 | | |
| | Balm in Gilead | | | Music Artist : | | Rickie Lee Jones | | Music Style : | | Singer-Songwriters | | Record Label : | | Fantasy | | Release Date : | | 2009-11-03 | | Store Price : | | $18.49 | | Artistopia's Price: $9.99 | | Usually ships in 24 hours | | |
|
|
|
|
|
CD Tracks/Songs
Disc 11. Lo Lo Lo (The Ballad of Juan Carlos and Tommy Smith)
2. Old Enough
3. Remember Me?
4. The Moon Is Made of Gold
5. Bayless Street
6. On His Jeweled Floor
7. Eucalyptus Trail
8. The Blues Are Waiting Till It Gets Dark
9. Wildgirl
10. Bonfires In Hell
| |
Other Artist Albums
|
|
|
|
Customer Reviews of This Album/CD |
|
 balm in gilead
Submitted on: 2009-11-24 |
|
| nice one . amazing voice. heard her talking on wnyc, also amazing voice when she talks, but what difference..... |
|
|
|
Balm in Gilead
Submitted on: 2009-11-20 |
|
The one thing I love about Rickie Lee Jones is her consistency for being inconsistent. For many artists, that is such a bad thing, because they can't maintain any talent. She's not of that ilk.
Rickie is not exactly all over the place as a recording artist, but she doesn't tend to do the same thing twice. Ever. But she always does a superb job at what she does release. So there's that.
For the longest of time "Chuck E.'s in Love" grated on my nerves (due to radio saturation), but the rest of her debut disk was stellar. It was with 'Pirates' that I truly was enamored of her though. Not a bad song on that disk.
She has since flirted with full-on jazz, standards, covers, pop and spoken word music. You know my thoughts on covers, but man she does such justice to Traffic's "The Low Spark of High-Heeled Boys", it's worth the price of the disk alone.
No longer on a major label, her releases kind of fly under the radar now (not that there were huge pushes for them before). Her new one is just out: 'Balm in Gilead'.
I can't really describe it, but I've never been able to adequately pin down Jones. Her voice, singing and spoken, is like no other. She weaves it around her words and her music in a way that is inimitable. She's not quite folk or pop, not quite jazz - and yet she's all those things.
I could go on and on about the songs, but you'll really have to listen to them. I like "Wild Girl" a lot. Ditto with "Remember Me" and "The Moon is Made of Gold".
Not meaning to sound like a douche or anything, but Jones is really one of those lost treasures that you have to discover. Or rediscover. She's made it a bit easier with 'Balm of Gilead'. |
|
|
|
 I love Rickie Lee
Submitted on: 2009-11-20 |
|
| I love Rickie Lee Jones. I mean, I really love her music; so many of her songs over the years are my absolute all time favorites. This album is my favorite Rickie CD ever. It's pure perfection. I'm in love. |
|
|
|
a gem
Submitted on: 2009-11-13 |
|
| In America, we sometimes tend to forget the best artists among us. Rickie Lee Jones can change the atmosphere of a room. I keep on listening to "Wild Girl" over and over again. It's like I wish it would go on forever. "Bonfires" is a falling star lighting up a purple sky. The duet "Old Enough" is so sweet, funky, and sassy. It would make Marvin and Tammi proud to have recorded it. In this age of fiberglass. go out find a gem. Look no further, Rickie Lee Jones is that treasure. |
|
|
|
Buy this!!! NOW!!!
Submitted on: 2009-11-07 |
|
I've been a Ricki Lee Jones fan for years - from the very beginning. I actually saw her and Tom Waits at the Pantry in Los Angeles after one of her concerts - which I attended that night - that was a trip.
Anyway, this is really, really one of her best albums ever and that's saying something. It's such a reward to stick by your favorite artists thru thick and thin and then they pay you back with such a treat! |
|
|
|
