Tiny

Editorial Reviews
About the Artist
After establishing herself as a powerful musical presence in such Bay Area favorites as Liar and The Eric McFadden Experience, Paula O'Rourke offers us Tiny. Her wonderful solo debut covers a vast range of musical textures. Her well crafted songs are heartfelt, sincere and accessible. The music is a mosaic of her many influences, ranging from Lucinda Wiliams and Vic Chestnutt to Los Lobos and the old 97's. She has also drawn influences from her experience touring with Syd Straw, Marlee Macleod and members of Love Tractor of Athens, Georgia.

Album Description
Tapping into the imagery of Americana, Tiny mines the spirit of loss and longing, forgiveness and redemption. Like a cross of early rock 'n roll and american country, Tiny evokes a deep understanding lifes struggles, and meaning.

Tracks:

Press Play
Pop's Love Suicide
Tumble In The Rough
Big Bang Baby
Lady Picture Show
And So I Know
Trippin' On A Hole In A Paper Heart
Art School Girl
Adhesive
Ride The Cliche
Daisy
Seven Caged Tigers

Amazon.com essential recording

Grunge was the Stone Temple Pilots' stock-in-trade on their first two albums, but Tiny Music takes the group beyond such stylistic limitations. There's still plenty of grinding, metallic alt-rock here, thanks to "Pop's Love Suicide," "Big Bang Baby," and "Trippin' on a Hole in a Paper Heart." "Lady Picture Show" is a bracing blast of Beatlesesque pop, however, while "And So I Know" finds Weiland crooning over, of all things, cocktail jazz. The album's dozen tracks find the troubled singer musing (rather creepily) about the price of fame on "Adhesive" ("Sell more records if I'm dead... Hope it's sooner / Hope it's near corporate records' fiscal year"), and not apologizing for his bad behavior ("Tumble in the Rough" asserts, "I'm looking for a new stimulation"; bet you are, Scott). But they're rock stars, not role models, and Tiny Music is STP's edgiest, most accomplished effort. --Daniel Durchholz

Customer Reviews:

A good, solid STP album.......2007-04-03

This album is from the softer side of STP, less of grunge and more of the mainstream alternative from the early 90's, reminding me of songs from Soundgarden but more of their softer songs, less like Spoon man and more like Black Hole Sun and Mind Riot.

Not As Good as The Rest, But Good..........2007-02-28

Stone Temple Pilots is my 2nd favorite band of all time. Having just seen "Army of Anyone" (the new band featuring guitarst Dean DeLeo and bassist Robert DeLeo), my love for STP has been renewed. STP was a great band is so many ways. You have vocalist/lyricist Scott Weiland, one of the most talented vocalists of the 90s and one of the best lyricists ever (who else has written such quotable lyrics as "Blow up the b**ch with the firecracker smile" and "I wanna drink from your naked fountain."). Brothers Dean and Robert DeLeo, who also wrote almost all the music. These guys are so underrated, they've written such great stuff and are truly talented musicians who have a real love for their fans. While Eric Kretz was no Neil Peart, he fit the mold of STP perfectly (although AOA drummer Ray Luzier, whom I met, is destined to be considered one of the greats). "Tiny Music...Songs from the Vatican Gift Shop" is commonly considered STP's worst album and it is. It's not bad, but when compared to their other albums it's their weakest. Off it, however, came one of their best songs "Big Bang Baby." The album has it's merits, none of the songs deserve a grade less than 4 out of 5...But the lyrics are weaker than on other albums and many of the other albums delivered much more memorable songs. This album is a worthy effort though and I bought it for $4.99, so if you can find it cheap it's well worth getting. Here are the tracks and my opinions of each:

