Albatross

Track Listings
1. Albatross    
2. Rambling Pony    
3. I Believe My Time Aint Long    
4. Doctor Brown    
5. Stop Messin Round    
6. Love That Burns    
7. Jigsaw Puzzle Blues    
8. Need Your Love Tonight    
9. Id Rather Go Blind    
10. Crazy Bout You Baby    
11. And Thats Saying A Lot    
12. Im On My Way    
13. No Road Is The Right Road    
14. Let Me Go (Leave Me Alone)    
15. Im Too Far Gone (To Turn Around)    
16. When You Say    

Editorial Reviews
Album Description
Swedish reissue of 1977 compilation with Christine Perfect performing 8 of the 16 tracks.

Albatross, Music, Fleetwood Mac, Rock, Rock/Pop
Albatross
Average customer rating: 5 out of 5 stars
  • Hard and creatvie
  • I bought this album...
  • very good
  • Amazing Debut Release!
  • Awesome CD!
 Albatross
The Classic Crime
Manufacturer: Tooth & Nail Records
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B000FEA60U
Release Date: 2006-05-23

Tracks:

  1. The Fight
  2. Flight Of Kings
  3. Who Needs Air
  4. Blisters And Coffee
  5. The Coldest Heart
  6. All The Memories
  7. Say The Word
  8. I Know The Feeling
  9. The Poet
  10. The Bitter Uprising
  11. We All Look Elsewhere
  12. Headlights

Customer Reviews:

4 out of 5 stars Hard and creatvie.......2007-05-29

One of the best hard rock albums I have in my collection. My only complaint is that they go soft and pop-rock on a couple of songs. However, the vocals are great and the they have a unique and original sound.

5 out of 5 stars I bought this album..........2007-05-04

the day it was released. I must say that I've been listening to it ever since. There's something about this band that really does it for me. "Albatross" is a great album that's packed with catchy hooks and melodies. I like every song on it! Ignore all the reviews out there that labeled this album as "average!"

4 out of 5 stars very good.......2006-09-27

Good album, semi-typical. Suffers from somewhat inane subject matter, but with some decent lyrics.

5 out of 5 stars Amazing Debut Release!.......2006-08-04

The Tooth and Nail record label is known for hosting up and coming, hardcore artists, and The Classic Crime is one of it's best to emerge this year. With a fresh sound and smart lyrics, The Classic Crime's "Albatross" is a wonderful debut achievement. The record starts off fast paced with the hard hitting single, "The Fight", and doesn't hold up until the slower tune, "Who Needs Air." The pace quickens again with the fourth track, "Blisters and Coffee", which features many change ups and a cool build up to the verses. The band's second single, "The Coldest Heart" is one of the stand out songs on the album. A very strong chorus. "All the Memories" has a catchy chorus, and a great build up to the end of the song. "Say the Word" takes a slight turn in sound, but nevertheless, is one of the highlights on the album. "The Poet" is the only song on the album that I feel doesn't mesh well with the others. The bridge is fantastic, but the rest of the song isn't as impactful as the others. As for the remaining tracks, "I Know The Feeling", "The Bitter Uprising", and "We All Look Elsewhere", they round out the cd perfectly. To close the album is the powerful ballad, "Headlights", which features some of the songwriter's great lyrics.

I give this CD 5 stars. Look for more from this up and coming band in the future!

5 out of 5 stars Awesome CD!.......2006-07-31

After hearing the first minute of "The Coldest Heart", I knew I had to get this cd. And was I right! If you like Anberlin, Falling Up, Switchfoot, or any rock band for that matter, you have to get this cd.

1.The Fight (11/10) My favorite song on the cd. Probably one of the more hard rock songs. The ten seconds of commentary in the begining is a bit chessy, but whatever. The actual song is awesome. When you think the song just can't get any better...you're wrong. A great harder rock song.

2.Flight of Kings (8.5/10) Another good song with a cool chorus. Not much else to say about it.

3.Who Needs Air (9/10) A slower rock song, still very cool. A great change of pace. Great lyrics, cool song.

4.Blisters and Coffee (8/10) Personally, I think that the chorus is a bit corny lyricly, but still a good song.

