Fuzzbox | 
| Artist: The Section Quartet
Label: Decca
Category: Music
Buy New: $14.98
Rating:  6 reviews
Sales Rank: 60597
Media: Audio CD
Discs: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 5.6 x 4.9 x 0.4
MPN: 000935602
UPC: 602517351356
EAN: 0602517351356
ASIN: B000RL21TK
Release Date: August 21, 2007
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| Tracks:
| • | Juicebox - The Section Quartet, Casablancas, Julian | | • | No One Knows - The Section Quartet, Homme, Josh | | • | Such Great Heights - The Section Quartet, Gibbard, Ben | | • | Time Is Running Out - The Section Quartet, Bellamy, Matthew | | • | Phenomena - The Section Quartet, Chase, Brian | | • | Paranoid Android - The Section Quartet, Greenwood, Colin | | • | The Man Who Sold the World - The Section Quartet, Bowie, David | | • | Black Hole Sun - The Section Quartet, Cornell, Chris | | • | Heartbreaker - The Section Quartet, Jones, John Paul | | • | The Nurse Who Loved Me - The Section Quartet, Doty, Ken |
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Album Description
The Section Quartet was formed on the principles of rock & roll: musicians challenging the establishment by knocking down the walls dividing two genres of music. With their kinetic arrangements, eclectic repertoire, and bold performance style, the worlds of classical and rock collide with spectacular results on their new CD Fuzzbox. The release is a string-tribute recording of some of rocks most revered songs by artists from the past and present, including The Strokes "Juicebox", Radiohead's "Paranoid Android", Yeah Yeah Yeahs "Phenomena" Led Zeppelin's "Heartbreaker" and more. World renowned producer and performer Linda Perry was behind the controls of Fuzzbox. Perry the founder of 4 Non Blondes has produced hits for Gwen Stefani,Christina Aguilera and Pink. In concert, The Section Quartet plugs in and delivers their infectiously dynamic ensemble and rock solid rhythm. On more than one occasion, audience members have been spotted playing along on "air violin"!
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| Customer Reviews: Read 1 more reviews...
 Something Unique ! September 25, 2008
Adam P. Laurich
The Section Quartet is unique and may not be suitable for everyone, but if you enjoy the songs and enjoy listening to string instruments, this is perfect. I would definitely recommend this if you are a fan of Apocalyptica.
 Conservatory Rock? July 1, 2008
Chromefreak
0 out of 3 found this review helpful
Yet another attempt to rationalize, intellectualize and otherwise sanitize the pure animal vitality of rock 'n roll. As usual, this particular classical/rock fusion, like so many in the past, fails in every way--except technically. Why is it that some classical musicians persist in the misguided notion that physically performing a piece of music is equivalent to "playing" it? Especially embarassing is the group's attempt at Zep's "Heartbreaker." Draining it of every ounce of its former sexual energy and pure rock bravado, the Quartet's version sounds like what you'd expect from some conservatory nerds trying to be hip and cool. Buy this only if you still yearn for the muddled classical rock excesses of groups like Emerson, Lake and Palmer and Gentle Giant.
Fuzzbox by The Section Quartet June 9, 2008
B. Dennis (Boulder, CO USA)
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
This CD wasn't as promising as the samples of their music I listened to. All the selections were very repetitious and monotonous. I look for music that is either comtemporary, played by classical instruments - or classical selections played in a comtemporary mode. This CD didn't do anything for me.
 Strings with Balls June 8, 2008
Robert Carlberg (Seattle)
There have been quite a few attempts over the years to marry classical instrumentation with popular songwriting, ranging from the very good (the Hugh Marsh track mentioned by reviewer Robert Alan Bryan) to the awful (David Palmer's prematurely-aged Muzak), with lots of Kronos, Bang on a Can, Ensemble Modern, Feinsmith, and Harmonia Ensemble recordings somewhere in the middle. Mostly these only serve to highlight the vast chasm between the two parallel but nonintersecting worlds. Certainly the fusions going the other way -- rocked-up classical music -- have been much more financially and artistically successful.
The Section Quartet are the exception. These tattooed and spiked conservatory students know about tension and attitude, and their transcriptions do not dilute the originals. Most of the songs covered here (Strokes, Muse, Queens of the Stone Age, Radiohead) are from a different generation than me, so I can't say I'm familiar with them. However their vitality and virility comes through loud and clear, and boy is it refreshing!
The only misstep on the album is the Led Zep cover, which to my ears is embarrassingly obvious and literal: merely an excuse to recreate Page's solo note-for-note on fuzz violin (which IS rather impressive...) It's a rare low point on an otherwise stunning album.
As the other reviewers both note, this is an album that begs to be played loud and nasty.
The Section Quartet releases an excellent, dynamic work September 17, 2007
Mick Hannaway (Los Angeles, CA)
4 out of 4 found this review helpful
Do you want a huge endorphin rush? Buy this CD, put it in your stereo and play it REALLY LOUD! Don't worry about pissing off the neighbors, 'cause they'll rock to it and get goosebumps too.
If you like Muse, Queen's of the Stone Age, The Strokes, Postal Service, Radiohead, David Bowie, Tool, Led Zepplin, Sound Garden & the Yeah, Yeah, yeahs, then you'll love The Section Quartet's Fuzzbox.
The production by Linda Perry brings out top notch performances and dynamic soundscapes. This band (String Quartet) is powerful, sexy, virtuosic and artful. This release will evoke admiration from fans and fellow musicians alike.
Opening with "Juicebox" prompted my enthusiasm immediately, not because I love the Strokes (which I do), but because the stringed instruments were made into percussive gadgets of sonic brilliance!
And "Heartbreaker" has a standout solo performance too. If you have cultivated taste in music, or like the delicate balance of edgy pop, or need to be seduced by a collision of genre, then you must have Fuzzbox by The Section Quartet.
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