1. Press Play-5/5-A cool, very short, instrumental. It's not important to the album and it's not something you're going to hit the repeat button on, but you won't skip past it when listening to the album either.
2. Pop's Love Suicide-5/5-Scott Weiland sings this song in a whiny voice where you can barely hear any of the lyrics. The song is pretty damn catchy though. It's got a great beat, the guitar solo is great, and excerpts of the lyrics are really good too.
3. Tumble in the Rough-5/5-Also a great song. The chorus is pretty much the catchiest part, but the song kept me entertained. The lyrics aren't terrific, but the rhyming of them is great.
4. Big Bang Baby-5/5-This is the best song on the album and one of my favorite STP songs of all time. It's one of the catchiest songs I've ever heard and gets stuck in your head really easily. Even though they're hardly the best lyrics Weiland ever wrote, they work so good in this song. Some of the lines are some of the best like "We used to see in color, not it's only black & white yeah it's only black & white. Cuz the world is colorblind."
5. Lady Picture Show-4/5-This has never been a favorite of mine. It's good, but I just don't like it very much.
6. And So I Know-5/5-This song is very slow, but I think it's a beautiful song. It ranks right up there with "Wonderful."
7. Trippin' on a Hole in a Paper Heart-5/5-This is one of the best songs on the album. It's so catchy and well written. The lyrics are goofy, but they work in the song because of the way Weiland sings them.
8. Art School Girl-5/5-This is a great song. It starts off with Weiland singing really slowly and in a kind of goofy voice, but the chorus is so great. It belongs on the "best of" CD.
9. Adhesive-5/5-This song is slower than the last two songs and a little longer. But it's really good.
10. Ride the Cliche-5/5-A great song title and a great song.
11. Daisy-5/5-A fantastic guitar instrumental by bassist Robert DeLeo.
12. Seven Caged Tigers-4/5-I don't have much of an opinion on this song. It's not bad, but it's pretty forgettable.

As I said, "Big Bang Baby" is one of their best songs and if you haven't heard it...Be prepared to have it stuck in your head for a good long while. Writing this, I've heard the album 3 times and I can tell you that I didn't like this CD as much as I do now when I first heard it. Many albums require multiple listening(s). This is a worthy STP album, but, again, it is their worst.
GRADE: B

Beautiful Statement From An Exceptional Band.......2007-02-27

In my opinion STP's third career offering is nothing short of a masterpiece. The music is surreal, each chord and note touching your very essence. On this album, despite battling his own personal demons, Scott Weiland, I believe, writes some of his most memorable and thought provoking lyrics, all the while showcasing the many different facets of his awesome voice. No doubt when it's all said and done he will go down as one of the best singers/frontmen that rock has ever known. Kretz and the Brothers DeLeo show once again that they are much more than just a one-dimensional alt. grunge band with songs derivative of Pearl Jam. The band grinds out their most melodic, free spirited tunes on this energetic opus that shouldn't be taken for granted by those who are only used to STP'S "Core" and "Purple" eras. There are some absolute killer little 'ditties' on this gem. "Big Bang Baby", "And So I Know", Trippin' On A Hole in A Paper Heart" are just a few of my favorites. Quite simply,the package as a whole sounds completely fresh and inspired and will no doubt leave the average STP fan happy. Listening to this album only makes me long that these guys were still making kick-a music together, and so, I am keeping my fingers crossed. Army of Anyone and Velvet Revolver rock, but there is just something very special about Scott, Robert, Dean, and Eric working together as unit. Absolutely beautiful.

Hold Me Closer Let Me Be .......2006-06-20

Something always pulls me back to Tiny Music. Suddenly this band that so far has just rocked, this band has attitude. I mean, they still rock, but now it's with a swagger or a snarl or something like that, anyway. Suddenly the production gets worse for the better and the riffs get simpler but more alive in time.

And yeah, it all works for me. I guess this album inspired one of the meaner album reviews that I've seen on Pitchfork (check it out, it's worth reading if you like heroin jokes and suggestions that people should die) and it's greatly labeled and knocked as a "glam" album. I guess I don't really see it like that, since there aren't any real sing-alongs or songs to hold your lighter up to(as there are on the earlier two and later two albums).

Of all the STP, I like this the best. It's got the rock, but it's also got groove.

Much more than a grunge album.......2006-05-11

As a boy growing up in the nineties, grunge was my first real exposure to rock music. My first favorite band was pearl jam and i loved all the major grunge acts and STP was no exception. Through highschool i started listening to classic rock and 60's music and opened up to the indie rock scene. I can say now that ive grown out of the grunge music all together. The likes of Alice in Chains Peal Jam and Soundgarden hold only a couple of tracks on my itunes library. Ive moved on, but one album from that era that I still listen to, and have even gained a greater appriciation for, is Tiny Music. This is the most underrated album of its era. By channeling the sounds of the 60's and seventies, STP was almost a decade afead of their time on this one. If this album had been released in 2002 by anyone else it would be considered a modern classic. But because critics immediately thought cheap non-seattle born grunge johnny-come-lately nock off act everytime they read the words Stone Temple Pilots on a CD cover the ablum is immidiatley panned before it's even heard. Which is too bad cause there's some great stuff on here.