5.The Coldest Heart (10/10) Cool begining with the quick octaves on the guitar. Another more hard rock song that you'll be singing along with in no time. There are many cool build-ups throughout the song. Another great one on the cd.

6.All The Memories (8.5/10) Like "Who Needs Air", this is more of a soft rock song. Still, it's a great song. Good lyrics.

7.Say The Word (10/10) The first few times I listened to this cd, I just listened to this song and continued onto the next track without really listening to the song too much. But I should have. This is a great song. The riff is very powerful, and the drums in this song really do a lot for it. The lyrics are also very well done, especially the pre-chorus where Matt's voice starts soft and distorted, then grows louder.

8.I Know The Feeling (7/10) My least favorite on the cd. I find the lyrics a bit corny and the song a bit blah. But still, it's an okay song.

9.The Poet (10/10) One of the more harder rock songs, like "The Fight". Very good song, awesome bridge leading up to the screaming after "It burns...my...EYES!!!!!!!" Great harder rock song. Again, good lyrics.

10.The Bitter Uprising (9/10) Great lyrics, a more catchy song. Good song.

11.We All Look Elsewhere (9.5/10) Another song I looked over the first few times I listened to the cd. The intro is very cool with the lead guitar playing, the breaks, then the solos inbetween. The chorus is also very good, the bridge (or bridges) are very cool too. The song changes a lot...kinda. Not slowing down, but just...different. It's a great rock song. Just check it out. You'll find out what I mean.

12.Headlights (9/10) A slower song. Great way to end the cd. Matt hits some higher notes in this song. It's a good one. I like the long "I will let you go" slowing down thing at the end.

Pretty much, if you like some good rock, this cd is for you.
Korngold: The Sea Hawk
Average customer rating: 3.5 out of 5 stars
  • Good Previn Great Korngold
  • MAGIC FORMULA
  • Suffocated in marzipan?
  • Great Music, but a Mediocre Performance
  • Film Scores By Korngold
 Korngold: The Sea Hawk
Erich Wolfgang Korngold , London Symphony Orchestra , and Andre Previn
Manufacturer: Deutsche Grammophon
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B00005UW3Z
Release Date: 2002-02-12

Tracks:

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  6. The Sea Hawk: Gold Caravan
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  9. The Sea Hawk: Freedom
  10. The Private Lives Of Elizabeth And Essex: Main Title
  11. The Private Lives Of Elizabeth And Essex: Essex' Victory March
  12. The Private Lives Of Elizabeth And Essex: The Chess Game
  13. The Private Lives Of Elizabeth And Essex: Lady Penelope
  14. The Private Lives Of Elizabeth And Essex: Elizabeth the Queen
  15. The Private Lives Of Elizabeth And Essex: Defeat In Ireland
  16. The Private Lives Of Elizabeth And Essex: Darling (Love Scene)
  17. The Private Lives Of Elizabeth And Essex: Finale
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  19. Captain Blood: II. Sold Into Slavery
  20. Captain Blood: III. Meeting On The Ocean
  21. Captain Blood: V. Peter And Arabella
  22. Captain Blood: VI. Finale
  23. The Prince And The Pauper: I. Main Title
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  25. The Prince And The Pauper: III. The Prince
  26. The Prince And The Pauper: IV. The Boys Go To Play
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  28. The Prince And The Pauper: VI. Flirtation Waltz
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  31. The Prince And The Pauper: IX. Epilogue And Finale

Customer Reviews:

5 out of 5 stars Good Previn Great Korngold.......2006-12-23

I was never too enamored with Andre Previn as a film composer or a conductor. However, I found this recording to be rather exhilarating. Previn gives Charles Gerhardt a run for his money with the performances here of Korngold's music. If you have seen the films the recordings take on a new life. I recently viewed "The Private Lives of Elizabeth and Essex" and I enjoy those selections even more.

5 out of 5 stars MAGIC FORMULA.......2005-12-17

This disc provides four sets of selections from Korngold's legendary film scores. That suits me for one better than the scores in their entirety, and I like the way the production has been done, with each set of extracts played without intermissions (although there are separate tracks for the individual episodes). Korngold's film music is all about effect so far as I'm concerned, and enough of a good thing is enough, especially when the transitions between the separate extracts are arranged as skilfully and smoothly as they are here. Korngold's style fitted the epics of the 30's and 40's to perfection - it was his natural style, he didn't adapt that as William Alwyn did, and he didn't follow models but was the model himself, starting with Captain Blood in 1935. It was as if someone had invented a glove because he liked the shape of it, and found out that it was perfectly suited to being worn on the hand.

