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| 2. Slip | |||
| 3. Crooked Frame | |||
| 4. Pissed Off 2 AM | |||
| 5. Nickel and a Spoon | |||
| 6. Little Bottles | |||
| 7. Sometimes | |||
| 8. Guilty | |||
| 9. Tired Skin | |||
| 10. With These Eyes | |||
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| 1. Can't Take It | |||
| 2. Put You Down [Live] | |||
| 3. Crooked Frame [Live] | |||
| 4. With These Hands [Live] | |||
| 5. Slip [Live] | |||
| 6. Pissed Off 2 AM [Live] | |||
| 7. One More Time [Live] | |||
| 8. End [Live] | |||
| 9. Put You Down [Live] | |||
| 10. Crooked Frame [Live] | |||
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With These Hands,Alejandro Escovedo,Rykodisc,Americana,Pop,Rock,Rock/Pop,Roots Rock,Singer/Songwriter
With These Hands [Original recording remastered]
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With These Hands
Alejandro Escovedo Manufacturer: Rykodisc ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Similar Items:
ASIN: B0000DIMON Release Date: 2003-11-04 |
Tracks:
- Put You Down
- Slip
- Crooked Frame
- Pissed Off 2am
- Nickel And A Spoon
- Little Bottles
- Sometimes
- Guilty
- Tired Skin
- With These Hands
- Tugboat
Tracks:
- Can't Take It
- Put You Down
- Crooked Frame
- With These Hands
- Slip
- Pissed Off 2am
- One More Time
- The En
- Put You Down
- Crooked Frame
- Band Intro
- Pissed Off 2am
- Pyramid Of Tears
- Hidden Track
Customer Reviews:
Alejandro Escovedo - With These Hands (with bonus).......2004-08-10
A classic case in point is the album's emotional centre-piece, Pissed Off 2am. Normal song classification would have this number down as a ballad. As with most ballads, it has subject matter which is sad, it is slow-paced, it has sweet but not cloying harmonies, and it is full of the language of loss, drink, and lack of meaning. It touches the listener, and creates a visual image - the two protagonists are there, right in front of you, you feel like you know everything there is to know about their story, you share the singer's despair...ultimately you begin to identify with him, however silly and inappropriate this is. But this song has something else - it has a subtle but clearly present force, which drives the song in a way which sets it apart from most ballads. It is difficult to pin down exactly how Escovedo achieves this. As with all good epics, there is a piano - but it isn't ostentatious plonking in the best Meat Loaf style, it is more a series of delicate whispers, just in the right place, adding to the melody rather than disguising the lack of one. The lyrics also play their part in creating such a unique song - they are not the simple platitudes of loss, but something far more complex. Escovedo doesn't just have to fight the reasons given to him for the changes in his life - there are also "barricades", real obstacles, which he tries to knock down merely by denying their meaning. But the barricades appear again and again in the song, and the story remains unfinished, the suffering unresolved.
That, in fact, is the theme of the album - a yearning for times past, a realisation that times have changed in irreversible ways, and, at times, an uncertain hope that things will be happy in new ways. The initial rumblings and catchy bass riff of the opening song, Put You Down, give way to a description of a love that the singer just cannot relinquish, and then we are away - eleven songs of what might be called `Americana' music if only because that term means so little and encompasses so much. Acoustic folk, rustic country, Latino, rock and roll...actually that last term is sufficient on its own. The Band's film The Last Waltz contains a revealing interview with Levon Helm, in which he describes how lots of different musical genres come together in Tennessee, as it is geographically the heart of the United States. The result? "Rock and roll". Escovedo's album is a classic exposition of this fusion. The song which sounds most like a rock and roll song is probably Guilty. Unlike most of the song on the album, it is not in the first or second person - it tells a story of someone else, a man who lost his way, wrapped up in shame. But this is not just a token loud, pull-out-all-the-stops, rocker. It has a superb hook - that moment in the chorus where the lyrics are perfectly matched by the melody, and where the band comes together and feels the movement, the change, in the song.
Towards the end of the album, there is another epic ballad, and this time the power of the song is more easily identifiable. The theme of loss and renewal is poetically exposed at the outset: "Take this old and very tired skin / wrap up a newborn baby and keep her warm again". Judged on paper, the words have the potential to sound trite, but with the warmth and sincerity of the vocals, the song sounds natural and almost unassuming. The ability of music itself to rejuvenate is also recognised: "Take this old and worn out violin and hold it in your arms / and make it sing".