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Hawaii Ho
Bobby Brady once asked, "Don Who?"
Still going strong.....35 years of Don

Tiny Bubbles
Don Ho
Manufacturer: Collector's Choice
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B00004YBYR
Release Date: 2000-10-10

Tracks:

Please Wait For Me
One Paddle, Two Paddle
Beautiful Kauai
Young Land
Happy Me
Hawaii
You'll Never Go Home
She's Gone Again (I'll Remember You)
Geev'um
The Lights Of Home
Tiny Bubbles
I Love The Simple Folk

Album Description

Finally back in print! Includes 'Please Wait for Me', 'One Paddle Two Paddle', 'Tiny Bubbles' and more. 12 tracks. 2000 release.

Customer Reviews:

Hawaii Ho.......2007-01-09

I have been a Don Ho fan since forever and loved getting and enjoy listening to this album. It takes me away.................
Enjoy

Bobby Brady once asked, "Don Who?".......2005-02-24

And Don Ho replied, "Not Don Who - Don HO!"

That's right. Little Bobby Brady should have known who Don Ho was. In fact, it's a shame that more people aren't familiar with Don's great music.

TINY BUBBLES should be a required album in everyone's musical libraries. It's full of great songs.

Put it on, close your eyes, and then float away on tiny bubbles of musical magic!

Still going strong.....35 years of Don.......2002-03-17

Don Ho...A singer and preformer that is spanning time with his talent and heart of Hawaii. This outstanding album features all his best, in the way of a youthful Hawaiian star. His sound today is as it was then .... outstanding. Enjoy this fine collection forever!

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this project has no business working as well as it does but...
The best so far from Kozelek!
An outside view
Usually I'm a skeptic...
How About Some New Material...

Tiny Cities
Sun Kil Moon
Manufacturer: Caldo Verde
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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Ghosts of the Great Highway
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ASIN: B000BI0WQ8
Release Date: 2005-11-01

Tracks:

Exit Does Not Exist
Tiny Cities Made Of Ashes
Neverending Math Equation
Space Travel Is Boring
Dramamine
Jesus Christ Was An Only Child
Four Fingered Fisherman
Grey Ice Water
Convenient Parking
Trucker's Atlas
Ocean Breathes Salty

Amazon.com

Isaac Brock--the singer, guitarist and leader behind the enormously popular alt-pop act Modest Mouse--would be few people's first choice for a covers album. But that is part of the genius behind this surprisingly excellent album. Sun Kil Moon leader Mark Kozelek's own recorded cover choices in the past--Kiss, Simon and Garfunkel, AC/DC, and most successfully John Denver--hew far closer to the traditional indie approach to covers: a semi-ironic, studied transformation of a tune into something it wasn't before. With Sun Kil Moon's breezy take on Brock's compositions, there is no irony, just a true love for the weird pop genius that Modest Mouse has in spades. Songs are slowed down a lot and stretched out, and frequently you don't recognize the tune until the chorus kicks in, but it totally works even if you've never heard the originals. Labors of love are rarely as enjoyable for all involved. Huzzah. --Mike McGonigal

Album Description

Mark Kozelek has released six studio albums as frontman for Red House Painters along with three solo records; however, it is with Mark's new band Sun Kil Moon that he has received some of his greatest commercial and critical success. With Sun Kil Moon, Pitchfork says, Mark is "putting to use a variety of wondrous subtle sonic touches that mark unbelievable artistic growth, unraveling unexplored harmonic territory while staying faithful to his trademark brand of languid folk-rock introspection." Two years ago, Mark saw Modest Mouse and sensed something original and explosive. The unorthodox songwriting of singer Isaac Brock intrigued him with its fractured, intuitive lyric style and cathartic, rapid-fire vocal delivery. Sun Kil Moon added songs like "Dramamine" to their set list and began work on what would become Tiny Cities, a full-length album of Modest Mouse covers released on Mark's label Caldo Verde. As with his past covers of AC/DC, KISS, Simon and Garfunkel, and John Denver, Mark's aim was to bring attention to the words and sentiments--to reinterpret freely but to respect the spirit. On Tiny Cities, Mark slows down Issac Brock's words to let them breathe without sacrificing their idiosyncratic power. The results bear the singular, hypnotic style that could only come from Mark Kozelek. Digipak.

