Night Shift

Editorial Reviews
Album Description
Two of the hard rockin' British boogie band's original albums reissued together as a specially-priced double disc set, 1976's top 40 'Night Shift' and their double-platinum 1977 album 'Live', which reached #11 in Billboard at the time. A combined total of 13 digitally remastered tracks, including the classic version of 'Slow Ride'. Also features the original cover art of both records, plus new liner notes. Double slimline jewel case. 1999 release. --This text refers to the Audio CD edition.

Tracks:

Nanna's Lied
Complainte de la seine
Klops-Lied
Berlin im licht-Song
Und was bekam des soldaten weib?
Die muschel von margate: Petroleum Song
Wie lange noch?
Roger Fernay: Youkali: Tango Habanera
Der abschiedsbrief
Es regnet
Oscar Hammerstein II: Buddy On The Nightshift
Schickelgruber
Je ne t'aime pas
Das lied von den braunen inseln

Customer Reviews:

No lyrics enclosed.......2007-07-09

It is a disgrace that there are no lyrics enclosed. This is NOT a budget cd.

Superb.......2007-06-27

This is one of the best recordings of Kurt Weill ever and one of the best recordings of the magnificent Teresa Stratas.

Stratas is good. Others are better........2005-10-08

'The Unknown Kurt Weill' sung by Maria Stratas is a fine recording. The problem is that there are many fine recordings of Kurt Weill songs done by Lotte Lenya and several other Weill specialists, lead by Ute Lemper and Gisela May.

So, this album may be valuable if indeed it included a lot of numbers which do not appear on other recordings, but that is not the case either. On my collection of about ten (10) disks, not including recordings from specific shows, I have other recordings of at least half of these songs.

I really think Weill's legacy is better served by recordings who do his complete works rather than 'interesting' selections of his songs.

This is a good, enjoyable recording. I listen to it at least once a year, but it is not as good as other Weill records.

STRATAS WALKS THE RAZORýS EDGEý.......2003-07-11

I don't review many classical recordings - but this one, from 1981, has always been one of my favorite Weill collections, and after reading the rather negative comments from one reviewer, I felt I had to add my two cents' worth to the fray. Everyone is of course entitled to his or her own opinion - and music in SUCH a subjective topic that this should go without saying.

I've been a bug admirer of Weill's work - particularly his collaborations with Brecht - for years. His songs tread the thin, tricky line between classical and cabaret more daringly that most. Brecht's collaborations with Hanns Eisler, for example, are closer to the theatrical than are Weill's. In my humble opinion, Stratas walks this `razor's edge' very nimbly on this recording - her voice is obviously a finely trained instrument, but she is also able of conveying a lot of feeling and emotion with these lyrics. Her choice - or perhaps the producer's - of accompanying here with only a piano is a good one. Woitach does a fine job - and the recording itself is crystal-clear.

My only real complaint with the cd version of this album is the size of the type in the liner notes - Nonesuch could have easily `sprung' for a lengthier booklet, to allow us `old fogies' the opportunity to read it without a magnifier, and also to include the lyrics and translations. I can't recall for certain if the lp version offered the lyrics, but I believe it did. At any rate, these complaints are indeed small ones - this is a timeless, beautiful recording, and one that any fan of Weill's work should at least hear.

Leave Weill enough alone ..........2000-07-08

I don't know just what Lotte Lenya said on her deathbed, but I personally feel that other singers carry the torch for Kurt Weill as well or better than Teresa Stratas. Of all my Weill albums, this one gives me the least pleasure. The German is bad, the interpretations are shrill and forced. Some of the tracks are almost unlistenable. Was Teresa Stratas simply the first world class singer to rediscover this body of work? Was Lenya giving her a sympathy vote? I love Stratas' singing elsewhere, in the Boulez recording of Lulu (for example), but she is no good here.

For a newcomer to Weill, I highly recommend Anna Sophie Von Otter (excellent in every way) or even Ute Lemper's entertaining album. For that matter, go back and pick up Lotte Lenya's remastered Threepenny Opera -- it doesn't get much better than that. This Weill album, however, is tellingly named: it deserves to be unknown.

