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Blue Sky on Mars

Matthew Sweet Format: Audio CD
4.4 4.4 out of 5 stars 39 ratings
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Track Listings

1 Come To California
2 Back To You
3 Where You Get Love
4 Hollow
5 Behind The Smile
6 Until You Break
7 Over It
8 Heaven And Earth
9 All Over My Head
10 Into Your Drug
11 Make Believe
12 Missing Time

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Matthew Sweet ~ Blue Sky On Mars

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Matthew Sweet's melodic hooks fit so perfectly inside his rhythm grooves that together they acquire an irresistible logic. Sweet's Beatlesque confections avoid sentimentality thanks to the streetwise toughness he gleaned from his connections to such New York punk bands as Television and the Voidoids. If Sweet's melodies evoke an optimistic yearning for love, the words suggest that such connections are hard to come by. Sweet's debt to the Beach Boys is superficially obvious on the hot-rod tempo of "Come to California" and the amusement-park flavor of "Make Believe." Sweet really captures the essence of Brian Wilson's art, though, on songs such as "Behind the Smile," where he admits, "I haven't been a good friend for a long, long time; you know I wasn't happy behind the smile." Countering this confession are swelling, soaring harmonies that suggest that friendship and happiness are still the goals. --Geoffrey Himes

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  • Is Discontinued By Manufacturer ‏ : ‎ No
  • Product Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 5.5 x 4.94 x 0.45 inches; 2.88 ounces
  • Manufacturer ‏ : ‎ Volcano
  • Item model number ‏ : ‎ 61422 31130 2
  • Date First Available ‏ : ‎ January 12, 2007
  • Label ‏ : ‎ Volcano
  • ASIN ‏ : ‎ B0000009B3
  • Number of discs ‏ : ‎ 1
  • Customer Reviews:
    4.4 4.4 out of 5 stars 39 ratings

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TRISSTEN
5.0 out of 5 stars MATTHEW SWEET AT HIS BEST,,,,,
Reviewed in the United States on January 21, 2018
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GREAT CD,,,,, ""BLUE SKY ON MARS"" IS MY FAVORITE ONE,,,, STRONG ALL THE WAY THROUGH AND VERY CATCHY SONGS LIKE MY OTHER FAVORITE CD BY MATTHEW SWEET ""100% FUN"",,,,
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Johann Cat
4.0 out of 5 stars Great Show; Gnarly Recording [vinyl live set]
Reviewed in the United States on April 7, 2021
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The band (while they weren't the same band that recorded most of these songs in the studio) is in an obvious good mood and they play with a lot of energy, but the sound for much of this is like an audience point at an outdoor state fair show at row five--lots of low end on the drums and a general aquarium glass murkiness on the guitars; the singers obviously have trouble hearing each other. But the murk in the mix improves mid-show (i.e., at side 2). No matter. Maybe the murk, occasional raw harmonies, etc., are part of the appeal of this. It really is a great set; I can hear the debates they had about releasing this. "It's murky and heavy on the lows." "Yeh, but the set kicks ass." "Yeh. Press it."
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tom
5.0 out of 5 stars really cool
Reviewed in the United States on April 2, 2017
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really cool
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Iris Carlton
5.0 out of 5 stars Five Stars
Reviewed in the United States on August 25, 2014
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Very good!
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J. Johnson
4.0 out of 5 stars Matthew Sweet's Smiley Smile
Reviewed in the United States on July 29, 2008
Because of the success of 100% Fun on modern rock radio, which spun off a respectable amount of airplay from Sweet's previous album Girlfriend, the buzz was that BSOM was going to be a super orgy of sound where all of the greatness of Girlfriend and 100% Fun are in one happy package. Well, when it hit stores after hearing "Where You Get Love" on the radio, I popped it in and was very disappointed in it's supposed promise. A lot of it seemed scattered and two very irritating tracks "Over It" and "Make Believe" never made it past the 20 second mark. But, in hindsight, there's some not too bad nuggets here that emulate songs off of 100% Fun, such as "Heaven And Earth" (Walk Out) or "Where You Get Love" (Sick of Myself) or "Into Your Drug" (broken down Lost My Mind). If you're just getting into Matthew Sweet, bypass this one unless Girlfriend and 100% is plenty. But, if you're thirsty for more and 100% Fun/Girlfriend isn't enough, then go to In Reverse and then go into reverse (hardy-har) to Blue Sky On Mars. Unfortunately, the big sound orgy promised for BSOM ended up on In Reverse while the grand poo-baa of hooks remained back at Girlfriend and 100% Fun, thereby pulling the plug on Sweet's already too-slowly emerging mainstream entry.
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Bob
5.0 out of 5 stars One of his best
Reviewed in the United States on December 16, 2017
This has ended up being one of my top two or three M. Sweet albums. The songs are great, the performance is great. It DID take me a little while to appreciate it.
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McKinzie Brantley
3.0 out of 5 stars Fair, with a handful of really good songs
Reviewed in the United States on February 16, 2015
Fair.There are a handful really good songs on this release. The opening 3 tracks--Come to California, Back to You and Where Do You Get Love--are all rock solid tunes that fans of Sweet or power pop would really enjoy. Likewise, Behind the Smile, All Over My Head, and Heaven and Earth are laden with hooks...so why wasn't this record, released in 1997, more successful?