Customer Reviews:

this project has no business working as well as it does but..........2007-05-24

... it does. For those who like Sun Kil Moon, the flavor of this record is very reminiscent of Ghost of the Great Highway, a very delicate, lonesome-road kind of sound. How Modest Mouse's brash, disjointed edginess got melded to this style I have no idea, but it works, way, way better than you'd expect. This stuff goes right up with the Ghosts material for soul-searing beauty. I think Kozelek fans will like the outcome more than Modest Mouse fans will, but any way you slice it this is a terrific record.

The best so far from Kozelek!.......2006-12-30

Not being a huge fan of the Red House Painters with the exception of the superb "roller coaster" album, I have come to admire their music more from the solo work recorded years later by Mark Kozelek. All of Kozelek's albums including the wonderful first Sun Kil Moon CD (which is also highly recommended) are uniquely filled with longing and melancholy in different ways. This effort by Sun Kil Moon is in my opinion their triumph. At first I was skeptical about picking up a CD of covers, but I am glad that I did. I consider the track "Trucker's Atlas" to be a flawless song of unparalleled musicianship. Most of the other tracks are equally as brilliant. Kozelek's work makes anyone that was born in the mid to late 1960's recall childhood and growing up. This album again has that melancholy that catapults you into the past. A fine effort and his best so far!

An outside view.......2006-11-07

I'll be honest on two accounts: Firstly I have never heard of Sun Kil Moon or Mark Kozelek before (until Amazon recommended this album) and secondly, I know little of Modest Mouse (apart from Phil Ek - Built to Spill)

When Amazon recommended this album, I thought I'd give it a try. I listened to a few of the samples, and then went to iTunes and listened some more. I downloaded Ocean Breathes Salty and fell in love straight away! Eventually I bought the album and have appreciated the work of Sun Kil Moon with the wonderful acoustic blends and mellow sounds.

When I found out that this album was a cover of Modest Mouse songs, I had to listen to some of the Modest Mouse songs to compare. Being very inexperienced in both artists, I felt that the Modest Mouse songs were, quite plainly, unappealing(especially Ocean Breathes Salty). However Sun Kil Moon's take on the songs were great. Mark has stripped back some songs to great moody and atmospheric numbers, with his voice adding to the instruments around. If you want an album to relax to (I play it when I'm studying) and to lose yourself in, I recommend it!!

Usually I'm a skeptic..........2006-10-10

... But honestly, I think this album is brilliant.

I know nothing of Sun Kil Moon/Red House Painters/insert other name-dropping incident here], but I AM familiar with being a *huge* Modest Mouse fan.

That being said, I also have eclectic (admittedly bizarrely so) taste, and when this version of "Neverending Math Equation" was put on a mix CD for me, I didn't even realize what it was (I didn't have the track listing handy). I just thought, "Wow, this is a nice song... I wonder who is this?" Then it started sounding eerily familiar and as it dawned on me what the song actually was, I couldn't stop giggling. Bought the entire album, and now it pretty much lives on repeat.

If you're a "Modest Mouse Purist," so to speak, you may not like this album... AT ALL. And from what I've read, if you're a die-hard fan of *this* artist, you probably won't like it either. But if you're either a) addicted to cover songs, and/or b) readily open to and fascinated by the idea of reinterpreting different musical styles, then I recommend not only getting this album, but also getting the Modest Mouse originals and enjoy the Dichotomy Circus that ensues...

How About Some New Material..........2006-04-30

When I first heard that Sun Kil Moon was releasing a new album, I was pretty excited. After all, "Ghosts of the Great Highway" is one of my favorite albums (of all time). But when I learned that it was going to be a cover album, my excitement quickly faded. The fact that it was Modest Mouse covers intrigued me, but I was still pretty bummed it wasn't new material.