Night Shift
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Foghat Nightshift

Night Shift
Foghat
Manufacturer: Wounded Bird Records
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B000HEV8L4
Release Date: 2006-10-17

Tracks:

Drivin' Wheel
Don't Run Me Down
Burnin' the Midnight Oil
Night Shift
Hot Shot Love
Take Me to the River
I'll Be Standing By
New Place to Call Home [#][*]

Album Description

Reissue of this 1976 album by hard rockin' boogie merchants Foghat, produced by former Johnny Winter/Edgar Winter sideman (and future solo star) Dan Hartman. This reissue features the previously unreleased "New Place To Call Home", which was listed on the original LP jacket but was not featured on the actual album! Wounded Bird. 2006.

Customer Reviews:

Foghat Nightshift.......2006-12-30

As A rock/roll collector I have over 700 LP's and close to a thousand CD's
and this Foghat Album as it was in the late 70's is killer, Take me to the River is fantastic & blows the B52's or whoever did it by the way side. All of the tracks Rock, HRNT What a album, Go for it
Hawk

Anne Sofie von Otter - Speak Low ~ Songs by Kurt Weill / Gardiner

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Very Good
Excellent Weill Alternative to Lenya and Lemper
Everything is right but the style
Intelligent reading from both singer and conductor
Brilliant--The best of the 7 Deadly Sins recordings

Anne Sofie von Otter - Speak Low ~ Songs by Kurt Weill / Gardiner
Kurt Weill , John Eliot Gardiner , Anne Sofie von Otter , Bengt Forsberg , Hannover North German Radio Orchestra , Karl-Heinz Lampe , Frederick Martin , Christfried Biebrach , and James Sims
Manufacturer: Deutsche Grammophon
ProductGroup: Music
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ASIN: B000001GM3
Release Date: 1995-03-14

Tracks:

Die Sieben Tods Prologue
Die Sieben Tods No. 1 Faulheit (Sloth)
Die Sieben Tods No. 2 Stolz (Pride)
Die Sieben Tods No. 4 Zorn (Anger)
Die Sieben Tods No. 5 Vrei (Gluttony)
Die Sieben Tods No. 6 Unzucht (Lust)
Die Sieben Tods No. 6 Habsucht (Avarice)
Die Sieben Tods No. 7 Neid (Envy)
Die Sieben Tods No. 8 Epilog
My Ship
One Life To Live
Buddy On The Nightshift
Nannas Leid
Bilbao - Song
Surabaya - Johnny
Das Leid Von Der Harten Nuss
Je Ne T'amie Pas
Schickelgruber
Der Abscheidsbreief
Foolish Heart
Speak Low
I'm A Stranger Here Myself

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Kurt Weill's ballet with songs is one of this century's greatest theatrical works. It has all the wit and melodic appeal of The Threepenny Opera and social conscience of Mahagonny, but more warmth and musical sophistication than either. It's also all over with in about 40 minutes. Some critics believe the piece was intended as a sort of love poem to Weill's wife, Lotte Lenya; given the tenderness of much of the music, it's hard to disagree. Lenya herself recorded the piece in the 1950s (a recording recently reissued by Sony) and this very much newer performance is welcome particularly for Anne Sofie von Otter's highly intelligent and musical way with the text. The other songs, from both Weill's Berlin and Broadway periods, make the perfect filler. --David Hurwitz

Customer Reviews:

Very Good.......2006-01-03

This is a very nice selection of Weill pieces showing the full range of his output. These range from the ambitious Seven Deadly Sins to songs from Happy End to some of his Broadway work. All are very interesting. The performers, particularly Von Otter, are excellent. Recommended strongly.

Excellent Weill Alternative to Lenya and Lemper.......2005-09-29

`Speak Low Songs by Kurt Weill' is a great addition to the performances of Herr Weill's works by the prominent mezzo-soprano, Anne Sofie Von Otter. I have listened to many performances by Weill specialists from the archetype, Weill's wife, Lotte Lenys, for whom many of the songs were originally written to Ute Lemper and Gisela May, who lean heavily toward Lotte Lenya's gravel-voiced interpretation of Weill's songs.

Anne Sofie Von Otter breaks with this tradition and gives us what are easily the sweetest interpretations of Weill's songs from both his German and English works, which I have heard anywhere.

