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| | Harbinger | | | Music Artist : | | Paula Cole | | Music Style : | | General | | Record Label : | | Warner Bros / Wea | | Release Date : | | 1995-10-10 | | Store Price : | | $10.98 | | Artistopia's Price: $10.98 | |
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CD Tracks/Songs
Disc 11. Happy Home
2. I Am So Ordinary
3. Saturn Girl
4. Watch the Woman's Hands
5. Bethlehem
6. Chairoscuro
7. Black Boots
8. Oh John
9. Our Revenge
10. Dear Gertrude
11. Hitler's Brothers
12. She Can't Feel Anything Anymore
13. Garden of Eden
14. Ladder
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Customer Reviews of This Album/CD |
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 Fantastic
Submitted on: 2008-05-14 |
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| This woman is an amazing artist - her music will send chills down your spine. She is an incredible vocalist and storyteller - you almost can't really listen to her music without being moved on some level. Highly recommended. Don't miss it. |
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Raw Passions
Submitted on: 2005-10-01 |
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I've been a fan of Paula Cole since I was 13, and that was 8 years ago. After listening to all three albums (Harbinger, This Fire, and Amen) for a gazillions time, I come to a conclusion that Harbinger is definitely Paula Cole at her best. This Fire is also very strong, but the sound engineer does not do a very good job in that one (especially in Tiger, with all the overload distortions). I admit that I probably listened to This Fire more than Harbinger (and far more than Amen), but musically wise, Harbinger is the one which I think has the most emotional and artistical values. Harbinger tracks are full of unexplainable emotions, like Hitler's Brother, Black Boots, etc. There's a certain higher level of abstractness in Harbinger than This Fire, which is a little more commercialized.
There is something about Harbinger that sounds very outdated, yet fresh everytime you hear it. Musically, Harbinger packs with a lot of interesting sounds. The whistle in Hitler's Brother gets to me everytime, and the clapping, beatboxes, etc. really do show how talented Paula Cole is. She is not just a singer with a unique voice, she's also a great composer, a virtuoso, and a groundbreaker.
It is hard to recommend this album to someone who only listen to mainstream music, because Harbinger is definitely not mainstream. Some people prefer the crispness in a record, but this is not the case. Harbinger has a very distinctive sound, it is very grey-toned and a little strange. Nevertheless, it is a kind of music that you will appreciate once you've become accustomed to. Buy it.. there's a certain CD in which everyone MUST try to listen to at least once, and Harbinger/This Fire is one of those CDs which you either hate, like, or absolutely obsess with.
Do not worry that Paula Cole's musical genre won't fit yours, my preference in music is that of Progressive House, Break Beats, Drum'n'Bass, Future Jazz, Trip-Hop, Industrial Ambience (i.e. Biosphere) but still I think Paula Cole is amazing. Her music is the kind of music that penetrates all kind of genres. |
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 Great Debut
Submitted on: 2005-09-02 |
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| Singer/songwriter Paula Cole comes from the same school of passionate music that Tori Amos & Sarah McLachlan do, and Paula can certainly hold her own against her sisters in torchsong. Her debut album from 1994, "Harbinger," is an excellent album, showing off Paula's emotional voice and songwriting that would later make her a star with her acclaimed follow-up, "This Fire." "Harbinger" has such great songs as "Happy Home," "Watch The Woman's Hands," the great rock of "Chiaroscuro," the dark "Black Boots," the beautiful "Dear Gertrude," and the political bent of "Hitler's Brothers." Paula Cole's confessional songs may not be for everybody, but overall, "Harbinger" is a solid debut disc for this very-talented artist. |
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Listen to this While Reading "Cowboys Are My Weakness"
Submitted on: 2001-03-20 |
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| I got this as a present, having asked for the album with top-10 hit "Where Have All the Cowboys Gone." I thought I would be disappointed (since that song is not on this album), but I definitely am not. Singable, folksy, pretty, hard, wistfull-- "Harbinger" evokes warm dusty afternoons, convertible mustangs, cool crisp white sheets, and cold bottles of beer. Cole's voice is beautiful but not achingly perfect like some of the latter-day folk divas, which I like. This is a great album to listen to as you read "Cowboys are My Weakness" by Pam Houston, which all Paula Cole fans should read--I think Pam and Paula must be cousins! |
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Honest
Submitted on: 2000-12-07 |
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| _Harbinger_ is an honest and passionate album, with a bare-boned intensity. Paula Cole expresses the angst of being *different,* overlooked, underappreciated. Each song contains within it a little world that captures a particular essence or quality of some moment of existence where you realize what it means to grow up. Paula Cole acknowledges the little sacrifices, the major and petty disappointments. Overall, this is quite a satisfying album. |
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