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| | Blood from Stars | | | Music Artist : | | Joe Henry | | Music Style : | | General | | Record Label : | | Anti | | Release Date : | | 2009-08-18 | | Store Price : | | $17.99 | | Artistopia's Price: $13.99 | | Usually ships in 24 hours | | |
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CD Tracks/Songs
Disc 11. Prelude: Light No Lamp When The Sun Comes Down
2. The Man I Keep Hid
3. Channel
4. This Is My Favorite Cage
5. Death To The Storm
6. All Blues Hail Mary
7. Bellwether
8. Progress of Love (Dark Ground)
9. Over Her Shoulder
10. Suit On A Frame
11. Truce
12. Stars
13. Coda: Light No Lamp When The Sun Comes Down
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Customer Reviews of This Album/CD |
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 his best yet
Submitted on: 2009-11-14 |
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| I didn't expect Henry to top "Fuse," a long-time favorite, but he's done it here. The liner notes alone are worth the purchase; he describes the process of creating this CD in prose that left me as breathless as the creative music and arrangements I've come to expect. |
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Henrys best since Scar
Submitted on: 2009-10-14 |
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Some artists just can't be overrated. I've been a fan of Mr Henry for over twenty years and he still manages to evolve himself making every relase worth buying.
This is Joe Henrys best record since his two best albums Fuse and Scar. Once again he manages to blend together everything from jazz and tin pan alley to blues and country. It's seamless and it's unique. If you haven't discovered one of the most intresting artists on the scene today, this is a great starting point. |
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 Tom Waits Lite...
Submitted on: 2009-09-16 |
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I first came to Joe Henry through his production work with Bettye LaVette, Susan Tedeschi, Teddy Thompson, Elvis Costello/Allen Toussaint and Solomon Burke and this is the first of his own releases that I've heard. On first listen it sounds a bit like 'Tom Waits - Lite' particularly on songs like "The Man I Keep Hid" and "Death to the storm". I don't mean this as a put-down but mainly because of the left-field production, arrangements and also possibly because of the presence of guitarist Mark Ribot. However, unfortunately Joe doesn't have Tom Waits' extraordinary voice or his ability to write memorable, heart-rending ballads. What he does have is the ability to create wonderful, dramatic sonic landscapes, as in the track "Suit On A Frame". This track and several others are like listening to a film - the sounds are so vivid and theatrical.
I think this is a very interesting album that actually sounds amazing but it definitely needs a couple more really good songs to raise it to four or five stars. Amazon are categorising this as 'blues' but for me this isn't blues (or jazz) but if you do like Tom Waits give it a go, it could be right up your street. My highlights were "All Blues Hail Mary", "Death to the storm" and "Truce". |
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Well thought out Blues interpretation record
Submitted on: 2009-09-06 |
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| The album is well written and equally well-recorded. Very intelligent and lonely. But it doesn't seem to capture a soul. I don't hear any honest confessions or pain or love, or any emotion whatsoever, Simply well sung metaphors and lyrics. A manufactured product. Blood from Stars is as vivid a portrayal as any film, but its not really real. Blade Runner Blues |
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This is a Tom Waits record
Submitted on: 2009-09-06 |
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| I don't know what to make of this record...it's well played, sonically interesting, and certainly is of a high quality. But it bothers me that Joe Henry undeniably apes Tom Waits on this release. What is the artistic merit of doing exactly the same thing that someone else did 20 years ago? I mean, Tom Waits forged this ground in the late 80's and early 90's. It's like the same thing with a different singer, and honestly I'd rather listen to Tom Waits. He does it better. |
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