The liner-notes that come with the disc are admirable. Previn contributes a short and lucid introduction giving us his general view of Korngold and of film music. The majority of the material is from the authoritative source of Brendan G. Carroll, providing a more detailed commentary on the four film scores separately. These are given in the chronological order of the films, whereas the scores are not, in case anyone needs to know that. Previn suits me down to the ground as an interpreter of music like this. He had an exceptionally adept touch with scores that are thick-textured and lyrical, something I found many years ago in his Brahms readings, and which you will find in his recording of the German Requiem from 2000, one year prior to the present disc. The way he does it is just right for me, with plenty of body and fullness to it, but showing real mastery in keeping the texture clear at the same time. He and the LSO are long acquainted of course. Their relationship had its stormy episodes, but in my own opinion it was one of the most successful such partnerships in the entire 20th century. There is a sense of consistency here, which might seem unsurprising given that this is Korngold whose idiom is not exactly varied, but it does great credit to the various orchestrators, of whom I count five. Korngold simply was not given time to go through the hard slog of writing out his scores in full, but he knew the kind of sound he wanted and I would guess he supervised his assistants pretty closely.

The recording seems exemplary to me as well. It suits Korngold, it suits the LSO, it suits Previn's special approach. The packaging is a new kind that I was also given by DG for a set of Lutoslawski concertos. It is in soft board, with a fold-over cover forming an envelope containing the liner. Extracting the latter can be like coaxing an unwilling dog out of its kennel sometimes, but I have no objection to this new format. In my filing system this disc will be separated by only one other from my disc of Ketelbey, another composer for the masses during the same era. The two make an interesting contrast. Ketelbey wrote for the radio, specifically for the BBC Light Programme and was listened to by an audience of impoverished British housewives in pinnies as in the film Vera Drake, and by the husbands and sons of these in flat caps. Korngold sang of romantic adventure and - more to the point - of romantic opulence. Where I come from, and for my age-bracket, this is the music of escapism, and it is a pleasure to escape down memory lane again.

5 out of 5 stars Suffocated in marzipan?.......2005-11-05

For anyone too young to remember, Charles Gerhardt single-handedly revived the movie scores of Korngold in the late Sixties with swashbuckling performances on RCA. Korngold wasn't just forgotten--he had been crushed by a famous review that said his serious music needed "less corn and more gold." Gerhardt worked dilligently to bring both serious and popcorn scores back into circulation.

This 2001 CD from Previn and the LSO is about ten shades less luxurious and shmaltzy than those earlier sets. Here Previn aims to keep the sweetness below the saccharine level. Is that even possible? I think he succeeds a lot of hte time, despite the loss of visceral excitement that goes along with it. One big dose of Korngold per lifetime is a great thrill; too much leads to insulin shock.

So, at this stage of life I welcome these less excitable readings (in gorgeous sound) and can enjoy them without feeling that someone is suffocating me in marzipan.

3 out of 5 stars Great Music, but a Mediocre Performance.......2005-11-05

Korngold was indubitably one of the greatest film-score composers in the history of cinema if not the singularly greatest one. Both his innovations in the syntactical procedures involved in the production of film music and his highly individual expressiveness have seeped into the work of nearly all the composers in the genre in the generations since. What Korngold did for the art for which he is best remembered may be likened to what Monteverdi did for the opera or what Haydn did for the symphony. It was thus with great enthusiasm that I greeted the release of this album from the preeminent Andre Previn and the equally illustrious LSO.

While it is already granted that what is being played is both brilliantly constructed and enjoyable to listen to, I was disappointed in the playing itself, especially given the reputations of the players. In this recording, the LSO is uncharacteristically lethargic, and their sound is a bit on the bellowing, turgid side, lacking in an articulation adequate enough to highlight the many breathtaking orchestral details which are typical of Korngold's intricate style. I also find it disconcerting that this recording continues the trend of committing to disc only truncated suites of the scores. If we are ever to appreciate these great pieces of music, one must first play them in their entirety. Two-hour tone poems operatic in their scope cannot be done justice when they are turned into fleeting musical interludes.