The flagship performance on this disc is `Die Sieben Todsunden' (`The Seven Deadly Sins') which was a cycle of songs to be sung on the stage, accompanied by dances done by a second performer. This takes the first nine (9) tracks and is at least as good as what I have heard from Weill specialist, Lemper. This album is the first time I have noticed that there are two versions of this work, and that Ms. Von Otter is performing the version for soprano.

But, I think the most moving performances come later, especially in von Otter's performances of the three numbers from `Happy End', `Bilbao-Song', `Surabaya-Johnny', and `Das Lied von der harten Nuss' (Song of the Big Shot). I have heard these done by many people, but never so sweetly. These numbers are so lovingly performed that I insist that you ignore the fact that the lyrics are in German. The accompanying booklet gives English translations, which I simply ignore and enjoy the musical talent with no filter. My understanding German has nothing to do with this, as I do the same with French, which I can just barely make out.

Kurt Weill may not be the most important influence on American musical theatre in the 20th century, but he is easily in the top five, along with the Gershwins, Irving Berlin, Richard Rodgers and collaborators, and Cole Porter.

Ms. Von Otter is ably accompanied on this disk by her favorite pianist, Bengt Forsberg plus the Norddeutch Rundfunk orchestra directed by John Eliot Gardiner. While I really like her selection on this disk, the collection makes me wish Ms. Von Otter would do some more Weill and spend less time hanging out with Elvis Costello, but that's a different story.

Everything is right but the style.......2005-09-24

Weill and Brecht defined a nasty age with nasty art, writing some of the grittiest satire in the history of music. In this CD von Otter misses that edge, skirts all the dangerous, sleazy implications, and ultimately sounds too much the opera singer slumming it for an hour. Her earnestness is no subtitute for the right period style, a la Lotte Lenya.

Intelligent reading from both singer and conductor.......2005-01-27

THE SEVEN DEADLY SINS is such a brilliant mini-masterpiece (and, to me, the pinnacle of the Brecht-Weill years) that it is hard to screw up. It is a testament to the staying power of this work (and to the brilliance of Weill's music in general) that it can be performed by the likes of Lotte Lenya, Julia Migenes, Ute Lemper, Judy Kaye, Marianne Faithfull, Teresa Stratas, and -- as here -- Anne Sofie von Otter, and STILL work... and EACH of these women are totally successful in the piece on their own terms.

Here, Anne Sofie von Otter gives us an intelligent (and highly musical) rendering of the text, keeping the musical line very much intact. She sings with vibrato at times, and then will turn around and use straight-tones at moments where it is dramatically appropriate to do so. She balances the performance well, shifting gears between cool detachment (which she is often criticized for) and impassioned outbursts (which her critics often fail to notice).

John Eliot Gardiner surprised me with how easily this music seemed to come to him, especially as he seems to be a man more at home with "Period-Instrument-Mozart" than highly charged 20th century works. However, his reading of "The Rake's Progress" by Stravinsky was totally staggering. For example, his choice beginning the climactic moment of the score ("Envy") as slowly as he does caught me very much off guard at first, and I didn't really care for it at all. However, with each successive listen, I find myself "getting" this choice more and more.

Finally, the "filler." As to be expected, she is more successful with the European material than she is with the songs from Weill's Broadway years. But this is the case with about 99.9% of all opera singers who try to sing Weill's Broadway scores. You will never hear any singer give "Je ne t'aime pas" a more hauntingly beautiful, passionately intense performance than Anne Sofie von Otter. Truly, the ultimate interpretation of one of my favorite Weill songs. "Nannas Lied," "Der Abschiedsbrief," and the HAPPY END selections. However, "My Ship" and "One Life to Live" seem to fail at catching fire -- the former because it is marred by an attempt to sound like a "pop singer," the latter because von Otter sings English better than native speakers (she knows where the ACTUAL emphasis in the phrase "nothing: the thing is to have fun" goes, as opposed to where Ira Gershwin placed it). I also -- surprisingly enough -- don't care for her performance of "Schickelgruber" -- she just seems totally lost to me. (I really think that this song is foreign territory to 'legit' sopranos and mezzos -- I don't even care for the Stratas rendition.) Just when I thought I would have to suffer through another bad batch of "opera-crossover," Anne Sofie turned around and surprised me by giving highly successful performances of the numbers from ONE TOUCH OF VENUS (especially on "I'm Stranger Here Myself").

