Track Listing

1. Welcome Home Luc Robitaille
2. Killer Kaczynski
3. Long Before Rock'n'roll
4. The Wildfire
5. You Don't Understand Me
6. Tony Zoulias
7. Amsterdam
8. TV & Me
9. Josephine
10. The New Boy
11. Morning Paper Dirt
12. Good Morning Herr Horst
13. Song For Aberdeen
14. Ochrasy

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #58472 in Music
• Released on: 2007-04-24
• Number of discs: 1
• Format: Enhanced

Amazon.com
You'll surely be forgiven the faux pas of hearing hints of the Libertines in the twin-guitar, twin-vocal attack of Sweden's Mando Diao. They have the mannerisms, the loose raucousness, and the intense focus on melody that marks the combined work of Pete Doherty and Carl Barat--except Mando roughs it up without antagonism, under control but with a blast of hefty motion. Ode to Ochrasy is an on-tour album, documenting the band's 18 months on the road chasing the brilliant Hurricane Bar to every venue imaginable. Here they sound accustomed to the road chaos, taming it with jerking rhythms and chiming guitar interludes, not to mention ample character-driven lyrics where freaks and oddball clubgoers show up. They get barked-at and battered as the band throws two-part harmonies against the stuff of latter-day post-punks: a boozy blast, a smoky-room churn, a downright killer assemblage of riffs and roar. --Andrew Bartlett

Album Description
EXCLUSIVE U.S. ENHANCED CD WITH VIDEOS! ODE TO OCHRASY is MANDO DIAO's third album, co-produced by Björn Olsson (Soundtrack Of Our Lives).

Album Description
2006 release from this Swedish band who mix Garage Rock, Britpop sneer and classic Rock 'N Roll songwriting. 14 tracks including 'Killer Kaczynski', 'Wildfire' and 'You Don't Understand Me'. EMI.

Customer Reviews

it does not get more average than this
sorry folks, but this band may not be in steep decline, but they sure are living the old adage of the "law of diminishing returns".
the 1st album was near perfect, while the 2nd one only had near perfect moments.
along comes the 3rd record, and guess what? not nearly as good as the first two. there really is nothing wrong with the playing and singing. it just seems like the writing is letting this band down.
oh, nothing on here sucks to be sure, but it's just that everything here is so forgettable it leaves one wondering if they're completely out of ideas this far into their short career.
don't get me wrong, these guys are still better than a lot of bands working the road out there (thus the 3 stars), but it's just that, given the talent the band obviously has, they should be able to put out much better product than this.

One of the best Cd's ever
Mando Diao is the greatest. If you don't own this cd or any of their others than you are missing out.

Amazzing
When my friend first told me about Mando diao and this album I figured that it would be another indie band that we would both love and no one else would care about. Well, we both love them, he acctually got to go see them in concert, and when I play the CD at work people are always asking who it is. This band is brilliant! Thats the best way I can explain them. I've gotten some of thier other CDs now, but this is by far thier best. the others are worth the purchase though.