Bittertown

Boston Globe
"No songwriter today is more uncompromisingly, even harrowingly intimate than Lori McKenna".

Product Description
This songwriter and mother of four, who lives a stones throw from the town she grew up in, doesn't fit into any stereotype. She's garnered comparisons to Lucinda Williams, Bruce Springsteen, Dashboard Confessional, and Roseanne Cash. Her songs, as solid as Georgia oak, are played and sung with an emotional grit under the nails that comes from digging in life's mundane and less illuminated holes. These songs grab you with Lori's signature strident, soulful, and unapologetic vocals sharing earnest observations and stories of growing up and growing old, of loves and losses, winners and losers, guns and god, and drinkers and dreamers in a town that is resting uncomfortably between its blue collar roots and modern suburbia. Incapable of artifice, Lori McKenna speaks of the bitter and the sweet, but doesn't simply write songs, she documents her life, and in turn ours, in word and melody. Meet Lori McKenna and welcome to Bittertown

Bittertown

Bittertown,Lori McKenna,Signature Records,Adult Alternative Pop/Rock,Alternative Country-Rock,Contemporary Singer/Songwriter,Lori McKenna writes and sings intense detailed songs of small town America. With forceful songs, compelling narratives and heartfealt vocal performances, Bittertown bridges the gaps between rock, country, folk and pop in a rich musical setting,Pop,Rock,Rock/Pop

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Bittertown

Average customer rating: She is one of the best Good, but not Lori's best work. A gem waiting to be discovered

Bittertown Lori McKenna Manufacturer: Warner Bros / Wea ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music Alt-Country & Americana | Country | Styles | Music General | Country | Styles | Music Contemporary | Bluegrass | Country | Styles | Music General | Rock | Styles | Music Pop Rock | Pop | Styles | Music General | Adult Contemporary | Pop | Styles | Music Adult Alternative | Pop | Styles | Music Singer-Songwriters | Contemporary Folk | Folk | Styles | Music Similar Items: Pieces of Me Paper Wings & Halo Unglamorous West Ghost Repeater ASIN: B000BBOFEA Release Date: 2005-09-27

Tracks:

1. Bible Song
2. Mr. Sunshine
3. One Man
4. Pour
5. Lone Star
6. Stealing Kisses
7. If You Ask
8. Monday Afternoon
9. Ledge
10. My Sweetheart
11. Cowardly Lion
12. Silver Buss
13. One Kiss Goodnight

Customer Reviews:

She is one of the best.......2007-03-17

One of the best song writers of our generation, she speaks for the 'mom' crowd. Even Faith Hill loves her as 3 of Faith's songs off of 'FireFly' are written by Lori. Get it and enjoy.

Good, but not Lori's best work........2007-03-08

I've been a fan of Lori McKenna for years now. Her album, Paper Wings and Halo, is by far her best work. Bittertown does have some good, haunting music on it, but if you are new to McKenna, then get Paper Wings & Halo before you buy this album.

A gem waiting to be discovered.......2006-04-14

This is simply one of the best CDs to appear in the past decade. Whoever your favorite singer/songwriter -- Bruce Springsteen, Richard Thompson, John Prine -- Lori, on this album, holds her own. She's that good. I saw her open for Shawn Colvin two years ago and went out and bought this disc afterwards. The angry "Bible Song," the gun-shy "Mr. Sunshine," the tender "One Man" (a beautiful love song) and "If You Ask," the haunting "Pour," the bittersweet "Stealing Kisses," the brisk "One Kiss Goodnight" ... all combine thoughtful lyrics, memorable melodies, and first-rate musicianship. What more can you ask for from a songwriter? Amazon needs to load some samples so more people can discover this gem. Meanwhile, buy it on faith.

Average customer rating: Beautiful Lyrics The Greatest Living American Singer Songwriter Solid, gritty, and a good listen My new favorite CD for studying! An Instant Classic

Bittertown Lori McKenna Manufacturer: Signature Records ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music Alt-Country & Americana | Country | Styles | Music Contemporary | Bluegrass | Country | Styles | Music General | Contemporary Folk | Folk | Styles | Music Singer-Songwriters | Contemporary Folk | Folk | Styles | Music General | Rock | Styles | Music Pop Rock | Pop | Styles | Music General | Adult Contemporary | Pop | Styles | Music General | Vocal Pop | Pop | Styles | Music Adult Alternative | Pop | Styles | Music Similar Items: Pieces of Me Paper Wings & Halo Fireflies Geronimo Impossible Dream ASIN: B0001Z4PGE Release Date: 2004-05-11

Tracks:

1. Bible Song
2. Mr. Sunshine
3. One Man
4. Pour
5. Lone Star
6. Stealing Kisses
7. If You Ask
8. Monday Afternoon
9. The Ledge
10. My Sweetheart
11. Cowardly Lion
12. Silver Bus
13. One Kiss Goodnight

Album Description

This songwriter and mother of four, who lives a stones throw from the town she grew up in, doesn't fit into any stereotype. She's garnered comparisons to Lucinda Williams, Bruce Springsteen, Dashboard Confessional, and Roseanne Cash. Her songs, as solid as Georgia oak, are played and sung with an emotional grit under the nails that comes from digging in life's mundane and less illuminated holes. These songs grab you with Lori's signature strident, soulful, and unapologetic vocals sharing earnest observations and stories of growing up and growing old, of loves and losses, winners and losers, guns and god, and drinkers and dreamers in a town that is resting uncomfortably between its blue collar roots and modern suburbia. Incapable of artifice, Lori McKenna speaks of the bitter and the sweet, but doesn't simply write songs, she documents her life, and in turn ours, in word and melody. Meet Lori McKenna and welcome to Bittertown

Customer Reviews:

Beautiful Lyrics.......2006-11-22

I went out and purchased Lori McKenna's 'Bittertown' last year after hearing songs she wrote on Faith Hill's 'Fireflies'. This is an incredible album, definitely one of the best that I bought in 2005. She has an interesting voice and beautiful lyrics, particularly on "Bible Song", "Stealing Kisses", "The Ledge" and "Cowardly Lion". While Faith Hill (on "Stealing Kisses" and "If You Ask", etc.) and Sara Evans (on "Bible Song") sing McKenna's songs very well on their latest albums, there's no comparison to the original, though Hill does a great job on 'Fireflies'. McKenna's voice is not at all over the top or showy and it fits the songs she sings in a very pure and simple way. I would highly recommend this album, and others by this artist, to anyone.

The Greatest Living American Singer Songwriter.......2006-06-04

And I say this based on hearing a single song ("Pour") from from a Putumayo World Music collection "American Folk". On that basis, I am going to buy the album, and I hope you will too, she truly deserves it. Emotions are conveyed intimately and harrowingly with a warm and very beautifully real voice, with her special twist and modulation. Lyrics are original, raw, and sometimes surprising with an insight that becomes much more apparent when you hear her sing: "In the depths of the deepest sea, there is a blue as blue as me, where a quiet symphony plays for the lonley, I could just let it all go, sink down to the world below, where i dont breathe but I dont know cause I am breathless" (and then follows a wonderful musical follow up which greatly amplifies the feelings). The music is beautiful, very appropriate, and carefully crafted.

Solid, gritty, and a good listen.......2006-03-30

This is my first Lori McKenna album. While a sample of her songs and the comparisons got my attention, I'd say she compares to herself. She's got a stepped up-bluegrass kind of sound and the gritty, solid voice that made many of country's greats who they are. "Bittertown" is hard to classify and even harder to get out of your CD player. Give it a listen, I think you'll agree Lori's someone whose words are worth hearing.

My new favorite CD for studying!.......2006-01-29

I LOVE this CD. I listen to it often while studying - the album flows wonderfully...I find it hard to compare to anyone else, though I am a big fan of Alison Krauss, the Wailin Jennys, and the like, if that tells you anything.

Buy it! You won't be sorry!

An Instant Classic.......2006-01-05

Lori McKenna has a grit to her lyrics and vocals that harken back to the greats of country like Johnny Cash and Merle Haggard. She also has the sort of lyrical imagery, roughshod vocals and sad songs that beg to be compared to Lucinda Williams. She is all this and more.
The album opens strongly with the driving desperation of small town escape that is "Bible Song," which still manages to pause briefly to show us a moment of her offbeat view of the world when she pauses in the middle of describing her a cousins's suicide to ponder "and how does she explain to those kids about the sorry thing Daddy did." "Stealing Kisses" plays like a prequel to John Prines classic "Angel From Montgomery." However, possibly the strongest moment on the cd is the spectrum spanning tales of addiction "If You Ask" and "Monday Afternoon." Lest you think all is gloom and doom however, McKenna proves she can do the lighter end of the register, with the confectiony sweet "Mr. Sunshine." The only weak note is the immature "Lone Star" but it is lyrically spot on and McKenna takes such relish in advising her old classmate "tell the girls in the beer line/that you're an old, good friend of mine" that it ranks, at worst, as a guitly pleasure.
Lori McKenna is one of the best voices to come on the scene in a long time--both as a singer and a writer.

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