This Town Is Wrong

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With this follow-up to 2002's Love and China, the thematically adventurous Massachusetts-based duo turns its songwriting and trilling sisterly harmonies toward the uncertain, often tumultuous world of female adolescence. The Nields sisters occasionally get a trifle erudite on songs like "Plastic Angel" and "The Day I Let Glory Steer." They are more successful when they grapple more viscerally with the perils of teenage intimacy ("When I Let You into My Closet") or the struggle for personal liberation from small-town minds (title tune). And when they deliver a tour de force like the affirming country ballad "When I'm Here," their intertwined voices ring not only with occasional anger and well-aimed sarcasm, but also empathy and passion. --Bob Allen

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This Town Is Wrong

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another nields gem
More Nields is good news
how to get out of the winter blues
this town rocks
I can't wait for the book!!!

This Town Is Wrong
Nerissa & Katryna Nields
Manufacturer: Rounder / Umgd
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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Love and China
If You Lived Here You'd Be Home Now
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Gotta Get over Greta
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ASIN: B00016MT2U
Release Date: 2004-01-13

Tracks:

The Day I Let Glory Steer
Glow-In-The-Dark Plastic Angel
The Work That We Do
When I Let You Into My Closet
Haven't I Been Good
Clairman Town
Paris
Sara, With Your Ring
When I'm Here
If I Wanted To
Kiss Me On The Moon
This Town Is Wrong
Bonus Track 1

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With this follow-up to 2002's Love and China, the thematically adventurous Massachusetts-based duo turns its songwriting and trilling sisterly harmonies toward the uncertain, often tumultuous world of female adolescence. The Nields sisters occasionally get a trifle erudite on songs like "Plastic Angel" and "The Day I Let Glory Steer." They are more successful when they grapple more viscerally with the perils of teenage intimacy ("When I Let You into My Closet") or the struggle for personal liberation from small-town minds (title tune). And when they deliver a tour de force like the affirming country ballad "When I'm Here," their intertwined voices ring not only with occasional anger and well-aimed sarcasm, but also empathy and passion. --Bob Allen

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another nields gem.......2005-08-29

This album is another gem and a deserving follow up to Nerissa and Katryna Nields' classic "Love and China". Nerissa's tales of life and growing up are mesmerizing.

The soaring, Nieldsy harmonies at the end of the album's opening song "The Day I Let Glory Steer" blew me away the first time that I heard them and are still blowing me away well over a year later. "Glory" holds special meaning for this father of a 4 year old girl.

I'm guessing that everyone who hears this album will find a song which holds some special meaning for them, too.

More Nields is good news.......2004-03-29

As has been said before, the songs on _This Town Is Wrong_ relate to Nerissa's book of the same name. I don't think each song is by a different character (as I first thought when I read reviews), but rather the songs are by different characters, and some have more than one. Not that it makes any difference. You can enjoy the album without having read the book or even knowing about it. The sisters go back to their rocking days, and the album sounds more like the Nields band than the duo's release. The country influence is still there, even stronger on songs like "When I'm Here" and "Sara, With Your Ring" and present, but in more country-folk format on other songs. Overall it's grown and continues to grow on me, though the roughness the sisters' voices sometimes have grates on me a bit more than usual. I'm happy to have a whole album full of their insights on teenagers (from the perspective of both teenagers and adults.) The Nields have brought us so many great songs about teenagers (much of _Gotta Get Over Greta_ springs to the top of my head; there are many others) it seems like they're the right people to do it. Right now it's my least favorite of any of the Nields releases I've heard, but considering how much I love their music, it's the difference between a "B" and an "A." I still like _This Town Is Wrong_ a lot and heartily recommend it.

how to get out of the winter blues.......2004-01-30

The first best cd of 2004 has to be Katryna and Nerissa Nields'
This Town is Wrong. The writing is expansive, use of language and imagery keeps you listening to each song. The sisters outdo themselves in harmonies, the production of the cd suits the material.. it is highly listenable, enjoyable, and a great second effort by these New England Based singer songwriters..

this town rocks.......2004-01-21

The Nields sisters have outdone themselves this time. You don't have to know that the album is the soundtrack to a book to enjoy this wonderful set of songs, but the background enhances the experience even more. The songs on the album were supposedly written by two different characters in the book, yet somehow Nerissa has managed to make it completely clear which are which. And the sibling harmonies have never sounded more beautiful.

Dave Chalfant is one of the most exciting producers out there today. This is the most gorgeous sounding album yet from any incarnation of the Nields, with sounds we haven't heard in their work before.

A must-buy!!!

I can't wait for the book!!!.......2004-01-17

The Nields sisters have done it again! Nerissa is such an amazing songwriter, and as always, Nerissa and Katryna's harmonies lift the spirit. The album goes with Nerissa's upcoming book of the same title, about two teenage girls. You don't need to know the book to enjoy the album, but each song is by one of the characters in the book. This will make it really fun when the book comes out next fall. I can't wait. In the meantime, I will have something to tide me over.

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Sounds of the Eighties: 1986
Various Artists Addicted To Love - Robert Palmer/Everybody Have Fun Tonight - Wang Chung/Don't Get Me Wrong - Pretenders/Sara - Starship/So Far Away - Dire Straits/Rock Me Amadeus - Falco , Talk To Me - Stevie Nicks/Invisible Touch - Genesis/Glory Of Love - Peter Cetera/Walk This Way - Run-D.M.C./Word Up - Cameo , The Future's So Bright I Gotta Wear Shades - Timbuk 3/Venus - Bananarama/Mad About You - Belinda Carlisle/Kyrie - Mr. Mister , and Burning Heart - Survivor/Life In A Northern Town - Dream Academy/No One Is To Blame - Howard Jones
Manufacturer: Warner Special Products
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B000NPKEU8

Product Description

R988-04 (Warner Special Products OPCD-2730) - Sounds of the Eighties: 1986 - Various Artists [1994] All tracks stereo. Addicted To Love - Robert Palmer/Everybody Have Fun Tonight - Wang Chung/Don't Get Me Wrong - Pretenders/Sara - Starship/So Far Away - Dire Straits/Rock Me Amadeus - Falco/Talk To Me - Stevie Nicks/Invisible Touch - Genesis/Glory Of Love - Peter Cetera/Walk This Way - Run-D.M.C./Word Up - Cameo/The Future's So Bright I Gotta Wear Shades - Timbuk 3/Venus - Bananarama/Mad About You - Belinda Carlisle/Kyrie - Mr. Mister/Burning Heart - Survivor/Life In A Northern Town - Dream Academy/No One Is To Blame - Howard Jones

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