After discovering and falling in love with Sun Kil Moon, I started buying other Mark Kozelek and Red House Painter albums. None of them captured my attention like "Ghosts of the Great Highway." They were just too mopey, and I didn't like his vocals as much. Listening to "Tiny Cities" I can't help but notice Kozelek has reverted back to his old style (especially the vocals).

I have found that my favorite artists and albums successfully mix together melancholy and hope. The vast majority of Kozelek's previous work (excluding "Ghosts of the Great Highway") lacks the second part of the equation: hope. Unfortunately, "Tiny Cities" is no exception.

I never expect Sun Kil Moon to eclipse their debut, and that's ok with me. I would, however, like to see them try. And the only way they can do that is by writing their own songs...

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Drive
The Crystal Method
Manufacturer: Tiny e Records
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B000SMMNGE

Product Description

1. Starting Line 2. It's Time 3. Roadhouse Blues (Original Dub) (The Doors vs. The Crystal Method) 4. It Hertz 5. Do It (Dub Pistols mix) 6. Don't Stop 7. Brand New Kicks 8. Bad Ass (Rogue Element Mix) 9. Glass Breaker (Force Mass Motion Mix) (featuring Charlotte Martin) 10. Finish Line Full-Length Bonus Tracks: 11. It Hertz (6:07) 12. Don't Stop (5:21) 13. Bad Ass (Rogue Element Mix) (7:02) 14. Glass Breaker (Force Mass Motion Mix) (6:35)

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Almost angelic
Great choir, but mostly recycled material
Glittering Chrismas Music
The Spirit of Christmas On CD
Superb voices!

Cambridge Singers Christmas Album

Manufacturer: Collegium
ProductGroup: Music
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The John Rutter Christmas Album
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ASIN: B0000DJEOL
Release Date: 2003-10-07

Tracks:

The holly and the ivy (arr. H. Walford Davies)*
Blessed be that maid Mary (arr. David Willcocks)
Somerset Wassail (arr. John Rutter)
Shepherds, in the fields abiding (French, arr. Willcocks)*
The Infant King (Basque, arr. Willcocks)
What is this lovely fragrance? (French, arr. Healey Willan)
Gabriel's message (Basque, arr. Willcocks)*
Still, still, still (German, arr. Rutter)
Quittez, pasteurs (French, arr. Rutter)
Un flambeau, Jeannette, Isabelle (French, arr. Rutter)
Personent hodie (German, arr. Rutter)
The shepherds' farewell (Hector Berlioz)
O holy night (Adolphe Adam)
O magnum mysterium (T. L. de Victoria)
Hodie Christus natus est (J. P. Sweelinck)
For unto us a child is born (G. F. Handel)
In dulci jubilo (Samuel Scheidt)
Lully, lulla, thou little tiny child (Kenneth Leighton)*
A New Year Carol (Benjamin Britten)
Balulalow (Peter Warlock)
I saw a fair maiden (Peter Warlock)
The Lamb (John Tavener)
Fantasia on Christmas Carols (Ralph Vaughan Williams)

Album Description

Christmas Never Sounded So Good!

For more than a decade, John Rutter and the Cambridge Singers have shared the Joy of Christmas with the world. The ethereal sound of perfectly blended voices, singing the most beautiful seasonal music ever composed never fails to touch the heart or lift the spirit. This year, John Rutter and the Cambridge Singers have assembled a NEW collection - compiled from the archives, including FOUR NEVER BEFORE RELEASED TRACKS! This is a holiday feast you will NOT want to miss!

Customer Reviews:

Almost angelic.......2007-01-18

Choral music by the Cambridge Singers is always top-notch. An older album that might have sounded better with newer technology but no complaints. Has great vocals and orchestral support.

Great choir, but mostly recycled material.......2005-12-16

I have the utmost respect for John Rutter and his Cambridge Singers, probably the best choir in the world (at least, the English-speaking world). I have almost all their CDs. Two of their Christmas CDs are "desert-island" class for this listener.

Unfortunately, I cannot give this otherwise excellent CD the same high marks. If they wanted to release a "best of Cambridge Christmas" CD, this would not be it. It does a few of the absolute best Christmas selections, including Sweelinck's "Hodie", Willcocks's breathtaking arrangement of "The Infant King", and Rutter's own quirky reading of "Personent Hodie". And it does contain a few tracks not previously released.

