Lit - A Place in the Sun

Power pop is a catch-all term used to describe the music made by any band that knows a minimum of three chords and plays them loudly through electric guitars. Because of this, power pop is often frustratingly dim. Lit are the exception. On A Place in the Sun, Lit sound like Nirvana minus the angst, replacing it with Cheap Trick's melodic sensibility. Their slice-of-Gen-X-life lyrics are comprehensible, wryly personal musings of love, lust, alcohol, and the abuses of each. "My car is in the front yard / And I'm sleeping with my clothes on / Came in through the window last night / And you're gone," frontman A. Jay Popoff relates in "My Own Worst Enemy." Popoff sings in a from-the-gut, pure rock & roll voice that never needs to scream to be powerful or emotional. The hooks, played by brother Jeremy Popoff, are bigger than a cruise-ship anchor. There is absolutely nothing unfamiliar about any of these songs, but A Place in the Sun is one of the meatiest albums of its ilk, leaving its counterparts in the dark. --Beth Massa Amazon.com

A classic

I bought this album when i was younger and still stick it in to jam out to it. This is one of those classic albums of the 90's. Its perfect for the inner college/rocker/drinker in you. May 30, 2008

Lit at Their Best

Many people argue that Atomic is the best Lit album. While Atomic is a great album, this one is the foundation of it all. Rocking out through the entire album, this was one of the best releases ever in it's genre. I hope Lit keeps making albums, but after dropping their major label, it's doubtful we'll see more stuff from these guys.

I highly recommend this album for anyone wanting to give Lit a listen, trust me, you'll like it! November 18, 2007

LIT HAS WESSONALITY!!!

During the waning months of the infamous Soviet purge trials of the mid to late 1930s, just as the original man of steel, (Iosif Vissarionovich Dzhugashvili), was finding it more and more a chore to ferret patriots to CHIGURH-OUT No Country for Old Men, the right and noble General Zhukov spoke to with the surviving General Timoshenko on the state of Stalin's lingering mental acuity, "He is a spent match. LIT and burnt down to ground. It is we who play the prop for this Gorian."

I thought about this quotation while I was forced at the press of two soft lips - lips locked upon mine - and the pressing of a most perfected body which demanded my attention and business end of my hands as she squealed her intentions to and upon me. And so the LIT CD played on; and on it played . . . and played more aptly as it played, I found . . .

. . . Four, play . . . down, Went I . . . no big thing, Well, THAT is a damnable lie . . . zip(un)lock, Went We . . . lovely day, Oh, IT WAS . . . perfect one, MmmHmm . . . and, for us alone, the band played on . . .

I will, for the rest of my natural life, love this CD. I will love "A PLACE IN THE SUN" for the music that is a mere testament to good life and the living of it, itself. If you can slip this disc in and NOT dance around your APT like a Freak of Nature, you are either (a) dead inside, (b) a significantly better dancer than I, or (c) lacking a soul of sorts.

LIT'S "A Place in the Sun" - featuring the (forgive me, Oaxaca) rather PEPPY "My Own Worst Enemy" is music to that is fast and fun. I urge you to set aside, if only for an afternoon, your Haydn: Paris Symphonies 82-87, your A Love Supreme, and your Love Duets, and let your rubber legs go all freaky deaky funky sonic knocks to this great outlet of sound.

dma
October 30, 2007

1 cent. this has gotta be crap.

wow. one penny and you sent me cd that was exactly what you said in the description. Like New. it is!!! No Scratches. no cracks in the plastic jewel casing, and the booklet is there and picture behind the cd is all there. Great Job. Truly impressed!!!! October 12, 2007

Not as Good as I Remember it Being

I had this one in high school. I remember loving it. After purchasing it, I realized it wasn't as good as I remembered it being. Granted, it has brought back quite a few memories, but I don't really know if they're really worth remembering. It's up to you, buy it if you want. March 10, 2007

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