By the time we reach the album's title track, the record is almost complete - this is a song Escovedo wrote for his father, and the life of this brilliant but only moderately successful songwriter is put in context by the line "They say death's the only peace the poor understand". The song builds in intensity as it re-acquaints us with the restless growls of the opening number, and we see the light, it moves "faster, howling like the wind blows"...and the singer tells us that the water of the river will heal our wounds - because once again, although the song is not about us, we feel what he is saying. Finally, the album ends and we are reminded that it contains no clear message, just some themes which point the songs in particular directions - because over some more fantastically shimmering piano work, Tugboat ends by reminding us that "Gone gone those days are gone / gone gone gone". With Escovedo now seriously ill with hepatitis C, these thoughts move beyond being simply poignant and assume the weight of real tragedy.
This being a re-release, it comes with a variety of bonus tracks and live performances of the album's songs and others, and they too are well worth hearing - the variety of Escovedo's performances is just as evident live as it is in the studio. With These Hands is not an album to be enjoyed just by fans of alt-country, Americana, or any other label. It is an album to be enjoyed by those who like good quality songs and near-perfect performance. It is a set of songs that music fans will relish.
Holy Alejandro! This disc ROCKS!.......2004-02-26
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With These Hands
Alejandro Escovedo Manufacturer: Rykodisc ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Similar Items:
ASIN: B0000009Q9 Release Date: 1996-03-19 |
Tracks:
- Put You Down
- Slip
- Crooked Frame
- Pissed Off 2 A.M.
- Nickel And Spoon
- Little Bottles
- Sometimes
- Guilty
- Tired Skin
- With These Hands
- Tugboat
Customer Reviews:
Escovedo is amazing!!!!.......2000-09-26
Thoughtful play loud drink whiskey with lights low.......1999-08-11
This is a great CD.......1999-07-24
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With These Hands
Randy Weston Manufacturer: Ojc ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Similar Items:
ASIN: B000000ZAL Release Date: 1996-07-30 |
Tracks:
- The Man I Love
- Serenade In Blue
- I Can't Get Started With You
- This Can't Be Love
- These Foolish Things (Remind Me Of You)
- Lifetime
- Do Nothing Till You Hear From Me
- Little Niles
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Randy Weston in my childhood.......2001-05-21
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English Song
Manufacturer: Naxos ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Similar Items:
ASIN: B0002JEG6I Release Date: 2005-03-22 |
Tracks:
- A Soft Day - Bernadette Greevy
- Irish Skies - Bernadette Greevy
- Cherry Ripe - Janice Watson
- Mustard And Cress - Neal Davies
- The Lily Of A Day - Janice Watson
- Henry King - Neal Davies
- Fain Would I Change That Note - Graham Johnson
- In Summer-Time On Bredon - Christopher Maltman
- The Lads In Their Hundreds - Christopher Maltman
- Among The Rocks - Graham Johnson
- It Was A Lover And His Lass - Anthony Rolfe Johnson
- The Water Mill - Anthony Rolfe Johnson
- On Wenlock Edge - Anthony Rolfe Johnson
- The Call - Graham Johnson
- Silent Noon - Graham Johnson
- Now In These Fairylands - Philip Langridge
- The Dream-City - Philip Langridge
- Margrete's Cradle Song - Susan Gritton
- The Heart Worships - Christopher Maltman
- Take, O Those Lips Away - Anthony Rolfe Johnson
- Now Sleeps The Crimson Petal - Graham Johnson
- Love Calls Through The Summer Night - Anthony Rolfe Johnson
- I Will Go With My Father A-Ploughing - Graham Johnson
- The Rio Grande (Capstan Shanty) - Ian Partridge
- Theodore, Or The Pirate King - Ian Partridge
- A Long Time Ago (Hilliard's Shanty) - Ian Partridge
- Oh Dear, What Can The Matter Be? - Bernadette Greevy
Tracks:
- The Grenadier - Richard Edgar-Wilson
- The Young Lover - Richard Edgar-Wilson
- Betty And Johnny - Richard Edgar-Wilson
- Rise Up And Reach The Stars - Richard Edgar-Wilson
- The Bells - Nik Hancock-Child
- Ann's Cradle Song - Nik Hancock-Child
- As I Lay In The Early Sun - Nik Hancock-Child
- The Cherry Tree - Nik Hancock-Child
- Dusk - Nik Hancock-Child
- Peter Warlock's Fancy - John Constable
- The Frostbound Wood - John Constable
- Chopcherry - John Constable
- A Sad Song - John Constable
- Rutterkin - John Constable
- Bethlehem Down - John Constable
- Wapping Old Stairs - Felicity Lott
- Long Steel Grass - Martyn Hill
- Tango-Pasodoble - Martyn Hill
- Popular Song - Martyn Hill
- Beatriz's Song - Felicity Lott
- Lay Your Sleeping Head, My Love - Philip Langridge
- Early One Morning - Felicity Lott
- The Foggy, Foggy View - Philip Langridge
- Now The Leaves Are Falling Fast - Philip Langridge
- Tell Me The Truth About Love - Della Jones
- The Choirmaster's Burial - Philip Langridge
Customer Reviews:
A century of British art songs to delight those who love them.......2006-06-26
I'd challenge all but the most addicted listener to make it through more than ten songs at a sitting, and many of these pieces are tepid, offering comfort rather than inspiration. The singers are among the best, but Graham Johnson and Steuart Beford, who do most of the accompaniments, are lackluster. I know that won't be a popular comment, yet if you compare any of these songs with rendiitons done by Janet Baker, John Shirley-quirk, and most recently Bryn Terfel and Ian Bostridge, you immediately notice how much more intensity and drama is pesent than htis colleciton reveals.