However, if you want the best of Cambridge and Christmas, start with "Christmas Night", which is always the first CD I pull out the day after Thanksgiving. The sound of the famliar Persall setting of "In Dulci Jubilo" sets my holiday in motion. And that CD also has Rutter's own magical "There is a flower". After that CD, get "Christmas with the Cambridge Singers", which has "The Infant King" and some other treasures.

So, you can't really go wrong with this CD, especially if you just want an introduction to how this fine ensemble addresses the most choir-friendly holiday of all. But if you're serious about getting all the good stuff, start with the other two mentioned above, then add "Christmas Day in the Morning" and the early "Christmas Star".

Glittering Chrismas Music.......2005-11-15

I own virtually all of the CD's of John Rutter (whom I greatly admire) and the Cambridge Singers, and I am a fan of English Choral music in general. If I were asked to recommend only one of the many Cambridge Singers Christmas albums, or indeed one of any English Christmas album, a hard choice, this would be it. As others have noted, this CD is a compilation of songs from previous cds with four new releases. It is, I believe, longer playing than the other Cambridge albums. In style, it is a mostly quiet sounding collection--in fact several carols are sung a cappella-- with pieces ranging from carols such as "The Holly and the Ivy" to the more robust "Fantasia on Christmas Carols". In sum, this is a sensitively arranged and performed collection of beautiful Christmas music.

The Spirit of Christmas On CD.......2005-06-02

I have never been disappointed by any Cambridge Singers release, so it isnt surprising that I thoroughly enjoyed this offering as well. This CD is a compilation of songs from previous cds with one or two new tracks, so check your library to make sure you arent duplicating your collection in the order to complete your collection. I purchased this disk to obtain a copy of the Fantasia On Christmas Carols by Ralph Vaughn Williams which was originally released on Christmas Day In The Morning. As usual, every song is performed in a precise yet heartfelt manner. If you dont own any cds by the Cambridge singers I would personally recommend Christmas Night as the first disk to own, but if you know and love the Cambridge Singers as I do, then you will enjoy having this wonderful addition to your library.

Superb voices!.......2003-12-22

This CD was beautifully sung by the Cambridge Singers, a boys/mens choir, mostly a' capela. It's the first Christmas CD I've bought that really tempts me to crank up the volume so I can revel in every note.

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This needs a more articulate review...
happy music

Moondog 1 & 2
Moondog
Manufacturer: Beat Goes On
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ASIN: B00004YU0K
Release Date: 2000-11-06

Tracks:

Theme
Stamping Ground
Symphonique No. 3 (Ode to Venus)
Symphonique No. 6 (Good for Goodie)
Minisym No. 1
Lament, No. 1
Witch of Endor
Symphonique No. 1 (Portrait of a Monarch)
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Remember
I Love You
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No, The Wheel Was Never Invented
With My Wealth
This Student of Life
Some Trust All
Wine, Women and Song
Sadness
Maybe
Each Today Is Yesterday's Tomorrow
Imagine
You the Vandal
Trees Against the Sky
Behold
Sparrow
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Customer Reviews:

This needs a more articulate review..........2005-12-10

To tell the truth, the only reason I even listened to this disc in the store is because I spotted the cover, and wondered what the hell a guy who looked like that could sound like. I had a gushing smile on my face as I realized there was real talent and expression behind Moondog's odd facade. The first album on this disc (there are two herein) is made up of more "orchestral" material like none you've ever heard before (one of these tracks "stamping Grounds" is in "The Big Lebowski". The second album is made up of a series of short "rounds"; cyclical songs with naturally repetitive compositions (think row row row your boat, or three blind mice). Due to the familiar nature of such song forms, and the unique compositions employed by Moondog, the second album is quite buoyant and joyful. This is an all around great and very familiar listening experience, and quite a timeless set of albums. Get it while you still can!

happy music.......2002-12-28

Moodog is a realy composer of all time. Is create a new conception of street music and universal sound
Paris, 27/12/02 France

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Hands Across the Void
Tiny Vipers
Manufacturer: Sub Pop
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ASIN: B000R8P4Y2
Release Date: 2007-07-24

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Aron
Forest On Fire
Shipwreck
Swastika
Downward, The

Album Description

Seattle's Jesy Fortino has played coffee shops, on mismatched bills with by-the-book folkies, and fielded far too many questions that address her gender rather than her music. Fortunately for us these things all fall away when she plays. Inhabiting the space carved out by minimal guitar, gentle textures, and stark, immediate vocals, Tiny Vipers' music evokes the contrast and quiet, empty beauty of a grey northwest landscape. A uniquely striking record that's as fully realized as it is spare and beautiful.

