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List Price: $11.98 | | Label: Sub Pop
Salesrank: 49271
Released: August 24, 1999 |
| Our Price: $3.99 |
| Used Price: $1.45 |
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| Media: Audio CD |
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Miniature Portraits Track Listing:
1. Mythical Numbers
2. Marmy The Count
3. Father Time
4. The Lost Oar
5. Here We Go
6. Pledge Drive
7. Wrong About You
8. Hit The Decks
9. The Fancy Dance In Jeremy's Pants
10. Sailor Girl Song
11. Pet The Cow
12. Playful Sounds For Hostile Grounds (Reprise)
Miniature Portraits Reviews:
Fun and Funky! 
2008-10-04 - Great lounge or chill background party music. Check out a sound bite on Tower records to get a preview. It's worth it.
Yeah, but check this out 
2004-04-07 - Pretty good, but buy the "Heroic Doses" CD. It sounds like the exact same band, but its much better. Every song on it but one is awesome.
I can't believe the extreme negative comments!
2000-07-12 - There are some angry reviews here for this and the first 5ive Style album and I can't understand why. These 4 guys are original, and these days that's a hard thing to say. I've seen them live a few times now, and I have even a higher opinion of them because of it. They know what they're doing, they can play like mad, and I just love their music. If you're a fan of Tortoise, Isotope 217 and the other Chicago-style post-rock bands, then check 5ive Style out. If you're into Britney Spears and her ilk, look elsewhere.
Ugh. 
2000-05-17 - The album showed marginal promise, though it was more prone to eclecticism for the sake of variations, and not overall tonality. Then I recently saw them in concert. What a mess. Some bands simply cannot recreate the energy or tightness that the studio can synthetically provide, which naturally leads to the logical conclusion that their "talent" is created on a 16-track, and not in their collective soul. All in all, a huge disappointment, fortunately, groups like 5ive Style are a dime a dozen, and there are plenty to fill the void.
This is good stuff.
1999-12-16 - This album blurs categorical boundaries with effortless grace (forget the post-rock labels, or any other label for that matter), and it stands as a record that's simply a pleasure to experience, over and over again. I don't think "Father Time" has failed to bring a smile to my face. The musicianship is impressive and tight, but the groove is never sacrificed. Not as hellraisingly funky as their last one, but it's just as much fun.