5 out of 5 stars Film Scores By Korngold.......2003-05-03

I have been collecting film scores for over fifty years. One
of Erich Wolfgang Korngold's great film scores is for the film
that made President Ronald Regan a major film star "King's Row"
with Claude Rains, Robert Cummings, Ann Sheridan, Charles Coburn
and a host of very fine film actors of the period - 1942. I have
often though that the film could be remade for a new, younger
audience, but no one could duplicate the outstanding film music
composed by Korngold, along with Max Steiner,and Sir Malcom
Arnold, a favourite of mine.
Nobody's Girl
Average customer rating: Not rated
    		Nobody's Girl
    Kara Maguire
    Manufacturer: Albatross Recordings
    ProductGroup: Music
    Binding: Audio CD

    GeneralGeneral | Blues | Styles | Music
    ASIN: B000OYCFKK
    Release Date: 2007-07-10

    Tracks:

    1. I got in bad for you
    2. Let it ride
    3. (This) woman's liberation
    4. Nobody's girl
    5. The blues ain't dead
    6. I tried
    7. Stranded
    8. He knows how to do it right
    9. DNR
    10. Nobody's clown
    11. Drive me crazy

    Product Description

    Kara Maguire was born and raised on the east coast where she studied singing and drama. She came to Hollywood to pursue a career as a singer/songwriter. After playing the Los Angeles club circuit for several years she turned to one of her first loves, Blues Music. Influenced by Etta James, Koko Taylor and Bonnie Raitt, she threw herself into the current blues project. With her hot Los Angeles blues band, Maguire keeps the tradition alive with this CD of 11 blistering original blues tunes with influences from Chicago and the Mississippi Delta.

    Album Description

    Thirty year old Kara Maguire was born and raised on the east coast where she studied singing and drama. She came to Hollywood to pursue a career as a singer/songwriter. After playing the Los Angeles club circuit for several years she turned to one of her first loves, Blues Music. Influenced by Etta James, Koko Taylor and Bonnie Raitt, she threw herself into the current blues project. With her hot Los Angeles blues band, Maguire keeps the tradition alive with this CD of 11 blistering original blues tunes with influences from Chicago and the Mississippi Delta.
    Remi -N- Alize
    Average customer rating: 4 out of 5 stars
    • A solid and innovattive effort.
    		 Remi -N- Alize
    Mr. International
    Manufacturer: Albatross Records
    ProductGroup: Music
    Binding: Audio CD

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    Customer Reviews:

    4 out of 5 stars A solid and innovattive effort........1999-08-13

    This newcomer has the talent of a seasoned pro. His delivery is smooth, as well as sarcastic. The whole project is impressive eenough to render the listener a prisoner to the hypnotic melodies, and the well told stories. This is "car music" at its best. Also, listen for the delicious voice of Carmen Miller. Her vocals are a well befitting compliment to the project. The writing style is clear and poingiant. You will feel this one.
    Blues Landing
    Average customer rating: 4.5 out of 5 stars
    • Deja Vue!
    • A Band that writes Classic Rock
    • Blues Landing
    		 Blues Landing
    Albatross
    ProductGroup: Music
    Binding: Audio CD

    Blues RockBlues Rock | Rock | Styles | Music
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    ASIN: B00003TKVR
    Release Date: 1999-12-02

    Tracks:

    1. Intro
    2. High Tide
    3. Time of Our Lives
    4. Man of the World
    5. Short Skirt
    6. Wharf Blues
    7. Sea Line Woman
    8. Heart In My Hand
    9. Chameleon
    10. Embardadero Blues
    11. American Stockade

    Album Description

    70's style rock and blues in the style of Cream, Peter Greens Fleetwood Mac, and Led Zeppelin

    Customer Reviews:

    4 out of 5 stars Deja Vue!.......2001-10-04

    Albatross is a relatively new blues band out of San Francisco, California which was formed sometime in 1998. The band features seasoned veterans James Petrella on guitar and vocals and the Zamora brothers, Phil and Johann handling the bass and drum duities.