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Choral perfectionists.
Sublimely beautiful!

Christmas Present From Polyphony
Polyphony , and Stephen Layton
Manufacturer: Hyperion UK
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ASIN: B00030NU4A
Release Date: 2004-10-12

Customer Reviews:

Choral perfectionists........2007-02-19

This is an essential Christmas choral CD. The program itself is fabulous and unique, lacking the tacky "favorites" found on most recordings of this type. Entirely a cappella except for two Rutter arrangements with orchestra. Not a single track is lacking in depth and sincerity.

Polyphony is one phenomenal choir. For its small size, it has truly unmatched sustaining power and control (demonstrated most astonishingly in Lauridsen's O Magnum Mysterium and the end of Howells' A Spotless Rose). The only disappointment on the entire disc is Grieg's gorgeous "Ave Maris Stella" in which, for whatever reason, the men sing with a rather unblended and even wobbly sound while the women are almost entirely straight-tone. "Sing Lullaby" by Howells is a priceless gem worth several times the cost of this CD....a powerfully haunting piece performed here to utter perfection and taste. You will also find what is most assuredly the most perfect and definitive recording of "O Magnum Mysterium" to be found anywhere. The balance and length of line this incredibly gifted ensemble achieves in this too-often-performed piece will leave you breathless.

Sublimely beautiful!.......2005-02-01

Heavenly music, beautifully captured in a location with fantastic acoustics. This is music that needs to be heard on headphones or outstanding surround sound to be really appreciated. Here I am in February still listening to this CD of Xmas music... it's very calming to the soul. I can't recommend this highly enough.

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Style over substance for the NPR crowd
Fantastic
VERY OVERRATED
Where is he going?
A world in itself.

Tiny Voices
Joe Henry
Manufacturer: Anti
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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Scar
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ASIN: B0000C0FA0
Release Date: 2003-09-23

Tracks:

This Afternoon
Animal Skin
Tiny Voices
Sold
Dirty Magazine
Flag
Loves You Madly
Lighthouse
Windows Of The Revolution
Leaning
Flesh And Blood
Your Side Of My World

Album Description

The follow-up to the universally acclaimed Scar album from songwriter Joe Henry, who gained widespread attention for the work he did on Solomon Burke's Grammy Award winning Don't Give Up On Me album. Twelve brilliant tracks recorded with backing from avant-garde clarinetist Don Byron and trumpeter Ron Miles. Digipak. Anti. 2003.

Customer Reviews:

Style over substance for the NPR crowd.......2006-12-13

I picked up Joe Henry's "Fuse" when it first came out on the strength of gushing reviews. I was immediately smitten with "Monkey," and bored to tears with the rest. I tried to get through "Fuse" three times, and each was more painful than the last (I single-tracked "Monkey" a whole lot, though). I vowed never to get within ten feet of a Joe Henry CD ever again. But then I heard "Animal Skin" on the radio and gave him one more try.

"Tiny Voices" looks great on paper. You would think from the reviews here and elsewhere that Joe Henry is the second coming. I agree with other reviewers that it's "uncategorizable," but "uncategorizable" can mean a lack of focus. I also agree that it's "jazzy:" it clunkily incorporates a surficial jazz sound which constantly interrupts the songs like a pesky mosquito. "Seamless" it's definitely not. Another reviewer called this a soul record, which is a great analogy. Unfortunately Henry isn't nearly as good at blue-eyed soul as, say, Ron Sexsmith or Alex Chilton. This album's the aural equivalent of the Bamboo Steamer: it does 101 things stylistically, but none of them well.

Joe Henry sings wonderfully here. His voice is at once distinctive and unassuming, and the round, pungent reverb effect with just a hint of slapback used throughout suits his timbre perfectly. The "unassuming" part is a pleasant surprise, given how hard this album tries to be either "universally acclaimed" or "vastly underrated" (see, you win both ways).

