1. Kriss Kross
2. Big Dog
3. Falling Out Of Reach
4. Get Over It
5. Clarion
6. Last Kiss
7. Cockateels
8. Words
9. Standing On The Last Star
10. Don't Look Down
11. Take Me Home
12. Get Over It

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I just hate copy protect CDs
The other reviews on here concentrate on the music. Opinion is divided on whether this is a great record or a bit of a mess. My view it has some great moments but is at times a bit self indulgent. But then I loved the debut CD so it had a lot to live up to.

My main point is of a more technical nature. I believe that if I buy a CD I should be able to copy it to my mp3 player. I quite like to do a CD-R for the car as well - so the original doesn't end up scratched. Now clearly the 'music industry' would prefer that I can't do that. And so under the guise of providing enhanced content (a rather poor quality video promo which starts up when you put the CD in your PC), they make it next to impossible to get a decent quality rip. I buy a lot of CDs. They sound better on my rather good stereo system than downloaded mp3s. I am less inclined to buy a CD if I can't copy it. It is now childs play to download illegal mp3. Record companies - you do the maths. Potential purchasers you have been warned.

Gets better with every listen
Gorgeous rich sound - very similar to the accoustics when I went to see the band play live at the Southampton Guildhall - that may be due to the location where the album was recorded. Unpredictable melodies and key changes make this a wonderfully challenging listen and something of an emotional rollercoaster. So grown-up that poppy hits like "Get Over It" seem almost too simplistic and commercial. Awesome musicianship and highly versatile vocals. Definitely my album of the year! If you like this, check out Elbow's "Seldom Seen Kid".

A reason of dissapoint
A simply poor albúm. I buy this and regreat. I send It to the trash.


Unique
What do you get, if you put together a bunch of well educated and driven musicians - among others an extremely gifted singer/songwriter who happens to be slightly mad? You get - ta-dah - Guillemots!

This is most certainly not easy listening, although there are actually songs on this album with hit potential. This is quick shifts, unexpected turns, wonderful surprises and grand, almost epic arrangements. This is pop-rock-jazz-musical-funk-folk-ethnic - with a twist! So you really have to keep an open mind in order to stand it. But if you can do that, you're in for a very special treat.

As many have already noted, this album is a grower. There are a few songs that catches on immediately, but most of them take a little while to sink in. Don't worry, though: They will! And when you've been captivated by the sound, you'll start to notice the lyrics and discover yet another treat.

There may be a song of two on "Red" that are no more than average, but that is acceptable considering that several of them actually deserve more than five stars.

I really belive, that I'll still be listening to this album in ten, twenty, thirty years from now.



Disappointing follow-up
I love Through The Window Pane to the point that it is probably the most overplayed album I own, but something has just gone a little bit wrong with Red. Kriss Kross is a nice track, as is Get Over It but there are some really clunkers as well, Big Dog is just rubbish and Words isn't much better. They've lost the whimsical edge that made the debut so charming, and replaced it with dodgy 80's style production and an over-reliance on funny noises. It really pains me to say it, but this is a huge letdown from a band who are capable of so much more.

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