    The bands first outing, Blues Landing, is a thoughtful work of art complete with wailing, crying, haunting and rocking blues guitar with hints of jazz influence. There is a deliberate and successful attempt to capture the blues rock sounds of the 60's and 70's much in the tradition of the original Fleetwood Mac group, led by Peter Green and yes, even hints of the short lived power trio, Cream. Even with the influence of these early blues rockers heard throughout the CD, Albatross still manages to pull of a unique sounding CD that was long over due.

    4 out of 5 stars A Band that writes Classic Rock.......2001-01-16

    Comparing Albatross to todays weak sound of progressive classic rock and blues is like trying to find a needle......you know the rest. Listened to "Heart In My Hand" and thought I was in the Mississippi delta with my houndog at my feet. Then there is "Time of our Lives" which made me think I was in a tie dyed room with incense burning and listening to an old Cream Album. For a trio...this band makes one hell of a fu....sound and I can't wait to see them in person. That drummer looks like "Animal" and plays like one too.........very cool. That bass player plays like hes mad at something while the guy on guitar.......cant explain where hes coming from......you have to hear it!

    5 out of 5 stars Blues Landing.......1999-12-08

    Its about time some real rock and roll came to the market. Bass player sounds like Jack bruce and the guitarist sounds like eric clapton/Jimmy Page...........and that drummer...............omg..........better then Jinger Baker!...........the best thing that has happened to the blues in years..........looking forward to their next CD! To bad Cream isnt around anymore,,,,,,but then who cares if we have Albatross.
    Is This My Guitar Or an Albatross
    Average customer rating: 5 out of 5 stars
    • Buy this CD - you won't regret it!
    • GREAT ALBUM! amazing musician and guitar player
    		 Is This My Guitar Or an Albatross
    Rullian
    Manufacturer: The Orchard
    ProductGroup: Music
    Binding: Audio CD

    GeneralGeneral | Rock | Styles | Music
    ASIN: B00006IQM7
    Release Date: 2002-08-20

    Tracks:

    1. Enter The Sudo
    2. Eastbound By Midnight
    3. 95 Percent Bliss
    4. Is This My Guitar Or An Albatross?
    5. Almost Sunset
    6. Waiting For LaDean
    7. The Laundry Song
    8. Symphony In Cyan
    9. La Manzana De Mi Pastel
    10. Drunk Cat
    11. When Hot Runs Cold
    12. Rullian's Waltz
    13. Track You Down
    14. WMUBYB
    15. The Big Soft
    16. The Ballad Of Suicide Jack And The Unmatched Sock
    17. When Angels Get Their Wings

    Customer Reviews:

    5 out of 5 stars Buy this CD - you won't regret it!.......2003-12-12

    Kickback and enjoy; Rullian is both refreshing and familiar. It's apparent these guys are very VERY talented (Raoul: it is YOUR guitar...!!).
    Catch 'em live as well. Rullian lives up to it's promise.

    5 out of 5 stars GREAT ALBUM! amazing musician and guitar player.......2003-10-07

    I saw this CD at a music shop I used to work at. They were featured in our local artist section; which is usually filled with sub-par metal bands and other junk. But when we got Rullian's CD in and played one night, I was amazed at the artistry of the album. The album is pure instrumental joy whose sounds and styles fly between a Joe Satriani verse to a Primus-like frenzy to Latin-tinged flavor. It's a good homework CD, it's a late-night drive CD, it's a walking down the street CD, its just an awesome CD! I'm glad to see that people out there aren't just writing songs, they're making MUSIC! Proceeds from the sale of the disc go to a local Humane Society which is another awesome reason to pick it up. Hope you all get to enjoy it, too!
    Albatross
    Average customer rating: 4 out of 5 stars
    • A slow but steady grower
    • Smooth, stylish answer to their abrasive past
    		 Albatross
    The Standard
    Manufacturer: Yep Roc Records
    ProductGroup: Music
    Binding: Audio CD

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    Release Date: 2005-10-04

    Tracks:

