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How Strange, Innocence | 
| Manufacturer: Temporary Residence
Category: Digital Music Album
Buy New: $6.93
Rating:  14 reviews
Sales Rank: 11100
Genre: miscellaneous-audio-recordings
Media: MP3 Download
Running Time: 0 Minutes
ASIN: B000R00IHS
Release Date: January 1, 2000
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| Customer Reviews: Read 9 more reviews...
Great opening effort, not their best, amazing nonetheless June 9, 2008
J. Smith "Grocery King" (Hurricane, WV)
I bought this cd when it was re-released. I'd heard the name kicked around for a few years but when I saw it at FYE like 3 years ago, I snagged it. The checkout clerk guy went on and on about how amazing this band is and although he wouldn't suggest this being my first cd for this band but it'd have to do since they didn't have any other albums of their's. I read the little disclaimer written by the band and I braced for the worst as I felt I may have wasted $15.99 and would have another coaster. But what I heard was amazing. It was faint, simple, heart-felt harmonies that show Explosions in The Sky's raw youth. I only read the titles once before listening to the whole album (on shuffle) and I could hear which songs probably matched the song title. Snow and Lights & Song For Our Fathers really are brilliant tracks! I would suggest that you buy a later work of theirs (their newest is awesome, All Of A Sudden, I Miss Everyone) for your first experience of them. But if you're a big EITS fan and you don't have this cd and are a bit spooked to get it due to the band's feelings and some reviewer's - fear not, for it is decent.
 A worthy start April 5, 2008
OneLove (so fla)
Rough around the edges, though certainly indicative of the masterpiece that was to follow, Explosion's short-lived indie debut showed enough promise for the band's aching sense of melodic bursts to entice listeners to continue following the band.
Not their best work, but still very good May 18, 2007
Gobi Kalooki (California, USA)
Explosions in the Sky's debut album How Strange Innocence is not up to par with the albums they would follow it up with, but it is still a must for Explosions in the Sky fans and has a few gems like Glittering Blackness and Magic Hours. Don't go in expecting an album like The Earth Is Not A Cold Dead Place and you should enjoy it.
WOW January 1, 2007
Kook (USA)
Amazing...didn't listen to any of the later albums, but I heard that this one was their first and "lightest". They were right. It really moved me, but don't take my word for it. I guess it was kind of contraversial, one of those "love it or hate it" albums, but to me it was really mind-blowing. When I'm in a bad mood I just turn it on and let it wash over me... you can just feel its power in your ears.
Cool as Ice September 12, 2006
Jason (CaLiFoRNIA)
6 out of 6 found this review helpful
This might be the least thoughtful of 'Explosions in the Sky''s releases, but it's also quite possible their most enjoyable. To be sure, it's the lightest, for with 'Those Who Tell the Truth' (their best album if I'm honest with myself) and the subsequent 'Earth is Not a Cold Dead Place', their intended effect is much more pronounced, and therefore drenched in sentiment. 'How Strange', on the other hand, is gleefully unpretentious and the result of such an attitude is oh-so likeable. Like the opener on the album, 'A Song For Our Fathers', the music basically melts into your cerebrum (opposed to your heart, which they strove for later on).
'Explosions' is not my favorite post-rock band but I still love 'em. Those who fell in love with these guys for either of the albums mentioned above should prepare themselves for the inevitable absence of polish and lacking performances (when compared to their evolved selves), but hey, it 'is' their first recording, and once one gets past these things, there is little to dislike here. It might not contain enough genuine ideas for the 50 minute runtime, but even in its duller moments it remains pleasurable for the pleasing ambience.
The more I think about it, 'How Strange, Innocence' might actually be the best EitS album to begin with if you're unexposed. Well, that or 'Earth...', which is probably even more accessible and immediately gratifying. Even so, that one is still a great deal more melodramatic, if sincere, and nothing after 'How Strange' gave off the smooth, chill soundscape that the band came to fruition with. Really, it's an entirely different beast than their progressing work, for better or worse -- I.E., excellent, just like everything they've written since.
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