All in all, a worthy purchase: highly recommended to all fans of THE SEVEN DEADLY SINS and Kurt Weill enthusiasts.

Brilliant--The best of the 7 Deadly Sins recordings.......2002-10-12

Weill, and particularly anything Brecht-Weill, has suffered for too long with interpertations based on tired ham theatrics, burlesques of Lenya's style, to the point where we have come to expect it as the only way to sing this music. Lenya herself is said, late in life, to have commented that a better singer (specifically Stratas at that time) would be more appropriate for properly interpreting Weill's music.

Here, after countless CD releases of the Seven Deadly Sins, is the first recording sung in the key the composer originally intended! The result is relevatory, sublime and magnificent.

Ms. Von Otter interprets the rest of the songs with mixed results--all are lovely, several are excellent, though several others have been handled better by singers with more "theatrical" talents. Nevertheless, this recording stands alone, head and shoulders above the others.

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The doctor is working the grave yard

Night Shift at the Thrill Factory
The Mr. T Experience
Manufacturer: Lookout Records
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B00004YTSE
Release Date: 1996-07-26

Tracks:

Now We Are Twenty-One
Don't Know What I'll Do If You Don't
Predictable
Mind Is a Terrible Thing
Skatin' Cows
Go Away
What Is Punk?
History of the Concept of the Soul
Say Goodnight
Velveeta
She Did Me In
Wearing Out
No Milk Today
Slagbag
Zillion Years
Itching Powder in Sleeping Bags
Dick With Ears
I Ain't Gonna Be History [*]
Kenny Smokes Cloves [*]
Time for Your Medicine [*]
Boredome Zone [*]
Gilman Street [*]

Customer Reviews:

The doctor is working the grave yard.......2000-12-14

Once apon a time, in a world far, far away, played a band. Different drums, bass, back-ups and vocals almost every year, bt the good doctor stuck with it. Night shift is full of catchy, pre-love-pop songs by the now ledgandary MTX. If you liked LOVE IS DEAD, you'll love this one...Plus, the CD version contains many extra songs that the tape and vinyl don't.

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One Night Stand (1994 Film) [SOUNDTRACK]

One Night Stand (1994 Film)

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ASIN: B0000047FS
Release Date: 1997-11-04

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One Night Stand
Angels #2
Max and Karen
The Organ Grinder's Swing - Jimmy Smith
Liberty
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Air On A G String - Jacques Loussier
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Customer Reviews:

One Night Stand (1994 Film) [SOUNDTRACK].......2000-06-13

Moving, but I expected more from this soundtrack after Figgis' Leaving Las Vegas...

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Foghat's Co-Best Album
I like this Foghat release because
THE foghat album
One Of Foghat's Best
good Foghat album - more bluesy than earlier albums

Night Shift
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ASIN: B0000032Q0
Release Date: 1990-10-25

Tracks:

Drivin' Wheel
Don't Run Me Down
Burnin' The Midnight Oil
Night Shift
Hot Shot Love
Take Me To The River
I'll Be Standing By

Album Description

Two of the hard rockin' British boogie band's original albums reissued together as a specially-priced double disc set, 1976's top 40 'Night Shift' and their double-platinum 1977 album 'Live', which reached #11 in Billboard at the time. A combined total of 13 digitally remastered tracks, including the classic version of 'Slow Ride'. Also features the original cover art of both records, plus new liner notes. Double slimline jewel case. 1999 release.

Album Details

Two on One Collection

Customer Reviews:

Foghat's Co-Best Album.......2004-03-25

NIGHT SHIFT is tied with FOOL FOR THE CITY and FOGHAT LIVE for the honor of being the best album that Foghat ever did. It's not loaded with hits, but the songs are all great, even if only "Drivin' Wheel" ever got played on radio. Get NIGHT SHIFT, FOOL FOR THE CITY, FOGHAT LIVE, ENERGIZED, ROCK AND ROLL OUTLAWS, AKA ROCK AND ROLL, and STONE BLUE first- preferably all at once.

I like this Foghat release because.......2001-10-25

It does not contain any of the Foghat tunes that are overplayed on the radio.

It is nice to here some non mainstream Foghat.

Not that Foghat is mainstream. Many people who listen to some 70s stations are unfamiliar with Foghat do know the over played songs they just for the most part do not know that it is Foghat.