    1. Red Drop
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    Customer Reviews:

    4 out of 5 stars A slow but steady grower.......2006-10-05

    This is an album that really takes some time and effort to appreciate. It takes a while for the melodies to kick in and Tim, the singer, has a very distinctive style, quite fragile and edgy sounding. To me, it sounds a llittle like a less commercial U2 with some Thom Yorke mixed in. Musically very accomplished with guitars and keyboards having equal importance. It's ultimately a very rewarding album and well worth investigating

    4 out of 5 stars Smooth, stylish answer to their abrasive past.......2005-11-28

    I have heard this album about ten times, and it sounds as foreign to me now as it did on the first listen. The Standard, Portland expatriates in North Carolina, have again created a stunning, scarred vision of, um, something, I'm not sure what. Their songs cram a lifetime's worth of angst and displacement into four minutes, wracking your brain to find comparisons, arriving at only one: themselves. The Standard sound like The Standard.

    And that's good, except that this Standard album doesn't sound like their others. Whereas "Wire Post to Wire" was akin to a trip through hell's cobblestone streets in a shopping cart, this one is like a flume ride on electric jello. Gone are the arpeggiated riffs bashing needle marks into your skull, and now we got POWER CHORDS, tons of 'em, stinging like a thousand bees and mish-mashing together somehow. The songwriting is less frantic, too. Things are a little placid by comparison, and the piano isn't as disturbed, this time sounding like it anchors the whole thing down. I am more reminded of Shudder To Think's spastic theatrics and flailing melodies than ever.

    Of course, this is all a meaningless attempt to define and describe the most obtuse and difficult music around today. Pretty addictive music, even if you won't figure it out until their next offering.
    The Albatross
    Average customer rating: 5 out of 5 stars
    • Love it.
    • Great CD
    • chicago welcomes another great singer/songwriter
    		 The Albatross
    Gary Stier
    Manufacturer: 33rd Street
    ProductGroup: Music
    Binding: Audio CD

    GeneralGeneral | Rock | Styles | Music
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    ASIN: B000062TC5
    Release Date: 2002-02-12

    Tracks:

    1. This Ain't Nowhere
    2. Fool Enough
    3. Miss America & I
    4. Good Day
    5. Coming Up Roses
    6. Stayed
    7. Ragged Out Heart
    8. Evil Wind
    9. What You Don't Need
    10. All My Fault
    11. Tied To the Tracks
    12. One Man's Ceiling
    13. Let It All Come Down

    Customer Reviews:

    5 out of 5 stars Love it........2003-04-24

    From the first to the last song this cd rocks! # 1 is my favorite but I also can't seem to get 5 out of my head! Good luck to Gary and his band, I'll see you at Lilly's!

    5 out of 5 stars Great CD.......2002-05-18

    These are the same tracks & recordings found on Buffalo Nickel's 33 1/3 Longplay. Buffalo Nickel is Stier's old band. Actually, track 10, All My Fault, was not on the Buffalo Nickel debut release.

    This is great music for the road. Stier's lyrics are honest, sometimes downright heartwrenching. The sound is kind of a cross between the Gin Blossoms, the Jayhawks, and the Eagles. Alt-Country at its finest.

    I would agree that Miss America and I is a great song. My favorite track is Stayed. I've had the Buffalo Nickel CD for about a year now and it's still in my changer. A classic.

    5 out of 5 stars chicago welcomes another great singer/songwriter.......2002-03-08

    This city has a long history of great musicians and songwriters,
    and with the transplant of Mr. Stier we now can lay claim to another. I saw Gary at a Tower Records performance and was really blown away at the depth of emotion he mines in his songs.He is a fearless writer who puts the listener right there with him in all his joy and pain. He's not afraid to go places in his writing that some equally gifted writers might shy away from. Drug addiction, jail, failed friendships and loves all appear in his music.I also noticed a spiritual side to some of his songs that weren't quite so obvious upon first listen. "One Man's Ceiling" in particular has a great message that just creeps in with the gospell type harmonies and "Black Crowesish" groove.My favorite song has to be "Miss America & I". The melody and the lush arrangement almost make you forget that this is a pretty bleak assement of Stier's life.I think anyone who likes alt-country to alt- pop would love this record. It would go very well in the ole' disc changer right between Ryan Adams and Pete yorn.
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