Brenden O'Brien produced the collection, so it has the same crunchy guitar based sheen of Sweet's best records...but the band doesn't seem inspired. Drummer Ric Menck so great on most of Sweet's albums appears only on 4 songs here. It shows. The tracks don't have the same energy as Sweet's previous record.

But you can't blame the band for the songs and that's the real problem here. Sweet's records always veer between the highs and lows of romance. He's romantic or morose. Here, the songs veer to a darker, bitter place. Lyrics in two of the songs use 'slut,' another mentions an 'evil bigger than you could know'...Metal fans would probably laugh at me even mentioning this...but at least one or two times, the caustic language was distracting. In other places, the songs seem unfinished. 3 tunes clock in at under 2 minutes. Like fragments tossed in as an afterthought or to flesh out a thin tracklist.

Maybe Sweet could have cut these three songs and used a few of the half-dozen or so leftover tracks from 100% Fun instead. Not sure. The single (Where You Get Love) wasn't great, which, lead to a general dismissal of the record as a whole.

If you're a hardcore fan, give this another listen. It's better than you remember. Others may want to check out Altered Beast, another guitar charged record of Sweet's with great songs or In Reverse, which is overlooked, but excellent as well.
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Mirage
5.0 out of 5 stars Different, but excellent nonetheless
Reviewed in the United States on April 7, 2000
"Blue Sky on Mars" is somewhat of a departure from Matthew Sweet's earlier work, but not to worry, it's still incredible. This time around, he goes for music with more of a pop flavor to it, but he does this in a good way and still delivers some outstanding rock songs. The album opens with the (apparently) Beach Boys influenced rocker "Come to California," which is, as Matthew says, an invitation, but also a warning about coming there. The second song is a much more pop-sounding track, "Back to You," a really great sounding song, although for some reason the bells at the beginning and toward the end remind me of "Jingle Bells" just a little. Some of the more rock-oriented songs include "Heaven and Earth," with its cool guitar effects, and "All Over My Head," the latter of which ties with "Come to California" for the best song on this album. "Hollow," the fourth track, is dark and kind of creepy, but in a really cool way. There is also the slow, melodious "Until You Break," which gradually layers on the instrumentation as it goes --- it's a beautiful song. The only fault I found with Blue Sky is that most of the lyrics aren't as good as they are on Matthew's other albums, however, they are still quite good, so I'm not complaining. Blue Sky is definitely more than worth your money, although I wouldn't recommend it as a first album for someone who is new to Matthew Sweet.
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Growing Up
5.0 out of 5 stars Rock It Out
Reviewed in Canada on July 15, 2017
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When you have heard songs or style from, Metallica to Sweet, Zappa to Parliament, radio hits in between. Another Matthew Sweet release always bring the same thoughts of colour of sounds and happy owing these tunes. Cannot remember, 97, maybe released, one song had air play on air waves or tube but, reminds the listener of the earlier out put. The way a song compose with a formula over and over again may ruin the expectation from the buyer and turn off the once shopped looking for fun and excitement. Enjoy, the songs , thank you for playing what you play, MR. Sweet. Hey! You wrote happy is what we not need but truth, any one who read Orwell back in high school.
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FER
5.0 out of 5 stars Very Good
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on August 20, 2012
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Hi, very good Disk, greats songs. A great Artist.
Disk very good, Box correct, very good chance and a very good price. Thanks
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