC: 936249918236
EAN: 0093624991823
ASIN: B000CRR3JM
Release Date: February 14, 2006
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Condition: missing cover/artwork
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| Tracks:
| • | I Want To Hear What You Have Got To Say | | • | Holiday | | • | Rock & Roll Queen | | • | Mary | | • | Young For Eternity | | • | Lines of Light | | • | Oh Yeah | | • | City Pavement | | • | No Goodbyes | | • | With You | | • | She Sun | | • | Somewhere | | • | Encore at 1am |
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Amazon.com
The debut album from The Subways proves that for a man approaching his seventies, Glastonbury's (UK music festival) Michael Eavis has excellent taste. Eavis plucked The Subways' demo from a pile of demos and pushed this young trio--frontman Billy Lunn, his girlfriend, bassist Mary-Charlotte Cooper, and his brother, drummer Josh Morgan--onto the 2004 festival stage. A long, hot summer on, Young For Eternity fulfils all their early potential: "I Want To Hear What You Have Got To Say" and "Oh Yeah" barrel along with the raw, adrenalised energy of Nirvana or The White Stripes--full-bodied, powerful anthems that lose none of their live passion in the studio setting. Lunn's oft-stated admiration for Oasis surfaces on "Mary", a sort of amped-up "She's Electric" that's actually, rather sweetly, a love song from singer to bassist. Ms Cooper, too, however, has a pretty great voice: more grit-edged rock bitch than cooing indie-waif, it invests the likes of "Oh Yeah" and "City Pavement" with a smouldering--nay, flat-out roaring--chemistry that's all the more engaging because it's actually 100% genuine. --Louis Pattison
Album Description
The Subways have quickly established themselves as one of Britain's most exciting new bands. Young For Eternity, the London-based trio's major label debut, produced by Lightning Seeds' Ian Broudie, roars with love and lust, fear and frustration, veering from rambunctious punk thrash to tender acoustic pop. Jump on board because The Subways are on the move.
Album Details
2005 Highly Anticipated Debut Release from the Power Punk Pop Trio that Has Been Preceeded by Some Highly Charged, Critically Acclaimed Singles. Includes "Rock N Roll Queen" and "oh Yeah" as Well as the Third Single "With You". Artwork is Different Than USA Version
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| Customer Reviews:
 Young For Eternity December 31, 2008
Mark Twain (Florida, MO USA)
The Subways were definately one of the best newcomers to the indie rock scene in 2005. They're kind of like The Vines in that half their songs are Beatles-esque and the other are reminiscent of some of Nirvana's work (they actually got started playing Nirvana covers). The band is just incredibly likeable because they cover a variety of genres and they are such loveable people. Another thing they have going for them is the guy/girl duet thing in some of their songs, which I always find attractive for a band. Young For Eternity is the kind of album you listen to when you're driving around late at night with your friends during summer vacation. It's just such a fun, exciting album that never seems to get old. I'm a little disappointed that I have to settle with the American version because apparently the last track, "Somewhere," is shortened on the American version and that is one of the best songs. Also, the bonus track, "1 AM," is shortened to 2 minutes from 9. Someday I'm gonna have to go over to the UK and buy a ton of CDs...
totally entertaining from start to finish July 15, 2008
Vicente Avanzado (cebu city, philippines)
I listened to so many of the new Brit groups lately. The Editors, The Cribs, Cinematics, The Clientelle. etc. I was surprised with what this group had in store. These guys are better than the previously mentioned artists. They sound like the Hoosiers but with a more edgy sound... like Panic at the Disco without the choral backdrop. From start to finish i was totally entertained with their "rousing, punkypop". They also have a pretty female bass player who sings! I highly recommend that you buy this album. You won't be disappointed.
Amazing! April 5, 2008
Gerald Kuntz Jr. (Derry, New Hampshire, United States)
Young for Eternity
This album is an incredible bit of rock! These guys (And girl) rock their hearts out! Are very fun and funny, and their music is just a blast! I hadn't thought I'd hear a new band play music like this ever again! Keep it up The Subways, I'm dieing to hear more. You have to come tour the states again!
 The Subways "Oh Yeah". February 2, 2008
Bman3rd (United States)
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
I first heard this band one night while watching the Tonight Show and when he mentioned the name of the band I was about to change the channel like I mostly do when bands play on the Tonight Show but for some reason this time I didn't and they played their song "Oh Yeah" and I was hooked.
Upon first listen, you might think the Subways are yet another American group with a obsession for British pop music and 90s alternative bands. While doing research on the band, I found out they're from England.