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With These Hands
Eric Roche Manufacturer: P-3 Music ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Similar Items:
ASIN: B0001ZXOHU Release Date: 2005-07-12 |
Tracks:
- Bushwacker
- Deep Deep Down
- Higher Ground
- Faja Grande
- Trapeze
- Porcupine
- Blue in Green
- To Be the Light
- Ce Petit Cochon
- Jump
- Short Cut
- Killer
- With These Hands
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Classic Romance
Manufacturer: Four Winds ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD ASIN: B000006BJD Release Date: 1998-02-17 |
Tracks:
- A Night For Love
- The Swan from 'Carnival of the Animals'
- Pavane, Op.50
- Waltz in E, Op.39, No.2
- Waltz in A, Op.39, No.15
- Jesu, Joy of Man Desiring
- Rondo in C: Op.73
- Fant in a, Op. Posthumous
- Prld to the Afternoon of a Fawn
- Bolero
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With These Hands
The Sunset Strings & The Village Choir Manufacturer: Bci / Eclipse Music ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD ASIN: B0002VGSC6 Release Date: 2004-09-07 |
Tracks:
- His Eye Is on the Sparrow
- Panis Angelicus
- Requiem: Sanctus
- What a Friend We Have in Jesus
- Just a Closer Walk With Thee
- Sheep May Safely Graze
- Old Rugged Cross
- Love Lifted Me
- With These Hands
- Jesu, Joy of Man's Desiring
- Nobody Knows the Trouble I've Seen
- O Divine Redeemer
- Joyful, Joyful We Adore Thee
- Precious Memories
- Hansel & Gretel: Evening Prayer
- Count Your Blessings
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Inspirational Favorites
Manufacturer: READER'S DIGEST ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD ASIN: B000E4Q9SY |
Product Description
20 WONDERFUL INSPIRATIONAL SONGS INCLUDING AMAZING GRACE, LOOK TO THE RAINBOW, SHEEP MAY SAFELY GRAZE, BEYOND THE SUNSET, AND MANY MORE
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With These Hands
Twomp ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD ASIN: B000KYRBGW |
Product Description
5 songs.
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Wiggles N' Tunes Playin' Collection -Includes 20 Page Interactive Songbook
Wiggle Ensemble Manufacturer: Wiggles N' Tunes ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD ASIN: B00067WFIM Release Date: 2004-09-27 |
Tracks:
- Welcome
- Five Little Monkeys
- Old Brass Wagon
- Whole World
- Rhythm Pattern
- New River Train
- I went to Visit a Farm
- Troika
- Babys Boat
- Peanut Butter
- See How Im Jumping
- All Around the Kitchen
- Spring
- Ive Been Working on the Railroad
- Bought Me Cat
- Steeple Bells
- Wiggle Theme
- Gallant Ship
- La Raspa
- Te Ve Orez
- Fleas
- Tonal Pattern
- Wind the Bobbin
- Railroad Cars are Comin
- Bingo
- Hava Nagila
- This is The Way
- Going to Boston
- Hadyn Surprise Symphony
- Cuckoo
- Good-bye
Product Description
The Playin' Collection (2005 release) is a wonderful compilation of over 30 songs that complete this musical trio song collection series. Peanut Butter & Jelly, Five Little Monkeys that giggle with delight and an adventurous kitchen play-along song!Customer Reviews:
Great Listening Fun.......2006-04-27
Start Wiggling!.......2006-01-26
Great Gift For Children.......2005-09-15
My children have so much fun!.......2005-08-25
Love this CD!!.......2005-07-12
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- Young Prayer
- Your Body Above Me
- Across America [Live]
- An Italian Story [Enhanced]
- Anymore for Anymore [Limited Edition] [Original recording remastered]
- Arena Rock: The Ultimate Football Album
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