Well, this is real rock for real rockers.

A treat to listen to once in a while.

If you are looking for some good old fashioned bluesy rock I highly recommend this. Dig it out if you own it. Play it loud and share it with your neighbors. A great gift for a real rocker. If they own it already they have probably forgotten about it. I do not know why but Foghat was a great band that is often neglected, forgotten, or just overlooked for some reason. The one thing I do know is getting out the Foghat always improves my mood. Even if I am in a good mood to start out with as Foghat was a real rock band for real rockers.

THE foghat album.......2000-09-08

Night Shift is the first Foghat disc I used to know - 20 years ago or so! THE album to own. Foghat at their very very best, above all the title track, one of the favorite rockers that has been released in the good ol' 70's. God, where all have gone the wonder (musical) years?

One Of Foghat's Best.......2000-05-01

NIGHT SHIFT is a great Rock And Roll album. Combining Southern Rock, Blues Rock, & Boogie Rock, and playing them with a Hard Rock crunch, Foghat came up with a great signature sound. NIGHT SHIFT features some excellent songs; "Drivin' Wheel" is a great uptempo rocker, "Don't Run Me Down" shows a nice tempo change from a midtempo verse to a fast and frantic chorus, and is another great song. "Burnin' The Midnight Oil" is a great straight-ahead Hard-Edged Rock And Roll song, while "Night Shift" is a fantastic Hard Boogie song with a great sense of groove. "Hot Shot Love" is a good Rock song with some nice dynamics, and their cover of "Take Me To The River" is actually a bit reminiscent of their version of "I Just Wanna Make Love To You." The album closes out with a solid Blues Rock song in "I'll Be Standing By." There's not even one bad song on the album. If you don't own any Foghat CD's, this is a good one to start with, along with FOOL FOR THE CITY.

good Foghat album - more bluesy than earlier albums.......1999-08-20

This is another great Foghat album. It's more bluesy and a little darker (less upbeat and bright) than previous albums, yet more rocking than the first two albums. Lots of slide guitar, like earlier albums. Also sliding bass guitar, which is a bit unusual in the world of rock and roll. I absolutely LOVE the slide guitar of Foghat - that and their blues-based sound is probably what makes me so fond of them.

Tracks:

Alessandro Scarlatti - Le Violette
Giovanni Pergolesi - A Serpina pencerete from 'La Serva Padrona'
Giovanni Pergolesi - Confusa Smarrita from 'Catone in Utica'
W.A. Mozart - Das Traumbild, KV530
W.A. Mozart - Die kleine Spinnerin, KV531
Felix Mendelssohn - Auf Fldes gesanges
Fryderyk Chopin - The Handsome lad, Op. 74, No. 8
Fryderyk Chopin - Lithuanian Song, Op. 74, No. 16
Fryderyk Chopin - Dumka
Fryderyk Chopin - The Warrior, Op. 74, No. 10
Stanislaw Moniuszko - The Little Fish
Stanislaw Moniuszko - The Spinning Girl
Stanislaw Niewiadomski - Indele and Mendele
Richard Strauss - Staendchen, Op. 17, No. 2
Richard Strauss - Morgen, Op. 27, No. 4
Richard Strauss - Die Nacht, Op. 10, No. 3
Arnold Schoenberg Gigerlette
Arnold Schoenberg - Der genugsame Liebhaber
Kurt Weill - Youkali
Kurt Weill - Buddy on the Nightshift
Heitor Villa-Lobos - Bachianas Brasileiras No. 5: Aria (Cantilena)
Heitor Villa-Lobos - Bachianas Brasileiras No. 5: Danca (Martelo)

Product Description

If you have never heard Moniuszkos songs or the rare Pergolesi arias, then this album is a must have. This beautiful collection of songs features the melodic works of Pergolesi, the quirky Polish songs of Niewiadomski and Moniuszko, Scarlattis beautiful setting of the poem, Le Violette and the popular title work, Bachianas Brasileiras No. 5 by Brazilian composer, Heitor Villa-Lobos (who dedicated his 5th Piano Concerto to Ms. Blumental). The unknown repertoire and the profound musicianship make this album a particular collectors item. Also, among this recital are two ensemble tracks. Bachianas Brasileiras No. 5 is scored for soprano and 8 cellos and Pergolesi's aria A Serpina pencerete is from the opera, La Serva Padrona performed here by Ms Celine with the Rome Radio Orchestra under the baton of Alberto Zedda. This CD also provides an insight into the musical lives of Brazilian soprano Annette Celine and Polish/Brazilian pianist, Felicja Blumental. While their natural curiosity for lesser known classical music is evident, it also finds Ms Celine and Ms Blumental drawing on their Polish and Brazilian background and demonstrating their profound understanding of music from around the world. This is particularly evident in Ms Celines performance who seamlessly flows from one language to the next.