This is the debut album from the British three-piece The Subways. They may remind you of bands like CKY, Paramore, The White Stripes, but they mostly play just good fun indie rock. The band is made up of Brothers Billy Lunn (Singer and guitar), Josh Morgan (Drummer) and Billy's girlfriend Mary-Charlotte Cooper (Bassist) and her voice will remind you of Shirley Manson from Garbage. I have a thing for cute female bass players.
So now there are 3 bands that I like that have cute female bass players the other 2 I like are Chthonic and Poets & Pornstars.
On the Subways' Young for Eternity, the sound is not ground breaking and you could see them playing the Vans Warped Tour. They are your typical three-piece with drums, bass, and guitar that is power-pop influenced. Fortunately, the production is pretty good, the lyrics are understandable, and the instrumentation is good if not memorable. Their sound and influences seem to jump out all over the place, but regardless, it is entertaining. Because of this, not too much is overdone on this album, except for the over emphasizing explanation of their youth, as if they need to remind us of this in the album title and lyrics.
I Want To Hear What You Have Got To Say
This song is a great opener, it starts with soft acoustic guitar, before launching into a cool riff that will get you moving. The contrasting vocals of Billy and Charlotte really sound great.
Holiday
This song is a nice rockin' song to get you moving along, but it does sound slightly average, but it`s still a very good song with a nice guitar sound.
Rock & Roll Queen
This song is one of the simplest songs on the album, but it defiantly works and it will get stuck in your head for a while.
Mary
This song is a nice love song about bassist Mary-Charlotte Cooper. It has a very poppy feel to it, but it is a nice soft tune and good lyrics and the acoustic guitar work is very nicely done throughout.
Young For Eternity
This song is one of the heaviest tracks on the album, but it's lacks a great melody or chorus to be memorable. That's not to say it's a bad song it just feels out of place on the album.
Lines Of Light
This song is a short beautiful song with great lyrics. It starts softly before and builds into a slightly epic feeling finale.
Oh Yeah
This song is the song I heard them play when they were on the Tonight Show and it got me hooked on them. It's A cool poppy sounding song with a brilliant chorus, which demonstrates the amazing energy of the subways. The vocals are great but the real stand out on the track is the amazing voice work of Mary.
City Pavement
This song is a decent heavy sounding song, but part way through the vocals get a bit muddy and it takes away from Mary`s singing. This is the only song I didn't like so much because you can't hear Mary singing the chorus in parts of the song
No Goodbyes
This song is another excellent upbeat song with a nice acoustic guitar throughout and it has a very nice chorus.
With You
This song is just another rock song, with a cool build up and a great chorus that you'd forget about except for the chorus.
She Sun
This song as it starts the guitar playing will remind you of champagne supernova by Oasis then it changes to a decent yet beautiful soft song, with nice lyrics and a nice under lying piano running through.
Somewhere
This song takes a bit to get going and is a decent song and has a nice riff throughout. It also has a great finish.
At 1am
This song is a very cool punk style song. What keeps this song from just being a song that any band could play is that it features the great voice work of Mary.
The subways debut hints at great things to come. Though their songwriting is not brilliant yet, that will take time to develop. Young For Eternity has a brilliant energy to it and I feel their second album will surpass this one. My only real complaint about the album is that Mary doesn't get enough time to shine as her singing is some of the best I've heard from a group with a female singer in it. I feel that she could easily carry an album herself. I also feel that if they let Mary shine they could match the likes of bands like Paramore, Flyleaf and In This Moment and Evanescence.
So let's hope on their next album Mary really gets to shine. That's not to say Billy is a bad singer he's not, but Mary is the real stand out on the album.
Great stuff. October 26, 2007
Nathan Blaney (carlstadt, nj United States)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
The Subways have succeeded where many have failed: they've produced a record that lives up to their live performances. There's plenty of the energy that they exude on stage here and, for me, that's reason enough to pick it up. But there are plenty of other reasons to love this album, too: a big one being the fact that the band - a trio - are not lost in the recording. No gospel choir, string orchestra, didgeridoo ensemble or 100s of extra guitar tracks. Clean and simple, but still full and satisfying. Why don't more people make albums like this? I also like that I'm able to better appreciate the dual vocals recorded. Live, it was just fine, but I'm really able to hear how well they complement each other on this disc. The band have clearly learned (but not stolen) a lot from fellow Englishmen Oasis. "Mary" is a good example of this, but stops short of being a rip off or overly derivative. As a whole, Young For Eternity showcases the band's ability to craft really great rock 'n' roll: nicely structured, catchy, and dynamic. I can see this album appealing to a really broad range of music fans, so I definitely expect wide airplay when it arrives in stores. It's great stuff, a lot of fun, and totally worth the price of purchase or download.
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