Eudora

My absolute favorite!

Ok when we sit here and look at the tracklisting for this release... you'll say to yourself, i've heard most of these songs. That's what i thought when i got it, but then i listened to it and it's surprisingly refreshing. Sure there are some old songs on here but they all sound different enough to find them refreshing. Plus the unreleased stuff is great like Central Standard Time, Up On the Roof, Impossible Outcomes. If you people haven't already downloaded some of these songs from somewhere then you are in for a treat. Newfound Mass 2000 is one of the most beautiful songs i've ever heard. It's almost 60 minutes of a good time all the way through. I recommend this album just for the unreleased stuff. The different versions of older songs are just cherries on top especially Ten Minutes. Can't get enough of that guitar solo! I'm giving it four stars just because i wouldn't really call it a new album by them. I take it more like a little snack before their new album comes out mid next year!

The song from the split with Coalesce is on this disk. This collection shows just how good the kids were before James Dewees brought that terrible keyboard into the mix. Although I am a huge fan of the Reggie & The Full Effect, I think the Get Up Kids were in their prime, and at their best with the first two records. I like this release a lot, simply because they included 'The Breathing Method' and the first version of 'Shorty'. As elitist as it sounds, this brand of music was at it's best in the mid '90's. At this day and age, most of the people listening to them now, were about 9 to 10 years old at the first point of release. The GUK deserve every bit of success and listenership they get though, it's just the music isn't nearly as good as it was in the beginning...

i recently purchased Eudora from the Get Up Kids and was really amped to find that it was as good as i had hoped. i would reccomend this to CD to a first time listener, or a long time fan. this is a great CD to get a taste of the Get Up Kids since it has new and old songs on it for your listening pleasure-Get Up Kids have a style all their own and i find it hard to compare their music with other bands of the type-- so what are you waiting for?? get off your seat and go buy this CD for goodness sake-- you won't regret it.

I already had all of the songs off of this cd on 7" and comps except for the David Bowie cover and the very last song. It's a lot easier then changing albums all the time though. Also the The Breathing Method is an amazing song. It's an older one and thier older stuff is better. Also it was stupid for doghouse to put thier two eps together. The art work is stupid. So is the new art work for four minute mile. Dog house sucks. Anyway. you should buy this cd if you like the get up kids. It's good.

can I give this a 4.5?! I must say that I love the Get Up Kids, and that them, Alkaline Trio, Strung Out, and The Anniversary are my four all time favorite bands. And I have been anxiously waiting for this release for a long long time. So what's the verdict? It's great, fantastic, it rocks. Every TGUK fan should go out and buy it. But it just feels something's missing...And there are way too many "non-album" versions of songs previously widely released. Maybe if there were a couple more new songs on there things would be different...oh well. Don't get me wrong though, you NEED this cd!

Although it's not the best release from the get up kids, it is one that hardcore fams that don't own all the 7's will want to pick up. Hell, I'd pay 13 bucks just to have the breathing method and up on the roof *(the two best songs on the album). But if you are looking to buy an album by the get up kids, pick up somthing to write home about first.

I must say, in writing this review I am unwaveringly biased, in my own humble opinion everything this band touches turns to gold. And, as a fan it is really nice to have the b-sides, compilation tracks, import only tracks, and covers brought together, so as to avoid extensive searching.This album houses some of TGUK's brightest moments. There is an insanely distinct variation of moods and melodies on this album and some of the stand out tracks, and my personal favorites are: Up on the roof, (Cure's cover) Close to Me, Sufrogate City, Alec Eiffel, Impossible Outcomes, Shorty, and On with the Show.Impossible Outcomes is one of my favorite songs of all time, it transcends so many different qualities i yearn for in music and does so flawflessy and effortlessly. The vocals seem to float above the melodies yet have a seemless integration that makes me shout this chorus whenever and wherever the track graces my ears. I would spend 15 dollars just for this song, and with that purchase you get 16 other rockin joints for free....so, leave now and don't return until you own this album....