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Night Shift
Various Artists
Manufacturer: C&s/Mk Mac
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B000003GMR
Release Date: 1996-10-15

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Hooli Cool Downbeat - Glamorous Hooligan
Partyline Honey - Faultline
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Squeeler (Skunk And Can Of Stella Remix) - Red
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Tribhuwan - Purple Penguin
Hymns Of Humanity - Baby Buddah Heads

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Night Shift at the Thrill Factory
The Mr. T Experience
Manufacturer: Lookout -- Mordam --
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ASIN: B000000FJV
Release Date: 1996-07-29

Tracks:

Now We Are Twenty-One
Don't Know What I'll Do If You Don't
Predictable
A Mind Is A Terrible Thing
Skatin' Cows
Go Away
What Is Punk?
The History Of The Concept Of The Soul
Say Goodnight
Velveeta
She Did Me In
Wearing Out
No Milk Today
Slagbag
A Zillion Years
Itching Powder In Sleeping Bags
Dick With Ears
I Ain't Gonna Be History
Kenny Smokes Cloves
Time For Your Medicine
Boredom Zone
Gilman Street

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Athens by night
Bent pop music

Athens by Night
J.C. Hopkins
Manufacturer: Stick Shift Records
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ASIN: B000005BXQ
Release Date: 2000-12-11

Tracks:

Athens by Night
Superglue
Diva Antipathy
Amsterdam
Abigail
Lydia's Theme
Emission in Blue
Can't Apologize
F Rain
Resurrection

Album Description

Coming at you like an indie Pet Sounds and reminiscent of Big Star's SisterLovers, this one is JC's materpiece. A seamless patchwork of sound and theme from the title cut, Hopkins' calm demeanor defies his depth as a songwriter and arranger in the footsteps of Brian Wilson and Van Dyke Parks.

Acoustic guitar and haunting lap-steel open Athens By Night, moving smoothly into the intricate "Superglue" which cooly asseses a lying, obsessive love. Baroque "Diva Antipathy" is a soaring tapestry of classic and folk instrumentation. "Amsterdam," a waltz-time homage to a small-town big city, captures the intoxicating feel of those cobblestone streets. Hopkins' work with Barbara Manning, particularly on "Abigail" and "Can't Apologize," reveals a playfulness, and an uncommon honesty. "Emission in Blue" finds poet Pete Simonelli reading his gravelly ode to love over the beatnick strains of bongos and saxophones. The trumpet heard throughout the record evokes at times a lone voice and at others a Beatle-esque brassiness. Tying it all together are the velvet-crooned lyrics and natural melodies of JC Hopkins.

Featuring a supporting cast of San Francisco's underground finest, Athens By Night was recorded over the course of a year with Greg Freeman at his Lowdown Recording Studio. Barbara Manning lends a hand as co-writer of the song "Abigail," and she also plays some bass and provides ethereal vocals. Violinist Carrie Bradley(the Breeders, 100 Watt Smile); accordianist Melanie Clarin, and lap-steel guitarist Corey Allen Porter skillfully add to the proceedings. Also featured are the romantis strains of trumpeter Danny Cao and the rhythmsof drummer Leor Beary. Under the direction of Hopkins, these diverse contributions arrive together in one thoroughly listenable release.

Customer Reviews:

Athens by night.......2004-10-31

J.C. and Shell...I lived above you when you were writing this wonderful CD. I knew you would be successfull. I'll never forget going to the Red Vic watching the Buster Keaton film with your live soundtrack. Contact me, please, I would like to talk to both of you.

Victoria Pope

Bent pop music.......2001-07-31

Strange little record, it starts out as a Beatlesque pop piece, then mutates into British music hall pieces. Grows on you over time.

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