The problem here is Henry's songs. They just aren't very interesting. On just acoustic guitar and voice they'd be a cure for insomnia. Even with all the atmospheric production and quirky instrumentation here, they just can't engage interest, let alone sustain it for nearly an hour. There's a linear flatness to the songwriting, a near-total lack of dynamics. They barely change in tempo or mood, not within the song nor from one song to the next. Every song is too long. They'd be the perfect length for the mood of the production if they were actually well-written, but since they're so boring, they just drag and drag for five and six minutes at a time. Henry may be a good lyricist... turns of phrase caught my ear here and there... but I simply could not get emotionally invested enough in his songs to find out.

Clarinetist Don Byron sounds like a tourist here. He's not out of his depth so much as Henry is out of Byron's. His clarinet is way overused and it sounds as though Henry had very little creative input on how Byron would fit in. Byron sounds like he was left to his own devices to blow a few riffs and mimic some arpeggios. With few true jazz changes to work with, Byron does the best he can with a limited palette. It might've worked better if he wasn't so loud in the mix, or if different effects were used to distinguish his charted parts from his improvisations. Only on "Flesh and Blood," the only successful genre-hopper here, does his clarinet make sense. Sticking a respected jazz player on a rock session does not automatically get you the results of, say, Sonny Rollins on "Tattoo You."

The production is, well, interesting. It certainly evokes a mood. Much of it is in the shadow of Jon Brion, who would never let the sound of a record overwhelm the material like "Tiny Voices" does... but then Brion usually gets better songs to work with. Like Henry's songs, there's a numbing linearity and lack of dynamics in the mix. "Tiny Voices" also sounds a lot like "Life in a Glasshouse" by Radiohead. That song off of "Amnesiac," released over two years before "Tiny Voices," may well have been the inspiration for this entire album, at least to the producer. "Loves You Madly" sounds most like the woozy, New Orleans funeral march of "Life in a Glasshouse." But where "Life in a Glasshouse" walks a perfect tightrope between chaos and harmony, like so much of Radiohead's best music, "Loves You Madly" sounds unfinished and rushed. If this effect was deliberate, well, the experiment failed.

"Tiny Voices'" priority is to be unique, and at this I guess it succeeds. But its desire to be different narrowly limits its mood and dynamics. Thanks to the production, it's not as incredibly bland as "Fuse," but then there aren't any songs nearly as good as "Monkey" here either. There's far better albums exploring this same territory by Rufus Wainwright, Fiona Apple and especially Even Johansen's "Quiet and Still." In fact Joe Henry's labelmate Jolie Holland has a great album on Anti called "Escondida" which sets a mood similar to "Tiny Voices" but with far better results.

Fantastic.......2006-02-25

Wow, what an amazing album. Full of passion and romance, by far my fave Joe Henry album. Definitely worth the money.

VERY OVERRATED.......2006-01-01

Critics and record store clerks are going gaga over this album, but I just don't hear it. Henry creates layered soundscapes, but rather than reward repeat listens, they aggravate the listener--at least this listener. The more I listen to this album, the less I like it.

His lyrics are crafty and clever in places, but they don't provide deep insight. How many times do we have to listen to more-alienated-than-thou singer-songwriters lament the loss of innocence in our corrupt modern world. This would have been edgy stuff in 1991, but today it sounds trite. Henry's delivery makes it worse. I can see him dressed in black smoking clove cigarettes, pretending to be serious but really looking down the sundress of a young suburban acolyte.

Where is he going?.......2005-09-23

Love Joe, but he's off in a new direction, does it well, but, miss the old style. This is more jazz and Im not sure that is a good genre for him.

A world in itself........2005-08-27

This album is tremendous. But was there ever a lazier adjective than "jazzy?"
Alot of people fawned over the "jazz"-stylings of his album SCAR, but TINY VOICES is where he outstrips all hints of genre-exercise and reaches the place he's been travelling towards his whole career. It both defines and transcends his oeuvre. TINY VOICES, like his previous two albums is soul music.
Impossible to listen to except in it's entirety; with perhaps two exceptions I have never been so immediately and lastingly touched and thrilled by an album as with TINY VOICES.

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Honky Tonk Piano
Mickey Finn , and Big Tiny Little
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